Josh

Josh was ordained to the office of an Elder today. We had a short meeting conducted by President Bangerter. Mel conferred the Melchizedek Priesthood upon Josh and then Josh was able to bare his testimony.
Yes... he still has a little facial hair but I'm sure that will change with a little more time.
Congrats Josh.... we love you!!
Mel Jensen, Josh Jensen & President Bangerter

Mel, Josh, Austin, President Bangerter, Adam Bangerter, Derick Hughes, Mitch Peterson & Sadie Sandburg.

WE LOVE THE BEACH

We spent the weekend in Oceanside California with our friends the Brinkerhoff's. What a great trip. We left Thursday afternoon and spent the night in Primm Nevada. Did a little shopping at the outlet mall there, had a "German" themed buffet (whatever that means) and spent the night at Buffalo Bill's. General consensus - we can take that off the "to-do" list.
Next day we headed out at 6:00AM to the BEACH. When we got to Oceanside we went to our favorite little hole-in-the-wall fish & chips joint and had some lunch then it was off to the beach. We spent a couple of hours there in which I promptly sunburned my shoulders. That evening we went to a car show/cruise in over at Escondido. We walked up and down the streets looking at lots of cool cars and a few strange people including one with a boa constrictor wrapped around his neck.
Saturday, 4:30AM the fishermen (Mel, Josh, Nate & Colby) headed out to the long awaited fishing trip. They went out of Point Loma and headed south down into the Baja Mexico area. They had a great time fishing. Mel broke his pole about an hour into the excursion but between the four of them they caught 28 Sea Bass and one shark. Colby caught the 4 foot long shark. Though they couldn't bring a shark onto the boat they reeled it in and got a good look at it before they cut it loose.
When the guys got done fishing they stopped and got a picnic lunch and brought down to the rest of us that were already on the beach. Janet and I took the rest of the kids and were at the beach since 9:30 that morning. We stayed the rest of the day at the beach playing in the sand, catching sand crabs and boogie boarding. We played hard all day.
For dinner, we had ice cream and then went to a great little pizza place in Carlsbad. The Brinkerhoff's were having so much fun they decided to stay another day on vacation but we headed home on Sunday. The way we vacation it takes me a week to catch up on sleep and laundry but we had a blast. We are already planning next year's outing!!

Mel at Strand Peir in Oceanside
Strand Peir

Sadie playing in the sand

Josh, Nate & Colby on the fishing trip

Getting the live bait before heading out to fish

World's Greatest Fish Fry (Well Almost)

After a great fishing trip, what else can you ask for but a great fish fry! We had our friends over to share in the feast. There were enough fish & chips to go around many, many times. The guys cooked for and hour. Mel battered and cooked the fish while Doug and Nate kept the fries cooking in the fryers. We ate so much sea bass and it was soooo good that I just had to take a few pictures. Here is one of the kids getting a head start on the food. Here's just a sample of what we had for dinner. YUM!!