I want to DANCE

During Family Home Evening last night, we were trying to get Tietjen to sit down and be reverent. (We were starting to get very frustrated)

We asked Annie to sit down also and this was her response "No, I want to Dance"

We could not help laughing.... so she proceeded to dance. I grabbed the camera to record her. The funny thing is there is no music she is dancing to, neither am I singing for her. She is dancing to the music in her head!!!

(the picture is dark, it was evening ..... I'll have to borrow my mom's camera and do it again with sound....funny little girl I know)

So, we had to go watch my VHS of "XANADU" - nothing better than 80's dancing

Earlier yesterday.... Tietjen was helping me do dishes and we were listening to music and he started to break dance.... I am not sure where he saw this... it was quite cute!!

My Silly little dancer!!!!

Mary Mary Quite Contrary, how does your Garden GROW!!!

... our garden is growing AMAZING this year. We moved it to another part of our lawn, with hopes that it would do better and we were right.

We have two squash plants and a zuccini plant.

They are growing so HUGE trying to get the light. We thought we had spaced them far enough apart, appartly we did not.... Tietjen & Annie are standing in the garden next to the zuccini plant... it is taller than Tietjen.

We thought we were buying a cucumber plant, but it turned out to be a pumpkin in the cumber area. We found this out when we went to plant it and the little info thing in the plant said "Pumkin". Which we are very excited to have the pumkins.... this is our largest pumkin bigger than jeff's hand.

Tietjen & Jeff are standing at each end of the pumpkin plant... it has TAKEN over our garden!!



We also have 3 rows of corn, a row of peas, 5 rows of potatoes (of course) and a tomato plant. Which we have a serveral large tomatoes, that we are waiting to ripen.

New Church Calling

I completely forgot to blog about my new Church Calling.... I was the 8-9 year old Achievement Day leader and the Pianist in Relief Society on Sundays. NOW>>>>>> I am the Primary Chorister.

I am way excited. I love this calling. We are learning this month " The Family is of God" and I only have until September to make sure they know all the songs for the Primary Program.

Tietjen is on the front row (he is a Sunbeam), the first Sunday, he did pretty good. He did hang on to my leg abit, but I knew he would. But last sunday, he was tired, and it was hot, and he was HORRIBLE!! I even had the Primary President come to our home that night, she thought she had offended me when she made a comment about hanging Tietjen up by his toes. We are going to try and take a blanket and get him to sleep like we do Annie. Then he will be more able to handle things in Primary. (We have 1 pm church) We will figure something out!!

You can listen to the song "The Family is of God" on my blog, just turn up your volume!!

Home Improvements...

Jeff had a 3 day weekend which we spent building shelfs in our backroom to hold all our food storage and stuff.... we spent Thursday evening and ALL day Friday working on it. We finally finished at 10:40 pm Friday night!!!

We cleaned out all our stuff..... and I even learned to use some of the tools.

Jeff worked very hard in getting it all togther. I helped out allot also. In the end we had to borrow our neighbors drill because we had ran both batteried dead and we wanted to finsh.

FINAL RESULTS>>>>>>>>

We now have all our food storage in one spot and lots of room to keep it growing. Plus room for all my crafts and decorations. I love it. Thanks Jeff !!

Family Video

I made a video for our Family Reunion

THEME: WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

(don't forget to turn off the sound on my playlist at the bottom of the page)

We're ALL in this Together....

Bruce & Jill Tietjen Family Reunion 2009 - We are all in this Together!!

We all camped out at my sister Jillyn Bingham's yard... they have the acreage.

The Binghams (Blackfoot, ID)

(plus one to come on Dec 25th - Congrats Jillyn)

The Harding's (live in Wyoming now)

The Bedwells (live in Orem, UT)

The Kidds


This year was the 1st year of our Tietjen Family Olympics...

We had a boat building contest

(I don't know why I have such a soar look on my face??)

Then we raced the boats down the canal... except ours... that was way to dramatic for Tietjen, so we didn't race ours.

Egg walking for the kids... they did very good!

Nana and the 4 youngest grandkids

(they all fight to be on her lap)

Me with my two sisters that live in different states... Kim & Brookie

Bapa with Addi and Bryan

My niece Kristie giving me a HUGE hug!!

Kim & I testing Jeff's strength or maybe it was our faith and trust in Jeff

On Saturday morning, July 4th

We held our own Flag Ceremony presented by the Bigham Family

Later that evening we gathered at Freeman Park to watch the Fireworks

Nana & Bapa with all the Grandkids

We played and ate while we waited for dusk and FIREWORKS!!!

We had a very fun Family Reunion

Because of my Grandfather's death both of my sisters from out of town, we able to stay for the week. It was lots of fun to hang out with both families and spend more time with them.

My parents at the Gravesite

about my Grandpa

My Grandpa Tietjen was the best grandpa ever.

He would let us dress up in his Indian Costume and bang the drum.

He is 1/8 Indian ( I am 1/32)

His Grandmother was 1/2 Indian.

He loved Indian stuff. Everyone knew him for his Indian love.

A lot of grandchildren have Indian Nicknames...

Mine is "Skeemo"

(when I was a baby I had fat fat cheeks and I looked like an Eskimo - hence my Indian Name)

I was born in New Mexico. Same as my father and my grandfather.

We lived there for 5 years until moving to Idaho.

When my father was around that age, is when they moved to Idaho (Ammon)

I grew up in the same home that my father did.

Here is my Grandparents and two of my three sisters.

I am the one turned looking on the tricycle.

When I was 8 years old, we moved out to Washington (state) for 3 months, than moved back to Idaho. We moved into my Grandparents house, which was already set up into two houses. They use to take care of my great grandfather. After time, they took the garage and built on and made them an apartment. We then had the whole house.

I was very luck to be so close to my grandparents.

I miss my grandpa alot. He had changed so much after his stroke, I feel like the last time I really got to see him was before my mission. When with my father they set me apart to be a missionary.

My Grandmother has really changed also. She has major Dementia and doesn't have the same personality as before. She is quite different.

I can't wait till I can see my Grandpa again!!

my Grandpa....

Amos "Bud" Tietjen

Amos Junior "Bud" Tietjen, 89, of Ammon, passed away July 3, 2009, at his home following lingering illnesses caused from strokes.

Amos lived a full and happy life of hard work, love and service. He was born March 13, 1920, in Bluewater, N.M., to Amos Tietjen and Barbara Lorena Cluff Tietjen. He attended Bluewater Elementary School, Grants High School in New Mexico and graduated from Mesa High School in Arizona. He served as a technical sergeant in the Marine Corps during World War II. He served an LDS mission to the Western States Mission.

He married Beth Davenport on June 14, 1944, in Mesa, Ariz. Their marriage was solemnized in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple on July 18, 1947. He worked as a rackman and mechanic for El Paso Natural Gas in Prewitt, N.M., and for Shell Oil in Gallup, N.M. In 1965, they made their home in Ammon, where he worked as a television and radio technician for El-Gene's in Rexburg and Merlin's TV in Idaho Falls.

He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a counselor in the bishopric in New Mexico and as a Stake High Priest financial secretary in Idaho Falls. He served in the Boy Scouts of America for more than 30 years and received the Silver Beaver Award. He enjoyed ham radio, electronics and mechanics. He was a loving father and grandfather and enjoyed spending time with his family.

Survivors include his wonderful wife of 65 years, Beth Davenport Tietjen of Ammon; children, Ronald A. (Diane) Tietjen and Bill Ira (Cindy) Tietjen, both of Rexburg, Kathy Loreen Tietjen (Allen Jr.) Payne and Relda Tietjen (Lonnie) Jacobson, both of Rigby, and Bruce (Jill) Tietjen of Ammon; siblings, Ernest Nelo Teitjen, Barbara (Anton) Richardson and Ora Amanda (Wally) Sabin, all of Mesa, Ariz., Ruth (Bob) Lowery of Bluewater, N.M., and Iris (Francis) Bunker of Lions, Colo.; 36 grandchildren; and 78 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters, one son-in-law and two infant grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 10, at the Ammon 1st Ward, 3000 Central Ave., with Bishop Jim Summers officiating. The family will visit with friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Wood East Side, 963 S. Ammon Road, and from 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Ammon Cemetery with military rites by Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team and the Idaho Honor Guard. Condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.woodfuneralhome.com/.

sad sad day....

This morning my Grandpa died.

His name was Amos Jr. Tietjen, alot of people called him Bud.

I grew up next door to my grandpa since I was 8 years old.

While I was on my mission, he suffered a stroke and has gone down hill ever since.... that was 7 years ago.

I am very sad. I loved my grandpa very much. It has been hard on my parents to take care of him.

He is in Heaven now with my Grandpa Cooley (my mother's father that died when she was 12 of a Brain tumor) and with Jeff's Grandpa Kidd.

I know they will always look out and watch over us... our personal Guardian Angels.

Love you Grandpa!!