80 posts from 2008

I know it's been forever since I last Posted something. SORRY !!!!

Here is some stuff that's been Happening

1.  I have an official C-section Appointment: Jan. 27th, But I really want this baby out NOW !!!!

2. We have decided on a Name FINALLY !!!!! Austin Samuel Jenkins

3. We got to Las Vegas Last week and had Tons of Snow !!!!! The boys loved playing snow ball fights with Dad

4. The Jenkins Family took a Family Picture ( I was not really happy to do, but I survived) They all promised there will be another Family Picture after Austin comes. ( Hopefully)

The kids all look cute !!!!! I'm not too happy with my shot, but being 8 months pregnant I think it turned out alright. I wish I knew my FAT arms were showing !!!!! I should of put it on someones shoulder so it didn't look so Dead looking.

5.  On Christmas Eve we ( the entire Jenkins Family) decided to go to Fuddruckers for Dinner and then to the Bellagio to watch the Water Show and Look at the Atrium !!!!! It was so much Fun !!!!

6. On Christmas Eve my Family ( YORK's) had our Christmas. Mason was having so much fun openning presents

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6. Then After my Families Christmas we went over to the Jenkins and spent the night so we could do another round of Christmas. The boys were so scared that Santa wasn't going to know what house to bring the presents to so Caden wrote a Note to Santa. We woke up around 6:45 AM to open Presents. It was FUN !!!!

7.  The Day after Christmas Lee had to Fly back to Tucson, but will be back for New Years !!!! The boys miss him extremly !!!! ( I do too )

8.  Today Bo invited us to go to Chuck E Cheese to go play Games. The boy's Loved playing on all the toys and Video Games. Then we went to McDonald's for Lunch ( Chuck E Cheese Pizza is over priced and nasty tasting)

Everything is going Good here in Vegas, I feel extremly LARGE !!!! But I have less than a Month now until my Little one Comes !!!!

Hope everyone is doing good !!!!!

Here is my E-Mail I will be checking it everyday.

jenks_crew@yahoo.com

OK I must confess, I love cutting out Coupons !!!!! I never was into it until a couple months ago when I watched a clip on the TV on how this Lady would Save Hundreds of Dollars on groceries by clipping out coupons.

Well Today I Harvest in my Deal on Coupon Clippings.

And I know this might sound stupid to some of you, but I get so excited about Deals !!!!

A couple months ago I saw a bunch of Coupons in the paper for $1 off Kellogg's Products ( like $4 worth) So I clipped them out and waited and waited to see If there would be any deals.

Yesterday I got my Ad's and found out that Safeway had a deal on Kellogg's products. When you bought 5 Kellogg's products you got $5 off at the register !!!!

So when I went to the Register a Box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes 14 oz was $2.29 I got my $1 off for buying 5 Kellogg's products and then I used my $1 off coupon that I clipped, so a Box of Frosted Flakes for me was only .29 cents.

AWESOME !!!!!

Then I also got Fruit Loops, Frosted Mini Wheats, Pop Tarts, and Smart Start cereal for

I only spent $2.64 on Everything !!!!!!

So all you out there that just throw away your coupons, they really do add up down the road somewhere !!!!

Start Clipping Now !!!!

And as we say in our family " We're in a Recession" !!!!!!

Why not take advantage of free money out there !!!!!

I still don't have a name for the little one !!!!

And I only have 1 month to decide !!!!

Lee and I can never decide on what to name this one !!!!

Last night we went out to Dinner ( which was much needed for me, to get away from the kids) and I mentioned the name Lincoln, and He liked it !!!!

Now we are debating between two names:

Blake

or

Lincoln

I love alot of boy's names that start with the letter B, but there is a STUPID !!!!! Saying in my Husbands Family that prevents me on naming him with a B. And I still don't understand why they always use this Saying when both My Father in Law and Brother in Law's Name Starts with the letter B !!!! ( If you really want to Know the Stupid Saying, E-mail me, because I feel it may offened people )

So to the the Jenkins family who use this Saying: Thanks alot for making this name selection Harder than it should be !!!!!

Back to my Name Selection, the middle names are still not confirmed either, but Lee is looking at

Samuel

or

Aaron

I really like the Name LIncoln Samuel Jenkins. It sounds STRONG !!!! But Lee thinks it should be Lincoln Aaron Jenkins to match his Name.

See We can NEVER agree on anything !!!!! We always have to Disagree on everything !!!!

Hopefully when this little one comes we will have an AGREED name !!!!

But for now the Hunt will go on !!!!!

Nothing beats my Mom's English Toffee !!!!!

Every Year she makes a HUGE batch of English Toffee and we munch on it all week long !!!!

( Or Until we get sick of it )

Last Year I decided to try it myself. It came out sooooo gooood !!!!!

Because it was such a HIT !!!!! I had request this year to make it again !!!!!

NO JOKE !!!! People from Lee's work were asking when I was going to make it again!!!!

This morning I decided to make a BIG batch of English Toffee and give it away as Gifts.

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Here is the recipe if anyone wants to try:

ENGLISH TOFFEE

One Batch

13X9 Pan

2 sticks of Butter ( Salted, Sweet Cream )

1 Cup Sugar

1 Tablespoon Dark Karo

1 Tablespoon Water

1 1/2 Cups Fine chop nuts ( I mix half Pecans and Walnuts)

1 8oz. Hershey Bar

Grease pan, sprinkle 1/2 of chopped nuts in pan. Sprinkle 1/2 of chopped Hershey bar in pan. Cook Butter, Sugar, Karo, and Water to Hard Crack ( 302'F), stirring constantly. Pour or drizzle over nuts and chocolate evenly. Put remaining chocolate on then nuts, pat down. Cool in Fridge for 1 hr.

No I'm not talking about Christmas !!!!! I'm Making my list for my BIG Move down to Vegas !!!!

WHAT WAS I THINKING ?????

This is more complicated than I thought it was going to be !!!!

That is why I'm making a LONG list of things I need to Pack,Prepare, and Do before I leave.

I think the hardest part about this BIG MOVE is I have not even felt the Christmas Spirit yet this year !!!!

TOO MANY THING TO WORRY ABOUT !!!!

Hopefully by the time I get down to Vegas, I will be able to Relax a little and really get into the Holiday Cheer !!!!

SO for now BAH HUMBUG !!!!!

JUST KIDDING !!!!

My Brother Justin is leaving on his Mission to Orlando, Florida. He get's to the MTC on Dec 10th and Leaves to Orlando on Dec 29th. Then he will serve there for Two Years.

When I was down in Vegas a couple weeks ago, I had an awesome opportunity to go thru the Temple with Justin. It was such a neat experience. He is going to be a really good Missionary !!!!

Leaving Vegas was really hard because I knew I wasn't going to see Justin for 2 years. I was thinking on my way back home to Tucson, When Justin comes back My boys will be 7 1/2 , 5 and 2. WOW !!!! How time will fly !!!!

Here are some pictures we took with Justin:

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Justin with my Parents

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Justin saying goodbye to the baby

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Caden and Justin at the Cool Butterfly Park

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My cute little boys with their Favorite Uncle !!!!!

Justin we are sure going to miss you, but we know you will be the BEST Missionary out there !!!!!

We made it back from Vegas !!!!

Except we have Sick Boys :(

My Dr's Appointment went really good. The Baby is doing good inside. I told the Dr. how I feel like this baby is smaller than my other boys, and he agreed, this baby is alot smaller than an average baby at this time, but not in the danger zone. ( I still think I might be having a GIRL !!!!! ) well we will know in a couple more months. The one thing I did have to complain about at my visit was my poor belly button. It hurts so bad !!!!! It's been popped out since I was 4 months Pregnant. The Dr. Checked it out and said I have a Herniated Belly Button and he will fix it when I have the baby. Thank Goodness !!!!!

Everything else is going good. I leave in a couple more weeks for my BIG Move !!!!! Yesterday I took down all the Baby Clothes that I have kept and threw out the really bad clothes. I'm pretty much set on things I need. I think I might have to go out and buy a couple more long sleeve outfits since it will be January, but besides that, I think I'm set !!!

It's so much fun to look at little baby clothes and Baby Diapers. I forgot how little they are when they come. Mason was laughing at how small the diapers were. I tried to put one on him so he can see how small the baby was going to be.

The boys are getting excited also for a new one in the house. Caden keeps on asking when  the baby going to pop out ????

Well I will try to keep you guys posted on things happening around here, but when you have sick kids, Nothing really happens except staying in the Quarantined house !!!!

This is what my life has felt like these past couple of weeks.

I'm getting ready for another trip to Vegas. Then I come back for a Couple of Weeks and then I head off for the BIG Move down to Vegas to have the Baby.

I have been stressing out on these things Brewing in my head: what I need to Bring to Vegas ( EVERYTHING ), What to do with our Dog Deuce ( We have a Dog sitter, but Lee thinks Deuce will be Lonely. ), How long we should stay in Vegas after the baby is born, How the kids will be with there Schedule ( Nap Times, if they will still keep it the same).

I seriously feel like I'm always stressing about something lately. I'm not a worry type of person, but I am making a big change right before the baby comes, That was my Fault !!!!!

I love being the relaxed laid back person !!!! Hopefully in a couple more months after the baby has come, I can be that person again. But for now, I'm just the Frazzled, Crazy Melissa.

Hopefully I will have time to Post while I am up in Vegas.

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1. Minimum Heart Burn

2. No Leg Cramps ( Yet !!!! )

3. Bigger Boobs ( I'm in a Full C, soon after the baby comes it might be a D !!!!! WHOO HOOO )

4. Baby hangs out in the lower half of my belly( Not swinging on my ribs )

5. I am always craving Fruit !!!!! Not Candy !!!!!!

When we were in Vegas, Grandma Jenkins saw Caden's poor little blanket with holes and tares in it. So Grandma said to Caden " If you find material you like, I will make you a new blanky" Caden was all on top of that idea. We looked every where for Fabric. Could not find Star Wars anywhere. Then Finally we went to Hancock Fabrics I asked the lady if she has seen any and she replied No but she knows its been very popular lately. Well I wasnt going to give up too fast. I looked everywhere. Just when I was about to give up, I found Star Wars !!!!! It has Darth Vader and Yoda. Caden was so excited. As soon as he showed Grandma he wanted her to get going on his blanket. We had to explain to Caden he was going have to wait until she could make it on Saturday. Saturday Morning came very early, and as soon as he saw Grandma, he wanted her to get started. Grandma was on Caden's Whip !!!!! He made sure she did not leave the room or do anything else unless it was for his Blanket. I tried to tell Caden he wasnt being polite, but he didn't want to hear it from me. He wanted his New blanket to be Done !!!!! When his blanket was finally done he gave Grandma a Huge Hug and a Kiss and said " Grandma this blanket is Awesome, Thanks so Much "

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The one deal Grandma did give to Caden was, Caden has to trade his old blanket for The Star Wars blanket and he did with no hesitation. He hasn't even asked about his old Blanky.

THANK YOU GRANDMA FOR AN AWESOME BLANKET !!!!!!

Then on the last night in Vegas, I went over to my Mom's house to say our goodbyes and she surprised me with this

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A NEW BLANKET !!!!!!

I needed a Blanket BAD too !!!!! My blanket was so bad, at night I would get tangled up in the holes and even got it stuck around my head one night, so I was getting scared that it would strangle me in my sleep.

I love the Fabric my mom picked. She originally had Tigger ( because I love Tigger so Much ) but I guess it had a flaw down the middle of it, so she saw this one and said " Melissa needs more Pink in her Life " ( since I'm surronded by boy stuff all day long )

I LOVE IT !!!!!!

And it's Huge !!!!! And Warm and Fuzzy on the back side  !!!!!!

THANKS MOM !!!!!! YOUR AWESOME !!!!!!!