Sickness - Sickness - Sickness

The sickness has been going around. First it started with Jadyn and her pneumonia, then Kamri got a cough, fever, runny nose, and double ear infections and McKade had the cough too. Now Andrew has the virus and I have a bad sore throat and cough. Anycia has been the lucky one and not gotten it yet. I hope she doesn't too.

So that is the fun with our family. Sickness - Sickness - Sickness

Pneumonia and Antibodies

Jadyn stayed home all week with a fever. She eventually got a cough and sore throat...we finally took her to the doctor Friday afternoon and found out that it was pneumonia. There had been a 5 to 7 day virus going around and I just assumed that is what she had so I didn't take her in. But since she wasn't getting better we thought she should go get her checked and found out that she had pneumonia. Sorry Jady for not taking you sooner!

Well it is was my 28th week of pregnancy and that means for me to get my routine Rhogam shot for having a negative blood type. We told my doctor that we had problems last time with them thinking I had antibodies in my blood. Which means that the baby could have complications with me rejecting/fighting the babies red blood cells. Anyways the same thing happened again. They take my blood do the lab...call and ask me to come back in for more blood and send it to another lab. At the second blood draw they say I could possibly have the antibodies which means I could have a miscarriage or some problems with the baby could happen. It is a big scare for a day and then we find out I just have some strange antibodies in my blood that is not the one to be worried about. I guess it looks similar to the bad antibodies. Anyways all is well and this little one on the inside is kicking and moving like crazy. Its all down hill from here...about 8 weeks until our predicted delivery. (I am usually 2 weeks early, have been with all 3 so far so hopefully I will be with this one too!) The count down is on!

100 YEARS OLD

My Grandfather turned 100 Years Old January 20th.
I tried to get a picture of Kamri with Great Grandpa Jensen but she didn't like the idea...she started crying.

This is our little family (minus AJ) with my grandparents, Maxine and Grant Jensen. My Grandpa turned 100 and my grandma is 11 years younger. They still live on their own and they just barely stopped ballroom dancing. I think my grandma still goes. They travel the world still and keep on going.

This is Kamri and I at the party. I have my fat pregnant face with about 3 months to go.

This is all my Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and their kids. Well it's most of us. They sent out about 250 invites to old friends and co-workers. They had a band and old pictures. It was a fun little party for a old man who can't really see or hear but he knew exactly what was going on and I think he enjoyed it all. His goal was to reach 100 years old and he has done that! Way to go Grandpa!

St. George Weekend

This is Kamri sleeping...she did well for about 2-3 hours and then I got no sleep!
We got to watch AJ play Jr. Jazz Basketball. It was good to see him play.

Andy had to run a run for the St. George Marathon Runners Series. He ran the Painters Half Marathon and 5K. He did the 5K because I have been a little selfish and not wanting him to run. So he said he was being wimpy and ran the 5K. But he ran it in 21:54 and got 2nd place in his division. That is not wimpy that is AWESOME! I don't think I will ever run a 3.1 mile race in 22 minutes. I am so proud of him for even doing it! Way to go Babe!

The kids with Andy and his little crystal award!

Here are the girls at the pool enjoying the sunshine. It was beautiful and at 65 degrees we swam everyday for a long period of time. Kamri was really funny, she would get in the hot tub then run over to the pool and do it all over again. In and out, in and out so you know what that means either Andy or I were following her back and forth, back and forth. We would take turns because that gets old real fast, but she was having a blast and that is what matters. She learned that jumping in from the pool was fun. Her favorite was being the Hot tub.

Jadyn was being a really good swimmer. She eventually took her lifevest off and was swimming under water. She is becoming a good little swimmer. If she had it her way she would have spent the entire vacation in the pool. She is my little guppy!

This face describes the fun she had going back and forth from the pool to the hot tub.

This is our beautiful Anycia. She was such a big help with Kamri and Jadyn. She made this trip a little more enjoyable.

Kamri is not the type of baby that will sit in a restaurant and eat and be good. She has to be moving and watching people. So not once did we eat at a sit down restaurant and enjoy a meal. We got McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza in our Hotel room...Oh well she might learn one day.

So we arrived Thursday and stayed until Sunday and had a grand ole time! It sure was nice to get out of the cold weather here and go somewhere warm, but then we had to come back and that wasn't so fun. I think we all enjoyed the nice warm sun and a little get a way! (McKade chose to stay with his dad and play basketball and he had fun too!)

A few interesting things happened while we were here...Kamri learned how to say Please and I love you. We were in the hot tub and there were some kids in there that had Capri Sun drink pouches. Kamri kept reaching across the Hot Tub and saying Please, Please, Please...it was so super cute. She knows if she said please she would get what she wants. I was just about ready to go up to the room and get her a juice box and the kids dad asked if she wanted one. She was so happy.

The other story that is pretty cute is on the ride home Jadyn called her dad and McKade. When she got off the phone she says "McKade is so cute!" I asked her why she said "cuz he said I love you before he got off the phone!" (They are usually never split up and I think they realize that they miss each other when they are not together.) I asked Jadyn if she thought he missed her and she said "yeah I think so!"

Our vacation was a success and we all had fun plus we got to spend a little time with AJ.

McKade and Jr. Jazz Basketball

McKade has started Jr. Jazz. He is doing a lot better this year. He actually is interested in playing rather than tormenting the other kids. He even made a shot and had been rebounding.

Funny Little Girl

I was relaxing on the couch the other day and Kamri walks over to me pulls up my shirt to see my big baby belly and blows a big raspberry on it...it was so funny. We laughed at her so she kept doing it. She is one funny little girl.

She is talking so much more now. Her vocabulary is growing everyday. She loves her Melmo slippers (Elmo) and her one toe nail is painted (by my sister Mari) and now it is called an "OUIE". I try and tell her no it is pretty but she just says "OUIE". She loves the snow especially in a cup to eat. She is lots of fun to watch grow up...plus she can't really talk back yet so that is nice.

I want to tell my family thanks for helping out over Christmas Break! It is nice to have family to help out when needed.

Santa came! WAHOO! Santa came!

So Santa arrived with lots of presents for everyone. He even sent a text message on Christmas Eve to AJ and Anycia's cell phone telling all of them to get to bed because he was on his way. Santa is so so smart.

Our Christmas was lots of fun. All the kids were awake before we were. They had counted presents and compared the sizes of them. They finally came up and looked at their stockings. and then we came down to open presents. AJ, Anycia, and Andrew have this fun game they try and play...who can save their gift to the very last...Drives me CRAZY! I finally told them if they don't start opening their presents I would do it for them. Andy won the game...he usually does because he is the Dad. Kamri was much more fun this year...she liked to open presents and move to the next one.

Andrew got shoes, pants, shirt, 3 books, running socks, jacket

I got purse, shirt, cami, shoes, $100 gift card to all that stuff in the barn

Anycia got a Laptop, jacket, book, camera case, twilight CD, Bra, and matching undies.

AJ got running shoes, nike shoes, shirts, pants, pullover, hover soccer,

McKade got a bike, shoes, pants, shirt, jacket, webkinz, game, wii game

Jadyn got a bike, shoes, pants, shirt, sweater, doll, phonics game, webkinz

Kamri got a kitchen, elmo baby, 2 outfits, books, bath toy

All in all we all had a fabulous Christmas!

Santa was very generous this year and we are all so grateful and happy with what we received...well I am anyways. Here is my sexy Husband showing off a present he got from AJ. Say Cheese!
Here is AJ opening one of his presents from Santa. Under Armour half zip pullover.

Anycia opening her new Laptop...a surprise she didn't expect from Santa and us. This is her Christmas and Birthday present!

This is Jadyn's new bike with the girls on it. Kamri loved to sit on it and say VROOM VROOM.

Here is McKade with his Webkinz Bull Dog. This gift was from Kamri (Andy picked it out and I believe it was his favorite). His new bike is behind him also.


FIRST SNOW!

Here is Kamri playing the snow...she loved it. Andy was out there with her and said she would fall down and jut whimper until he would help her up.

Andy and Kamri in the first snow fall that actually stayed.

Kamri will eat and have a bath (or Bap according to her) and come back to the table and eat again if we haven't cleaned it up. She does this quite often...I think she feels like a big kid if she can do it herself on a big chair.

Our Christmas Elves

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Family Photos

We took family photos back in July at my brother-in-law's family cabin. So I thought I would post some photos of the BIG Thacker Fam-Dam-ly! My Cute family

The 5 Girls born within 10 months of each other.

All the Grand kids at the time (there is one more now)

And the LARGE family! Yep that is all of us...Amazing isn't it?

Photos from the surprise party...

Andy getting ready to Blow out his 40 candles!
Andy and Kamri eating Cake!

Anycia trying to get balloons down for the kids.

Megan trying to get balloons down.

Jadyn dressing up in the Hula outfit!

Andy being a good sport dressing up in the hula girl outfit!

And the Ultrasound says...

GIRL! GIRL! GIRL!

We will be having another little girl in April! I have to admit at first I was a little sad because Andy wanted a boy (and I lost the bet)...but after thinking about it with Andy we are super excited. Kamri and this baby girl will be 19 months apart...back to back in school. So that means if they both play sports then they will together a lot of the time. They will be able to double date if they want...share clothes...and have someone to vent to about their parents!

The next step is finding a name...if there are any ideas out there let me know...we have an Anycia, Jadyn, and Kamri. Leave us a comment if you have any great names that we could use!

Birthday Boy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Today is Andy’s real birthday! I just wanted to let him know how much I am in love with him! He is the greatest husband, Dad, and friend. He would do anything for anyone. He coaches his kids and plays with them constantly. He is always teasing them. One of his favorite things is to teach them a lesson when they are doing anything wrong…
He is a wonderful husband and without him I would be lost. He takes good care of me and my needs. He treats me with all the respect and kindness anyone could ask for. He works hard for our family to have nice things. He plays hard too. He might be 40 in numbers but at heart he is just a kid! He is so goofy and playful yet serious when he needs to be! Everyday I get to be with him I know how lucky I am to have him! He means everything to me and I am excited I get to grow old with this young fellow! He is the love of my life and the keeper of my heart!

Happy Birthday Baby! I hope you have had a memorable one!

SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

It was a surprise weekend for Andy!

Soon my sweet cute adorable sexy husband will be 40 years old!

So I have been surprising him all weekend... First off his brother (Chris) and mother (Marylin) flew into town from California and Texas. About 3:30 on Friday afternoon we went to my mom's office (same building as Andy's office). I had told him I was out appraising and that I would stop by and give him a Kit Kat before I went back to the office. So I went to his office and asked if he would walk with me to my mom's office to give her some cupcake pans...he agreed. I had Chris on a chair facing a computer with his back to us. He asked my mom for help...Andy asked who it was but I just shrugged my shoulders...he tried to talk louder and ask Andy for help but he said he probably couldn't help then Chris turned around...the look on Andy's face was priceless! He said what are you doing here? and was turning bright red...then Anycia came in the office and said look who I found wondering the halls (his mom) and again he was surprised and bright red! It was great! So after we hung out for a bit at home we went to dinner. But we had more surprises for him...He had to go pick someone else up at the airport! So they left and picked up Karlean his step sister who flew in from North Carolina! Then instead of coming home they went to Wendover! Poor Andy was so exhausted he had to work the night before at the Homestead so he went 2 nights without sleep.

The next day they all slept until 2ish then just kind of hung out. So around 3 I told Andy I had to run something to Megan at a baby shower because she forgot it at her salon. That is when I ran over to help set up for his surprise party! I got a text that said "What is taking so long? Are you trying to surprise me again and I am not suppose to guess?" I just said I had to run clear out to Daniel to the shower...liar liar I know! So about six we went to dinner at the Diary Keen. I had told him my mom was watching Kamri so we could go to the movie and we needed to drop her off at the hamlet clubhouse because my parents were there at a party. So we had taken two cars to Dairy Keen so the other car could "go get tickets to the movie" and beat us to the clubhouse! By coincidence I had forgotten her bottle and we had to go home first! I really didn't mean to forget it but it worked out perfectly. So by the time we arrived at the clubhouse he saw my families cars and said "I am guessing I am suppose to come in with you?" He is such a good guesser! Anyways we had almost all my family there and his family who flew in and his Dad and brother who came from Roosevelt! and some of his close friends! We had a ton of food and lots of fun. My family is very entertaining...the kids lost all their balloons in the vaulted ceiling so the cheerleaders that my sisters are decide to put Megan up into a stunt and try and get them...she got one I think and fell on a few people. Then Anycia went up in Dave and Jake's hands and couldn't reach either. So the balloons got left behind!

Sunday we took Karleen, Marylin, and Chris to Park City to see some sights and shop at the outlets...then they were off to the airport!

All in all it was a very fun eventful weekend!

Thanks to my mom who did most of the work preparing for the party, I could not have pulled it off without you!

Thanks to my siblings for helping set up, run errands for me, and bring food!

I have a great family!

Happy (early) 40th Birthday my dear sweet hubby!! I love you so much!!

(Pictures will be coming shortly...Andy in a grass skirt, coconut bra, and a flower in his hair, ADORABLE! He was a good sport!)

Yergensen Family Blog Goes "Blackout"

My little brother is a semi-celebrity as far as Utah Football is concerned. This year is the 15th year anniversary of "The Kick". His 55 yarder against BYU in 1993 gave Utah a 34-31 win.


Go Utah!

I finally gave in...

I finally gave in to reading Twilight. I enjoyed it very much.

The whole reason I even read it...

Anycia and her friends were talking about the Twilight movie and prom party at Jordan Commons November 20th. And I was Talking with Andy about taking her and some friends to go and get a hotel room to have a girls night...So he said if you are going to do that you have to read the book or you can't go. SO that is how it all began. I went to look up to get tickets for the prom party thing and they are sold out! Oh well. I read a good book.

I, also, watched the trailer and was very disappointed with the Actors...the main actors are just horrible!

So I am sure you are asking yourselves "Why did she wait so long to read it?" Well I hate getting into a book and ignoring things around me. So the perfect time for me to read is when I work early in the mornings at the gym. Anyways, need to get the second book and finish them up!

Wasatch High Girls Soccer OVER!

We went down to Draper for Anycia's last soccer game on Wednesday. It was an inter-region game against Juan Diego Catholic High School. They were ranked 1st in their region and we were 4th. So we almost knew the outcome but we were hopeful.

We were winning one nothing, then 3 minutes into the second half they scored! I swear that always happens...anyways they held them until the end with about 5 minutes to go they scored 2 more times. So we lost 3-1.

Anycia played well and had a great season. She has one more year of High School soccer and then she will be a graduate! That is so weird to think about.

So happy it is over yet sad too. The games are always fun to watch but so time consuming and now I will hopefully get more things done! That is just wishful thinking!

GREAT JOB ANYCIA! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

The New Toy!

Kamri's new thing is to put things in the toilet and slam the lid back down. Then she will peak in it again to see if it is still there. Last night I was in my bathroom combing out Jadyn's wet hair. I heard Kamri doing something with the Toilet...that is normal usually just a little toilet paper, but not this time she put a stuffed teddy bear in the toilet and then added toilet paper on top of that. You never know what kind of surprise you will find when you are going to go potty! The other great and wonderful thing about this...she usually gets toilet water all over the toilet seat...and if you aren't careful well lets just say this isn't so pleasant!

We try and keep the bathroom doors closed, but I admit I forget sometimes! Hope she grows out of this soon...

Andy does St. George (Marathon)

Last weekend we travelled down to St. George for the marathon. We had a total of six runners in Holly’s family running the race. Holly's Mom and Dad also came to support and cheer on the runners. We had a full house with 17 or 18 of us staying in the rental house with us.

The house worked out perfectly even if the weather didn't. We were able to go on bike rides in and around the golf course community and the kids had a theater room to watch movies, and everyone enjoyed the pool and jacuzzi.

Here are the rental house pictures: (click picture to see 'em bigger)


Here is a picture of all our runners:
Mari and Tyler, Erin, Andrew, Kris and Dave.



We had some interesting weather before and during the marathon as it rained the entire time. A few of us had our sunglasses on our heads, and we didn't even need them. Also, there was a head wind for much of the race. Defnitely a run to remember.

The best performance was turned in by Dave who shaved off more than an hour of his last year's time to finish right at 4:01. Dave crossed the finish line hand in hand with Kris. Erin ran her first marathon and finished a little bit before Dave and Kris at 3:59. Andrew finished at 3:44:16, and Tyler and Mari, came in around 4:45. So all in all, we had Erin and Tyler run their first ever marathons, and Andrew, Kris and Dave all got personal records. Dave, Kris and Andrew are all signed up for the Runner Series again so they will be back to run again next year, and Erin says she may try the Marathon Lottery.



Here is a picture of Andrew at the finish.

St. George Marathon

I just want to tell you all how proud of my family I am. My husband has been training for the marathon...taking time away from his family to accomplish a goal of his...3 out of 10 St. George Marathon. My brother Dave and his wife Kris, my sister Erin, my sister Mari and her husband Tyler all ran it too. They all got up bright and early to catch the 4am buses to go freeze their little tooshies off together. What I mean by that is, it was cold and raining...the whole race they got drenched! My husband the competitor always says I am not going to push it....but always does. He finished in his best time and beating his old record by 24 minutes in 3:44! I am so proud of him! Way to go Baby! Next Erin, my fitness sister and her first (and probably only marathon) finished in 3:59! Awesome for your first marathon. Dave and Kris right behind her with a 4:01 finish (they signed up again with Andy!). Mari and Ty came in at 4:40. This was Tyler's first marathon too...very impressed! I am so proud of all of them. Running 26.2 miles is just a crazy thought to me. I promised Andy I would do one and I mean one...I will do halves, 10k, and 5k, but marathons are just complete craziness! There were actually 3 people over the age of 80 that ran...can you believe that? Andy will have to write a post to give more details...I was just the cheerleader on the sidelines.

Our St. George excursion started out Wednesday...our plan was to be on our way around 5:15ish, but that never ever happens, it was 7 when we left. Anyways we arrived in Mesquite around 12:30am Utah time and Kamri woke up...WIDE awake. So we got to stay up with her for a couple hours. She finally fell asleep, but she has this little alarm clock in her that says 6:30 rise and shine...and that is what she did. Anyways we got up ate breakfast, swam, took a nap and checked out. We took the kids to the arcade, ate lunch and headed to St. George to the house we rented for 3 nights with my family. We were the first ones there. The house was great. Perfect for what we needed. 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, with a den (pull out couch), theatre room, swimming pool and hot tub! It was great. We just hung out that night and waited for everyone to arrive. Friday came and we got up got ready and went to the expo. Last couple times we went were great, but this year...well let me just say we didn't have kids with us the other times and this time we did! Anyways, after that we ate at the Olive Garden so the runners could get their carbs. It took us 2 hours in the restaurant...too long for a 1 year old who doesn't sit still. After that we went back to the house and just hung out. It was so nice having the swimming pool in the backyard...the kids were there all the time. It was great! We ordered Pizza Factory Pizza for dinner. That night I started to feel sick to my stomach, I felt like I got food poisoning. So I was up all night either vomiting or sitting on the toilet (that is the most polite way for me to say it, just imagine the worst!) Poor Andy had to run the next day and got zero sleep. After I vomit he would have to go in and spit because he was dry heaving. Poor guy! So we got up ate breakfast and headed to the race to cheer them on in the rain. It was fun and cold. After the race we went back to the house and tried to let the runners relax. We ended up going to Golden Corral for dinner (easy place for a large group). Then we went back and hung out some more. Sunday came, we packed up and headed out.

It was so much fun. I love going to St. George. Staying in a rental house was the way to do it. It saves you tons of money. Breakfast: Cereal, plus you can bring home left overs and it was cheaper than a hotel room, especially that weekend. Thanks to all my family for making this trip a great one.

People in my family who went: Mom and Dad, Dave, Kris, and kids, Erin, Ted and kids, my family, Stef and baby in her tummy, and Mari, Tyler and family (who need to stay with us next time). It was a great time. Hopefully more of my family will come next time!

GOOD JOB TO ALL THE BRAVE RUNNERS OUT THERE!

3 Months Along, Due April 18th!

Just wanted to let you all know that I am 3 months pregnant! This little one will the finale, the caboose, the last hurrah, the end, book closed! We will have a total of six kids, Anycia-16, AJ-14, McKade-9, Jadyn-6, Kamri-1, and now little baby! We are very excited. When we told the kids here are their responses:

Anycia-"Cool."

AJ-"Cool."

McKade-"Can we have twin boys?"

Jadyn-"I hope its a girl, boys are mean!"

Kamri-too young to understand

When I told my parents I gave them a riddle:

What do these two problems have in common?

19+1=20 (total grandchildren my parents will have)

1+5=6 (total kids Andy and I will have)

They both got it right away.

So I thought my siblings would figure it out too...so I text them all with the same riddle. Only one of my sisters got the answer. The rest of them said 1, +, =. I just laughed at them and told them. I never give them a riddle or problems to figure out so I figured they would get it...but nope.

Anyways, Andy and I are excited and can't wait to see if it is a boy or a girl. I don't care either way. Andy wants a boy, but don't most men? So we have a bet. I keep telling him it will be a boy and he keeps saying it will be a girl. So if it is a girl he gets $1000 to do what he pleases with. and if it is a boy then he has doubled it, I get $2000 to do as I please! I get the better deal!

So we will find out the beginning of December!