Love This Day

OOPS!

In the process of changing our blog, I accidently deleted EVERYONE'S addresses and, as you can see, messed everything up. Therefore, we have created a NEW blog. The address is

www.hansenhype.blogspot.com.

If you are viewing this blog, please assume that I do not have your address and either e-mail me (em___b@hotmail.com) call or leave a comment on our new family blog with it attatched. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT!!! SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE! WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Emma and the boys

Ethan's First Day of Nursery!

Nursery!

Today was Ethan's first "official" day of nursery at church! Being that he is our first born, and we are obsessive parents anyway, we decided to document as much of this momentous occasion as we could. As you can see from the video, he seemed to love it! I teach Primary, so Jake stayed in nursery with him during Sunday school and was finally kicked out for the third block so that Ethan could get used to being alone with his new teachers and the other kids.

I was anxious the whole time of course, even though I knew he wouldn't have a problem, but all I have to say is thank goodness for one way mirriors that allowed us to check on him whenever we wanted. It's bittersweet, but our baby is growing up! Hooray for the nursery boy!

(P.S.) Ethan and Alex Bills (the cute little blonde boy) were born on the same day so they got to go in together. There is also another little girl, Lilly who was born a few days after them so today was her first day too! They ended up splitting the nursery into an older and younger group for the third block because we have so many nursery kids now!

Our first fort.

Jake and Ethan here, reporting from man-ville, USA. Emma is out and about doing Mom stuff, so we're kicking back, doing manly stuff today. We're drinking Dr. Pepper, eating beef jerky and icecream, and watching movies ALL IN OUR NEW FORT! Ethan had so much fun in the tent when we've gone camping and he loves to play under blankets or sheets so I figured we'd bring the fun indoors. We brought in the lantern and read just about everysingle book Ethan could get his mits on. :-) Ethan has had a blast in the fort and he has only pulled it down "on accident" 3 or 4 times. :-) We've used only the finest materials in building this fort that will withstand all time. 4 sheets( the nice ones )3 blankets, 1 broom, 2 lights from IKEA, one fan that can move up and down, 1 sofa, 1 couch and 1 tv= AWESOMENESS!!!!!Maybe we'll go out later and shoot something, only time will tell.

Goodbye to Superman

Two days ago we sold "Superman", the Jeep. It was a sad day indeed, but we needed a new car for our growing family, and regrettably, it had to be done. We have had so many great memories with this car, it seemed a shame not to pay some kind of tribute to it, somehow. So here I sit, blogging, recalling all the memories this vehicle has been a part of.

This is the car that I met Jake in, in High School. "Your Jake with the Jeep, right?" I said to him when he introduced himself for the first time in Acappella. Superficial I know, but I loved that car the first time I saw it - just like the cute boy who drove it!

It's been through countless drives to Squaw Peak (no, NOT for the reason y'all are thinkin'!), long talks, wonderful friends, had impecable detailing by Dad Hansen, been off roading in the Utah mountains and has seen my husband (and I) through many years of life. Many of you will laugh at this, but we even had our first kiss in that car!

So, alas we say goodbye. Goodbye Superman, and may your new owners be as good to you and appreciate you as much as we did!

Oktoberfest!!!

"Wait a minute...I thought we were at Oktoberfest! What's going on?!?"



For everyone who has been DYING to see a recent picture of my belly, here's to you!



This is Jake with "Charlie the Unicorn". Well not really, but you could imagine. If you really want to know more, talk to Jake. Further information will either disgust you or make you laugh your head off. Just a warning...:)



Ethan's first carnival ride! He went on the carousel and rode the Giraffe with Daddy. We got some great footage on our video camera, but I have no idea how to transfer it, so you'll just have to imagine how much fun this kid had. He loved it! Every time he came around he would laugh at me. (It probably helped that Jake kept tickeling him though too...) Oh, and did I mention that Jake sweet talked the Mexican ticket guy into going on the ride for free? Nice, baby. Nice.



At the end when we were tired, we sat down and watched a ventriliquist for a while. He was amazing! I don't know how the heck they do that!

Overall it was a great time! They had rides, music, chicken hats, popcorn, contests and tons of booths where Jake was in heaven winning free stuff. We even got this little bank from Century 21 that we used for our family night tonight. (We spray painted it black, glued on an old missionary tag of Jake's and made it Ethan's mission savings bank for his room. It was Jake's idea - isn't my husband so brilliant?! It turned out way cute...more pictures to follow.)
Anyway, we managed to see pretty much everything and even stayed sober! What a feat for us Mormons! Hooray for Oktoberfest, the fall season and especially cooler weather!

HAPPY BIRFDAY ERIN!!!!!!!!!!

This ones for you Erin. This ones for those many many many late night taco bell runs.
This ones for the thousands of B-ball games we played at the REC center and everytime we played the guy guarding you would say " she's a girl, she's tall, she can't handle the ball". Then you'd take em to school down low and post the heck out of him. Then he'd say " I'm not going to guard her out side, she's won't be able to hit the 3". And after about your 4th or 5th 3 pointer in a row everyone on the court was chanting your name. :-)
This one is for you because I was automatically considered cool at school because I was "Erin's little brother". :-)
This ones for loving Dr. Pepper just as much as I do.
This ones for choosing to be and incredible Mom and wife instead of going to the WNBA like you could have sooooooo easily.
and so so so so much more.
I have so many awesome memories growing up and most of those are because I had a best friend as a sister who was always there for me.
I love you Erin!!!!!!!

Making a Kite

Here's to a great FHE night of kite making...

We made a kite the other day
And when we went outside to play
We thought that it would fly away
But on the ground it sadly lay.
So here's to hope another day
That our poor kite will find it's way
Into the sky with birds of prey
And in the clouds where it will stay.

Oh well, it was still fun anyway.

(ps, and Jake thinks Emma's poem is gay)

Fountain Fun

Jake and I took Ethan to the Addison fountains a little while ago and it was so funny! I promise we're not TRYING to give him a mouthful of water - poor kid! We are so mean! Good thing he loves the water. (And yes, I am wearing Jake's shorts, and no, I am not wearing a prego swimsuit like I should be. I just squeeze my huge self into a normal swimsuit...that's why I look so stunning in this footage.) Also, Jake just got done with his two week break and is back at school now, so we're back in the saddle again. Trimester 4! We're ALMOST half way there! Geesh this school thing lasts forever! He's brilliant though, doing great and we know it will be worth it in the end. We're so proud of you honey! Go Jake!!!

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA BANANNA!

Well since we couldn't book a personal meet with New Kids on the Block, we figured we'd give you a million lick kisses all the way from Texas. Here we go. Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick,Lick, Lick................
Loooooooooooooooooove you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scottish Festival

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!( For all you BraveHeart fans, edited version of course). Well, last night our Ward had a Scottish Festival. It was a blast. I know that sounds random, a Scottish Festival. The long story short is that we have one older brother in our Ward who is soooo proud of his Scottish heritage and he hasn't been given to much longer to live due to Cancer, so to honor him and show our love, the ward threw a " Scottish Festival". Our activities Chair person Sis. Harris made about half the men in the Ward a Kilt. Full blown Kilts. She even made one for Ethan, he looked like such a stud. :-) The ward was divided into 2 clans. The "McMormons" and the " McNephi's". We were part of the McNephi clan. We ate authentic Scottish dishes while being serneded by some great bagpipe music. After we were stuffed we played some highland games. We competed in Caber Tossing and boulder throwing. ( Caber tossing is where they pick up the telephone poles and throw them. We had swimming noodles. And the boulders were beach balls sprayed in a foam.) Our clan won! So we get our Clan colors posted on the ward bulletin board until next years event. :-) It was a lot of fun. You'll have to pardon the video. Our camera wasn't really made for doing quality video but you'll be able to get a taste of what was going on.

Scottish Festival

Scottish Festival

Happy Birfday Em!!!!!!

May all the Chocolate in the entire world finds its way to your mouth and may all the Dr. Pepper-necter goodness known to man sleep comfortably in your belly.

We Loooooooooove you sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HaPpY bIrThDaY mOmMa!!!

(At our last family reunion...nuff said.)

Happy birthday to the most wonderful, silly, talented, amazing mother a girl could ever ask for! I love you Mom!! Happy Birthday!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAUREL!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTA!!!!! THE "P" IN THE BACKGROUND STANDS FOR PARTY!!!! IN HONOR OF YOU, WE ARE GOING TO BE DRINKING DR. PEPPER ALL DAY LONG. I KNOW IT'S A SACRIFICE BUT FOR YOU, WE'LL DO ANYTHING. LOOOOOVE YOU MUCHO!!

Baby Boy Hansen

A Profile of the Man:

Name: Unkown ....(Probably Jack? We'll see - we might have to fight in Sumo suits for that one.)

Age: 24 Weeks

Occupation: Food Connesieur

Activities: Swimming, trying out new foods, karate, listening to music and relaxing in my hot tub

Interesting Facts: I'm about as long as an ear of corn

Enjoys: Meeting new people, being adored and just "kickin'" it!

Favorite Quote: "Little men have big hearts"

Looking for: A way out

Jake's Birthday Party!

Here are some pictures from Jake's birthday party!!!

We had it at a park near our apartment. We ate lots of cake, ice cream, and root-beer floats, I proclaimed 27 of the reasons that I love Jake, and we all just got to hang out. The kids loved the playground, the husbands loved the large area of grass (they played football, frisbee and soccer all night), and the wives enjoyed being able to chat. Towards the end we had a little bit of a waterballoon throw at the guys too - to cool off their hot ego's about triumphantly kicking eachothers tails at sports. I was too busy hosting to get any really good pictures though. (Anyone want to share your pics? )

Thanks for coming everyone and Happy Birthday again Jake!