Brooklyn's First Birthday

Brooklyn turned 1 on Sunday June 26th. I can't believe that it has already been one year. It seems like just the other day that I was in labor with her and then bringing her home. She has added so much joy to our family. She continues to rule our home and make everyone wait on her.

Best Friend Madalyn, these to have the same personality and get along so well. Brooklyn tries to copy her already, it very cute. Some day's she wants her over mom or dad.
Brooklyn has only 2 teeth, she walks along things but can't walk or stand on her own. She loves it outside, and begs us to take her outside. She moves her hands back and forth if she wants someone or something. She loves her plug and blanket to sleep with. She sleeps through the night 5 out of 7 nights. Her favorite food is Strawberries, grapes, watermelon, chicken nuggets, and Mac & Cheese. Her hair is so blond almost white. I can finally put a pony in it.
Brooklyn loves her daddy and his phone. She has already learned how to put it up to her ear and say hello. She says, Ma, Da, and bark like Duke the dog.
Opening gifts on Sunday Morning before going to church. She keep crawling back to Garrett's lay to open them.


"I bet there's money in here"
A few of her cousins and family were able to come over for birthday cake and ice cream


i wanted to make a pink purse cake for her, the cake was suppose to stand up but it fell so you can't see it as well.

She loved eating the cake

Brooklyn stats: height 29 1/4 (56%) weight 18.11 (14%)

Summer Cuts

I was getting really sick of long hair and plus it's so hot these new hair cuts Morgan and Natalie got will be great for summer. Madie didn't want one.

Jenks Family Reunion 2010

What a fun past few days it has been. We were able to meet up with most of Garrett's family for a reunion in Nyssa Or. at Karena's house. Karena and Brent were nice enough to house most of us. We enjoyed swimming in their pool, they keep it warm about 80 degrees. Garrett even got in and swam for a long time, that is very unlike him. He hates cold water.
Brooklyn and her daddy. She hated the floaty thing we brought for her. She wanted him to just hold her the whole time.
Natalie has become a great swimmer. She even practiced a lot without the life jacket. I fell in love with the idea of having a pool in my back yard. I hope that dream can come true someday. I added hours of entertainment. The kids wanted to swim until dark.
Morgan diving for rings.

Natalie learning to see underwater.



Logan, Carter, Chase, Belle, Madie, Haddi, Morgan and Natalie
The kids playing games outside. The game being played was Red Rover. Our girls just loved spending more time with the cousin. They played so hard each day and we still could not get them to go to bed before midnight. They did crash when we got back from our trip. We counted and we had 19 kids and 9 adults. We were missing a few cousins and adults. We were sad that everyone could not be there. We had not see some for over 2 years.


Brooklyn looking on wishing she was older.
Sisters are Best Friends
Ivey, Natalie, Tiana

Monday night we did smores and homemade ice cream, one of the many highlights for the kids. We also went to the movies, the river to fish and swim, some went to the rodeo one night and many hours in the pool swimming. Everything was great but we mostly just enjoyed visiting with family, there is always lots to talk about and laugh over.

Dishwasher

I have busy hands always in the dishwasher. I will open the dishwasher door to load dishes and the moment she hears the door open she comes. The other day I found her like this throwing all the dishes out on the floor.
What a big helper, I hope she enjoys it when she is 16.

Gone fishin

Last Saturday was the first time the girls and I have been out fishing this year. With Brooklyn joining our family it's a lot harder to take the family. Garrett goes and takes friends lots of the time. It's not fun for the girls to notice that dad and the boat are gone, or when he comes home with fish and they realize that they missed out. When we fish with just our family he is on his own most of the time (one man show), he has to drive the boat, put out all the lines and fix it all cause I'm no help. Brooklyn is at a busy age and has no fears. I have to hold her most of the time. She hates her life jacket. So all my focus is on her.
We caught 4 fish, the kids just love waiting to see how big the fish are, Natalie always wants to get baby fish. This was her fish. Justin was able to go with us. That was a big help, hopefully he didn't mind to much. Him and Garrett would set the hook then give it to the girls and they would rill them in.

Madalyn was really tired, I can't believe she feel asleep for a few minutes. She was feeding Brooklyn her bottle and then I look over and she is out. Not Brooklyn though, she was just playing on her BIG Sister while she slept.
The fishing trip turned out to be a crazy expensive trip. We get to the place we are going to fish and we have a flat tire (this same tire Garrett had got fixed earlier in the week) so lucky we have a spare so we get that fixed and go fishing. Then we start home about 30 miles down the road we blow out a different tire, sparks were flying and we could barely drive it off the road. Of course we are already using the spare. So Garrett gets the tire off and sends me and the kids to the tire store about 15 minutes away while he stays on the side of the road with the boat. We were afraid things would get stolen so he stayed. Then while I'm at the tire store I drop my I phone on the ground and it brakes and so now I have to get a new phone. While I'm at the tire store they try telling me that it's going to be 1-2 hours to get a new tire, I think they could tell I was not happy and I had 4 hungry mad kids that wanted to go home. Not the best day for MOM!!! After I so kindly (Not really) explained the situation they had us out of there in 15 minutes. Anyways, I finally make it back to Garrett and we get it all fixed. A few days later Garrett takes the trailer in and we need all four new tires. What a fun way to spend your hard earned $$$$$. We just had 4 new tires put on the van also. The tire store must love us. When it rains it pours in our family.