tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14932365786571571022024-02-19T23:38:34.829-07:00The Hansen'sThe Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-86269674502591874332012-02-27T10:38:00.002-07:002012-02-27T10:51:41.214-07:008 Weeks left!Only 8 more Weeks to go and some good news! We went in for a follow up ultrasound and the cysts are totally gone on McCoys brain! We are very grateful and actuslly grateful for a little scare too...sometimes it,makes you realize what really matters in life! We are overwhelmed for our wonderful blessings. Life seems to be sweeter when we focus on our blessings rather than what we dont have. <br />Hunter has just been cruising to grow up! its finally been a week with no accidents during the day and even a surprise of him taking his stool in to the bathroom and going and flushing without us! That was a fun exciting moment! aaahhhh...the simple pleasures lol. He always asks us how our day was and tells us the funniest stories. Hes not a huge sleeper but no matter how much he gets he is always so happy! He of course has his moments of two year oldness but he always makes up for it. <br />Jas and I celebrated our fourth anniversary February first and we had a blast. Time just keeps ticking! Im grateful for us and the journey of trials that have brought us closer together. Yeehaw to eternity more babe! Haha :)The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-41117627014098445162011-12-31T13:07:00.003-07:002011-12-31T13:41:17.527-07:006 months down! Unnerving newsWow I can't believe I'm already 6 months prego it went by so fast. We arrrre so excited to have a little baby boy join us. We are naming him McCoy Marshall Hansen. My favorite is that even though hunter doesn't quite understand what's going on, he still will lean over my belly and say "i love u baby" makes me tear up every time. Lately ive been feeling so blessed...that life is just so sweet ....I'm so grateful for my sweet family..this imperfect, crazy wonderful life we have created together and learned from. Sometimes when life seems this sweet I get on guard cause there has to be some opposition around the corner...the beauty of life and learning...which I'm not complaining but ever once in a while I get on guard. We had the routine ultrasound at 20 weeks with mccoy and the tech was so great. She absolutely loves her job so it was a great experience. Jas and I always cry ha ha. We have tender hearts ok!! Lol. Well went in for my 24 week appt and doctor sits down and says how are u, hows ur other son is he pretty healthy?..."i looked at ur ultrasound and everything looks great, I don't want u to worry but I did find something..." Immediately my heart skipped a beat and I put on my straight poker face so he wouldnt know I was already freaking out inside. " I found cysts in the babys brain...which are sometimes soft markers for down syndrome or trisomy (a condition babies don't live long from) so the next thing we look at is the heart and ur little guys heart is perfect and strong, then we look at ur age and ur young so I don't see any need to worry or do further testing I think its jyst normal and u don't need to worry" so as I sat there processing ...i remembered when at 16 weeks they offered a test to check for down syndrome which I declined because I didn't think anything of it and I also silently said to heavenly father...if I ever do have a ds baby, it won't matter ill love it jyst the same. ... My thoughts went everywhere. I know the doctor said he wasnt worried and I shouldn't worry but as a mother I worry. Jas wasnt there with me so he had a rough tine when I told him. He had a lot of questions, questions I couldnt even think of. He worries about us very much. I know that most often than not, cysts in brain are nothing to worry about. All I know is that we love this baby already so much and no natter what happens we will keep our faith and trust in God and continue to pray for our patience and understanding with whatever His will is for us .<br />Hunter was being examined by hus doctor and he said" did u know ur son has a heart murmur? I'm sure its nothing to worry about " ...ya ...no I didn't know that and when doctors say don't worry...u automatically worry! This little boy is so smart and he talks so much. My favorites lately have been when he stops what hes doing, looks at me speculatively , throws his arms around me and says "mommy I love you soo much" it melts my whole being. I live watching my little family grow and experience life. Something as simple as taking hunter to see christmas lights brings me to tears because Its a dream I always had as a child to have a family of my own who loves eachother so much, who goes through lifes hard trials clinging to eachother... Im very grateful for all the years I've lived and for the amazing gifts that have been given to me that I call my family and friends.The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-88860760374295544592011-07-28T12:06:00.005-06:002011-10-17T11:31:18.405-06:00WHere has the time gone!?HOLY COW!!! TIme flies by way too fast. Its been a while since Ive been on here! WE went camping and fourwheeling a while back! We LOVE these trips! They really are our favorite things to do. We had a blast with Jason's sister, hubby and boys. Cole and Ash took me on a hike and we walked straight into a herd of elk! They were literally surrounding us! It was really neat and It made me really excited to go elk hunting with Jas next year. <br />Hunter is a fourwheeling fool... I thought I was bad?? gees this child could not get enough of them. If they werent on, hed be climbing on them just waiting for when we would leave again. At one point on a ride we went over a bump at a weird angle and Hunter flew forward, hit the gas cap and it put his tooth through his lip! He cried for maybe 15 seconds until he realized that we were still on the fourwheeler..so he was all good!He would fall asleep on the ride and as soon as we stopped it he would wake up crying saying "No, i want 4wheeler ride!" It was insane. We just love him<br />Wyatt, Bridger and Hunter are great together and they absolutely love eachother. Its fun to have cousins around his age. <br />I went hunting and fishing with Jas and our cousin. (This was right before it snowed on us and I froze ha)<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o6CuZwYAVQg/Tpxl0FCHMcI/AAAAAAAAAe0/DuIY5q9mues/s1600/198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o6CuZwYAVQg/Tpxl0FCHMcI/AAAAAAAAAe0/DuIY5q9mues/s320/198.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664514376703881666" /></a><br /><br /><br />He turned 2 in August! I CANT BELIEVE MY BABY IS 2!!!! WHAT THE HECK!!!! He has been so sweet. Some things about him that I LOVE....<br />1-He is absolutely terrified of the car wash....I have to turn the music up really loud and He HAS to hold my hand really tight...he has the most concerned look on his face (borderline crying) so sad...but he actually is getting a TITCH better.<br /><br />2-He loves to be tickled...funniest thing... <br /><br />3-Loves to make forts with Daddy and flay hide from mom...who then comes growling around the corner like a "monster" and he screams in delight and giggles ! LOve it<br /><br />4- LOVES to be scared...so Jas and I take turns jumping out from behind walls and such to scare him to death ...he dies laughing cause he gets so scared.<br /><br />5-He has started to actually pedal bikes now that he can reach the pedals..thats fun.<br /><br />6-If jas and i are ever sad or dont feel good he goes "Mommy you ok?" while putting his hands on your face... awww you can never feel bad around him!<br /><br />7-He likes to pretend he is going fishing and hunting like daddy...picks up his hunting bag and says "bye mommy im going fishing!" or he will get on his trike and say "bye mommy im going to work!"<br /><br />8-When he needs something he will say "mommy PLEASE help me!"<br /><br />9-He loves to tell us long stories...(he talks really well but he gets going fast and we have no idea what he is saying Its great)<br /><br />10-He is a snuggle BUG!!! Loves to snuggle us and give us kisses and squeezes!! <br /><br />11-LOVES his daddy. They are best buddies and when daddy is around he is daddy's little shadow. I love it. But the mornings are MOMMY time, will not be touched by Jason sometimes just quick love you bye and hold tight to mommy...<br /><br />12-He is potty training....(UGH!!!!!!!! I swear he wont ever get the hang of it..but he goes at least 80 percent of the time in the right place) ... and every time he goes in the big boy potty he claps his hands together and goes YAY!!!! with me. <br /><br />13-He likes to dance...moves his shoulders and arms and body...aaawww so cute<br /><br />14-RAndomly quotes movies... in the truck the other dayhe was driving with Jas and out of the blue says " daddy....Nemo...swimming and said NEMO DONT TOUCH THE BUTT!!!!" He also likes war of the worlds...it was on and I went to change it for him and he goes "mommy mommy turn back the monster show!!!" WEird right?? Also will tell me to turn music back on if I change the radio station...<br /><br />We have enjoyed him and of course had the most frustrating times...sometimes I just want him to JUST LISTEN EVERY TIME ugh! BUt he is getting so big and fun right now. Other news is we are EXPECTING AGAIN! Due april 25th yay!<br /><br />We have a great pumpkin patch farm right next to our house, they do music, free hay rides and pick your own pumpkins, petting zoo and maze, corn area where the kids can play in the corn kernels. Hunter had a blast with his friends!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RwOUX5qiLHM/Tpxl1ZGn_qI/AAAAAAAAAfM/4BP2Yv9aGEM/s1600/218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RwOUX5qiLHM/Tpxl1ZGn_qI/AAAAAAAAAfM/4BP2Yv9aGEM/s320/218.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664514399271386786" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s_2igqXq4XM/Tpxl0j5HfAI/AAAAAAAAAfA/CoTU0QyhobI/s1600/214.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s_2igqXq4XM/Tpxl0j5HfAI/AAAAAAAAAfA/CoTU0QyhobI/s320/214.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664514384987651074" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-47168071137416655202011-05-14T11:29:00.003-06:002011-05-14T11:45:43.252-06:00Being a MotherSo Mother's Day has passed...this is a little late, but I wanted to write about just a few of the million things that makes being a mother so great!!!<br /><br />1: When I give Hunter something, whether its a pretzel, toy, or anything and he just so sweetly says "dank you"<br /><br />2: When I say I love you to Hunter and he says "Wuv you"...it makes my whole being smile and anything that may have been worrying me that day or that I was stressed about literally melts away in an instant!!<br /><br />3: When Hunter learns and says new words. I love watching him learn and grow!<br /><br />4: I love watching as he jabbers away and knows exactly what hes talking about and gets frustrated because we dont! He seriously growls that frustrating grrr you know? I love it!<br /><br />5: When I say "Can mommy have kisses and loves?" He stops everything he is doing and runs over to me with his lips puckered! AAAAAhhh I seriously cant stand how cute it is!<br /><br />6: When I watch him accept and love everyone he meets or is around, it reminds me to be like a child. <br /><br />Each and every day Im a mom, Hunter teaches me something new. He is an amazing little boy and Im so privileged to be his mom. Any of the days I may feel overwhelmed with the demands of life or anything I just have to look at him and it reminds me of the things that are really important and I can drop the things that arent. So many women would kill to be mothers, I dont want to take any second for granted!<br />To all moms I know, you are all amazing, my friends, sisters, family...thank you for your influence in my life! Youve made a great impact in the lives of those you care for!The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-21733823820341182052011-04-16T10:41:00.003-06:002011-04-16T10:55:46.988-06:00Hunter's jabbersWhat kid do you know of actually asks you to tickle them all the time??<br />If you dont know of any, now you do. Hunter asks us every time we are in the car..<br />"mommy, daddy...tickle" with a big smile on his face<br />"You want us to tickle you HunteR?"<br />"UH HUUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!" (which by the way is the cutest uh huh in the highest pitched voice I absolutely love it)<br /><br />The other day I was folding laundry and Hunter runs around the corner...<br />"mommy...no...pway" as he dragged me into his room and started throwing balls at me. So we played for a bit and I said ok mom has to go fold some more laundry... Hunter dropped the ball... looked at me so seriously and said "mom....NOO" He just wanted me to play. (These moments dont last long so things like laundry can wait)<br /><br />I was driving Hunter home from visiting my mom and he had fruit snacks (the welchs mixed berry kind) and he pulls out a berry and goes..."Mommy...mommy BWOOO!!! BWOOO!!!" I looked back and sure enough the berry he had was a blue one.. WHo is this child? haha<br /><br />Hunter loves to snuggle us and give us kisses.. I love being able to say give mommy kisses and he stops everything turns around with puckered lips to kiss me... How long can I do this for again?? <br />His favorite show is Kung fu Panda... No lie we watch it every day and every night... just recently he loves to laugh hysterically at all the truly funny parts. Its hilarious! He laughs so hard which makes jas and I laugh so hard which makes him laugh harder and us...its a vicious cycle of wonderfulness!!<br /><br />He also loves to say "Mommy, daddy!!!! WOOAAHH CRAZY!!!... or mommy daddy!!! Lkajdfaoepugjalk asldkjgaoiwejgaskdj lakdjgoiajegkjlkjdaoigj ? " Love the jabbering.<br />"Peace out, buh bye, and wuv wu" are some of our favorites. <br /><br />He says his prayers which are the cutest thing on the planet...all we understand is "Waymen!" for Amen at the end hehe. <br /><br />Jason and I talk to him and he understands everything we say... the other night Jas said "ok Hunter you have three options, you can either go to bed right now, snuggle and watch a movie, or sit in the corner cause you arent listening, which would you like?" He stopped crying looked at him and said "nuggle" aaahh cutest thing. He loves to help us clean, make dinner, and wants to put my makeup on for me. <br /><br />We love him so much.The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-58499385015942531242011-04-11T10:28:00.003-06:002011-04-11T10:46:56.694-06:00A good bookOk, so a while ago I wrote an "ode to all moms" inspired by stories and talking amongst many moms who feel overwhelmed with the constant pull of being perfect. My resolution from it all was just to embrace the moments we have and do the best I can, no comparing myself to what I see or thought was perfect in my mind. Since then, I have loved watching my husband now smile at the mess he may come home to, and the wife who may not be done up for him on occasion...and the ruined pile of shirts I have from allowing my son to just LIVE and play in dirt, mud, snow, and food (which I will be buying a steam mop Ive decided), because now that Ive decided to let it all go.. Ive never been happier. I dont HAVE to be perfect, just try my best and complement those who do things I wish I could do. Ive decided I can choose to make any situation the happiest and Best I want it to be. Now when my child takes his drink (after mixing all his dinner in it first) and deliberately turns it upside down on the floor because he thinks its funny... I laugh and take pictures and then have him help me clean it all up because he thinks its awesome to help mommy and daddy. Its amazing that when I dont sweat the small stuff even if its on a brand new clean floor...it helps Jason not to feel that way too. (who knew right ? haha). Ive always loved being a mother...but since deciding not to COMPARE and just enjoy every moment...it has been that much better!<br /> Im in the middle of reading several books but there is one I particularly LOVE... now that I have my kindle on my phone (oh my gosh LOOOOOVVVEEE this option)Im reading every time I get the chance ...THIS BOOK>>>>>><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G1TGUGDxZMo/TaMv4HvP3LI/AAAAAAAAAeA/Qv1p4urDKnY/s1600/book.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G1TGUGDxZMo/TaMv4HvP3LI/AAAAAAAAAeA/Qv1p4urDKnY/s320/book.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594367803320687794" /></a><br /><br />DONT WORRY...this is not a BASH on husbands book! The title in and of itself is pretty funny...but the book is way funny too! Its been soo amazing to read! Ive felt the desire to be a better wife and just try to be better each day. This book has a pretty cool way of helping you see what you can do to better understand eachother and yourself too. I would totally recommend it to everyone!! Seriously, newlyweds or those married for a while will benefit from this! Jas has wanted me to read some to him cause he wonders why I bust up laughing a lot while reading my book next to him. ITs awesome! <br /><br />One more thing... my son is a daredevil already.. Im afraid I would be the guilty one of passing this on to him. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fN-hXYDzr8/TaMwZef_0WI/AAAAAAAAAeI/wDyNX0hKtc4/s1600/hunt4wheel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1fN-hXYDzr8/TaMwZef_0WI/AAAAAAAAAeI/wDyNX0hKtc4/s320/hunt4wheel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594368376366420322" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-76621725161239493772011-04-03T19:21:00.006-06:002011-04-03T20:38:21.545-06:00Who are you again?My green smoothie guys!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OiKk9QOGgyQ/TZku-wMiLjI/AAAAAAAAAd4/axnFHeQ0Xzw/s1600/DSCN1532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OiKk9QOGgyQ/TZku-wMiLjI/AAAAAAAAAd4/axnFHeQ0Xzw/s320/DSCN1532.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591552067981422130" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z_ESjIwa8dM/TZku-qOLCGI/AAAAAAAAAdw/-I7wpvqYbPo/s1600/DSCN1515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z_ESjIwa8dM/TZku-qOLCGI/AAAAAAAAAdw/-I7wpvqYbPo/s320/DSCN1515.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591552066377680994" /></a><br />So you all know how Jason DESPISES anything that is green...or any color other than pizza color for that matter... haha. We have been a part of this makeover show for green smoothie girl at work so we have incorporated green smoothies in our lives! Go to greensmoothiegirl.com and you will see what its all about. First I will attest that it definitely makes a huge difference in my life.. and SECOND its a miracle worker because in each quart you get 15 servings of veggies and fruits and here is the kicker.... JASON likes it?!!! He actually craves it!! WHAT>!! who knew? My husband eating veggies and fruits and craving it every day. Not only has he made a huge health lifestyle change but he has also parted with his beloved truck baby. We sold it for way more than what we got it for 2 years ago and made a lot of money off it... (how does that ever happen??) We paid off a lot of things and I told him as soon as we are out of all debt (except our mortgage) Id get him another truck. We hope in the next few months! ITs been a MAJOR blessing and huge sacrifice for Jason. Its not a possession for him, this was his hobby, what he loved to take care of. He did it without me even knowing he was going to sell it in the first place! I was so impressed and I think I cried more than he did. He is an amazing man and he truly is a HUGE blessing to mine and Hunter's lives. We love him so much.. thanks for sacrificing and working so hard to take care of us. We love you!<br /><br />FYI....if you dont live here... It snowed today!!! GEESH!!! Will we ever see the sun and be able to leave our humble abodes??The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-47577861029351710022011-02-13T01:12:00.004-07:002011-02-13T02:27:35.186-07:00For the Love of My life!Valentines day kinda collides with our anniversary soooo Ill talk about it inbetween them. On February 1st THREE years ago Jas and I got sealed in the Salt Lake temple. It was kinda snowing that day and cold..but we didnt seem to feel it for the 2 hours we were out getting photos all around haha. I cant believe we have already been married for 3 years and have an 18 month old! Yes I still use months, it makes him less old. (and yes I said less old) Jas once said it made him feel all old and grown up (no way does he relate any of that to the fact that he just turned 30 in December). hahahaha. <br />Its been a fun ride so far, has it been perfect? No. Has it been hard? Yes. Have we had a lot of happy times? YES! Am I excited for the next forever? OF COURSE!!! Trials and everything included. <br />One thing about Jason a lot of people dont get to really see is his sensitive side. Hes quite the sweetheart. For example, I got home from work tonight and he had scrubbed the floors, cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, vaccummed the couches and scrubbed the "Hunter stains" out. How sweet is that? He does those things a lot. Another thing he may not be happy about me revealing is that he cries in extreme home makeover with me..he likes to watch the biggest loser with me and american idol. He also is very attentive to me and my emotions. (girls are just needy, whether its for love, attention, things, to be listened to..whatever..thats just how it is in one way or another)He is so sweet and just a tender hearted person. Just like our son. <br />Ive loved watching Jas get excited for the duck hunts every year. Hes like a little boy going to disneyland, cant sleep, sets out all his things twice and is extra nice cause hes so happy! Its actually quite hilarious. His fishing, his truck(Its a hobby ok... kinda like dancing would be for me ok..back off! haha) the fact that he absolutely cannot eat pancakes without sausage, or eat grilled cheese without ketchup and a tall glass of milk, like literally he will not eat it unless its that way..hes so funny sometimes. I love every thing about him. <br />Jas I just want you to know that you are my world. I couldnt have dreamed of a better companion, friend, father to our son, and a compatibility match like ours. Thank you for loving me and being there for me every step of every day. Im pretty sure I will never be able to express the love I have for you. To 3 years, and eternity more to come sweetie. Happy Anniversary and Happy Valentines. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LunULC8NcUc/TVeXsibcw8I/AAAAAAAAAdg/E4ThmkBJTTA/s1600/IMG_4060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LunULC8NcUc/TVeXsibcw8I/AAAAAAAAAdg/E4ThmkBJTTA/s320/IMG_4060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573089855306253250" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJvJdTfXprc/TVeXseKmCoI/AAAAAAAAAdY/eoQMWHtKq8M/s1600/IMG_3985.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJvJdTfXprc/TVeXseKmCoI/AAAAAAAAAdY/eoQMWHtKq8M/s320/IMG_3985.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573089854161816194" /></a><br /><br />My fav first<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_9h4YBMTAAw/TVejScYJKMI/AAAAAAAAAdo/diP-0c-b5PA/s1600/IMG_1999.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_9h4YBMTAAw/TVejScYJKMI/AAAAAAAAAdo/diP-0c-b5PA/s320/IMG_1999.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573102601144707266" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-59298527949222683692011-02-11T11:12:00.008-07:002011-02-11T11:46:06.377-07:00ODE TO ALL MOMSSo I have been talking amongst a lot of women lately between my jobs, coworkers, patients, neighbors etc etc. It all seems like us moms are feeling the same. The constant pull of having to be perfect!!<br /><br /> We had a patient come in the other day saying "is it horrible that Im so excited to be here at the dentist for a little break? And then how do I not feel guilty about just saying that?" She said how her neighbors all look like anthropology, their houses look like anthropology, their kids look like they walked out of a gap magazine... and then she feels like she has to ask everyone if there is anything she can do for them like make a meal or something and when they reply with yes she thinks oh CRAP!!! I cant even get dinner on my own table most the time how am I gonna make dinner for you and your family?! Why did I ask that??<br /><br />Then there is the stay at home mom guilt. I was talking to a neighbor who said..you know how everyone always asks well what do you do? What is it that you are accomplishing? And as you sit there thinking they go off about how they are sewing, cooking for a magazine, publishing a book, crafting every tuesday, designing other peoples homes, being on tv or the easy stuff like getting an award for cleanest house on the block every day all day long with 3 perfectly behaved children at all times.....and then youre listening to that as you look around your house with dirty clothes on the stairs...dishes that need to be put away...dinner needing to be made..your child with chocolate and pizza all over his face and hands running around in his diaper and a dirty shirt..and you remembering you still havent put deodorant on or makeup for the day (and its 10 minutes before your husband is supposed to come home).....then its off to hurrying to get dinner done and then somehow cant get your child to bathe and get in bed at the same time every night and then sit down as you look over at your sweet husband wanting to talk and vent..and hes sleeping blissfully. Gotta love it. <br /><br />Now There is nothing against all those accomplishments in fact thats downright inspiring to see moms doing those things so dont get me wrong. We arent pulling you down for doing those things, if anything we are all envious of you and wish we could be doing that ourselves!! We are just saying sometimes it would be nice to just have dinner ready at 5:30 for our family and hubby when he gets home and say thats our accomplishment and not get a look of disapproval. Im sure we have all felt that way whether we are doing all those things mentioned or not.<br /><br />Then there is the working moms. Wow..talk about guilt on your shoulders every day. And not just for you..but for your husbands as well. Most hubbies dont like the fact that their wives are working..its like a whack at their manhood for not being the SOLE provider for their families. Then there you are...you get up, race to get ready because that extra 15 minutes of sleep was sooo worth it to be just a bit behind...you grab everything you need, make lunch for anyone in the family you need to, grab your baby get him/her in the car, make sure you have everything in the diaper bag race them to the babysitter and find out you only have one shoe and the lid to the sippy is missing, get to work and notice you left your lunch on the counter at home (missing lunch again), go crazy at work with all the demands there and proving yourself as a woman that you are capable of working hard and getting promotions etc etc just as well as anyone else, getting a phone call in the middle of something EXTREMELY important saying your child is sick or has pink eye at school and needs to be picked up right then and no one is able to go get her/him....then you race to the grocery store and dont tell your babysitter so you can actually finish grocery shopping (cause shopping with an almost 2 year old is almost impossible now) and you feel guilty the whole time...you get everything out and realize you left the wallet in the car...run out grab it come back, make everyone wait..finally get it all in the car, go grab your son/daughter from the babysitter race home grab your baby, the diaper bag, your purse and coats and drop them all in the front living room child included hahaha, then run outside and try to grab as many grocery bags of food you can get in your 2 little hands to bring inside to lessen the amount of fighting your child out the door, get most of it in the fridge/freezer/pantry (in between chasing your child who has now carried the bananas, the chips and anything else into different rooms...) and THEN you realize you didnt get the main thing you needed for dinner that night if you had gotten around to planning it. Improv comes in and mac n cheese it is!! WOO HOO!!! Your brain is still swimming so you dont even realize your child has been calling your name for the last 5 minutes and you have barely acknowledged your husband has come home and is there and then if thats not enough..you fight your child or children to get to bed after baths drinks and if your lucky to remember to say your prayers with them and read scriptures (cause we are supposed to and should but arent very good at it consistently) and sometimes its a good night and they are tired out so they go to bed easy yes!! But you walk away feeling guilty you deliberately didnt say prayers with them because you were afraid it would make them wake up more and not go down so easily.... and on top of all that.... youre supposed to find time for yourself. ya right...and your poor husband is trying to help or not help but you just push him out of the way because you have too much to do....<br /><br />WOW!!! CAn you say overload!!! The underlying thing im feeling here is... why is it that we have to live PERFECTLY... why cant we just live each day wanting to do better than we did yesterday or get one thing on our to do list done that day? And why do we feel guilt when we should give ourselves a break? if we did and tried our best that day why cant that be enough?? I dont know if im speaking for everyone but I know a lot of moms just want to slow down and cherish the moments better. How can we help ourselves? Any ideas?The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-8428744839620696382011-01-23T21:40:00.004-07:002011-01-23T21:45:42.027-07:00What the?? Can someone explain this?Sorry... a little blurry<br />I came back from work and needed a drink. I went to get some ice and this is literally what plopped into my cup. NO LIE!! <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TT0DZQuUX3I/AAAAAAAAAdM/r1vcHTH4Ngk/s1600/junior%2Bmints.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TT0DZQuUX3I/AAAAAAAAAdM/r1vcHTH4Ngk/s320/junior%2Bmints.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565608447020654450" /></a><br />What the HECK?? Im sitting there in wonderment when my husband turns and starts laughing hysterically. (It would have been funnier if he had planned it to happen, but he had to move the junior mints box in the freezer so hunter couldnt see them and forgot)kinda funny<br /><br />We often find Hunter in the pantry like this....<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TT0DBmpO6aI/AAAAAAAAAdE/1FYLYmh3eec/s1600/hunterpantry"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TT0DBmpO6aI/AAAAAAAAAdE/1FYLYmh3eec/s320/hunterpantry" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565608040588044706" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-57257092646697378612010-11-21T10:33:00.004-07:002010-11-21T21:13:31.774-07:00Hunter's First Snow experienceLast night it snowed so we woke up to some light snow stuck to the ground. Hunter was so funny and kept pointing to it outside! He said "ssshhhoooddad" with his toothy grin... but we would like to think he was saying "snow!!!" haha. So we bundled him up and took him outside. He was so funny. He kept walking up and down the sidewalks and then sitting or faceplanting into the snow and playing with it. Here are a few pictures of his cute litle snow man body haha<br /><br />After a face plant!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaXxPqD9I/AAAAAAAAAcw/zUJZrMVwokc/s1600/DSCN1430.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaXxPqD9I/AAAAAAAAAcw/zUJZrMVwokc/s320/DSCN1430.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542060180858605522" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaXKF6JAI/AAAAAAAAAco/4wOZ_fz4bdc/s1600/DSCN1429.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaXKF6JAI/AAAAAAAAAco/4wOZ_fz4bdc/s320/DSCN1429.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542060170348733442" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaWbZAjDI/AAAAAAAAAcg/CmCl4AmqCrM/s1600/DSCN1426.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaWbZAjDI/AAAAAAAAAcg/CmCl4AmqCrM/s320/DSCN1426.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542060157812378674" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaVbbj14I/AAAAAAAAAcY/HIV43KZcTas/s1600/DSCN1424.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TOlaVbbj14I/AAAAAAAAAcY/HIV43KZcTas/s320/DSCN1424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542060140643211138" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-18874451741504144782010-10-17T22:24:00.005-06:002010-10-17T22:53:30.324-06:00Sometimes we dont realize how luxurious our lives areIt seems like life FLIES by with a child! Anyways, sooo much has been happening! I dont even know where to start! Hunter is just cruising through life! He says a myriad of things now, he says "ninny" for mckinli, era for cierra, sandy and kya (the dogs at grandma and grandpa hansens), he says uh oh, no, mommy, daddy, mama, dada, bampa for grandpa, thank you... he makes the sound of a tiger, kitty(sooo hilarious), and now horse, duck and dog. He thinks he is bigger than he is! He also just learned how to give high fives. We cant believe that he is a year and two months already. Sometimes I look at him and just start to cry....he is just my little sweet baby boy and he is growing up so fast. The things he learns, the things he does, he has such a sweet and tender heart. He LOVES to give us loves. He normally gives us open mouth kisses hahaha so slobbery but so cute, and big huge hugs...the kind where he squeezes his arms around our necks, buries his head into our shoulder and scrunches up his body as tight as he can to be as close as possible to us! Its to die for! We live for those moments. He has become Daddy's little buddy. AT night time he is especially his little man. He just loves him so much and I love watching the two of them together. Hunter loves to watch basketball, football, and of course HUNTING SHOWS! He seriously would rather sit in our laps watching those shows than most others. He does really like backyardigans and spongebob. Its fun. He is the light of our lives. The other day we got to go to a sealing of Jason's cousin. He was sealed to a woman from Australia and they brought in her little 3(???) year old daughter and sealed her to them. It was a tear jerker. We are so grateful Hunter is ours forever. As we were walking to our cars, I said to Hunter "Hunter we are soo grateful that you are sealed to us forever and ever!!!" Hunter went "Oh noooo" and put his hands up to his face. It was the funniest thing! Jas and I laughed so hard! It was like he was trying to joke about it with us or something. So cute.<br /><br />For my work, we did a humanitarian project with a group we are involved in "share a smile", about 130 of us went down to four corners and the indian reservation. A lot of them administered dental treatment, medical treatment, sprinkler systems, all sorts of things. Jas and I went with the people I work with and their families and our project was to build the inside of a house. After insulating the whole thing, dry walling, mudding and taping, electrical work, putting in windows...it was a very hard working weekend...but sooo worth it! It was really fun! We worked really hard, but played really hard too. We are soooo grateful for what we have. We are so grateful we have neighbors so close by and dont have to drive 30 miles to the next one....we are so grateful we have jobs, and non leaking pipes, and that we dont have high locked fences around our churches, or wild dogs at every look...love that we dont have to drive an hour to a hardware store, or send our kids 60 miles away for elementary and have them stay in dorms there...at elementary age!!! We are soooo extremely grateful. Im so grateful We have never been sooo desperate for a roof over our heads that we cant think about anything but trying everything in our power to convince those who come to help build that roof over our head to stay just one more day.... We all live in rich luxury compared to sooo many people. Sometimes we need a reminder of that, im so grateful to have had that opportunity.<br /><br />I get my tonsils out this coming wednesday, woot woot! Ive needed them out for a very very long time. Im happy for the end result but not looking forward to the recovery.Duck hunting season is on and Jason is one happy man!<br /><br />Jason's sister Ashli took some pictures for us a little bit ago and they turned out soo cute! Ill end this novel and share some of them! Thank you Ash! You are the best! <br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR1qUUsQI/AAAAAAAAAcI/LIZ10eiuuzs/s1600/mehunter2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR1qUUsQI/AAAAAAAAAcI/LIZ10eiuuzs/s320/mehunter2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529243687350219010" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR1TZJejI/AAAAAAAAAcA/4ONwFAC2XOY/s1600/us.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR1TZJejI/AAAAAAAAAcA/4ONwFAC2XOY/s320/us.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529243681196440114" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR05baGrI/AAAAAAAAAb4/sPymqqxqfvY/s1600/us2b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR05baGrI/AAAAAAAAAb4/sPymqqxqfvY/s320/us2b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529243674226596530" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR0lWbVuI/AAAAAAAAAbw/JkzoEiJttvA/s1600/IMG_4480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/TLvR0lWbVuI/AAAAAAAAAbw/JkzoEiJttvA/s320/IMG_4480.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529243668836996834" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-48926591558812042752010-08-11T00:37:00.011-06:002010-08-27T13:56:03.492-06:00May????Has it seriously been since May that I have last updated?! WOW!!! Time FLIES BY!!!!! Well.....I dont even know where to start! So many things have taken place! We have been to the living planet aquarium, the zoo, on circus rides, to parades...swimming. We took Hunter down to Torrey for the annual July 4th weekend with Jason's grandparents. Its tradition. I love it. We went to Lake Powell and had a blast! Hunter didnt go with us this year but next year he will! I cant even remember all the things we have been doing! We have been having tons of fun.<br />THe Biggest thing that has happened is Hunters FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!! YAYAYAYAYA!!!!! He is a one year old now and I dont know how i feel about that... He is walking and jabbers and says words now. It makes me kinda sad...my little baby is getting bigger...and now he doesnt need me quite as much as he used to with carrying him around everywhere. Its a bittersweet thing. He is still such a little guy but he acts like hes a big kid. LIfe has been really good, not perfect-whose life is??- but really good...trials or hard times or disagreements we will take it all!!<br />Jason outdid himself for my birthday this year. He surprised me with a shopping spree!! He had been saving up his money every month, met me for lunch at the mall and surprised me with that!!! He then took me out to get dinner and to watch the movie Step Up 3! Poor guy... But he was a trooper and watched it cause he knew I wanted to see it so bad!!! We got home late that night, jasons mom watched hunter overnight and I walked in to a house filled with balloons, cake, and a card. My neighbors the bunkers decorated for my bday. My grandma mom and sister took me to a girls lunch at PF CHANGs, my amazing friends took me to breakfast at Kneaders (my absolute favorite...its bottomless french toast who wouldnt??) My other mom and sister took me to TExas Roadhouse (my favorite again) and gave me a gift card to the busy biddy boutique! Soo excited!!! I was fed spoiled! It was such an AWESOME birthday! I loved it and Honey, thank you so much for dealing with me and for treating me so gosh dang good! THank you for being such an amazing husband and father, I love you soo much!!!<br />Enjoy the CRAZY AMOUNT of photos. I still have more of Hunters birthday I need to put up...hopefully it wont be another 4 months until I update that. <br /><br />Hunter was able to be in a photoshoot with some great photographers! Here are a couple by Dana Ohlsen! Out of all the pictures we received Id have to say she is my favorite!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnmevWuI/AAAAAAAAAbY/Noz4Xjz-SKs/s1600/IMG_1102-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnmevWuI/AAAAAAAAAbY/Noz4Xjz-SKs/s320/IMG_1102-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510110843967068898" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnZJt5yI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sHnVczUrgag/s1600/IMG_1084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnZJt5yI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/sHnVczUrgag/s320/IMG_1084.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510110840389232418" /></a><br /><br />My sweet hubby and I.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGI4EMBBI/AAAAAAAAAbA/jY8CyFSpX8k/s1600/RSCN0190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGI4EMBBI/AAAAAAAAAbA/jY8CyFSpX8k/s320/RSCN0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509879418669761554" /></a><br />At the zoo...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIkMo_CI/AAAAAAAAAa4/QKWez2U_-TU/s1600/DSCN1079.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIkMo_CI/AAAAAAAAAa4/QKWez2U_-TU/s320/DSCN1079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509879413336505378" /></a><br /><br />His very own first pool<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIZT3GAI/AAAAAAAAAaw/EdZVniXZSzw/s1600/DSCN0797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIZT3GAI/AAAAAAAAAaw/EdZVniXZSzw/s320/DSCN0797.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509879410414000130" /></a><br /><br />His first cupcake....<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIBHhuqI/AAAAAAAAAao/HUZA5JnQAcw/s1600/DSCN0521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGIBHhuqI/AAAAAAAAAao/HUZA5JnQAcw/s320/DSCN0521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509879403919817378" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGH_Tv70I/AAAAAAAAAag/Ji8e230LIdQ/s1600/DSCN0471.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcGH_Tv70I/AAAAAAAAAag/Ji8e230LIdQ/s320/DSCN0471.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509879403434209090" /></a><br /><br />He got this face from me when I was a baby...he he<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFTCqwTfI/AAAAAAAAAaY/2FXGSvZaFGs/s1600/DSCN0464.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFTCqwTfI/AAAAAAAAAaY/2FXGSvZaFGs/s320/DSCN0464.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509878493802941938" /></a><br /><br />Jason's sweet Tiger Trout! (I think its a really pretty fish--or maybe its just the hot guy behind it??)<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnEbh4QI/AAAAAAAAAbI/zR-1Tr1Oiig/s1600/jastigertrout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYnEbh4QI/AAAAAAAAAbI/zR-1Tr1Oiig/s320/jastigertrout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510110834826797314" /></a><br />Living planet aquarium<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFS-9BgiI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/J0F4Yt3b8_Y/s1600/DSCN0244.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFS-9BgiI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/J0F4Yt3b8_Y/s320/DSCN0244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509878492805825058" /></a><br /><br />If this isnt the cutest thing ever... awwwwwe<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFSir9bcI/AAAAAAAAAaI/e0NfnDibfVA/s1600/phone+pics+091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFSir9bcI/AAAAAAAAAaI/e0NfnDibfVA/s320/phone+pics+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509878485218061762" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFSFCm8GI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Dh_jYNAfPGk/s1600/phone+pics+088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFSFCm8GI/AAAAAAAAAaA/Dh_jYNAfPGk/s320/phone+pics+088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509878477259993186" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFR0KRpVI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/Xoda9AZt6s0/s1600/phone+pics+066.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcFR0KRpVI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/Xoda9AZt6s0/s320/phone+pics+066.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509878472728749394" /></a><br />camping and loving every minute<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEZM4-bhI/AAAAAAAAAZw/ArK81w8Qw1I/s1600/phone+pics+056.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEZM4-bhI/AAAAAAAAAZw/ArK81w8Qw1I/s320/phone+pics+056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509877500114529810" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYn2988iI/AAAAAAAAAbg/eq5wUit5e3Q/s1600/phone+pics+063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THfYn2988iI/AAAAAAAAAbg/eq5wUit5e3Q/s320/phone+pics+063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510110848392950306" /></a><br /><br /><br />When we bought his birthday present...<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEYQ7ocyI/AAAAAAAAAZo/2TFhQEpR6vw/s1600/phone+pics+036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEYQ7ocyI/AAAAAAAAAZo/2TFhQEpR6vw/s320/phone+pics+036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509877484019544866" /></a><br /><br />He LOOOOOOVVVEDD fireworks...he screamed and giggled and smiled and talked and waved his arms everywhere ...sooo cute<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEYLMrrXI/AAAAAAAAAZg/_SZpcXdqckE/s1600/phone+pics+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEYLMrrXI/AAAAAAAAAZg/_SZpcXdqckE/s320/phone+pics+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509877482480446834" /></a><br /><br />His first girlfriend <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEXxZJixI/AAAAAAAAAZY/qgob5T1zZz0/s1600/phone+pics+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEXxZJixI/AAAAAAAAAZY/qgob5T1zZz0/s320/phone+pics+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509877475553413906" /></a><br /><br />He has a thing for Hoses....and dirt...and water...and just boy stuff<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEXVsgOSI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/wpa4jCH3CH0/s1600/DSCN1138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/THcEXVsgOSI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/wpa4jCH3CH0/s320/DSCN1138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509877468118399266" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-53384522793041319972010-05-22T00:02:00.002-06:002010-05-22T00:13:26.605-06:00The Joys of being a mommy!Hunter went to his first neighborhood friends birthday party! He was soo cute! I never would have thought that birthday parties for little kids would be so fun. I never thought I would live for every tiny thing that my son wonders about, learns about, sees, gets excited over...Its amazing that I could sit all day long watching what Hunter does and be completely happy. I love being mommy.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0bhm2-eI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Vv9ZK0RVSbk/s1600/huntwater.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0bhm2-eI/AAAAAAAAAZI/Vv9ZK0RVSbk/s320/huntwater.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473971888318773730" /></a><br /><br />He would not let go of this wand...he raved over it for two hours!!(Jason didnt really like the whole sparkly wand thing in his little boys hand but hey hes just a little baby!)<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0a4AUeaI/AAAAAAAAAZA/yqA9XvN--n8/s1600/huntgrass3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0a4AUeaI/AAAAAAAAAZA/yqA9XvN--n8/s320/huntgrass3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473971877151275426" /></a><br /><br />This is one of Hunter's buddies! Bentley...They love each other! Cant wait for the mayhem these two will cause (and all the other little ones here)<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0apZ8abI/AAAAAAAAAY4/cd6GDBQUAIw/s1600/huntbents.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0apZ8abI/AAAAAAAAAY4/cd6GDBQUAIw/s320/huntbents.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473971873232218546" /></a><br />Hunter and his favorite cousins!!!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0aBkRBCI/AAAAAAAAAYw/G8fSnyAhZRI/s1600/bridgewyhunt.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0aBkRBCI/AAAAAAAAAYw/G8fSnyAhZRI/s320/bridgewyhunt.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473971862538093602" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0Z0iet6I/AAAAAAAAAYo/8tAkf1ANX2E/s1600/bridgewyhunt2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S_d0Z0iet6I/AAAAAAAAAYo/8tAkf1ANX2E/s320/bridgewyhunt2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473971859040941986" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-5340485478799432382010-05-09T20:44:00.003-06:002010-05-09T20:47:43.999-06:00To ALL You Women!! Happy Mother's Day!ONE FLAW IN WOMEN<br /><br />Women have strengths that amaze men..... <br />They bear hardships and they carry burdens, <br />but they hold happiness, love and joy. <br />They smile when they want to scream. <br />They sing when they want to cry. <br />They cry when they are happy <br />and laugh when they are nervous.<br /> <br />They fight for what they believe in.. <br />They stand up to injustice. <br />They don't take "no" for an answer <br />when they believe there is a better solution. <br />They go without so their family can have. <br /><br />They go to the doctor with a frightened friend. <br />They love unconditionally. <br />They cry when their children excel <br />and cheer when their friends get awards. <br /><br />They are happy when they hear about <br />a birth or a wedding. <br />Their hearts break when a friend dies. <br />They grieve at the loss of a family member, <br />yet they are strong when they <br />think there is no strength left. <br /><br />They know that a hug and a kiss <br />can heal a broken heart. <br />Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors. <br />They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you <br />to show how much they care about you. <br /><br />The heart of a woman is what <br />makes the world keep turning. <br />They bring joy, hope and love. <br />They have compassion and ideas. <br />They give moral support to their <br />family and friends. <br /><br />Women have vital things to say <br />and everything to give. <br /><br /><strong>HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN, <br /> <br />IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.</strong>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-21093630944715915752010-05-03T10:31:00.007-06:002010-05-03T11:03:20.962-06:00April snow brings may...???<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S97-9NyqGVI/AAAAAAAAAYA/gMuJcnNQov0/s1600/074.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S97-9NyqGVI/AAAAAAAAAYA/gMuJcnNQov0/s320/074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467087325301971282" /></a><br /><br />So lately we have been living a little inside because of the crazy weather!! It decides to go from sunny and wonderful to snowy, rainy and very cold!! Hunter is not liking it at all. He loves the outdoors. He will always reach for the door when we walk by it and he gets so happy even if we just open the door for him to look outside. Its really cute. I cant run the half marathon. About a month ago I injured my ankle really badly... it still is jacked up right now. I cant move it certain ways. Ive decided to run at least the 5k. Ya...not a huge deal but...maybe one of the next ones. Its still fun to train...just sucks when youve trained for a while and then get injured. It was quite funny though...I picture watching myself as I was running around the corner...bending my ankle in half, sprawling out and rolling down the road and then just lying there looking up at the sky saying...first of all ouch and bad words in my head...and second of all...youve got to be kidding me...whoever watched that just got the best laugh of their week! Its a HUGE bummer but I dont want to injure it more. I gotta wait for it to heal to do any major stuff. Jason has been having fun when the weather has been decent! Hes been stoked to go fishing and things. He cant wait to take his pontoon boat out and Im excited for him too! <br />Hunter army crawls everywhere still...he now will grab my hands and stand up...but only that..nothing else. He loves to talk and yell ALL the time...and still loves to snuggle (our favorite thing). He is such a sweet and smart boy...I cant believe in about three months...he will be ONE!!!!! Where did the time go?!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S9796RCn73I/AAAAAAAAAXw/Hi-TvNILpWs/s1600/072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S9796RCn73I/AAAAAAAAAXw/Hi-TvNILpWs/s320/072.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467086175123009394" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S97959HcpII/AAAAAAAAAXo/ELLtBtyYv7E/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S97959HcpII/AAAAAAAAAXo/ELLtBtyYv7E/s320/061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467086169774531714" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S9795Jw4tOI/AAAAAAAAAXg/0uJypj-uj1E/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S9795Jw4tOI/AAAAAAAAAXg/0uJypj-uj1E/s320/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467086155989693666" /></a><br />Oh and another thing...we have such an amazing neighborhood! We have been so blessed having such great friends here. We also have an awesome little springville Zoo as I tend to think of it...here are a few pics hahaha!! Yes that is a kangaroo...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98BB_Z7DzI/AAAAAAAAAYg/od-37IPcQtk/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98BB_Z7DzI/AAAAAAAAAYg/od-37IPcQtk/s320/035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467089606362730290" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98BARAwNuI/AAAAAAAAAYY/kBothfhYo98/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98BARAwNuI/AAAAAAAAAYY/kBothfhYo98/s320/029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467089576729261794" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98A_6cF5II/AAAAAAAAAYQ/ML59y0FPIgg/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98A_6cF5II/AAAAAAAAAYQ/ML59y0FPIgg/s320/031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467089570669913218" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98A_ad97pI/AAAAAAAAAYI/RIAkfRPYhts/s1600/026.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S98A_ad97pI/AAAAAAAAAYI/RIAkfRPYhts/s320/026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467089562087845522" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-30034651710400125022010-04-12T12:24:00.004-06:002010-04-12T12:40:11.558-06:00The B. Museum!Last week I had the whole week off to be with Hunter. It was soo fun! We were invited to go to the bean museum with Jana, Bentley and her niece Aubrey one day. It was really fun! Hunter loved every minute of it. He loves looking at things and talking to them! When I take him places he will barely pay attention to any of us because all he wants to do is see whats going on around us. Its the cutest thing! He is such an observer. ANyway, I took him out of the stroller a couple times to look close at the animals and through the screens...He didnt want to leave. Hed point his hand out and talk and wave. It was so much fun. I love watching him see things in the world. Everything is interesting to him. He is such a snuggler too! My favorite thing is when I am getting him ready for bed. He will get out of the bath and just snuggle me so close, ill feed him and then he will just rest his head on my shoulder while I rock and sing him for a minute. Its then I dont ever want to put him down! I could just hold him all night. I love getting him up in the mornings or nap times too... he gives me and Jason the biggest smiles!! Every day when Jason comes home ill say "Hunter daddys home!!" and he will start kicking his legs and look at the door. Jas will come in and hunter reaches out for him and then snuggles his head into his shoulder!!! IT is seriously the most precious thing!! I love it! HEis getting better at crawling..not quite with his stomach all the way off the floor but dang that kid can move!! He is starting to get a TINY bit more hair and it tends to stick up in the back like alfalfa. He babbles constantly too!! Its so cute. He is just a happy boy and we love him to death. <br />Oh ya, this pic was taken by jc penney a little while back<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8NorUcljlI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/rglZ2bSWBjk/s1600/hunter.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8NorUcljlI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/rglZ2bSWBjk/s320/hunter.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459322266735447634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8Noq8Z8F5I/AAAAAAAAAXI/kPeQvSQ-IfA/s1600/bm4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8Noq8Z8F5I/AAAAAAAAAXI/kPeQvSQ-IfA/s320/bm4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459322260281890706" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8NoqoXW1YI/AAAAAAAAAXA/mf2QJL0ba6E/s1600/bm2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8NoqoXW1YI/AAAAAAAAAXA/mf2QJL0ba6E/s320/bm2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459322254902351234" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8Nopon8neI/AAAAAAAAAW4/DYA_-Qt-0Yk/s1600/bm.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S8Nopon8neI/AAAAAAAAAW4/DYA_-Qt-0Yk/s320/bm.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459322237792067042" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-55333304774019039302010-04-09T11:30:00.002-06:002010-04-09T11:36:21.205-06:00Our friends and adoptionJason and I were blessed to meet and be friends with Dylan and Emily a couple years ago in our BYU married ward. They were constantly serving and always asking us, along with anyone else they could ask, if they could do anything for us or help in any way. They were also very fun! They invited us over for dinner a few times and we always had so much fun with them! They are genuine and amazingly talented people. They are so kind hearted and we have missed moving away from them and that ward. Emily is such a talented photographer, she took our baby Hunter's pictures a few weeks after he was born and has done other photos for us as well! WE have loved her generosity and her talents shared with us! Dylan and Emily are hoping to adopt and we cant be more excited for them. If anyone knows of someone looking for a family to place a child with, please consider them. I know they would be wonderful, stable, and loving parents! Good luck Dylan and Em!<br />Their website is www.dylanandemilyhope2adopt.blogspot.comThe Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-52215760436327148062010-03-13T12:16:00.004-07:002010-03-14T13:47:13.167-06:00Half Marathon and Graham CrackersOur darling son was introduced to graham crackers a couple weeks ago by Jason's wonderful mother. Hunter absolutely LOVES graham crackers! He cant get enough of them! I have to only allow him two squares because he would suck on the whole package of them if he could. He has been so cute lately! He has learned to scoot. The way he scoots is so funny! He pulls his legs and bottom half of his body up to his hands (all of this done on his side) then rolls on his tummy, turns on his side, scoots his bottom half up to his top half, rolls back on tummy again...its quite hilarious!! (a better description would be an inch worm, but done while on his side)We took a video of it, Ill have to put it on sometime soon. Hes quite the acrobat. He would rather roll everywhere but the side-scooting comes in handy too for him. He also loves his feet. Hes quite the flexible little guy and he makes us laugh when he always has his feet in his mouth. We love him so much and cant believe he is growing so fast. (although he is still just a little guy, a whopping 14 pounds and some odd ounces, better watch out He'll clobber ya haha. Im thinking he will take after his dad in the tall and skinny department...oh and muscley of course honey!!) <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S5vpLm_a39I/AAAAAAAAAWw/K5Zog8KImes/s1600-h/hunter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S5vpLm_a39I/AAAAAAAAAWw/K5Zog8KImes/s320/hunter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448204559889129426" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ive also taken on a new love. Well, its not quite a LOVE love yet, but im hoping Ill get there. I signed up for the half marathon June 12th. I started training on monday and Im really excited! Im already sore and Jason and Hunter get some great time together while Im off training every day for a couple hours. I get the fitness magazine adn they have a fabulous training guide for the next few months till the race! IF you want to join let me know! Ill send the guide your way. I also work with some amazing women! Boston Marathoners, triathlons, iron man stuff... they are crazy! They love it and Jilene's idea of fun is to run 15 miles a day or bike over a 140 miles a day. Shes pretty crazy, but shes been great and willing to help me with pointers and tips. I love that I can ask someone who knows everything about this stuff to help me. Thanks Jilene! And of course thanks to my wonderful Hubby and Hunter for being so supportive and encouraging! I love them so much!The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-80760188591055559302010-02-14T14:15:00.003-07:002010-02-14T14:36:24.590-07:00FebruaryWow! Its already February. I swear I do not know where the time goes. We just celebrated our second anniversary on February 1st! YAY!!! It was really fun. Jason and I have this thing where Im in charge of odd anniversaries and he is in charge of even anniversaries. This year he surprised me by taking me to park city. We stayed in a lodge for a couple nights and walked main street. It was really fun! We went to soldier hollow tubing for a while and it was awesome. The last run we got in trouble though cause we didnt hold on to each other! It was a blast and we had a fun time together even though we missed our little one. I cant believe its already been two years! I love Jason so much and dont know where Id be without him. He has helped me through a lot of things and I am so grateful for him. He is my Edward for SURE!!! hahahaha But he really is my world, he is such an amazing man. I dont know how I got so lucky! <br /><br />We got called to teach sunday school for the 12 and 13 year olds. Its been really fun. They are some pretty amazing kids. We also spoke today in our ward for the first time since weve moved. It went really well. Jason always does such a good job and lucky for him I actually took up more time than my normal three minutes!!! YAY~!! haha. <br /><br />My work went to Texas the weekend after our anniversary. It was sooo amazing! Its an annual event where doctors and teams from around the world come together to listen to motivational speakers and learn from each other. There were over 700 people there. There was a man by the name of Nick Vujicic who came to talk. He is a man who was born with no legs and no arms. He is such an inspiration. He is one of the happiest people I know. He fully enjoys life and gets around every obstacle that has come to him. You can find him on you tube. Its pretty amazing what he does, and he is so funny!! He took us from laughing to crying in a split second. I got to meet him and give him a hug. It was an honor. We had a great time and always come home better people. We all wakled down the riverwalk in san antonio, walked through the alamo which was so neat, and enjoyed relaxing at breaks or at night. I have to tell you what happened to me though!!! We received the team of the year award this year which was really cool and unexpected..anyway we went out to celebrate and eat at a mexican restaurant we found there. It was a 24-7 hour restaurant and wow was it beautifully decorated!! Id never seen such a place! We had a mariachi...ya no idea how to spell that... a mariachi band haha come and sing to us at our table etc. Anyways I was eating a tortilla and was listening to the conversation going when all of a sudden i found my brain telling my body to swallow...then telling it to cough...I couldnt do anything...my eyes started to go black and I realized I was choking and couldnt breathe. I FLEW out of my chair Hitting Cinda as hard as I could and pounding my chest and throat as hard as I could. As Cinda and Dr. Jorgensen's husband bolted up to come give me the heimlich, I somehow dislodged it enough to cough it out. It was so scary!! My body went into shock after. Tears streamed down my face and my body went into a convulsing shaking state. It was really scary. All I could think about was my family. Luckily we have a fun bunch of women who work together so we found some humor and it helped to calm me down. I love my job. I love the people I work with. I love that I only work one full day and two partial days a week. I love being able to travel and learn more about myself and help me to grow. Its been such a blessing to have this job. <br /><br />Hunter is such a cute little boy. Oh my gosh we can not get enough of him!!! We just want to eat him up! He has been rolling every which way and says dadadada . Its the cutest thing. In the mornings are our favorite. He gets up around six, sometimes five to eat and we bring him in our bed to feed him. He will get done and smile sooo big! He is such a happy kid! He will turn over to look at jason and put his hand on Jason's face and go daadaadaa. Its one of my favorite things to watch. So dang cutE!! I love those two boys. Hunter has always been an easy and happy baby! We are so lucky.The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-52027635956054711372010-01-25T10:36:00.006-07:002010-01-26T22:06:37.400-07:00Inspired to craft/revampOk so lately I have been on a craft kick! Im going to be making new pillows, wall hangings for hunters room, a bed.. me and jas decided we wanted to make ourselves a new bed so when we do it ill show the finished project! I found some of the cutest blogs for crafts and got so inspired! Oh, I took up woodcarving for one day and made this for jas lol!!! You can see why i wont be doing this again. When you buy 5 wood carving tools for three dollars...takes five hours and really doesnt cut very well at all! Oh well...<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YIn8NMFI/AAAAAAAAAVo/iQKBx0WMCV4/s1600-h/IMG_2137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YIn8NMFI/AAAAAAAAAVo/iQKBx0WMCV4/s320/IMG_2137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430734368350744658" /></a><br /><br />Revamped soap, hand sanitizer, candle and lotion. I had so much fun making these! I had no idea how I was going to make it look..but it turned out alright! <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1_JgYrOTmI/AAAAAAAAAWg/uio4voTQ-OU/s1600-h/crafts.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1_JgYrOTmI/AAAAAAAAAWg/uio4voTQ-OU/s320/crafts.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431281233848847970" /></a><br /><br />So Before I was a mommy, I loved to draw, but now Id rather play with Hunter (and jason :) when he is awake and sleep when he is asleep! Ill get back to it soon though. It was really relaxing! So as you can see I kinda like to draw ducks for Jas. The whole action sword guy drawing...ya...kinda weird...but I had an old manager who bet I couldnt draw something like that so I had to try!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13ddtd2kdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/rfmi5RqDA7I/s1600-h/IMG_2224.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13ddtd2kdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/rfmi5RqDA7I/s320/IMG_2224.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430740228169437650" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13ddAPYlTI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/rYF8ItjvCo8/s1600-h/IMG_2227.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13ddAPYlTI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/rYF8ItjvCo8/s320/IMG_2227.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430740216029156658" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13dc_thv-I/AAAAAAAAAWI/JW15_9Ayxos/s1600-h/IMG_2226.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13dc_thv-I/AAAAAAAAAWI/JW15_9Ayxos/s320/IMG_2226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430740215887151074" /></a><br /><br />Me and Jas absolutely love those big blue eyes!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YIXkfPtI/AAAAAAAAAVg/djVh3DRzvUk/s1600-h/IMG_2216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YIXkfPtI/AAAAAAAAAVg/djVh3DRzvUk/s320/IMG_2216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430734363956297426" /></a><br /><br />Hunter loves phones, especially to chew on!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YH5qXIoI/AAAAAAAAAVY/MLeu0qZVRVY/s1600-h/IMG_2212.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S13YH5qXIoI/AAAAAAAAAVY/MLeu0qZVRVY/s320/IMG_2212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430734355927868034" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-2389723200195729432010-01-17T09:50:00.004-07:002010-01-17T10:06:53.448-07:002010!HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Ok its a little late for that but thats ok! We had a fabulous christmas and new year! On New Years eve we had such a blast and fell asleep at ten thirty! It was amazing. When you dont sleep and your baby goes to sleep finally so you can..nothing else matters! Hunter has been so cute and so fun! He finally started sleeping through the night and I know it may change but for now we are recovering from a lack of sleep for so long! We will take as much as we can get. He is rolling over from his back and his tummy now so we have to keep an extra eye on him. He loves to sit and talk to himself, his toys, and us. Its been awesome. He loved christmas and eating all the wrapping paper and lately he has realized that he can swat at things so thats fun! <br /><br />The only way I was able to get these pictures was to hide the camera behind my back with the button half way pushed, make faces and hurry and snap it as fast as I could! Hunter loves cameras and phones, the minute he sees them he gets this entranced look on his face and reaches for them!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEGAwjcI/AAAAAAAAAUw/LanS8_35KJ0/s1600-h/IMG_2151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEGAwjcI/AAAAAAAAAUw/LanS8_35KJ0/s320/IMG_2151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427754614012284354" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCDhOWHWI/AAAAAAAAAUo/hXZh-tCNsK0/s1600-h/IMG_2149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCDhOWHWI/AAAAAAAAAUo/hXZh-tCNsK0/s320/IMG_2149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427754604137160034" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NDVQEWUgI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OcVyKE_2VFY/s1600-h/IMG_2154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NDVQEWUgI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/OcVyKE_2VFY/s320/IMG_2154.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427756008281100802" /></a><br /><br /><br />We went to the auto expo show the other day and had a blast! We then ate at one of our favorites...texas roadhouse...and then laughed our way home. It was a fun time. Here are a few pictures!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEx_LlXI/AAAAAAAAAVA/U_B5x5g38Ko/s1600-h/IMG_2203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEx_LlXI/AAAAAAAAAVA/U_B5x5g38Ko/s320/IMG_2203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427754625816827250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEhEbfuI/AAAAAAAAAU4/5skn9Ao6krg/s1600-h/IMG_2190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCEhEbfuI/AAAAAAAAAU4/5skn9Ao6krg/s320/IMG_2190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427754621275438818" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCgxUmOXI/AAAAAAAAAVI/e3rsMFZOoGM/s1600-h/IMG_2211.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/S1NCgxUmOXI/AAAAAAAAAVI/e3rsMFZOoGM/s320/IMG_2211.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427755106674555250" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-88948328017615309432009-12-21T22:09:00.003-07:002009-12-21T22:16:40.708-07:00Merry Christmas Hunter!So our grandparents came in from California and we had a blast! We all hung out for the day before they had to head home. THey brought Hunter Christmas presents and it was the coolest thing! This rocking horse makes gallop noises and horse noises, it wiggles it's tail, his head moves, and his nose moves side to side too! Obviously he wont be able to use it quite yet but Holy cow!! How come we didnt have cool toys like this when we were kids?! <br /><br />No matter what we did he would not look at the camera! And every time we snapped a shot he would smile so big right after! That little stinker...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SzBV6SVkKxI/AAAAAAAAAUY/6o-6me9VOa4/s1600-h/P1020006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SzBV6SVkKxI/AAAAAAAAAUY/6o-6me9VOa4/s320/P1020006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417924811569769234" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SzBV5zZHxlI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/1LlSP3zcq-Q/s1600-h/P1020003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SzBV5zZHxlI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/1LlSP3zcq-Q/s320/P1020003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417924803263186514" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-84699842196268164532009-12-17T22:15:00.003-07:002009-12-17T22:19:27.411-07:00My TwO LoVeS!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SysQN7QQxNI/AAAAAAAAAUI/k9k-uHBFEfA/s1600-h/IMG_2132.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/SysQN7QQxNI/AAAAAAAAAUI/k9k-uHBFEfA/s320/IMG_2132.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416440808273396946" /></a><br /><br />These are the two loves of my life! I never thought I could love anyone as much as I love these boys! My husband is such an amazing man! I feel so lucky and so blessed that he chose me to spend eternity with. Its so comforting to know that our son will grow up with an amazing example to look up to!! I love you honey!The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493236578657157102.post-31600525006991076772009-12-07T14:24:00.005-07:002009-12-07T14:34:48.373-07:00Hunter is getting so big!I cant believe it! Hunter is four months old on the 11th! It goes by so fast! I wish time would just stand still sometimes. Here are some photos of him. <br /><br />I had to put this one on.. he looks like he will beat someone up with that fist!! lol <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zEAiFJII/AAAAAAAAAT0/p3Jt53YroPs/s1600-h/melindshuntee3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zEAiFJII/AAAAAAAAAT0/p3Jt53YroPs/s320/melindshuntee3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412608839868818562" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zDd6-Z9I/AAAAAAAAATk/cFTG70eMPp0/s1600-h/hunter4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zDd6-Z9I/AAAAAAAAATk/cFTG70eMPp0/s320/hunter4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412608830577993682" /></a><br /><br />Well if that doesnt look like a mini Jason...<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zC7OJKkI/AAAAAAAAATc/jqqXoBfRDWU/s1600-h/hunter5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zC7OJKkI/AAAAAAAAATc/jqqXoBfRDWU/s320/hunter5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412608821263149634" /></a><br /><br />This one was so funny! My other family linds and her mom tami got him this darling hat at the busy biddy (not sure if thats the right spelling) Anyway we just tossed it on and he gave us the funniest pictures!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zCrJ0ThI/AAAAAAAAATU/XqeflhZL3ig/s1600-h/huntee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx1zCrJ0ThI/AAAAAAAAATU/XqeflhZL3ig/s320/huntee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412608816950038034" /></a><br /><br />I love it when he gets so excited!!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx10VrpwEII/AAAAAAAAAT8/iR8ihbSXWfM/s1600-h/hunter3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EXQ8j9wkKm4/Sx10VrpwEII/AAAAAAAAAT8/iR8ihbSXWfM/s320/hunter3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412610243013120130" /></a>The Hansen'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02545724258807299674noreply@blogger.com8