Google has the coolest things like Gmail, Gtalk, and Picasa, but now it's even better! With Picasa not only can you edit your pictures, but you can also create Web Albums, so it makes it easy to look at tons of pictures in their full quality. We created two Web Albums, the first one is of most of our pictures of the summer, and the second link is for our wedding and reception pictures. We still have some editing and adding of captions to do, but we hope you enjoy looking at all the "good" and "bad" pictures we've taken.

picasaweb.google.com/habel9 -Summer 06

picasaweb.google.com/mikejenson -Wedding

Both of these web albums are listed on the sidebar of our blog. Let us know if you can't access the site.

As you know, we go up to Mike's family cabin every weekend to rebuild and restore it so it can last another 50 years. Well, this last weekend we were surprised to see the first snow at the cabin!! It started snowing on Friday, Sept. 15th and it didn't stop until the afternoon of the 16th!


This is the earliest time that snow has been at the cabin since Mike can remember. Everything was covered by about 5 inches of snow! It was weird to see all the green underneath the snow, but so beautiful!



Our brother-in-law Steve was crazy enough to ride the tote gote that he had built for about 3 miles to the cabin! He said that when he started the sun was shining, but the closer he got to the cabin the worse the weather got, but he just kept going. Unfortunately, the snow also took our power out in the morning, so when he came we didn't have any heat to help warm him up. It was hard to try and work without any heat. We didn't feel our toes until 7 o'clock at night when we were heading back home.

Luckily we didn't need to rely on power tools too much. But we did get a lot of the insulation up and our FIRST wall!!! We are so excited that we are to the point of drywalling. Granted, we still have a long way to go, but we're getting closer every weekend.

Rebuilding the cabin has been hard, but at the same time it is so much fun to build it so it will last for our kids, and their kids, and their kids...and hopefully even longer! :)

The snow was cold but it made everything so beautiful and pure!

This Labor Day weekend was a special time for the Habel side. Christina's brother Aaron was sealed to Karen in the Manti temple on Saturday, September 2nd. They choose the Manti temple because both of their parents were sealed there. The sealing was very special and of course Karen looked beautiful!

It was a hot but beautiful day for Aaron and Karen's wedding. The sun made the pictures extra hard to get through with a smile, but hopefully there is at least one good one. All of Christina's siblings were there with their families so of course it was one crazy party!!

Of course with Habels you have to have some fun pictures as none of us can be too good in front of the camera... especially Nate! Also, we learned how flexible and heavy Sarah was as she decided that as a pregnant lady she could easily climb in the tree for a picture with the girls.

After the sealing and pictures we headed to the Rose Cottage for a delicious dinner with everyone who had come. We took the pleasure of sitting at the kids table, and it was easy to see that "Uncle Mike" had no problem gaining the love of his newly acquired 25 nieces and nephews. Aaron and Karen's wedding was a beautiful time to get together and we had a blast with everyone! Then we welcomed Karen into the Habel women group before Aaron took Karen to ???? Typical Aaron...he wouldn't tell anyone! Anyway, their wedding was a beautiful time to get together and we had a blast with everyone!!

(Check out the pictures from their wedding by clicking on the Wedding Album link on the right hand side under our profile.)