Random Stuff

I got a call today from some one in the Primary Presidency....(you can imagine that my heart stopped as I thought he might have reverted to his D#!@ it ways). Thankfully, the conversation went something like this:

Sis F: "Jen I just have to tell you the funniest thing that happened in primary today."

Me: "uh-oh"

Sis F: "I asked for a volunteer to say the opening prayer and Jack's hand shot right up! We all bowed our heads and got ready for his prayer .......

"I'd like to bear my testimony, I know this church is true, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

They figured that was good enough for the opening prayer and Jack sat back in his seat so proud of himself.


Some cute singing BATH TIME pictures of the boys.

SWING DANCING:
Ted and I made a list this year...It's called 50 in 5. Basically 50 things we want to do in the next 5 years. Well, this weekend we got to cross off Swing Dancing Lessons. We learned the East Coast Swing which was SOOOO much harder than it looked. Well at least for me! I knew Tami would catch on pretty quick since she grew up dancing but during the lesson I kept watching her and she was out of control!!! I kept thinking "Am I that lame that I can't figure this Rock step, triple step stuff out?" Ummmm can you say NATIONAL SWING DANCE CHAMPION!! Hello! Nice Tami. Not exactly the information you keep secret when you are paying someone else for dance lessons. It was way fun though. We still need to learn West Coast, Charleston, Jitterbug and the one I'm really excited for...The Lindy Hop. Should be fun times.

St. Patrick's Day

Little Awesome

This is the newest member of our family, my little nephew Austin Ryan. Since my sister Jackie has turned into such a BLOG FLAKE I'm posting these shots for her and our family who hasn't seen the darling little bug yet. My dad who "thinks" he is so funny nicked named him AWESOME Austin. His big sister Sidney thinks he is pretty Awesome too! They are so cute together. I love the picture of her just staring at her little brother.

The Hot Dogs

Jack & Elle finished ski school last month. They did so good! Olympics here we come!

After one of Jack's lessons we hit the slopes together. Probably not the best idea...since it had started snowing, he was tired, cold and had to go to the bathroom. I could tell he was about to lose it, so in all my "Positive Mom" power I began saying....

"Way to go Jack, you're such a HOT DOG!"
his whiny response:
"I'm not a HOT DOG...I'm just a BOY!"

catching some "air" off their favorite jump

The Magic Tree that gave out candy before they started down the slopes.

Proud Momacita's had some fun too!

Quench the Thirst

Come on....now who doesn't love a little watered down Diet Coke?

MAYBE

Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Me: "No."
Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Me: "No."
Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Me: "No."
Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Me: "No."
(This dialog occurs at least 100 more times during the day)

Ted arrives home from work......

Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Ted: "No."

Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Ted: "No."

Jack: "Can I play x-box?"
Ted: "No."
(this dialog occurs at least 50 more times)

Jack: "How 'bout you just say MAYBE?"


(side note: we aren't completely cruel you know...he has a few chores he has to do before he can play and somehow he couldn't put away the very toys he took out, so...the answer was NO all day!)

America's Next Top Model

Yesterday I had such a blast shooting my first ever FASHION GIG for a high end Granite Company. I'm excited for the concept to roll out (stay tuned for that). Utah County isn't going to know what hit them ;) You want to guess how old these girls are???? Try 17!! Anyway, I'm usually ANTI studio but it was so fun to play with the lighting and get some cool effects. I thought I would share a few favorites.






You know modeling would really be such a fun life if you didn't have to STARVE yourself!!! Although I asked these girls if they have to be super careful with food and both said they eat junk all the time. WHAT! Just wait until your 30 girls!!! Just you wait!

Deep Thoughts by Ted Turcsanski

While watching American Idol last night...........

"It amazes me that Heavenly Father loves ALL of his children."

"What can we do so our kids don't turn out like that?"

Sleigh Riding

Grandma & Grandpa Turk had their Annual Sledding Party in Park City. We had a great time with tons of snow and the blue sky made for a perfect day. Jack the "No Fear" kid hit the jump as well as his crazy aunts, uncles and of course his dad. Can't wait for next year!

This is my favorite picture of Ted catching some sweet air

Fraidy Cat Paint-baller

One of our New Years Resolution is for Date Night to be more than just dinner, a movie and some shopping. So thank you to Nate and Lacey for helping us start the New year off right, with a little hard core paint-balling. Only I wasn't really all that Hard CORE. I was just hard core freaked out of my mind! I probably asked the paint-ball workers a dozen times...so how bad is it gonna hurt?" "How big of a bruise will it leave?" "On a scale of 1-10...what is the pain like?" "What happens if I swallow some of the paint?" "Has anyone had to go to the ER after playing?" For someone who prides herself in having a decent amount of "toughness" I was sounding like an absolute PANSY! So with my 20 layers of clothing, ski hat and ski gloves on I decided to go for it. Anyway, we ended up having a great time. Happy Birthday NATE!

Christmas Fun

If you've taken down your Christmas decorations and having with-drawls....feel free to stop on by for a little Christmas cheer!! I promise it is all coming down. I thought maybe Ted would surprise me while I was in California last week and I would come home to a Christmas Free house. No such luck. I think the boys kept him pretty busy :) I've been meaning to post some of these pictures for awhile now but I've been SUPER busy taking my Christmas decorations down (HAH! yeah right).

The video (Thanks Lisa & Ace) is my NUTZO mom leading us in her favorite holiday jig.

This shot of Jack is him embracing his long lost Monkey. He thought it was gone forever when he left it at the movie theater. Luckily Santa has connections and brought it to the Turk party the next day in his Big Red bag!

Drew & Carla doing a little Grecian dance for our Christmas around the world theme. That was the best entertainment we've had in awhile!
What would Christmas be with out my cute mom sitting at the piano in her Santa Apron.
The two hot preggers. Now it's only one hot pregger momma! Congrats Lydia and hang in their Jackie ;)

Sidney & Maggie singing their hearts out.
Here comes Santa Clause, here comes Santa Clause...right down....the hall!

This is a classic shot of Kaitlyn. Sometimes I wish if I cover MY eyes things will just go away! (Like maybe my Christmas decorations)
A visit to the Rest Home so Santa could do his Home Teaching. This was actually one of my favorite parts of the night.

ShazZZam Max in his big brothers cape.

Diva Sidney checking herself out on screen.
The girls loved grandma's new addition to the toy closet...PRINCESS DRESS UPS!
Maggie having a PRINCESS crisis....she can't decide which princess she want to be.
Meet our new Kitchen table CENTER PIECE. The thing is still on the table, we eat around it, do homework around it and in between................of course, RACE!
We also got to spend a few days of our holiday hanging out with Ted's "favorite" cousin Dave & his fun wife Alicia.