The Hansen's

6 months down! Unnerving news

2011-12-31T13:07:00.003-07:00

Wow 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 .
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.

WHere has the time gone!?

2011-07-28T12:06:00.005-06:00

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.
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
Wyatt, Bridger and Hunter are great together and they absolutely love eachother. Its fun to have cousins around his age.
I went hunting and fishing with Jas and our cousin. (This was right before it snowed on us and I froze ha)

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....
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.

2-He loves to be tickled...funniest thing...

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

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.

5-He has started to actually pedal bikes now that he can reach the pedals..thats fun.

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!

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!"

8-When he needs something he will say "mommy PLEASE help me!"

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)

10-He is a snuggle BUG!!! Loves to snuggle us and give us kisses and squeezes!!

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...

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.

13-He likes to dance...moves his shoulders and arms and body...aaawww so cute

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...

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!

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!

Being a Mother

2011-05-14T11:29:00.003-06:00

So 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!!!

1: When I give Hunter something, whether its a pretzel, toy, or anything and he just so sweetly says "dank you"

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!!

3: When Hunter learns and says new words. I love watching him learn and grow!

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!

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!

6: When I watch him accept and love everyone he meets or is around, it reminds me to be like a child.

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!
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!

Hunter's jabbers

2011-04-16T10:41:00.003-06:00

What kid do you know of actually asks you to tickle them all the time??
If you dont know of any, now you do. Hunter asks us every time we are in the car..
"mommy, daddy...tickle" with a big smile on his face
"You want us to tickle you HunteR?"
"UH HUUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!" (which by the way is the cutest uh huh in the highest pitched voice I absolutely love it)

The other day I was folding laundry and Hunter runs around the corner...
"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)

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

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??
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!!

He also loves to say "Mommy, daddy!!!! WOOAAHH CRAZY!!!... or mommy daddy!!! Lkajdfaoepugjalk asldkjgaoiwejgaskdj lakdjgoiajegkjlkjdaoigj ? " Love the jabbering.
"Peace out, buh bye, and wuv wu" are some of our favorites.

He says his prayers which are the cutest thing on the planet...all we understand is "Waymen!" for Amen at the end hehe.

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.

We love him so much.

A good book

2011-04-11T10:28:00.003-06:00

Ok, 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!
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>>>>>>

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!

One more thing... my son is a daredevil already.. Im afraid I would be the guilty one of passing this on to him.

Who are you again?

2011-04-03T19:21:00.006-06:00

My green smoothie guys!

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!

FYI....if you dont live here... It snowed today!!! GEESH!!! Will we ever see the sun and be able to leave our humble abodes??

For the Love of My life!

2011-02-13T01:12:00.004-07:00

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

My fav first

ODE TO ALL MOMS

2011-02-11T11:12:00.008-07:00

So 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!!

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??

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.

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.

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....

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?

What the?? Can someone explain this?

2011-01-23T21:40:00.004-07:00

Sorry... a little blurry
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!!

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

We often find Hunter in the pantry like this....

Hunter's First Snow experience

2010-11-21T10:33:00.004-07:00

Last 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

After a face plant!

Sometimes we dont realize how luxurious our lives are

2010-10-17T22:24:00.005-06:00

It 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.

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.

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!

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!

May????

2010-08-11T00:37:00.011-06:00

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.
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!!
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!!!
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.

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!

My sweet hubby and I.

At the zoo...

His very own first pool

His first cupcake....

He got this face from me when I was a baby...he he

Jason's sweet Tiger Trout! (I think its a really pretty fish--or maybe its just the hot guy behind it??)

Living planet aquarium

If this isnt the cutest thing ever... awwwwwe

camping and loving every minute

When we bought his birthday present...

He LOOOOOOVVVEDD fireworks...he screamed and giggled and smiled and talked and waved his arms everywhere ...sooo cute

His first girlfriend

He has a thing for Hoses....and dirt...and water...and just boy stuff

The Joys of being a mommy!

2010-05-22T00:02:00.002-06:00

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.

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!)

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)

Hunter and his favorite cousins!!!

To ALL You Women!! Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T20:44:00.003-06:00

ONE FLAW IN WOMEN

Women have strengths that amaze men.....
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness, love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.

They fight for what they believe in..
They stand up to injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.

They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.

They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they
think there is no strength left.

They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.

The heart of a woman is what
makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideas.
They give moral support to their
family and friends.

Women have vital things to say
and everything to give.

HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,

IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.

April snow brings may...???

2010-05-03T10:31:00.007-06:00

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!
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?!!!!

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...

The B. Museum!

2010-04-12T12:24:00.004-06:00

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.
Oh ya, this pic was taken by jc penney a little while back

Our friends and adoption

2010-04-09T11:30:00.002-06:00

Jason 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!
Their website is www.dylanandemilyhope2adopt.blogspot.com

Half Marathon and Graham Crackers

2010-03-13T12:16:00.004-07:00

Our 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!!)

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!

February

2010-02-14T14:15:00.003-07:00

Wow! 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!

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.

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.

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.

Inspired to craft/revamp

2010-01-25T10:36:00.006-07:00

Ok 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...

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!

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!

Me and Jas absolutely love those big blue eyes!

Hunter loves phones, especially to chew on!

2010!

2010-01-17T09:50:00.004-07:00

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!

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!

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!

Merry Christmas Hunter!

2009-12-21T22:09:00.003-07:00

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?!

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...

My TwO LoVeS!

2009-12-17T22:15:00.003-07:00

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!

Hunter is getting so big!

2009-12-07T14:24:00.005-07:00

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.

I had to put this one on.. he looks like he will beat someone up with that fist!! lol

Well if that doesnt look like a mini Jason...

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!

I love it when he gets so excited!!

Colic Cure!!!

2009-12-04T22:49:00.003-07:00

Ok so lately my little boy has been having tummy trouble which has been making him uncomfortable and just not as happy as he has been! It was making me so sad cause there was nothing I could do for him!! Well... at work we have been starting to get into all this homeopathic all natural aids for our patients..so i decided id look into and see if there was any all natural stuff for babies. Well the other day I found COLIC CALM. Its the first FDA regulated all natural homeopathic gripe water stuff. Its FABULOUS!!! It helps with irritability and fussiness due to colic or gastrointestinal discomfort like gas, acid reflux, etc and helps with pain of teething supposedly (which I believe Hunter is doing at the moment) Its really helped with starting him on cereal and i think it will help once I start him on new foods too. The only thing is it is JET BLACK!!! Its like black paint! It stains any clothing unless you hurry and clean it. I normally give it to him in the bath or mix it with his night feeding of cereal etc and make sure i have a dark bib around his neck so it doesnt stain his clothes. It seems to have helped his tummy and because its all natural I dont feel too worried about giving it to him. Its awesome! I definitely would recommend trying it out. It only comes online. I feel like a commercial saying all that but it really is awesome! Im grateful I found the stuff (even if it does turn his poop dark!!)

So another few things that have been really exciting to me. We got a free chair that matches our couches! Our friend was working at RC Willey and called us a few days after we got our couches and said oh by the way everyone who has bought those couches gets a free chair! It was SAWEET!! And then today Jas came home with a new dishwasher! FOr free!! He has connections i guess! Its a sweet one too. It has digital buttons and stainless steel inside. Oh I love it !! The one that came with our house was brand new but it really didnt work too well which is kinda sad. I was seriously sooo excited!! Also, a couple weeks ago my boss was trying to get rid of her dryer...our old one was sadly coming to its bitter end and she heard that and just gave us her old one!! Oh the things we get excited about as marrieds!!!!

Hunter has been so fun lately! He loves playing with his feet and LOVES just being in his diaper! He kicks his feet, moves his arms and just coos like crazy! We have been loving every minute of it! I am a little jealous though. Jason has a really great way of making him giggle. The only time Hunter laughed at me was when I was tripping into the wall!! I guess he thought that was pretty funny, but he LOVES his daddy and loves to laugh at him. Its the cutest thing! It makes me so happy! I will say though..it makes me glad when Im the only one who can calm him down or make him feel better. Its something that makes every mom feel good I think.

Halloween!

2009-10-31T23:15:00.005-06:00

Every year Jason's mom and dad make chili to serve for Halloween. They have fire barrels too and everyone has a fun time! Hunter was a horse this Halloween. My boss originally gave me a cow outfit but it was too big and kept falling off. Ash was so sweet to let us borrow her boys horse outfit! He was so dang cute!

The Back is my favorite! lol

My little guy! Im so sad he is getting so big!

Uh... Hahaha

Jas is the best uncle...

Our adorable Nephew Wyatt!

Cute Bridger and Elle! They had so much fun running around together!

My Polygamist Sister in Law and her wonderful family. Hahahahahaha! This was great! Shayli, her husband, and her best friend Amy with Audrey, elle and hunter

Haha We LOVE this picture!

Our New HOUSE!!

2009-10-30T19:27:00.005-06:00

Wow! K time flies by so fast! We have been having the time of our lives with our little boy. He is so cute! He is the best little baby! He smiles and talks to us soo much!! I cant believe he is just about three months old already! Jason is such a good daddy and he helps me out so much! Anyway, we bought our first house and it was finished about a week in a half after we had Hunter. It is a townhome. It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, 2 car garage, nice big driveway (although to jason's dismay his truck does not fit inside! hehe), mud room (one of our favorite features!)huge ceilings, and We have loved having our own place! We just painted one of our bathrooms and are trying to decide what colors we want to do elsewhere throughout the house but its kind of hard deciding. Here are a few pictures but we will post some more in a bit.

THe dining room

My favorite part!!

The mud room

Yay!

.....the many more

2009-09-13T13:17:00.002-06:00

Alright family and friends...here are some more you asked me for! Thanks again emily for doing such amazing photos!

The beginning of many more...

2009-09-07T13:32:00.003-06:00

Our sweet friend Emily told us she wanted to take pictures of our little guy long before we had him. She did a wonderful job! Her website is imagesbyem.com she is getting a new blog going too. She did so great! Here are just a couple she sent to us. We will be posting more once we get them! Thanks emily we love you!

He Is Here!

2009-08-16T12:11:00.002-06:00

Two days after his due date, Hunter J. Hansen decided to enter our lives! He was 6 lbs 13 oz and 19.5 inches long! He is the sweetest guy and we love being parents!

It was the most amazing experience, we both cried like babies!

I love this picture of my boys

This was the coming home photo!

This was two days before we had him!

The Last little bit....

2009-07-29T15:36:00.004-06:00

Well, with only 11 days to go....gees it seems like forever! I go on long walks and ask Jason to take me on bumpy rides in his truck all the time haha. Because my belly is now in the way to comfortably paint my toes, my sweet husband painted them for me!! I think he did a pretty good job for his very first time dont you think? He will probably kill me for posting this, but I thought it was so sweet and it turned out pretty alright if you ask me!

11 more days!!

We went to flaming gorge and the green river again this year

Our friend Nate

Me and Jas were able to get away just us and hang out for a little bit. The picture I took of me and him was right before he fell in the river haha! He was soaked!

A litte bit ago, we went with Ash and Cole up to their cabin. EArly one morning we left to Electric Lake to try our luck fishing there. It was slow. Jason caught one but I didnt. It was fun and relaxing. On our way back down from the cabin, it was raining and Jas's truck, Cole and Ash's tahoe and Cole's sisters vehicle just about rolled off the side of the mountains! The mud was soooo bad and it was so scary looking back at them from the fourwheelers(me and ash drove the four wheelers down). I was saying hundred prayers just to keep them all on the road. We all made it safe nd sound though.

Jas has also been able to get together with one of my cousins and a couple guys from the ward to go fishing. Here is one of the pics from his outing.

2009-06-16T20:15:00.004-06:00

We havent been up to a ton lately. We went to summerfest parade and managed to escape right before the rain pelted us! We then went bowling with the whole fam. It was so fun and we want to do things like that more often. Jason got called to be a counselor in the Elders Quorum presidency... I love being able to just roll over in bed at six in the mornings some sundays and say bye honey have fun at your meetings and then fall back asleep hehehe. He is such an amazing man, I dont know how I got so lucky.

I can honestly say that I have loved being pregnant...until about a week ago. I really have been so blessed with this pregnancy.... I didnt throw up..and the one time I thought for sure I was a gonner(?) was after I took my prenatal pill in the morning instead of at night... I really have not gained a ton of weight which makes me feel as though all the hard workouts before really paid off in helping that area... things have just been really good... although now...its little different. Hunter likes to sit on my sciatic nerve a lot, which means leg pain, hip pain, back pain, its wonderful...just today I was walking around the corner at work and my leg gave out cause it hurt so bad from it! It was kinda funny cause it was right in front of a patient and I could tell she was trying not to snicker. Its all good... I often laugh at myself. I also am finding that sleeping comfortably is a thing of the past. If I wake up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (which happens a lot), theres no say in when Ill be able to fall back asleep...its quite frustrating actually. I also found that charlie horses, restless leg syndrome at night, and major acid reflux become your best friends... the acid reflux ive had for a while with this pregnancy..but now it tends to get so bad it makes my eyes water. Ive never had heartburn before and my heart goes out to those who just have it despite anything else! Its awful! I think I have gone through five or six bottles of tums recently haha! BUT... with all the little inconveniences, I cant be more happy than i have ever been . I have an amazing husband who treats me like a queen! He is my best friend. We have grown through so many things and have become closer than ever. He is such a strong and loving person..he will be the best daddy...and I have a little baby boy...moving and tearing up my insides. Each time I feel him move or kick my lungs into my eyeballs hahaha I cant help but smile. I wont ever take this opportunity to be a mother for granted. I know of so many who want it more than anything and cant...my heart aches for them...
Every time I see Jason hold, cuddle, and feed our little nephew I get so emotional!! I cant wait for the next seven weeks to go by so we can hold our new son. (plus...ill be able to sleep on my stomach!! YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!)

Here is a preggy pic. I think this was a month in a half ago?? I dont remember, but YAY!

Lately...

2009-05-29T23:52:00.002-06:00

Ten more weeks!! It went by so fast, but we are so excited for Hunter to enter our lives.
We went camping up at diamond fork over memorial weekend. It was way fun but it rained on us every night and part of every day. We were able to get a truck tent and if any of you have ever seen these things...they are amazing!!! We stayed dry the whole time and we were warm and comfy. If you have ever thought of getting one...I would have to say its very worth it. Our cousins had a tent on the ground next to us and they woke up with their sleeping bags soaking wet! They were frozen! Luckily my family has trailers so they were able to go warm up, but I was sooo happy we were up off the ground. Jason went four wheeling and I wish we would have taken pictures cause it was one muddy ride. They all came back covered in mud. THey had a blast though. I have to say I was sad I was not able to participate this year.

We also found out our friends Chris and Courtney are expecting!! We are excited more of our friends will have little ones around the same time we will.
We have gone to Salem quite a bit lately to go fishing and it has been great. Tonight we went with Tyce and Rachel and We ran into megan from American Idol. SHe walked right past us and she happened to make eye contact with me when I pointed at her to tell Jason it was megan from AI so I kinda felt dumb. I wanted to go up and say something, but there was no way I was going to do that. She was with her little boy and another guy. It was neat, but Im sure she was glad nobody went up to say anything to her. I think I might have a hard time with people all up in my grill too if I were a known face. The next eventful thing of the night was when me and rachel were sitting there talking when all of a sudden we heard this loud sound and a big KERPLOP!!! and realized that Tyce's pole had gone in the lake....hahahaha. It was really funny at the moment that a catfish took his pole lol!! It was sad at the end though, cause it really was taken out far and couldnt be found. There is a triathlon in the morning though...it was suggested that if any of the swimmers saw a fish dragging a pole around.... hahahaha too funny. Anyway, thats pretty much whats new with us... No new pics though. We have kinda been slacking in that area.

ITS A BOY!!!

2009-03-22T11:09:00.002-06:00

We are so excited to know we are having a little BOY!!!! It was so cool in the ultrasound to see him moving around...his heart beating...and he even had the hiccups for part of it so he kept jumping around lol. It was so amazing! We both cried. His name will be Hunter J. Hansen. We are stoked!

Fun in the canyon

2009-03-19T23:09:00.002-06:00

There are a few things I have been so happy about lately...first one is driving around with sunglasses, and my windows rolled down...the second would be not having to scrape the frost off my windows and third would be going up to the canyon with friends!! Im so glad its getting warm enough to be able to do these things! We went tonight with some friends and had tin foil dinners, roasted marshmellows, and just had a fun time. It was great...the tin foil dinner was soo dang good...I wanted a second one lol. Jason of course brought our fishing gear...it was pretty shallow so he was not having much luck until I said "doesnt look like there are any..." and BAM...he caught one. It was true magic im telling ya haha. Anyway, it turned out great and we cant wait for BBQ's and more spring/summer fun!

We are loving the warmer weather!

2009-03-14T09:13:00.004-06:00

The last little while has been busy! We have been waking up to the sound of saws, drills, and tasting dust the last few weeks. They are putting a new kitchenette in and it is right next to our bedroom. We are excited for the final product, but living in the mess has not been so pleasant. Its ok though.

I went and saw Twilight for the fifth time a week or two ago...I dont care what anyone says, twilight is the most amazing thing! The books are of course ten times better, but i absolutely LOVE the movie! My husband doesnt mind cause it just makes me Love him even more haha.By the way the dvd is coming out soon! Ill be in line. Some of the other movies we have seen together lately :: Henry poole is here (interesting movie, but i actually thought it was pretty good), Lakeview Terrace (intense, but probably wont see it again, we watched Eagle Eye FOREVER ago but we really liked that one! Oh and Jazz games and American Idol have also been our favorite things to watch lately! I really want Danny to win, but I also really like the red headed girl (I forget her name). We have also adopted watching Spongebob squarepants, play wrestling (have to be careful now), and jumpin around and just being kids every Sunday morning hahaha!!! Seriously though, we like spongebob..we learn valuable things like "dont ever skip school or you will become a criminal and end up in jail!" hahaha. Its ok, we like to be different!

We had my grandparents from California come up and see us! It was way fun too. Unfortunately, Jason couldnt get off work to chill for the day, but it still was great.
My brother Rajen has been over here painting the upstairs and hanging out. He is going out to work with Apex as a tech in April...he has come such a long way and is doing soooo dang good! Im so proud of him! Jason's sister Cierra is in Hawaii and never fails to send us text messages saying things like "Im just laying out on the beach with an umbrella in my refreshing drink" or "im just eating at cheeseburger in paradise"--that was mine and Jas's favorite place to eat in Hawaii...it was soo dang good! Anyway, we are a bit jealous of her.

We get to find out what the gender is of our baby Friday the 20th!! We CANNOT wait and I get so tempted to go somewhere and just find out earlier! I have had a lot of people say its a girl, a few of our friends are CONVINCED they are psychic ( ;) ) and they have claimed its a girl, but I have had two dreams it was a boy... so we will see what happens... :)

Whats new

2009-02-10T19:21:00.005-07:00

Well.. its already February... I cant believe how fast time has gone! We have been up to a lot of fun stuff. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat a few weeks ago and it was soo cool! Its so crazy! I cant believe there is another life form in there! Anyway..more pics of the last few months..

Ok So did i ever show you of our fishing trip? This is backtracking to before christmas!

Look at my fishy!!

And one side of my family's pictures

our new baby...if youre needing to get a vehicle..NOW is the best time to buy! We got a screaming deal

Our sister Shayli's wedding!

At the reception

Fun time of the year!

2008-12-28T10:39:00.005-07:00

Well, now that Christmas is over I have a little more time to update! WE loved the snow that has fallen so far! We have had a lot of fun in it with old blue! We had a lot of christmas parties with friends, family and work. It has been a grand ole time! We also spread the news of us being pregnant! ITs exciting and we cannot wait to be parents!

The other night, we went with a few friends to the PIE PIzzeria in salt lake, walked around temple square to see the lights, and watched the Joseph Smith Movie. It was a fun night! We missed having our other friends there though!

The Boys!

Haha he really likes pizza

This is right before we went out for Jason's Birthday

Excited for the HoLiDaYs!!

2008-11-17T08:34:00.005-07:00

It has been far too long since an update. A lot has changed! First things first, we sold our jeep. I was sad to see it go but Jason was not. We are riding around with one vehicle...mine. We are so grateful we were able to sell the jeep when we did though!! Jason has had some time in the last couple months to fix up his old '74 baby blue chevy. ITs probably the coolest truck around... haha I absolutely love it!! It always has a new leak somewhere every other week but we love it. Its nice for Jason to have something to just go to work and back. We will get a new vehicle next year sometime, but until then its just us, baby blue and vonda the mazda! We recently got out of our condo as well. We are living in the basement of my grandma's house in Orem. Its actually not too bad. Its really spacious and we dont mind that its old haha we are in savings mode! Things have been going great for us and we are excited for the holidays!!

Jason got to go on a guided fishing trip while I was in Chicago for work. This is our friend Jared from his work.

He is so dang cute! haha!

One of our good friends also got married over the last couple months. This was at her bridal shower. We were supposed to make a wedding dress out of toilet paper...well my team decided to make a swimmer style/80's/exerciser type dress hahaha it was great

This is at one of our friend's surprise birthday get together. Jas, me, mark, camille and dave! We love all our friends!

Me and Jas went hiking a couple months ago. This is one of the trails we went on. On our way back a huge animal jumped around by us and freaked us both out! (Thats when I was really glad Jason was a hunter...safe!!)

These are my cousins. We just did the hike at timp cave. It was pretty fun.

This is our jeep before selling it!

Fun in the SUmmer!

2008-08-23T12:20:00.009-06:00

Some of our friends all went up to Tibble Fork to have a BBQ and fish a little bit. It was way fun! We couldnt have done it without Dani's wonderful little stove! Loved it!!! Courtney brought us her favorite treat- wonderful ice cream sandwiches! It was way fun!

We also went bowling a couple weeks ago!! SOO FUN!!! Little Elle learned how to bowl for the first time! She loved it!!

Jason is so focused!

Me and Elle while her mom was bowling!!

I love the action pictures! Go annie! hahaha

NEw Stuff!

2008-08-23T11:59:00.011-06:00

Alright, so after a long time of no time and family asking for updates...I get a second to add a new post! Woo hoo! WE got to go to a cabin with some of our good friends Nate and Annie and their little girl Elle. We had a lot of fun!
Of course Jason and Nate were loving to see the deer and elk out there. Here are some fun pics!!

BEAUTIFUL!

The Girlies!!

Jason and Nate fishing on the Green!

US at the Vernal Wal-mart waiting in line for the most amazing book!! BREAKING DAWN!!! IT was so scary there kinda though..not gonna lie!

Jason Playing!

July 4th in Torrey

2008-07-06T21:53:00.004-06:00

Every year, the Hansen clan goes down to visit the grandparents in Torrey. Its a little town down by capitol reef. During the July 4th weekend, there is a huge celebration down there... I thought there really would not be that many people considering the fact you can drive through the whole town of Torrey in less than a minute... We got down there and it was packed!!! They do a lot of things. They have blow up playground things, games, apple races, whatever else you can think of. They also have a huge dance at night. IT was a blast!!! Here are some pictures!

This is part of Torrey...gorgeous!!

This is me Bridger! He is so dang cute! Thats his "Cheese" face

The Girls! I love them all!

We were sooo tired!!

This weekend

2008-05-31T10:42:00.003-06:00

This weekend we had my grandparents from California come up to visit. It was a wonderful time and they bought us the coolest vaccuum!! Seriously, I never knew how much fun new vaccuums could be! We are very grateful for it. I kind of felt bad though cause they ended up going up and down 8th north at least 15 times trying to find our place. The construction has really messed things up. Anyway, we also went fishing a lot this week. Now that it has gotten a little bit warmer, Jas and I have started our little fishing trips. We went with our friends, leslie and jeff, and tom and dani the other day. Jason then woke up yesterday morning and went by himself while I stayed and slept and then we went with Chris and Courtney that same night... Its really relaxing. We have had lots of fun! The greatest thing was when JAs and I caught the same fish... (how does that happen you ask?...I hooked it and then it swallowed jason's line in the middle..kinda crazy)

Hard to see...but we are all in there...

Haha...I was so excited to catch a fishy!

Camping!

2008-05-26T16:50:00.006-06:00

Ok, so as most of you know, Jas and I are extremely outdoorsy so for memorial weekend we went camping with my dad and the family. We always have a blast. They take the four-wheelers and we all bring fishing poles etc. This trip was way fun but it would have been more fun had it not been raining most the time. With all the fishing, four wheeling, and mad games of football...we are pretty tuckered out.

This was when we were about to fish the river. Poor grandpa paid someone to wind his line for him on his new rod and they did it backwards! We had to unwind all of it and re-wind it the right way.

It was freezing, good ole uncle chad and Jason helped fix that

THis is me and my little brother Brady.

This was a game we all played. It was intense! You have to get the rope either to the top or bottom first to win. It seriously was a ton of fun. You would have to play it to understand. HAha.

After Four-wheeling. We were so muddy!

My cousins, uncle, grandpa etc.

Dirty!!Haha

US as the Drug Busters!!

2008-04-12T14:52:00.013-06:00

Ok, So whoever reads this post will come to find that this story will be posted on about every one of our friend's blogs as well. Anyway, it started out as a great friday night with some of our friends. We went to the Utah Flash game with Chris and Courtney, Tom and Dani, Shawn and Erica, Sean, Jeff and Leslie. Anyway, after the eventfulness of the game... we made our way over to Chris and Courtney's house where upon opening the front door we were faced with the most delightful (COUGH) smell of drugs, which was coming from the downstairs neighbors aptartment. It was so strong!! Anyway, after about thirty minutes or so of itchy eyes and throats, we decided to call the cops and report it. We all waited around until the cops showed up at which moment all of our adrenaline started pumping and we all scrambled to the darkened rooms to stare through the windows.... trying to be undetected of course... whispers, giggles, hearts pounding...we were truly stakeing out.

We watched as the cops walked around the back and knocked on the door. We couldnt see them but we knew they were inside...and for a long time... We were getting excited. In the meantime, one guy shows up with a couple of his buddies and walks around the side of the house... walks back to the front and starts talking to chris... Chris was standing in the one room that didnt have blinds over the window!!! Ah we couldve killed him! ...Anyway,,, he just wanted a car moved so he could park there. After a few minutes... the same guy just took off down the road. He pulled out his phone and walked away. We all decided to go get our ice cream dished up when everyone started rushing back to the windows! The cops had taken two men out of the house with them and was carrying a sack of drugs. They put them in their patrol car. HAHAHA We were all dying!!! ITs the most drama we have all had in a while!!! It was AWESOME!! The cop came to talk to Chris and told him that when the guys opened the door downstairs they were out of their minds high and drunk. He asked Chris to call him once the guy who lived there came back... so some of us resumed our stakeout positions while chowing down on Courtney's most favorite treat (Ice Cream), while the rest of us jumped into Shawn's car to go see what we could find parading the streets. We were all so paranoid! It was fabulous! We came back to the house when we received a call that the guy walked back in the house. Well we called the cops again and watched as they came back. Unfortunately this time we didnt get much action. Cops said he would be charged with everything though... you will have to search through someone else's blog post to see exactly what those charges were. Anyway... that was the funny story of the week for us!! We had a blast hahaha

Our Wedding

2008-03-30T21:55:00.000-06:00

Ok, so we arrived to the temple about 2 hours early because it was snowing and the prophet's viewing was that day as well. We got there with no problems though. It was awesome. Anyways, here are some pictures from the glorious day haha and the redness you see in our arms and hands are from the ICE COLD weather! It was crazy! Anyway... enjoy!

Our Honeymoon in Hawaii!!

2008-03-30T21:28:00.002-06:00

This was at ... cant remember the name of the lighthouse right now... in kawaii. It is so beautiful!! We saw a lot of crazy looking birds and a whale! Saweet!

Classic Jas and Sash... pulling faces

This was at Waimea Canyon in Kauai. It was stunning! I felt at home, except for the ocean we could see in the horizon...

Alright, so we ate at a great place... GAYLORD's.... you think I'm joking...but it was a very elegant restaurant

Oahu-chilling at the beach