Vegas Baby

In the post from just a moment ago, I ended on Sunday. Well come Monday, I was off to vegas for a data center conference. A co-worker and I went and stayed at the MGM Grand hotel. Conference was good, but it was a conference...and a busy one. Started at 7am...ended at 5:30. Tougher than is sounds. I have to thank Steph because I know how hard it is/was with the two "angels", the dog, the car issues, etc. Thanks kiddo!


I took a few pictures with the iPhone....Lions at the MGM, NY NY, The Strip, etc.

Thanksgiving Recap

Sorry for the delay in posts....It's been a bit crazy the last week...and here is why:

Thanksgiving - Had a great day with our friends (The Doerrs). Mom and Dad J were in Long Beach, while Mom and Dad C were in San Jose. We had a fabulous dinner and enjoyed just taking it easy. We did mix in a little Turkey Bowl at the viewpoint. Thanks Cary and Julia for a great Thanksgiving.

Black Friday - Well, normally I have ventured out on black friday for one of the sacred bargins. However, this year nothing really jumped out at me. So, there was no waking up at 4am to get that bargin. We did venture out to a mall, but it was to Bellevue for a movie. We took the girls to Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium at the new Lincoln Square. Maddie invited her friend Makalya along as well.

Saturday - This was reunion night...Reunion of the Meyers, McAllisters, Doerrs and Jensens trip to Vegas for Dave's BDay last October. We enjoyed a great dinner at Racha Noodle, then headed to Chopstix Piano Bar. We had a awesome time hanging out, singing songs, etc. Good times for sure!!

Sunday - After a late night on Saturday, we laid low at home on Sunday. Ran a few errands here and there, and found ourselves back at Bellevue Square. On the way home, the kids fell asleep (no nap) so Steph and I improvised for dinner. We picked up Angelinas chicken parm and ate dinner in the Suburban at the Hamilton viewpoint. While there we had the opportunity to see a super cool "moon rise" over the city.

So, that was the holiday weekend...never a dull moment. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving

Today is the day....The day where we fill out stomachs with so much food that we feel ill :-)

Actually, this day is about much more than that. It is about giving thanks for all the blessings in our life. This post is a group effort. We decided to sit down after breakfast and list out all the things we are thankful for...see if you can determine who is thankful for what (and who got on the computer).

Friends and Family
Josie's Treats
Beautiful Sunny Crisp Day
House
baby haas's first thanksgiving
kabbbbbbiin
toys
mommy
Job
School
Daddy
Sissy
Health
Maddie loves to read
The Pee Pee Dance
Playhouse
God
...and All of you.

We truly feel blessed and are extremely thankful. We wish everyone a happy thankgiving. Safe travels to everyone that is on the road.

Gobble Gobble!

Launch Night = Late Night

Well...10:30pm...25 1/2 hours since we started our upgrade process, and I am....still at the office :-(

Unfortunately things haven't gone like we planned so we it is taking us a lot longer to get the job done. In the software world, and especially in the daptiv.com world this is just how it is. I have to say thanks again to Steph for her understanding and patience. I have been gone all day, and I know that our two little "angels" are not always that.

P.S. - A milestone for the jensenfamily blog...our 100th post!!

Launch Night

Tonight, my company is releasing a new version of our product/service. Might not sound too exciting, but this is a pretty big deal. We have been busy writing this new version, and building a new data center. Anyway, it started about 9pm and will go all weekend. Unfortunately I have to work tomorrow. This doesnt happen all that often, but is stressful none the less.

Part of the team that is performing the update live a ferry boat away, so rather than make them travel at wee hours in the AM, we put them up in the hotel that is right by our office. The Hotel 1000. This is cool, upscale hotel that is worth checking out. Here are a few pics of the room that I took with the iPhone.

Anyway, wish us luck. Also, thanks to Steph and the Kids for their patience :-)

Happy Haircut

Well, it was bound to happen sometime. Our "crafty" little Kenzie used her "safety" scissors to do some work to her hair. As you can see she is really proud of her work. Now, KK isnt the only guilty one here (surprise surprise)...Big Sister Maddie did the first little clip, then KK did the big one!

Halloween Slideshow

Prayer Request

One more thing...


Special prayer request for my Uncle David. We got a call late last night from my Mom after they had left from Halloween and she had learned that my uncle went to the ER complaining of chest pains. Might not sound too major, but my uncle had a multiple bypass surgery when Steph and I were freshman in High School. I remember that night pretty clear as I had a basketball practice and was waiting for my ride home...This was in the days before cell phones, so I could just dial up one of my 5 Faves :-)

Anyway, he went to the ER on Wednesday evening complaining of chest pain. They did some tests and found that one artery from his original bypass had collapsed and another had some blocking. They did an angioplasty to clear it out, but it sounds like there is still some blocking. At this point he is in ICU and is awaiting words from Doctors on how to proceed. The hope is the blood thinners will help make the blood flow easier through the 1 artery that has some blocking, however, there is a chance they may need to implant a stint to widen the artery.

Either way, this isnt a fun situation to be in. Please keep him, and the family in your prayers. We will keep you posted.

Week Re-Cap

Well, the week is finally coming to an end. Here is a quick recap.

Last Friday we were putting the final touches on the SLHS auction. This wrapped up on Saturday with the event at the Seattle Waterfront Marriott. About 275 people attended and we hope to eclipse our mark of $75k raised two years ago. All indications show that we will do that, but keep your fingers crossed. A cool surprise this year, our good friend Sean Buck flew out to be the emcee for the event. He did a fantastic job!

After a long tiring weekend, Monday hit with the Hannah Montana concert. I posted a couple pics on Monday and will try to post some more later. Maddie and I went with Rob and Makalya and had a great time. We hit Jaliscos for dinner prior, and then made it to the concert. I have a couple videos with sound that will demonstrate the noise level of thousands of screaming girls. It was a lot of fun, and Maddie loved it.

Tuesday was a big day for my work. Effective Tuesday, eProject became daptiv. Check out our new website www.daptiv.com. We are expanding our capabilities to be much more the web-based project management (thus the e-Project)...we want to/can allow companies to create robust business applications. Anyway, after 7 1/2 years here, this is probably the biggest change (among many) and is very exciting.

Wednesday, of course, was Halloween. The night before, the girls and I carved our 3 homemade pumpkins (grown in Nana J's garden). Trick or treating got kicked off with a visit to my work. A number of kids came by the office, and a number of the "big kids" i.e. the employees, got decked out in costumes and decorated their offices. They came away with haul#1. From here we met up with the Doerrs in the Admiral district for trick or treating. All the merchants handed out goodies. This was haul#2. We headed home for a nummy homemade dinner of sloppy joes with Papa C and Nana/Papa J, then it was out for a trip around the block. We literally only made it up 1 side and down the other, and made it home with a ton of candy. Whole candy bars, buckets of candy, etc. It was crazy. It feels like we have a small candy store on our kitchen counter.

Tonight, with the help of Nana J's ability to win radio/TV contests, we got pre-release tickets to the Bee Movie. We headed up to Oak Tree after work, had a drive-in dinner at Burgermaster, then headed to the movie. KK was a bit tired, and wanted to be with Mommy all movie...Maddie was pretty intent and enjoyed ever bit of the movie...Afterward we asked if she liked it and she said, "I loved it!" It was a cute movie with a good mix of humor and fun.

So, busy busy week. To top it all off, Maddie has been out of school since Wednesday as there is a teacher's conference in Oregon. Steph has been working hard to keep the girls from tearing each other apart...too much :-) They are definitely Sisters!