Easter

I know this is a little late, but better late than never. This year we were able to go to Twin Falls for Easter. We went to the big Jenks family Easter egg hunt. It was a lot fun. This year was the 71st annual Jenks family easter egg hunt! That is an awesome family tradition! Ashton got about 44 eggs, which gave him about 12th place. The winner was his cousin Michael with 166 eggs! After that, we went to the Loveless family and had an easter egg hunt with Lydia and Brody. It was a lot of fun. I can't believe how big those 2 are getting!!! Enjoy the pictures! (I only got 1 picture of the Jenks egg hunt cause I was watching babies :) Next year I'll do better)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Pharmacy School Destination

Well, we finally know where we are going to be for the next 4 years of our lives...Omaha, Nebraska. Ashton got accepted to Creighton University's pharmacy school! This news came as a shock when we didn't get accepted to ISU's pharmacy program. So, we will be moving to Nebraska in August.

Ashton is excited to be going to school where he served his mission, and I, well, I am excited for this opportunity, but I am terrified of leaving and being 15 hours away from both families. I guess now all we can do is trust Heavenly Father. Obviously, he knows something that we don't.

"The Big Dance"

Well March has come and gone and so has college basketball. Last night we had "The Big Dance" bash. The game between North Carolina and Michigan State was a bit disappointing to watch. Nobody likes to see a game where one team just gets slaughtered, especially in such a big championship. However, the pizza was good, the cupcakes were great, but to top the night, Alison won the trophy! That is right! She took down the powerhouse Castillo family and pulled a win for her husband. Now he finally has the trophy in his house. Here are the final standings:

1. Alison
2. Eric Quinney
3. Blake Higley
4. Elder Dex (Devon)
5. Tyson Johnson
6. Michelle
7. Leigh
8. Ashton
9. Brian Jenks
10. Curtis
11. London
12. Dallas

It was a lot of fun and our newcomers proved to be quite the contenders. Alison's new strategy of picking the winning team was a great success. She determined the winners by their mascots, which animal/thing would win in a fight in real life. Apparently, it matters what your mascot is and apparently North Carolina's Tar Heels(a ram) are the dominant animal.

Here are the pictures of the trophy "ceremony"..

Michelle passing on the trophy...

The winner

And here is Ashton's bracket door. He just couldn't leave Yahoo! in charge of determining the winner, he had to do it manually as well.


This bout of madness was fun and thank you to all who participated in it this year!

A Weekend with My Mom

This last weekend my mom came up and we had a blast. We went shopping and she helped me make a toddler quilt for baby Dexter to one day use. We went to DI and found some really cute sweater vests for $1 and then we went to the new JoAnn's super store that just opened in Boise so I could get the rest of my fabric for the quilt. We had a lot of fun!

Mom sewing the binding on my quilt. I didn't know how to do it since it wasn't a rag quilt. I know how to now!


Here is Me begining my top.


Here is a close up of my fabric. It is really cute!


Here is the final product. It went through a lot of revision on paper and slowly became simplified. I ended not wanting to cut a lot of squares so it ended up in stripes. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Thanks Mom for a great weekend!

Catching Up...

Time has flown by and so much has happened. Ashton had his final interview for Pharmacy school and we should be hearing back from them about April 8th. Soon we will be out of limbo and will be able to better prepare for our upcoming adventure into parenthood. I am almost 28 weeks pregnant and I keep getting bigger and bigger, which I am sure, will be the only time in my life I will happily admit that.

Earlier this month, we went to a Steelhead's hockey game at the Qwest Arena here in Boise, for my work's belated "holiday" party. It was a lot of fun. They played the Victoria Salmon Kings and won with a last second shot! It was really exciting! There were a lot fights too. I think the Salmon Kings had 4 people in their penalty box all at once because of a fight. Our seats were up in suite which was kinda fun, but we both decided that hockey is game where being closer is better. Here are some pictues...




Ashton has been playing church basketball with Leigh and is busy with school and work. Right now he is on spring break. Lucky for him, but I still have to go to work. We had a taco soup night with Leigh and Michelle and Dalton's birthday party with Blake and Shauntel. It was a lot of fun! My mom also came up and we had a fun weekend, but I'll do a seperate post about that. Well, there you have the latest and greatest on us!

I've been tagged

I was tagged by Stefi and sorry it took so long to post. I'm supposed to post the 4th picture in the 4th folder on my computer. Well here it is...

One of our engagement pictures. Can you believe it will be 4 years in April since these were taken, and 4 years in June since we were married! Man, time flies so fast.

March Madness

As February is winding down, our household is nothing but a buzz of basketball. You see March is coming and that can only mean one thing: College Basketball. Oh yes, it is that time of year again. The time for everyone to fill out their brackets for Ashton's Bracket Challenge and hope that they picked the right teams. The prize for all of this madness, the "Big Dance" party put on by the Jenks where the winner of the challenge is awarded the bowling trophy with duct tape at the base for your name. Haaa, life can't get much better than this.

What We've All Been Waiting For...

Ashton finally got his interview request for ISU's Pharmacy Program! He does it in 2 different days, 2 weeks apart. Pretty annoying but hey, at least he got the interview. He goes down February 27th to Pocatello for the group interview and then his individual interview isn't until March 11th, but that one is here in Boise. Yay!Congrats honey and good luck!

Ultrasound Pictures

This little guy already takes after his dad. He doesn't want his picture taken. He kept his little arm up by his face the whole time. Oh well, we'll get to see it soon enough!

We Love Boys!

First, I just wanted to thank everyone for all of the hopeful thinking that we're having a girl. Well, we went to the doctor today and found out that we're having a boy! The Jenks name will go on another generation! I'll post some ultrasound pictures as soon as I can figure it out, but I just had to share the great news!