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Isn't she lovely?

Front of house.





Back of house.




Main Floor

Upstairs

Mother's Day Gift Idea

What are you getting your mom for Mother's Day this year? Are you stumped? Confused? Just not able to decide on the perfect gift? Guess what!! I have the perfect idea for you...

Mike and I decided to get our mom's the same thing this year and we are both so excited.


Visit this website to check out what we decided on!

It's a monetary donation made in your mother's name to a rescue committee that helps mothers that have been uprooted by crisis survive and rebuild their lives.


Their Mother’s Day basket is filled with quality prenatal care, emergency obstetric services, and family planning programs.

If you donate online they'll send an e-mail to the recipient letting them know that a donation was made in their name. I realize that the deadline is up if you want to get an actual card to give your mother but I think an e-mail is just as good or you can make your own little card letting her know that a donation was made in her name.


I love this idea and I think it's such a great way to help mother's out there that are much less fortunate than we are.

I feel so blessed to be a mother in this day and age and to have all the wonderful blessings that I do. It breaks my heart to know that there are mother's out there that want the best for their children and just don't have the resources to make that happen. It makes my heart smile to know that I can help in some small way.


Thanks for listening and have a very wonderful Mother's Day!!!

Warm Weather and Weiner Roasts

It was a warm spring day in Vanderhoof and there were weiners to be roasted, soda to be drunk, and baked beans to be consumed. Add a bunch of kids and a playground to the mix and you have yourself a wonderful spring day!

We all roasted hot dogs ... well, all of us except Kyle of course. The guy can't stand hot dogs! So instead he roasted himself a .......



Chicken!!

The boys enjoyed their food...
And a lot of faces became VERY dirty!
The sandbox was a favorite hangout for the 5 year olds...
and Nolan was a big help trying to get Luke to look at the camera...

There were two super cute girls at the hot dog roast too!
And what would a party be without a little 'manly' competition? The men had to find out who could jump the farthest off the swing...

I think Kyle won.

And we found out there is a new pregnancy in the family too!!!
Guess who!!!
Oh. Um.....
Ya. This is just my brother, Kaelen. He's... well, let's just say he's NOT pregnant.

I'm sure glad the Jensen's don't have pigs. Otherwise I'm pretty sure Luke would have caught the dreaded Swine Flu! He was kissing the dog something fierce!!!

Seattle Fun

It was so much fun seeing out family in Seattle a few weeks ago! The boys are already excited for the next time we will be able to get together.

We visited so many different places and did so many different things! I was going to make this a multiple post thing but since I am so far behind on all things blog-related, you're getting the whole she-bang!

Many great and wonderful things came to pass in the few days we spent in Seattle...

The entire Hurren family, ---minus Doug Jr.... sad :( --- met us there...



The boys found a fountain to play in...

Walker got to play with Jesse on a whales back...
The Space Needle was visited...
(Walker was a little sick of the Space Needle pretty quickly!)

Porter posed for A LOT of pictures with his favorite aunt Diana! (Sorry Jana, Kara, Becky, Rochelle, and Mindy, you weren't there to compete!)
Lot's of rides were ridden on...

And the flowers.... oh the flowers!

We spent some time at the Science center where we went through a Butterfly house. The butterflies were everywhere, landing on shoulders and heads etc... Pretty cool.
Porter and Walker even got try out a rocket ship!

We spent a few hours at the Experience Music Project...
where we discovered that Walker like Jimi Hendrix...
and Luke loves 70's style curtains!
Walker showed off his guitar skills...
and we found a super cool, HUGE guitar tower that played music.
We visited the Seattle Aquarium where Walker tried out his scuba skills...
and Porter got attacked by a killer octopus!

Pike Place market was hopping and we saw some beautiful flowers!!
These packages of flowers were EVERYWHERE and only $10-$15 per bundle! Pretty sure I would have a fresh bunch of flowers on my table every other day if I lived anywhere near here!

Pictures that are missing...
- Our visit to the Microsoft Campus (soooo cool)!
-Countless hours in the hotel pool
- Science Fiction Museum
-Visit from the Eater Bunny
-Many hours in the car (about 24)!!
and many many more!