Static archive of a family blog, 2008–2017. This blog is no longer active.
family blog, 2008–2017
Olive turned one! During the first year of her life she spent a lot of time over at the Groslands. They are our neighbors. Their daughter Sam watched her all the time. The whole family feel in love with her. So it seemed only appropriate…
Our sweet, quiet, peaceful girl just turned 3 and both Chad and I are hoping she'll be our first one to not turn into a crazy person during this year. But we won't hold our breath ;) She had a simple party and loved every…
We went to Trappers! And it was amazing! Mom and Dad came with Janeia, Rosie and Janeia's friend. Michael and his family came. Harris with Hailee and McKenzie came. Shayna is due in about a month so she keeped Ainsley and stayed at home. Kyle…
This April Fools, we had a tea party. Auretta and I picked out little cups and plates at D.I. for each little girl invited. They sat around a little table eating strawberries, veggies, cheese, meat and crackers. It was surprisingly simple and delightful! Our little…
Patrick's birthday was a ton of fun this year. We went to one of those trampoline parks. We took two of his friends, Jacob and Kaden. We had so much fun just jumping around. He started around his birthday a mad scientist class. He went…
My mom is always smiling. My mom plays with kids...often. She laughs with them, runs with them, gets on the ground and rolls around with them. My mom is silly. My mom laughs. My mom cries, especially with others who are crying. My mom loves…
I'm listening to Harry Potter again. He's my cleaning buddy for a month or two during every year. What can I say? He's magical! With him, our kitchen stays pretty clean for awhile. But that's beside the point. I was thinking about the two houses…
The last week has been hard for me. Not for any particular reason but a combination of a few things here and there; mostly just life. Anyways, I was thinking how I could help pick myself backup. I thought about visiting my friend Danyale and…
Chad has a co-worker that has seemingly everything. Him and his wife bought a very nice house 5 minutes away from both sets of parents. And yada yada yada.... From my point of view they have the easy life. 6 months ago they had their…
July is a fun month in the Hansen home. Starting with Jessie's birthday on the 1st and ending with David's on the 31st. Mine and lots of extended family falls in between. Trying to catch her cute smile at 2 months but the camera always…