We are ready for the BYU Football season. 

Keenan's First Sunday

Keenan's clothes were a little big, but they worked.  

First family photo.

Keenan Ray Jenson

Here he is world.  Keenan Ray Jenson was born August 12, 2012.  6 lbs 13 1/2 oz.  20 inches long.

Everyone is doing great.

He was born with quite a bit of hair, just like his dad and brothers.

New Bunk Bed Set

  I decided that I wanted to make a new set of bunk beds for the boys new room.  My parents have some nice bunk beds that are very simple, so I copied that design exactly.  

I used two 2X4s in the shape of an L for each post and 2X3s for the rungs.  I ran all the boards across a router with a rounding bit to clean up all the edges and reduce slivers.  Ear protection and eye protection are key to this step.

After the first end was all put together, the boys just had to climb on it.  Isn't it cute how Seth is helping Carter.  They both love my ear protection muffs.  

First coat of stain.  What a difference a little stain makes.  The color I chose was "Gun Stock."

As soon as the beds were up, they both shot right for the top bunk.  No one wanted to test out the bottom bunk.  

It will be a struggle to get Carter to sleep on the bottom.

They both spend their first night downstairs last night.  Seth loves his new bed and room.  He kept telling me that we need to move all his toys down there too.

Boys Basement Bedroom

We have been working like mad to get this basement bedroom done before Keenan is born.  It took a lot of time, but it was all worth it.  We did new electrical.  We ran a water line through the ceiling to the back of the house for a hose.  We ran another line through the ceiling to hook the central air conditioner to the furnace.  That AC line was the most difficult.  It took a lot of bending and wiggling and forcing.  It took a few hours to get in, all spent with my arm above my head.  My shoulders were sore the next day.  The biggest project of all was cutting the foundation to put in a new, larger window.  Then we did sheet rock on the ceiling and paint.  The final step was carpet. 

We did a knock down technique for texturing the ceiling, also known as a California ceiling.  I screwed a flat board to a 2x4 for a handle; this is called a hawk.  The first step is to spread sheet rock mud on a wide board.  Press your hawk into the mud. 

Then press or stamp the mud on the ceiling creating little stalactites.  Rotate the tool and over lap your stamping as you go to create a random pattern.

Then take a knock down trowel and flatten the stalactites.  I am very please with how it turned out.  It really helps to hide any imperfections and sheet rock seams.  I would like to thank YouTube for all the instructional videos. A few coats of paint and all done.

My dad and I laid the carpet.

The boys were very happy running in circles in this new empty room.  

Castle Valley Pageant

We went to the Castle Valley Pageant and had a great time.  

We stopped in Huntington City Park and had a picnic.

Seth and Carter fell asleep during the 20 minute drive from Price to Huntington.  They missed the picnic in Huntington, but got a decent nap of about an hour or so.  They ate by the trunk of the car in the parking lot at the pageant.  

All the kids got their own horse shoe nail rings.  They loved them.  Carter lost his,  Grandpa Jenson found it in the dirt.  Carter was very grateful.  

The boys really enjoyed seeing the horses and getting to ride in the wagons.

Grandma Jenson brought plenty of treats.  It was a lot of fun.