Winter Olympics 2010

I love the Olympics! I really do! I have spent hours and hours over the past 2 weeks watching, reading, and talking about the Olympics. I love to hear stories about the athletes, see them compete, watch their reactions after it is over, see amazing performances, see not so amazing performances, really... I love it all! I love to see the whole world come together and compete, cheer for their countries, and learn more about different parts of the world. It is also great reminder of how lucky I am to be American. I think our athletes are lucky to live in the United States. I feel bad for the athletes that live in countries that put an extreme amount of pressure on them to win. Thanks Olympics for entertaining me for the last 2 weeks. I look forward to watching you again in 2 years! (Even more excited because it is Summer!)

Update

Not much has been going on with us but I figured I better post before February is over. So here are just a few things that have been going on with us.

• Rob is back into the swing of school and doing lots of homework. This would be his last semester but he has decided to continue on to get his masters degree. We are hoping he can finish his masters in a year.
  
• I am still enjoying teaching. I have a cute class and I am learning a lot! I really am lucky to have a job that I love in a great school with a great staff. Teaching for sure keeps me busy and time continues to fly. Last week we had parent teacher conferences. They went really well and I like being able to spend a little time with their parents. It was also great to have a 4-day weekend.
• We had a really nice Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend. We went down to Sandy and spent some time with both of our families. It was great to see them and have some time to just relax!
  
• I am excited the Olympics are on! I really love watching them!
• Even though it is still cold, I can feel that Spring is on its way! Can't wait for a little warmer weather to come to Logan!
• I actually watched Lost and liked it! Also- my brother recommended watching Modern Family. So far so good- I also recommend it! (I know it is pretty sad when TV shows are in my update- I guess I need to do something more exciting for next post!)
  

Back to Reality!

I think going back to work after Christmas Break is so hard. After two weeks of spending time with family, staying up late, sleeping in, parties, relaxing, pretty much doing whatever I want it is a shock to go back to waking up at 6:00 a.m. working until 5:00ish and then being busy the rest of the night with more work, dinner, etc. Of course it doesn't take long to get back into the swing of working. I am always looking forward to the next weekend, day off, and keeping an eye on my next major break. Good News- The school year is more than half over but I still have 52 school days until spring break and 81 school days until summer.

Really we haven't done anything exciting since Christmas break. Rob is back in school and we are just surviving the freezing cold temperatures up here in Logan! We have tomorrow off so I am looking forward to a lazy day! Maybe next time I blog I will have something a little more exciting to say. Hope everyone has a great day!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

This Christmas was awesome! We have had so much fun spending time with family and we have also enjoyed a break from school and work. Before Christmas we spent a few days in Sandy hanging out, shopping, playing games, the boys went skiing/snowboarding, and of course watching BYU win there bowl game.
Rob and I ready for the Christmas Parties! :)

Christmas Eve has always been a busy and fun day in my family. The days starts off with a Jensen family party. This year it was at my parents house. All of my mom's family comes over and we eat French Dip Sandwiches, play BINGO, read the Christmas story, and exchange $15 presents. After the Jensen party we hurry and clean up and get ready for the Menssen Christmas Party. At this party we eat dinner, read the Christmas Story, play games, and talk. It is so fun to get together with cousins, aunts and uncles. After they are gone it is time to open gifts with just our family. We sort through and pass out all the gifts. We each got to choose some to open on Christmas Eve and then we opened the rest on Christmas morning.
Cute Girl Cousins!
Tyler and David

The Menssen Nativity

Rob and I ready to open presents
Presents!!!!

Christmas morning we woke up and finished opened presents. After we went to Nancy's house for a yummy Breakfast! We do this every year and it is always so fun and delicious! After Nancy's house we went to Rob's dads house and then his mom's house. It was fun to see family and spend some time with them.
Nancy and I at her house on Christmas!
Mom and Tyler

Nancy and David

Jordyn opening up her cute slippers

Maren opening up her presents

Another fun thing we did over the break was we did a cousin's Jazz game! We went to Crown Burger for dinner before the game. Here we are!
After dinner a few of us walked over to temple square to see the lights. They were beautiful! Then we went to the game! Luckily they won! We had a great night! Seriously I have the best cousins in the world!!!Here are a few family pictures from this Christmas! I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas season!

Thankful

I cannot believe how fast November has gone by and it is almost Thanksgiving.... and then Christmas! This is a great time of the year to remember and think about all of the things I am thankful for. Definitely helps me to remember how lucky I am. Here are some of the things.....

1. My husband! He is so great and does so many things for me. I love him so much!
2. The Gospel- that includes so many things!!!!
3. My Mom- We are so close I love talking to her every day!
4. My job! I work at a great school with awesome people! My students are so funny!
5. My family- I have the best family in the world!!!
6. Our apartment- I would love to have a house, but it is nice to have a place to call home.
7. Cousins!!!! I sure do love them!
8. Friends!
9. Sports- I get so much entertainment from watching Jazz Basketball, BYU Football, and of course the Aggies!
10. Logan- I love living in Logan- it is such a great place!

Of course I am thankful for many more things..... the list could go on for awhile but I need to go get ready for church! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Amanda's Wedding

On Thursday my best friend Amanda got married. It was so fun to be able to go to her wedding. I am so excited for her and Dustin. They are such a cute couple and I know they are going to love being married! They were married in the Logan Temple. It was a cold day but everything turned out really nice. Amanda looked beautiful! Here are a few pictures from the wedding!

Congratulations Amanda and Dustin!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Here is a picture of my cute 2nd Graders!!!!