Edgar won the battle...I won the war!

Now I know what you're all thinking. "Why in the world would she give her cat a bath?" I'll tell you why! Since we first got Edgar for Christmas in 2009, I have successfully given him 3 baths. Granted, they were all when he was pretty small, but they did happen! Edgar has been shedding a lot lately and it seemed that no matter how much I brushed him, he would still shed! My mom and sister were talking about giving their Siamese cats baths and they made it sound soooo easy. I figured that was the solution to Edgar's shedding problem.

When Bryant and I moved from Logan, I drugged Edgar with "Calm Down". It knocked him out from Logan to Draper, then he meowed for the last 30 minutes of the drive. I thought I was brilliant by giving the same stuff to Edgar before his bath. It definitely didn't have the same effect this time around...

Here's the monster before his bath...

He shredded my glove while I was trying to put him in the bathtub. (As demonstrated in the video)

This is after the bath. You can see how happy Edgar was.

My battle wounds

Lovely, huh?

His next favorite part was the hair dryer.

The final product.

So was the bath worth it? No. Definitely NOT.

"Ogre MEAN!"

A few months ago my sister, Reesa, and her 3 kids came down to Springville to stay with me for the weekend. The youngest one of the three, (Radley...aka:Rad) met Edgar (my Siamese cat) for the first time. Edgar didn't give give him a very nice reception. Rad, who is only 2, summed up the meeting perfectly: "Ogre MEAN!" (Translation: Edgar is mean!)

The little stud himself! (Notice that he has 2 dum-dum suckers in his mouth)

Edgar decided to try to bite my arm off while we were opening presents.

This is the demon, right before he attacks.

So to teach the little brat a lesson, Bryant decided to put one of the stickers on his back.

Edgar wasn't ammused.

Bryant eventually felt sorry for the critter and peeled it off him.

And even though I'm the one that feeds and takes care of Edgar, who does he love the most (or the only one he loves for that matter)?

BRYANT!! (Gurrrr)

Oh well, at least they get along! :)

Reindeer!

For the last week or so I've been stressing over what to give my neighbors for Christmas. Bryant's response is always, "Make Oreos! But don't dye the frosting in stupid colors. It makes them taste bad." That didn't get me very excited to make them, so I decided to make "Rootbeer Reindeer"!

The final product! (Also, I couldn't find rootbeer so I had to settle for cream soda)

Each reindeer had a different colored collar.

Clever, I know! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

Love, The Jensens

I couldn't wait...

One of my biggest pet-peeves is when people start decorating for the next holiday in line without letting the current one come and go. I have several neighbors who have had their Christmas lights glowing at night for the last 2 weeks! My momma always trained me to start decorating for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving....but I couldn't wait any longer!! This last weekend I was feeling the Christmas spirit so I decided to begin decorating! (My actual excuse is that Bryant and I will be spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Cache Valley all weekend so it ended up being the perfect time to get it done)

Let's play a little game of "Where's Edgar?"

Stupid cat... His new favorite napping place is under the tree.

Edgar also likes to slither under the couch.

If I add a little more I'll be sure to share it!

Idaho Cake

Just thought I'd take a second to share how sweet and thoughtful my husband is...

For my birthday, he decided he was going to get me a birthday cake. He didn't get me just any cake...

Bryant: "LEX! I got you a surprise!"

Alexis: "Really? What is it?"

Bryant: "I decided to get you a cake that reminds me of you."

Alexis:"Ok......."

(Bryant reveals the cake)

Bryant: "It's an IDAHO CAKE!"

........

I have the best husband in the world! :)

One Year Anniversary! :)

WE DID IT!!! Wooooooo!

Bryant and I have officially been married for one whole year! I know it sounds super corny, but it really has been one of the best (and most stressful) years of my life.

Our wedding day! (Presh!)

Our first child, Edgar Wayne Jensen, named after Bryant Wayne Jensen. He was born November 12, 2009. (Wait, we were married in September 2009. That's not 9 months apart...) ;) We picked Edgar up from a house in West Jordan on Christmas Eve 2009.

Pretty sure Bryant loves Edgar more than me.

They grow up so fast.

This is what I deal with on a daily basis.

For some reason, he decided to squeeze between Bryant and the chair.

That's my guy

Bryant and I went to Phoenix, AZ in March to see Paul McCartney in concert. It was SUCH a blast!!

And then a few months after we went to Arizona Paul McCartney added Salt Lake to his tour schedule, so naturally Bryant insisted we had to go. (The fireworks were much better outside!)

Bryant graduated from the Masters of Accounting program at USU!

In true Accountant style, he wanted a white cake with white frosting. Pretty sure that's the most boring cake ever.

I was a little bumed that we didn't really get a honeymoon since Bryant was in school and I had to work. To make up for it we, along with Bry's mom and sister, went to the Bahamas in June. LOOOVED IT!!!

August 9th we moved from our cute little house on 500 North 300 East in Logan to...

Our new house in Springville, UT!

Bryant survived Buttars Family Pictures 2010

(Right before this picture was taken Bryant said, "Why do we have to do more pictures? We have a MILLION pictures from our wedding at home. This is ridiculous. I'm not smiling. We're taking ONE picture...".........etc.

"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LEX!"

I was so excited just looking at the box. It could have been empty and I still would have been excited just looking at it.

Bryant did an AMAZING job of picking out my bracelet! I loooove it!

Bryant's Present: Apple TV. (It's cooler than it sounds, ok?)

Bryant has wanted a massage for a really long time so rather than being a good wife and getting him a massage gift certificate for himself, I decided to get a couples massage so I can get one too. (Muahaha...yes, I am that selfish. It's our anniversary, dang it! It's supposed to be spent TOGETHER.)

This weekend I'll be spending our anniversary all alone. Bryant will be with his friend Chris Smith at the Ohio State vs. Miami football game. Bryant will be the one tiny speck of orange in a sea of red. (The Ohio State "Horseshoe" holds 110,000. Utah State's stadium holds around 25,500)

Go Canes! :)

With one year behind us, I can only imagine what's ahead of us! Bryant just started law school at BYU so that should keep him occupied for the next 3 years. I am in awe of him everyday. He works so hard! I think I'd curl into a ball and die if I had to go through what he goes through! I'm currently working at the Stevens-Henager in Orem and I'm loving it there. I work with a great group of people and it makes me excited to go to work everyday. I'm also doing online classes through Utah State. I *hopefully* will be done in a year. Thanks to everyone who's supported us and who has been a part of our lives. Here's to MANY many more anniversaries! :)