Happy Day! Dan got to walk yesterday for graduation in Health Promotion from the University of Utah in December. It was awesome to see him dressed in his robes and for this day to finally come. They had a great ceremony with some inspirational talks.



Mike definitely looks up to Dan for graduating. Next year this time will be an extremely happy day because Mike will be done with his Mechanical Engineering degree from the U.

After the 5 o'clock ceremony we headed to the parents house for some yummy pizza and presents. Analise got him this huge awesome card that played the graduation song in it as well as a bluetooth headset. The rest of the family gave him his favorite thing...money!!

We're down to less than a month before Dan gets hitched to his beautiful fiance Analise. We can't wait for the happy day to come. Last night the Jenson girls (Cheri, Angela, and Christina) were invited to a bridal shower for Analise hosted by the ward that she grew up in.


Carter really doesn't like the grass. :-)

We had the pleasure of meeting many women who have influenced her life and love her so much. They also were curious to meet Dan so he was invited too and it was fun to have them together. There was wonderful food, and games, as well as a lot of great loot for the happy couple.

We're excited to have Analise be apart of our family!

So Carter has croup, but after a bath he was being dang cute and he taught himself his favorite game. Peek-a-Boo!

Mike has worked for two semesters on creating a robot from scratch with a team. Today was the competition to find out whose robot was the best. Christina, Carter, and Mike's mom and brothers came around 2 when the top 16 were going to compete for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

The robot had to navigate through a course with 12 plastic crates filled with random things. The crates that the robot was suppose to detect had either a magnetic field or an infrared light. The robot that picked up 2 out of the three crates received the most points. Mike and his team programed the robot to run autonomously (run on its on) so it had sensors to detect the line to follow, as well as what do to when it sensed the correct crate.

This video was the final round for Mike's group to win the 3rd place slot. There was a lot of tension because they lost the last round because their robot did not perform hardly at all, so we were anxious about this last run. Unfortunately the video wouldn't upload to our blog, but the exciting news is that they won 3rd place!! Yeah! It was super fun and amazing to watch. Their robot had a few hiccups, but it totally did a great job. We're so proud of all the work that Mike and his team did.

Last night was a fun "date" night with Carter. We got a hold of our friends Chris & Leslie and went bowling. We all haven't been for way too long, but it was a great time. Carter loved the different environment and watching everyone bowl. He was really good at giving high 5.



Chris & Mike were definitely the top bowlers, but Christina did manage to beat Mike by like 2 points for one of the games. Leslie & the little Hardy to be did pretty awesome as well. It was just a great time to get out and enjoy our friendship. Thanks guys!

So our boy is already 9 months old!! It is so crazy how the time is flying by. According to the stats Carter is little, only in the 2% in weight. We've known that we have a skinny boy in comparison, but he was even worse this time because he had just gotten over the stomach flu. Hopefully he'll get his appetite back soon and so we can get some more chub on him. :-)

Carter's 9 months stats
16 pounds 11 ounces = 2%
28.54 inches = 54%

As a parent you'll do anything to get your kid to laugh. We love hearing Carter laugh so enjoy this video of Mikey "getting" him.

Carter is learning new things everyday. He is really starting to pull himself up more so maybe by a year he'll be walking? We're not to anxious for that milestone though. We love the crawling stage. He's also recently started to freak out if you take something away from him, so that is a new phase. He is definitely getting into more things now so you've always got to watch him. It's fun to see him become more independent and yet sad at the same time. We had all these jars of food and Carter wasn't eating them much, but then he starting eating a lot when we let him help feed himself. A little more messy, but worth the experience.

Cheri surprised me early with the PERFECT Mother Day gift. When she was watching him a couple of weeks ago, Mike met her at a professional studio to have Carter's picture taken. The framed collage below is what she gave me. I really wanted to get some professional shots of our beautiful boy so I was so grateful that Cheri did it for me. She does so much for us by watching Carter all the time. We're lucky to have her close. I love the picture of him crawling in the middle. Carter is so wonderful and I am just grateful that Heavenly Father blessed us with such a perfect little boy.

We were lucky to have the pleasure of having Christina's sister Julie and her son Hayden stay with us for a day. They live and work hard everyday at a ranch in Nevada, so they don't get too many "vacations" so we love being able to see them. Unfortunately the purpose of this trip was for Julie to get 2 wisdom teeth out. :-( So while Julie slept and recovered we had a great time with Hayden. Carter thought that he was so funny!

Hayden also forgot his tooth brush, and the only clean new one that Christina had around was a pink one, so this is kind of a blackmail picture for the future. :-) Since Hayden was the lucky kid out of the 5 to come with Julie he got to pick where we ate dinner at, and he picked Red Lobster because he wanted crab. What 12 year old kid wants crab? ;-)

Anyway, we were all happy that he did because it was yummy! Carter even liked the clam chowder soup, and of course the biscuits were the best of all! Christina enjoyed pampering Julie and spending time with Hayden. Hopefully we'll be able to see them again soon!

Snowmobiling trip! Some of you may think that we're crazy, but we took Carter snowmobiling! It was our last trip of the season so it wasn't too cold, but we bundled him up in many layers. Then Christina strapped him in the baby carrier and away we went. Carter did great!

He loved being out in the snow and riding on the machines.





We found out on this trip that Carter likes apples. He wouldn't leave Grandpa Jenson's apple alone. Dang cute!

HAPPY EASTER!!

It's been kind of crazy to think that just last Easter Christina was still pregnant with Carter, and now he is 9 months old! Wow, does time fly by or what?!

After church we took pictures and then went and found our Easter baskets. Christina found hers pretty quick, but Mike needed a few clues and about 10 minutes before he found his in the dishwasher...where he never looks! ;-) We got Carter this awesome toy and a couple clothes from Kid to Kid, (our favorite place now). Of course he doesn't understand why he got a gift on Easter, but he loved his new toy.

Well, this Easter was a little sad because Cheri got really sick and wasn't able to join us for Easter. So last minute everyone came over to our little 2 bedroom apartment for some yummy food and of course fun.


Then we went across the street to an abanonded elementary school that has this awesome hill which is perfect for the Jenson tradition of rolling/throwing eggs down the hill. Not sure how it started, but we can't pass up on tradition. Carter didn't care much for the eggs, but he enjoyed just being outside.

Carter started yelling/squawking at Mike. Enjoy. :-)