Sunday, October 18, 2009

Keeping up with the Jensen's

We have been quite busy lately= this will be a very long post =). Shawn has been traveling quite a bit for work, almost every week for the last 6 weeks, but we have managed to squeeze in some family time. Kara and Tyler stopped in on their way home from LA and spent a couple of days with us. We visited the Mesa Temple grounds and took them on the Merkle Trail hike in Usery Park.






We spent last Saturday at Vertuccio Farms with my cousins and their kids. Lincoln had such a great time. There was a tractor ride, a bounce house, tricycle racing, a corn maze for adults and a haybale maze for kids. They had a small farm with a cow, a couple of goats, pigs and chickens and a donkey. Lincoln really enjoyed making friends with all of the animals. It was money well spent.







We could use one of these at home!!!




AND the piece de resistance....my sister Emily is engaged! Jarrod and Emily live in Boaz, Alabama where Jarrod is a college basketball coach at Snead College. Emily and Jarrod met in Hawaii at Hawaii Pacific University while Jarrod was finishing up his Masters degree in Education and Emily was finishing her Bachelor's in Economics. They have set a tentative date for sometime next summer, probably in July. We are very excited to welcome Jarrod into the Bullen Family!




Sunday, October 11, 2009

La Reunion des Marseillais and Fall in UT

Last weekend I made a quick trip up to Utah for my mission reunion. It was our first reunion with the Dansie's (my mission president and wife) in probably 8 years. We had a great time and for the most part, we all look basically the same save a few extra pounds here and there. :P

President and Soeur Dansie and moi

My mission trainer Ivan Laplante flew out all the way from Quebec. It was the first time I'd seen him since the mission, over 10 years ago.

A couple of my goofball missionary pals, Shaun and Mary Nicole

Fall in Utah is pretty impressive. I took a Sunday drive up the canyon and took these pictures for Monica since she loves and misses fall. Monica, here's to you!





Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon