Whats up with us!! Sunday, April 27

Wow. Has is been two weeks since I last wrote on the Blog?? Sorry about that , time gets away. Well, lets see how good my memory is. School is winding down which you would think things would slow down but noooooo. AJ has played two soccer games now and really, really loves it even though they have lost both games. But the last game they did score one point!!! Today was his first baseball practice and we also loves baseball. So he'll be busy for awhile. At school this week his class went on a field trip to NTV broadcasting studios, then Kearney Humane Society then to McDonalds to refuel. He now knows all the "Green screen" tricks they use for the weather. Lexi's eyes are solved (for awhile anyway) her left eye has gotten better but the right eye didn't which is causing them to be out of whack. So a new perscription and new contact and new glasses was all it took. (oh, and $$$$$). Bit of advice to all newer mothers than me, "take your child to the eye doctor at appropriate age, before your child complains of problems." Lexi also continues with drivers ed - you have been fore warned. Reilly also had a field trip this past week to the water jamboree. She must have been paying attention since that same night she talked her little brother to join her in the garden to make a trench. They had to be hosed off before they could shower. Sometimes the $300 playstation, or the hundreds of computer games still aren't as fun as water and dirt. Last weekend Matthew's bright idea was to be ahead of the game and head down to Harlan County to do our annual "mushroom hunting". So we found our hats and walmart bags and took off. Everyone was bubbly with excitement, for the finder of the first mushroom wins $1.00. So we sprayed our allotment of deet filled bug spray away we went. Forty minutes of walking through trees, shrubs and branches to come back empty handed (unless the empty beer cans, shotgun shells or cigarette package mean anything). Matthew could SMELL the mushrooms but it was still too early. Something about the ground temperature, the amount of rain and sun. What there was plenty of was TICKS, ucky, crawly, blood sucking TICKS. We'll try again soon (we have a big handicap now though, Matthew has a cold and no sense of smell.)
This weekend we had a visitor. Grandma Petersen had a friend who has a relative in Grand Island that she was going to visit so Grandma rode along. We met them in GI on Friday and brought Grandma to our house till Sunday. We kept her busy with a soccer game Saturday am at 9:00. It was a little chilly but we survived. Then we got a tour of the sterization plant BD where Matthew works. Very interesting to see the blue cobalt used to sterize. Kind of scary to be so close to something so powerful and deadly. Then we headed home for a quick bite then off to Kearney to visit Skyler and do a litte garage saleing. Well, the weather did not cooperate, it rained all day and Skyler was coming down with the flu and wasn't his cheery self. So, we headed back to Wilcox and enjoyed some yummy steaks that Grandma brought with her from Iowa. Then being the crazy, wild people we are, we spent the next 2 hours putting together a puzzle. Us old people even out lasted the kids. Our goal (well my goal anyway) was to not to go asleep until it was done. Okay, the puzzle was completed Sunday before church by Grandma and AJ. After church, the girls and I drove Grandma back to GI to meet her friend and drive back to Iowa. It was a short visit but we'll take what we can get. Thanks for coming Grandma, We love you.

PROM 2008

Welcome back!! This blogging thing is more work than I expected. Last weekend was the Wilcox-Hildreth prom and Skyler attended with his lovely Junior girlfriend, Amariaya (I can never spell that right, sorry Ammy). The weather was better, the sun was shining anyway!! There were some beautiful dresses and I think everyone had fun. They had the red carpet walk up at the Minden Opera House as usual, ate and danced til midnight. Then the after prom was held at the Holdrege bowling alley. Ammy's parents were brave enough to get up or stay up early to make breakfast for them. We never did see Skyler as he slept a little awhile at Ammy's then headed back up to Kearney to the dorm to study, study, study. But he looked very handsome in his tux and they were a good couple. Of course, we couldn't let those young kids out party us!! We had "the gang" over for snacks, beverages and a few games of pitch. Which the men beat the women as usual, even with a handicap of bidding blind. The little kids ran wild and had a blast. But Sunday mornings are not so fun. Let's just say AJ fell asleep Sunday nite with his hands still folded from his nighttime prayer. Another busy week ahead here at the Jenkins'. Monday, we head to the school to watch the Spring play. Tuesday, AJ has soccer practice and I have a booster club meeting. Wednesday, church night of course. Thursday, Lexi has an eye appt. (maybe they will help solve her "tumor" headaches-as Lexi calls them) and AJ has his first soccer game. Friday, we fall to the couch exhausted from the week.
Hope you enjoy the Prom pictures and video. Remember, Skyler takes after his Dad.

FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CREATE A BLOG FOR OUR FAMILY. SO TODAY, APRIL 4TH ON THIS VERY RAINY, DREARY DAY I DECIDED IT WAS TIME. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY POSTS ON THE EXCITING JENKINS SIX LIFE. BE PATIENT WITH US AS WE NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A FEW MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY, AS I AM NOT AS COMPUTER SAVVY AS MY WONDERFULLY COMPUTER TALENTED HUSBAND OR CHILDREN. BUT I AN WILLING TO TRY!