It's a GIRL!!!!

Well yesterday we hit the 20th week of our pregnancy, which means we can find out the gender. With in about 2 sec. of the ultrasound we could clearly see we are having a little Jenison GIRL!!! We are both so excited, especially Kyle who has been convinced it has been a girl this whole time. Take a look, she's pretty cute!

Pumpkin Time!!!

Kyle and I took our college group to Lombardie Ranch, purchased some pumpkins, had dinner at Stonefire and finished off the evening with a pumpkin carving contest. It was so much fun to laugh and just enjoy our college students!

Baby Jension

Well here the little one is!!! Yesterday we had our first doc appointment where the little bean was moving like crazy. We got to see Baby J's legs, arms and we think he/she waved at us. It was pretty amazing. Only 7 more months to go eeekkk.

Baby Helen Sue Hair

So God is giving me a lot of practice with babies during this time in my life....it seems like everyone I know is prego, everwhere I go there are prego ladies and I am now nannying the cutest baby ever (until mine of course). Here are some pictures of Baby Helen Sue Hair who I am growing to love so dearly! She is 4 months old and I spend every day with her from 8-3pm. It truly is a joy!

Baby Jenison

well.....the time has finally come, we are pregnant!!! I'm about 5 weeks along and Lord willing the little Jenison will be here May 1st, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Kyle and I are both excited and overwhelmed. Being a mom seems the hardest job I will ever do. Kyle and I both know God could take this little one at any time but we trust that God both gives and takes away. Blessed Be His Name!!

30 Flirty and Thriving

It's my big 30 birthday!!! A very thought provoking time thinking of what I've done with the time God has given me and what to do with what I might have left. God has been so faithful and I just can't wait to see what the next season of life brings.

Kyle took me to Carlsbad and we had so much fun swimming, reading, watching Heroes, skateboarding and shopping. He really is such a delight to be wed to! He is always surprising me with new things!!!

Wasps

Well, Kyle found about 6 wasp nests outside our little home and

decided that he would destroy them with both a shoe and a tennis racket....really he is the silliest man i know. He did pretty well until he got stung in the end.

Ignite

Kyle, I and our Core Team preparing for Ignite, which is a worship concert we put on quarterly for the high school, college and career ages. It was a great night worshiping the Lord through song and teaching!

Summer Fun

Here are just some things we've been up to this summer!

Kyle and I sporting our Red, White and Blue for a 4th party...even though it wasn't a requirement we couldn't miss us the opportunity make it a theme party!

I threw a baby shower for Shalane Walters a good friend of mine who is due in 8 weeks. We had an awesome time and Miriam shared from God's Word of how to be a godly mother! What a blessing she was to us younger women!

Earlier this summer our family went to Santa Barabara for a vaction. Also a blast being with our family!

Ridiculousness in Israel

Our Last week....

Kyle and I overlooking the Jezreel Valley

Climbing Mt. Hippos

Kyle and I in the "box seats" of Kind Herod's theatre in Caesarea

Me winning a race to find a baptistry at Bet Shean

Us at the Mount of Beatitudes

Kyle and I continue to have a ridiculous amount of fun here in Israel. Although we so look forward to being home for many many reasons (showering and not having to touch the walls of the shower, our king size bed, eating food other than hummus and free access to TP in any and every bathroom!!) 

Just some more fun

Kyle and I look forward to spending our last week here in Israel in Galilee, we just arrived at Ein Gev after a long day of hiking ending on our favorite Mt. Arbel!! Sorry we couldn't load many pictures something is up with our connection. Hopefully tomorrow will post more. We miss ya all and can't wait to come home this weekend!!

Negev 2

I mean really how can you resist!! Without Oscar we had to find something.

The Negev

Kyle and I finally arrived to our Israeli "home" Yad Hashmona. It has been a long while since I have been a student here, some ten years. So many things are different (better:) so many names added to the wall, so many pictures of semesters added in the library but some how this place is just the same. Part of my heart really is here! Seeing Bill and Stephanie and their now 5 kids was a joyful reminder of God faithfulness. He really is ever so gracious to us, it is sobering to me to reflect on all that God has done in my/our lives this past 10 years. How I miss my dear friends of old (Emily, Kari, Jessica) and all the fun we experienced but rejoice at all the different lands He has taken us all. And I smile with tear-filled eyes at the days ahead, how truly great is our God!

And really don't I have the cutest husband in the world!!

Some fun around Israel

Here are just some fun pictures as we have visited the The Mount of Olives, The Herodian, Bethlehem and some other places. We had a interesting time with our Palestinian guide assigned to us in the Palestinian area around Bethlehem. Kyle and I both are learning so much and looking so forward to Christ returning to solve all the conflicts and bitterness that are in this land. 

Cody this one is for you!!!

More Jerusalem....

Yesterday we had a wonderful time avoiding the Pope who just so happens to be visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We saw a new excavation around the Temple Mt. called Area G, which was something that wasn't there last time I was here in 1998. We ended our long day of walking at the Garden Tomb. Kyle and I are loving this land, our feets are tired but we look so forward to seeing more places and learning from Dr. Varner! 2 weeks to go.