I can see the Finish Line

Well we are almost there, the finish line is in sight.......2 weeks to go. I hate the last few days, I keep thinking will today be the day. Last week when I went to the doctor he said I was at a 1 1/2, and about 60% efaced. I would love to go early, this next weekend would be a great Father's Day Gift to Garrett. I'm a little nervous Garrett has a crazy week as far as work goes and will be at training all week until Saturday. (at least his classes are in Tri-Cities)
All my bags are packed and the clothes are all washed and put in the closet. I'm getting really excited for her to come, we have not had a baby around in a long time. The girls keep saying "when is she going to be here, you said when school is out then she would be born". Lets hope she comes a little early. Brooklyn Jenks is what we are thinking for her name.

Strawberry Jam

We are starting to get strawberries in our garden, and we needed to make jam really bad. We ran out of jam about 3 months ago and have been having to steal a few containers from my mom. Our family loves jam but only the homemade, we will not eat it from the store. This year I plan on making a lot more to last us all year long, I did not realize how much more we would go through having Madalyn in school, she takes a lunch a lot.

Morgan and Natalie helped out, sometimes it's so much easier to just do it on my own. But I guess what is the point if I'm not teaching them how to be mom's someday. I hope to get a few more batches done before the baby comes.

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend is always a special time of year for our family. We do the same thing every year, Garrett was suppose to work but he always find someway to get the day off so our family can go to the Othello cemetery. We go with all the extended Jenks family to John and Kristy's grave.

This year Karena and 4 of her kids were able to come and stay with us and go on Monday. It was nice to have family stay with us, most of the time they stay at Mary's but with her not living here anymore the kids finally get their cousins to stay with them. After we go to visit the graves then we eat at the Park and play baseball.

It is really nice to have a lot of family close by, someone said there were about 60 people there yesterday.

Preschool Graduation

Last week was Morgan's Preschool Graduation and Play Day. Morgan can finally say that she is in Kindergarten, she is so excited to go to Mesa School next year. Last Thursday was her last day of school and they were going to have a BBQ and play with jumping house, water toys and do a few crafts. Because of the bad weather we had to have it indoors, lucky the basement is big enough to still set up the jumping house. Great Job Morgan, you are going to do so well in school.

Our last May B-Day

I know I say it every year; this week in May is so crazy for us but I think I need to say it again. I would not recommend it to anyone. Try and plan your birthdays spread apart. With me being pregnant and all the stress of the birthdays I'm so worn out. Now I can focus on getting ready for the baby.

Happy 29th Birthday Garrett!!!!!
Today he turned 29, I can't believe that we are both almost 30. Man we are getting old!!! His birthday was pretty low key, he opened gifts this morning. We got him a really nice Food Saver Vacuum Pack sealer and a shirt. I know really boring gifts but with all the Salmon he has been bringing home.. I figured that we need to be saving it right, we threw out a lot last year cause of freezer burn. I hope he was excited about his gifts.
Last weekend we went out for his birthday and saw Robin Hood. Happy birthday Honey, I hope we get many more birthdays together.

Morgan turns 5

Our little Morgan turned 5 years old today. Happy Birthday Morgan!!! I can't believe that this Fall she will start kindergarten. It was cute this morning when she got up she told me that she could now turn the lights on WITHOUT standing on her tippy toes, she grew that much over night. She also said that she can read better now that she is 5.

Morgan wanted a unicorn cake with wings, she told me mom it has to have wings so this is the best I could do.

Morgan really liked it so that is all that counts. It was hard to find a time to celebrate all three birthdays. We had a few family members over on Monday for cake and ice cream.

My mom got Morgan things to work outside: a kids rake, hoe, watering can, and gloves. She loves to work in the garden, especially with grandma.

A birthday is not a birthday without the McGary spank n machine. The kids always love and look forward to this. We couldn't get Garrett to go through.

Morgan opened her gifts this morning before Madalyn got on the bus, she looks a little sleepy.

For her birthday she got: roller skates, Princess and the Frog movie, butterfly net, unicorn, and kindergarten workbooks.

Happy Birthday Morgan!!! Morgan is still full of life, she is very kind and loving to all her sisters. She is very excited for the baby to come. She comes over to me at least once a day and kisses my tummy and talks to the baby. She will be a big helper. Morgan is sill very small, she seems to be growing taller but she can still wear 2T pants. She loves anything that is pink, and her favorite food is chicken pillows and pancakes. She also has quite the sweet tooth. I don't know where she got that from :)

Natalie's 3

Happy Birthday Natalie!!!! Yesterday our baby turned 3. Time is flying by with her, she is such a great little girl. She brings so much love and laughter into our family.

This year she wanted a Mermaid Cake, she is in love with the movie Barbie and a Mermaid Tale. She got this movie from the Easter Bunny and loves to watch it. When it's her turn to pick a movie to watch it's that one or Barbie and the Three Musketeers.

We took the girls to Chuck E Cheeses last night to celebrate Natalie and Morgan's Birthday. Morgan's in just a few days. This month is birthday month around our house.

The rides were great, I think they had a great time.

Natalie opening her gifts. She got a Dora tent, water toy, outside chair, make-up, paint and a workbook.

She finally got her own chair, she has had to share with the older girls.

Happy Birthday Natalie. We are so glad that you were placed in our family we love your smile and happy personality. You are truly a princess!!!

Field Trip

Morgan's preschool took a field trip to the Pasco Fire Department on Thursday to learn about fire Safety and see what firefighters did. She was very excited to go and show her friends what her dad did.

The Kids enjoyed it, I think their favorite part was spraying the hose. At the end of the tour Garrett forgot to give the kids stickers and a safety booklets and about 5 mins. down the road Morgan said Dad forgot the stickers and books. So she had to call him and tell him to bring some home for her to give to the kids on the next day of school.

Another cute thing was that afternoon Morgan was down helping my mom work in her yard, after they got done they went inside to make dinner. My mom started cooking something on the stove top and told Morgan all be right back I need to go change out of my work clothes. She said she came back less than a minute later and Morgan said " Grandma you are never suppose to leave the stove on when you leave the room, you could start a fire". I guess she did learn a few things at the Fire Department.

I love the pictures of the girls with the hats on.

Fire Pit

I have been wanting Garrett to build me a nice fire pit for a long time and I finally got one. We couldn't decided where to put it, that is what took us so long to finally get it done. We had FHE this week outside around it. It will be really nice this summer.

Daughtry Concert

Last night we were able to drive to Yakima and see in Concert Daughtry and Life House. It was a blast being able to have sometime way from kids and just hang out with some young couples. There were 4 couples that went, we borrowed a big 12 passenger van so we could all ride over together. I don't think that I have laughed that much in a long time. It was a long night we didn't get home until 1:00 am. I had a hard time waking up the next morning to get Madalyn ready for school.

Brady & Rachael Cutler, Luke & Leisl Sullivan, Garrett and Me, and Jason and Karyn McGary

This was Garrett and My first Rock Concert, we have been to a lot of Country Concerts but this was so much different than those. The music was really good but so much louder and people stand a lot more. I don't know what was more entertaining the singers or the Really drunk people in front of us. We had a good time enjoying a night out with friends. We went to Red Robin before and then to the concert.

It was really dark and my camera doesn't take good pictures in the dark.