Thankful

I've seen on facebook people posting what they are thankful for each day. I thought I would do just one list here on the blog.

1. Dave. I'm so glad I get to spend the rest of eternity with him!
2. I am thankful for some awesome family vacations to Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada.
3. The summer I lived in Hawaii I lived in Hauula and worked in Honolulu. Such a beautiful drive.
4. I am so grateful for the opportunity I had of serving as a missionary to South Africa. 
5. I am thankful for the hard work and learning experiences of grad school both at BYU and the University of Wolverhampton. And for all the dancers who participate in my research!
6. I am thankful for the gospel principle of free agency.
7. I am so grateful for the sacrifices and decisions of my ancestors. I am always in awe of how a decision my ancestors made 175 years ago to join the church can affect my life!
8. These three are just too cute to not add to this list! I'm so glad I get to be their Aunt Teri :) 

This is my list for now...

One of those days

Monday was a little...exciting, stressful, worrying...with turning in Dave's I-130 spouse visa application and my nephew's school in safety mode.

We finally got the application all put together and mailed it to the London Embassy. I had to make a copy of my student visa to prove that I have been in the UK for more than six months so that we could do the application process through the Embassy or else we would have had to send it to Chicago. It's nice to know the application is done and out of our hands. Now to pray the person who reads the applications likes ours and moves us onto the next phase.

My cutie 5-year-old nephew is now in kindergarten and on Monday the police attempted to serve a warrant at a home near my nephew's school. The man aimed a shotgun at a police officer, so a standoff started. Neighbors were evacuated and the school was put in safe mode. Lock down is when the kids have to stay in their classrooms and safe mode is when they can move around in the school, but can't leave. So my nephew stayed at school all day and got to eat lunch with the big kids. I however got a little nervous when I heard about it. As a former teacher and current student, I have been through evacuations and lock downs for real and practice at various times. I'm use to it, but this is my cutie 5-year-old nephew's first time. He's too little, cute, and innocent to have to be around crazy people! Hopefully he doesn't have to do that again until he is in high school.

Normal pt 2

Normal has become a swear word in our house. Dave and I had our first appointment a month ago with the fertility specialist (FINALLY!!!) and they redid all the tests again . . . and again everything is normal. They couldn't do a hysterosalpingography on me, so a laparoscopy has been scheduled for January. Until then I am taking clomid. I have never taken anything more than 800 mg of ibuprofen, so I was really nervous about taking a drug that has at least 7 side effects: hot flashes, bloating and abdominal discomfort, weight gain, mood swings, nausea/dizziness, headaches, abnormal menstrual bleeding, and twins/multiple pregnancies. I had a mild mood swing on the first day with Dave (thank Heavens it wasn't anywhere else) and on day 2 and 3 I had a very low grade headache. Otherwise everything is good so far, but one of the things I have not been able to find out is how long the side effects are suppose to last; only while I am taking the med or for longer? However, I really don't see twins/multiples as a side effect. I would love to have twins/multiples, then we have our family in one pregnancy! Awesome!

PB Frederick Young Jensen Jr

Apparently I haven't posted a copy of my Great-Grandpa, Frederick Young Jensen Jr's PB yet. I've posted about Fredrick's wife Madora previously, but haven't said much about him. I do remember him because he didn't die until 1978. At the end he lived with my Grandpa's brother Neal, who also lives in Centerville, Utah. My only memory of him is when me, Corey, my Mom, and Grandpa went over to Uncle Neal's house to visit and he had a big bag of popcorn he shared with me and Corey. I just thought he was a nice old man, until years later I saw a picture of us eating popcorn together and my Mom said he was my Great-Grandpa.

This is at my brother Corey's baby blessing, Great Grandpa Jensen is holding Corey. I am the blonde on the left on the ground, my cousin Konda in the middle, and Konda's brother Chris on the right. Chris and I are the same age and Konda is a year younger than me.

PB Jensen/Spackman

Just so my Jensen and Spackman side of the family knows, here is a final list of PB's (if you want copies let me know):

Jensen

1.       Edward Quinn Jensen 1939 Monticello and 1933 Blanding

2.      Fredrick Young Jensen Jr 1938

3.      Madora Laverna Rogerson Jensen 1901 Monticello

4.     SarahJane Perkins Rogerson 1875 Parowan

5.      John Edward Rogerson 1901 Monticello

6.      Jane Benson Perkins 1896 Manti

7.      Christen Jensen 1877 Ephraim

8.     Kirsten Marie Johansen Jensen 1877 Ephraim

Spackman

1.       Joyce Lucille Spackman Jensen 1936 Raymond

2.      Amy Clarissa Neal Spackman 1921 Stirling

3.      Sarah Ann Criddle Spackman 1899 Farmington

4.     Thomas Spackman 1909 Stirling

5.      Christina Elizabeth Mattson Bohman (but name on PB is Christinna E Greenburg) 1862 GSLCity

6.      Mary Ann Bull Criddle 

7.      Clemency Litten Casper Neel 1837 Kirtland Ohio

8.     William Stevens 1869 GSLCity

9.     Edmund Walker 1872 Peoa Utah

10. Maria Antoinette Swallow Walker 1872 Peoa Utah

No PB

1.       Alfred Bohman

2.      William Henry Spackman

3.      Cora Caroline Walker Neel

4.     John Marion Neel

5.      Thomas Alfred Spackman

6.      Axie Matilda Bohman Spackman

7.      John Perkins

8.     Henry Criddle

9.     Johan/John Larsson Bohman

10. Maria Christina Gavert Bohman

11.    Mattias Anderson

12.   Elizabeth Larsdotter Anderson

13.   John Austin Neel

14.  Ellen Christiana Stevens Neel

15.   John Neel Sr

16.   Rebecca Guess Neel

17.   William Casper

18.  Avarilla Nancy Durbin Casper

19.  John Neel Jr

20.  Emma Crowden Stevens

21.   Thomas Henry Wright

22. Elizabeth Barrett Wright

23. Walter Pharas Walker

24. Charlotte Wright Walker

25.  Frederick Young Jensen Sr

26. Else Marie Andersen Jensen

27. Jens Christian Andersen

28. C/Kathrine Marie Christensen Andersen