Summer Summary

Since it is August, I decided to post all the pictures and activities The Frahm's did for the summer. So be prepared for the longest post...EVER!!!!

As sad as it is for Jake and I first summer together as a married couple we haven't done too much! Yet it still has been a great summer. The other sad part is, we haven't done much because of me. :( When I got married I took a semester off of school and decided I would make up for it this summer. Well, I started a fast paced math course on May 12. So the very beginning of my summer. I struggle with math and what is great about this class is that it shows you the easiest way to pass and takes your through math 950 to math 1010 in 16 weeks. Its a killer but I am surprisingly enjoyingit. Than I started taking two classes at UVU on June 27. I cannot wait for August 12 cause than I am done with school! For two...more...weeks... Oh well! My plan is to finish this semester than Fall semester and by January go to Provo College for Nursing School!

Since we weren't doing a lot of trips I figured we would fill our time with the little things. Jake in the past years had hiked the Y with his cousin Tony. Since I had never been, Jake couldn't wait for me to go with them this year. We finally found a Saturday where we could all go. It was Jake, me, Bubba, his sister Rebecca, his cousin Tony, his wife Riana, his younger cousin Tanner, and other younger cousin Ashley.

We got half way up when it started thunder and lightning. So we decided it would be best to turn back. As we started walking down the Y it was hailing and blowing. It was still a lot of fun. I still have yet to hike the WHOLE Y.

Shortly after that one of my friends Lisa (Flanagan) Walker got married to her boyfriend of 3+ years. I was lucky enough to be her bridesmaid along with my other 3 best friends. She got married at Somewhere Inn Time on June 11, 2011 and looked gorgeous. It was lovely.

The same week we hit up one of my favorite things to do all summer. Summer Fest. It's Orem's summer shindig. Jake and I met his mom, brother and sister there. I ate a Navajo Taco ( delicious) and got to watch some good entertainment. We also did some great shopping, surprisingly. As we were walking into summer fest Bubba was about to take a little dookie on this lawn, well we didn't realize till the lady of the house came out and yelled "You better have a bag for that." We didn't so Jake hurried and scooped him off this ladies lawn.

As this was happening a little turd fell from his bottom. Well it just so happens my sweet hubby was holding my purse

and Bubba's little turd fell right into my purse. Moral of the story is Jake bought me a new cute purse that night! :)

I also get really excited for strawberry days to have their strawberries and creme! They are literally to die for! I need to figure out how to make them! We grabbed a little lunch and

walked around to see the carnival, than decided we didn't care and just grabbed what we came for, the strawberries.

Jake's parents have a time share up in Park City. So Jake took a day off work, we got a dog sitter and we went overnight to stay in the hotel. We swam, ate some good grub, played games till we cried with laughter, watched Memoirs of a Geisha (my first time). Got up early to drive back to Orem for school. Drove back to Park city for Summer Market. As we got to summer market we got caught in the middle of a hail storm (I'm seeing a trend.) Had to pack up and leave. But over all it was still a great little getaway.

That same night my sisters and I planned a little GNO for the night. It was also greatly needed. We wanted to keep it cheap and fun! We did just that. My mom gave all my sisters who are mothers pedicure gift certificates and shoes for mothers day. So we all went to get our cute toesies done. We got some din din at good ole Costa in PG. Which P.S. has the most amazing beverage machine! Go check it out. And of course what would a girls night be without a chick flick. We went to Something Borrowed and peed our pants...a little. I ended the night with calling my sister who just happens to be my hair stylist and told her I wanted to chop my hair. So at 10:30 that night I did just that! Grand ole night indeed.

One of my favorite Holidays, the 4th of July! This was one of the funnest! I got to be with the man I love. We started the morning off bright and early and we ran a 5k! It was my first and I was pretty dang proud of myself! Majority of everyone in my family ran it. I ran along side my sister Jamie who pushed my butt and I was so grateful. We ended up eating breakfast at Magleby's Fresh eating all you can eat french toast. MM-MM! Went home took a nap and made my cute little 4Th of July treat. ( no pictures :( ) Than as a family we eat dinner at my sister Jamie's house. Followed up by my dads classic Illegal fireworks!

Two weeks after my sisters, mother and I took a long awaited trip down to St. George. Without kids, yes you heard me. The last time that happened was 5 years ago. We shopped, ate, laid out, laugh till we cried, swam, stayed up late, played cards, went to the Tuachan saw Grease, and talked! It was a blast! It definitely should happen more often.

Friday, July 30, 2010 I met Jake. So a year ago on Saturday was our first year together. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I was driving from my apartment to my parents house when my best friend LC text me and said you need to meet Jake. I asked who is Jake? She said it's Mauricio's friend. I didn't know what she was talking about so she said she would explain it all later. I met up with her at our apartment and had forgotten all about our conversation. She told me again I needed to meet Jake. I asked to tell me about him. He was a family friend that she had known for a year, he was really nice and cute. He walked in to her work that day and she noticed he had facial hair. She hadn't seen him with facial hair before. She remembered that I liked facial hair on a guy and thought to herself "Jake and Jenessa would really get along". She asked him what he thought about dating an 18 year old...he hadn't dated one in a LONG time. So she convinced him that I was different. So that night she told him to meet us at Cold Stone. The second I saw him he ran up to me and gave me a big hug and introduced himself. Instantly, I knew something was different. He bought me ice cream and we talked forever like we were the only ones in the room. We haven't been apart since.

We were going to go back to Cold Stone to celebrate our "anniversary" but we never got around to it. But Jake promised we would go soon, so maybe one day.

Since we have been married its been our tradition to make waffles with chocolate chips in them. When I say we make them, I mean I make them. But I enjoy it cause I make a mean chocolate chip waffle. Its fun cause that is usually the only day we have to relax without being somewhere at a certain time.

Another activity Jake and I have been trying to get in this summer is swimming. We honestly have been separately multiple times but not once together. On Saturday it was the first day we actually went swimming with each other. We went to Scera with his two younger cousins, Tanner and Ashley. It was a blast. We even got the best snow cones in the state right after. It was perfect.

Soooo over all I think its been a pretty great summer, and I owe it all to my huben! ;)

LeTtErS

Sometimes you got to vent. Or you just have to express yourself in some way. I had been thinking lately (I know hard to believe) about how I sometimes just want to tell people "what for". Well I got to thinking the nice way to do it is to write letters. So this are samples of a few letters I would write...enjoy.

Dear M&M Company,

You make me mad. I love majority of your products and I do happen to purchase them. Well one time many years ago, you brought to life an amazing candy. You would know these as Crispy M&M's. I know them as "pure heaven. Well, one day you decided to be little jerks and take that treat away from America. It literally was like taking candy from a baby. Well see I got real serious feelings about this and actually did email you...you responded by saying you no longer sell that product. Um, hello? I know that! Isn't that why I took the time to email you in the first place?? Dur de dur! For now, I will go on my way hoping one day you will bring it back, till than..know we aren't that good of friends anymore.

Sincerely, Crispy Lover

Next letter of business:

Dear Douche bag,

Not literally. No I mean men. Not all men. Just the douche bags. The one's who think they have power over anything that looks like or acts like a female. The one's who waltz through life thinking the own the world. Or thinking they are gods gifts to the world. You know who are! Example 1: to the boy in 7th grade who thought it was cool and "okay" to call me an F*cking C*nt. Ooh yes. Please don't think I regret kicking you straight in the ball sack and pulling out your hair. You deserved it. Example 2: To any lovely man who calls a woman fat, ugly, stupid, b*tch, or anything that tears her self esteem down, just know you will be judged for calling one of gods precious daughters that. I may have a specific man in mind but he won't be named. You may have took a person close to me at her lowest and made lots of tears and pain in her life. But just know now she is so much stronger than you and you didn't deserve her. Amen. Example 3: To any human being that kidnaps, rapes, or hurts any body on this earth. Go to hell.

Sincerly, Your biggest nightmare

A little crazy but it needed to be said.

Dear Celine Dion,

Um hi! Your gorgeous and beautiful and I LOVE YOU!! SO much! I really think you need to come visit me in Utah. Ya that would be great. We would have a lot of fun and we could talk about your kids. We could sing songs. We could also discuss how you have a rockin body, cause you do. We could talk about how each of our husbands are significantly older. It could be fun. But in all seriousness. I am your biggest fan. Enough said.

Jenessa Frahm

Thanks for listening! :)

Our Humble Abode

For awhile now people have been asking me for pictures of my house. But I just kept putting it off. I didn't feel like my house was complete or fully decorated. Than I realized, I will probably change it or add things that it won't be the same so I might as well put pictures up now. I mean it already has been 6 months. So I will talk you on a "tour" of my home. It's a town home in Lehi. It is 1700 sq ft and has 3 bedrooms, 2 and a half baths. And we LOVE it!

This is our front door. You know its us by

"F" mat.

Right behind the front door is the door leading to my one care garage. Two spots down from the garage is our parking spot. Its great cause there both right outside our front door.

This is our front door :)

Than we proceed to the inside which leads us straight to my living room. Which we call the "hall way" because its just a long room with a little bit of awkward space. This is one of the rooms that isn't fully decorated but its decent. I want to add a little table and possibly a bookcase. But that

comes with time.

Next we take you into our half bath which is between the living room and kitchen. It's one of my favorite rooms because, I was able to do WHATEVER I wanted with it. It's very girly and bright and sooo fun! Jake surprisingly loved it.

The next part is my kitchen/dining room. We also have a little cove with a spot light shining down where we put Jesus. If you can see behind my dining room table we also have a little pantry.

Right off of the kitchen and dining room is my family. Its the length of the kitchen and dining room to put that in perspective. This is the room we probably spend 90% of our time. Its were our TV is and right by the kitchen. We also have a door that leads out to our teeny tiny backyard.

Now heading upstairs...this is one of our spare bedrooms. Obviously it has nothing in it cause there is space to grow. The second bedroom looks exactly like this one its just full of junk. They both have closets. This room is my other closet.

This bathroom is what I call the guest bathroom. I planned these colors before we got married and I love them. The lime green with the gray is so cool together. This room was also very fun to do.

You go down the hall and it leads you to our laundry room. I was so excited for this room when we first moved in. (Now I know better) It has a table to fold your clothes and a wide open space underneath where i keep my laundry baskets. It has a long bar and shelf to hang clothes. Its a great laundry room. Eventually I want to paint and maybe hang things.

Now last two rooms. The bedroom! First is our walk in closet which isn't that exciting. Ah, but I just love our bedroom. I have always loved the black and white contrasting colors and than adding a fun bright color. I still want to add a few things to our bedroom. I would just like two black tables on the side. Not exactly nightstands but little tables. I have bought curtains that I also want to hang its just the actual learning to hang part I don't have down yet. Than the other half is where our dresser sits directly across from our bed.

This is the master bathroom. It matches the color scheme of our bedroom and its just very simple and cute.

Well that's the Frahm household. Obviously there are little things in here that I can't show you that you will just have to see in person. We love guests so come over anytime!

"Why you gotta be so Mean?"

bul·ly

1. Bullying is aggressive behavior that involves unwanted, negative actions.
2. Bullying involves a pattern of behavior repeated over time.
3. Bullying involves an imbalance of power or strength.

So, last night my 3 sisters and I were walking out of a movie theater. We were talking and laughing and having a good time. We were standing on the sidewalk when I noticed 4 girls were having a little tiff between each other. I pointed it out to my sisters and we laughed cause we thought they were 4 friends getting mad at each other. Probably fighting about some dumb boy. There we two girls to my left and two to my right. They had been standing about 3 feet from each other. I noticed the girls on my right were saying mean comments. They were telling the girls on the left they thought their hair was pretty and she probably had a lot of boyfriends. But than I noticed after they said that they would turn around and start laughing. It was clear now that these girls were just being plain old brats. They eventually left the girls alone and walked inside. My sister Amy decided she wanted to talk to the girls who were being brats so she walked into the theater to go speak with them. My sister Jamie, Kylie, and I went to the girls who were being picked on. We asked them if there was a problem. They had told us those girls were saying really mean things and were picking on them. We asked if they knew who they were? They hadn't know these girls from Adam. They said they happened to be in the same movie as the two girls and unfortunately sat in front of them. The two bully girls had been pulling their hair throughout the whole movie to the point where they couldn't even enjoy it. Than Jamie asked how old the girls were with tears about to pour out of her eyes she says "Were just 13." Oh I lost it. I went marching inside to find the two bully girls with my sister Amy. I walked up and said "What's your problem?" They looked like they were frightened. I than asked "How old are you?" They just looked at me. I asked again. They replied "13." I said "Than where is your maturity level on this one?" " What 13 year old pulls girls hair?" They replied "I'm sorry." I said "Don't say sorry to me. Say sorry to the girls you hurt." They went outside and yelled sorry. It just so happens their ride pulled up. They got in the car and my sister Amy followed them. She went up and told the mom how her daughter and friend had bullied these two innocent girls. The mom didn't seem to care either. My sisters and I felt so angry. That someone so mean, could pick on someone so innocent. The thing is it's happening everywhere! Even in Pleasant Grove, Utah people! I was just so frustrated for these girls. Bullying is not right. I hope those bully's really learned their lesson and realize how awful they were being.

Things Are Meant to Happen

I'm giving you a forewarning now. Don't read this post. Don't read it if:


A) You hate long posts



B) You hate people getting super personal in posts



C) You don't like spiritual posts



D) You don't like people posting for just themselves


Because this post is all of those reasons. I really have just felt these overwhelming feelings and I wanted to share them. Its mostly for me but feel free to read.


I was sitting in my bathroom getting ready and was pondering on the temple. I was pondering about my first time ever going through a mere 6 months ago. I was thinking of how I had gotten to that point in my life. It took me back.


When I was in Junior High I was like most preteens who didn't really know who they were and didnt know what they were doing. I had the same group of friends since I could remember. I grew up with these girls. They were in my ward. They lived down the street. They were all I knew and I simply couldn't get away. They weren't the best examples to have around. I knew that, but I still hung around them. Simply by choice. I had a certain friend who really could get me to do a lot of things I didn't want to. (Not saying I don't make my own choices). This leads into my whole point. In 9th grade I made a decision that effected my life for forever. I believe it was in February I was hanging with my best friend I talked about above. We had gone to jamba juice that day and she had recognized two girls from school. I had only seen them around I didn't really know them. We all started talking and it came up that one of the girls had found a wallet in the parking lot with credit cards and an ID. I still to this day don't know what I was thinking but we thought it would be smart to see if we could buy anything with this credit card. Well needless to say it worked. We ended up going to the mall and spending over $ 1,000 on this young mans credit card. I never really talked to those girls again after that day and me and my best friend walked home as if we just went on a little shopping spree for fun. Didn't think anything about it after that day.


A month later I was sitting in my math class when I got a text from my friend saying "The cops called and they know about the credit card." I instantly felt sick. She text me again saying "Don't worry, I denied it. My mom talked to them its all taken care of." I still felt so wrong. Three minutes later the attendance office called and wanted me to come down to the principals office and to bring my things. I knew I was done for. I called my friend and was freaking out. She simply told me to deny and blame it on the other girls. I agreed. I walked into the principals office and first saw my principal, a detective, and... my father. Yikes. The detective questioned me and explained the situation. So like my friend told me to do I simply denied it ever happened. After that my father said "Officer, Jenessa is a good girl and will tell you the truth about anything you need to hear." Uhm WOW!! So I broke down told the officer the whole story. Explained my side from start to finish. He told me I would need to write a statement in the other room and he would still need to investigate the situation. I sat in a meeting room with my father as I wrote down my statement. The whole time I was sitting there my dad let me know how dissappointed he was. I wasn't the daughter he thought I was. I can still say I have never felt more worthless in my entire life. I was in complete utter darkness and no way to get out. I finished school and walked home that day. I wasn't ready to face my mom. I walked in and went straight down to my room. She followed and looked at me and said "Were having a rough day today huh?" She knew I didn't need anymore. She simply asked for my cell phone, the clothes I had stolen, and told me I would be grounded for a long time. She gave me a hug and left.


I was not this person. I was not the type to steal money from people. I didn't have goals to have a criminal record at 15. I didn't want to be the child my parents were dissappointed in. I truly felt I had no one in my life. My friends weren't there. My parents weren't there. I was all alone in a true state of darkness.


The next monday is when my life changed. My sister Jamie was pregnant with my nephew Carson. We found out when she was 20 weeks that he had a heart problem. His left side of his heart wasn't developing. We knew that we would either lose this little boy or we would be fighting a battle to keep him alive. So that on March 13 he was born. That sweet little Angel lived 36 Hours. I didn't get to hold him but I got to see his sweet angelic body and spirit.

After his funeral and dealing with the initial shock that he was gone, I started thinking. I started to think about seeing him in heaven and getting to hold him. Than it hit me. Why would I get the priviledge to be around this angel if I had done wrong. I knew than that I needed to change for the better. I wasn't in the place where good people dwelt.

I finally decided I needed someone. Someone to rely on to put all my burdens on. So I got down on my knees and I prayed. I knew I needed to make the change that day. I got to the point where I dropped all my friends. I would sit home by myself on the weekends. I read my scriptures and said my prayers and truly gained a relationship with my heavenly father. The months I was grounded I found light in complete darkness. I gained a testimony. An actual testimony of the church.

So here I am now today. I'm happily married to my eternal companion in the temple. The day I got my endowments out and I remember looking at my mom with tears in my eyes saying "This is so worth it." It was so worth to go through that hardship in my life. To get to my lowest low and learn about repentance and the amazing power of the atonement to get here to His Holy House. Thats why I know things are meant to happen. Good or bad. I'm grateful for it all.

Now maybe none of that made sense and maybe it was stupid. But I did it for me.

Bubba Gump...my newest love.

Once upon a time, a little girl asked for a dog. For years and years this dream never came true. She begged and begged... but nothing. Well when this girl was 17 her mother told her when she was out in the world on her own she could get one. Well this girl happened to graduate and than soon after met her man. When she started dating him she told him if they got serious she wanted to get a dog. He agreed ( Not knowing what he was agreeing to). Well months passed and they became engaged. She had brought up the dog she wanted. This man was not for it. He claimed he hated dogs and never intended on getting one. Needless to say the young girl was heart broken. He said maybe years from now. Well she went on her way and lived life. They were both very happy together but she still wanted her puppy.

One fine day her sister was having a bon fire. A friend of the girls brought her dog out. He was a little Shih Tzu. This dog had warmed up to the man that never liked dogs. Well lets just say the man held the dog all night and cuddled with it. When they got home he said " Let's get a dog. Just like the one I held tonight." The girl was extactict. She made plans for them to go one Monday to the pet store. Well as they were searching there wasn't anything that suited them.

Saddened by this the girl was determined so she looked online and to her surprise found exactly what she was looking for!


We purcharsed Bubba Gump on Tuesday May 10, 2011 at 4 pm.
He is a Shih Tzu. He was seven weeks old on Wednesday and is the
sweetest boy ever. He is mostly potty trained. He gets hick ups all
the time loves to sleep. He also is so sweet and loves to cuddle. He
hates the car and will hide in my shoulder. He hates sunlight and will also hide in my shadow any chance he can. He loves anything that squeaks and he is a great addition to our little family. Jake LOVES him. He keeps telling me how happy he is with him and is glad we did it. Hehe silly how that happens. Bubba is so fun and we couldn't be happier.

Cooper Beck

On Saturday May 7, 2011 we got another addition to our family. My new nephew Cooper Beck Jensen. He weighed 6' 10" and 19 inches. Exactly the same as my neice Reese a month before. He is so stinkin cute. He looks like a good mix of his mom and dad. So happy he is finally here.