Look Who's Getting Married!!!!

Well, guess who has finally decided to join the ranks of the married folks....

We've been anxiously awaiting this for some time now, but those two just kept us guessing. You'll have to get them to share the story of the proposal. We've enjoyed Chanelle over the last couple of years....she is very fun, and just a little wacky. Her and Matt seem to be made for each other.

To see all the events of their upcoming wedding....you can keep up with the latest at their Wedding Blog.......http://tools.brides.com/weddingwebsite/barronandjensen/

We guess Eloping wasn't an option :~)

Dallas, Victoria, and Matt...Sorenson

Hey, look who's home! For a couple of years we thought Matt Sorenson WAS our son.


The Happy couple!


Ian, This picture was for you.

Dallas went to a high school dance when he was a sophmore, but hadn't been back...until this year. His Girlfriend was nominated as Homecoming Royalty and so they decided they better go. Dallas seems to be enjoying his last year of high school and is just waiting to see what great things are out there for him. If anyone has a car they would like to give him, he would be very appreciative.
We also went out to Yuma to see Matt Sorenson's homecoming. Matt seemed to be a part of our family for a couple of years while we were there. It was funny to come home and always have him just hanging out at our home with our other sons. He was very comfortable hanging out and just being one of us. One of his best "Mattisism's" about dating was....."I'm not spending money on someone else's wife". Not too much dating going on with Matt before his mission...hmm, wonder why.

Winslow Arizona

Michele and I went to Fruitland New Mexico last weekend to see Tiffany and Brad bless their baby. On the way back, we passed through Winslow Arizona. We had been wanting to go take our picuture standing on a corner (ya know the old Eagles song....Well I've been standin on a corner in Winslow Arizona...) and now we would get our chance. Who knew there would be a sign and statue right on the corner of the town! They even put a Flatbed Ford right there (It's a girl my Lord, in a flat bed Ford, slowin down to take a look at me) so you can take your picture with it. Just for the perfect ambiance, they have Eagles music playing over the PA system to ensure everyone is in the mood. We didn't know this was such a tourist thing. We were thinking we were the only fools who would even do this, and then when we got to Winslow, there was a huge tourist bus full of people all waiting in line to take the exact same picture....go figure.
We are either easily entertained in our life, or we have no life at all...Not sure which one yet.
The day finally ended with us driving on into another beautuful Arizona sunset.

San Diego

San Diego has been a city that our family has always enjoyed. While a teenager, San Diego was my all time favorite place to go. While living in Utah, we took what was perhpas our favorite family vacation with our kids and spent a number of days there. When we moved to Yuma, we used to tell everyone we were just in East San Diego (2 hours from our door to the beach). With my work I get to spend time there every so often. If we could afford to live there, it would be an amazing place to be.

A week or so ago my boss held her regional meeting out on Coronado Island for 3 days. We stayed at the Marriott resort that looks over the harbor and back toward the San Diego downtown area. There were enough activities to make it enjoyable...we went on a harbor dinner cruise, we crossed the harbor by water taxi to have dinner on the mainland on the other nights. We visited the San Diego Wine and Cullinary Institute where we got to make our own dinner with the help of a recognized personal chef. The location of the resort had beautiful views, but all of it was just somewhat hollow. To spend the time by yourself, while your family is back at home just kind of leaves the whole experience lacking. Perhaps this is something of what Lehi felt as he stood at the tree.