Primary Halloween Party

The Hansen Haunters
Michael and his pack
Haleigh and BFF McKenna

Happy Halloween

Dad's ritual

Daniel has had this little ritual with the kids when he changes their diaper. He puts the new diaper on their head while he gets them ready to change them. It's funny.

Bologna

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Family Picture

Had a family picture taken tonight... will post when we get them back... if they turned out! :)

More baby Keala

I posted about little Keala's big arrival the other day, but I got this new picture today and I think it's just precious! So here's some more of her!

Halloween Craft

We tie-dyed some Halloween shirts yesterday. They turned out pretty cute and it was fun to see how they turned out when we took all the rubber bands off. Got the idea from Family Fun magazine and their finished project has jack-o-lantern faces in each "pumpkin" cirle. We haven't made it that far...

Baby Cousin

After staying up most of the night waiting... got the text this morning with this picture of Leigh's new baby! I think she looks just like her mom. Still don't know her name... I'll try and call around noon and find out!!!! Yeah! She's here!



UPDATE:

Leigh called and sent another picture. She sounded really sleepy, but happy and proud. This is little Keala (kay-ala) Born at home (because the hospital there is scary... and not just for Halloween) 6 lbs 10 oz 21inches. So she's long and skinny. My babies were 7-13 and 21, 9-3 and 21, and 8-8 and 19. We thought Michael was long and skinny- so I can just imagine how cute she is. That's what you get when your parents are string beans. Congratulations you guys! Hope to see you sooner than later.

TAGGED

Tagged by Lexee.

So you go to your 4th folder and post the 4th picture in that folder.

And then tag 4 more people!

This is Haleigh and Michael making cookies this summer. Have I ever mentioned that they unload the dishwasher for me and fold their own laundry? Among other things, but those are the usual ones. Sure I do it for them sometimes, and more often now that school is in session... but I have talked to a lot of mom's lately who's kids don't do those things and I'm just letting you know that it's GOOD to let them, it teaches them life skills and responsibility... and you won't BELIEVE how great you feel with an extra 5 minutes in your day! (of course I can't find anything in my kitchen and sometimes all of their clothes are in the same drawer and nothing is hung up... but that's beside the point... they'll learn to get better.) They are GREAT KIDS!

I tag Rachel, Catherine, Cretia, & Tiffany

baby yet?!?!?!

Rumor has it Leigh's water broke today and she's having the baby within 72 hours... my rule is 24 but, whatever. I'm so freaking excited I can't sleep. I need to sleep, but I can't! No one is answering the phone over there! It's killing me! I hope they call ASAP! Even if they wake me up right when I get to sleep! I am so excited to see this L.L.! I hate that they are in Hawaii, that means I really shouldn't call until at least noon tomorrow! ;) This picture is her senior picture, only about 12 years ago! :) So it's a little outdated, but I think it's a good picture and it allowed me to learn some more stuff about my digital scrapbooking stuff, while I'm

WAITING!!!

And 2nd Tooth!

That didn't take long. I kept thinking I was seeing 2 when she'd show me the one and today it is FOR SURE there's a 2nd one there right next to the 1st one. No more gummer. :( I always think it's a little sad when they get thier first tooth because I'll never see them without teeth again! And they can BITE! :0 For the record... Michael and Haleigh each got thier first teeth at 5 months. Michael's 2nd showed up 20 days later and Haleigh's showed up 6 days later.

Mya's 1st TOOTH!

We went to Tuachan last night to watch Tara (one of our neighbor girls, have I mentioned them lately?) :) perform in Big River. It was really good. Mya was good but sleepy so she started biting my finger and I could feel her first little tooth breaking through! We got home late and she was asleep so this morning she showed me! She's been making funny faces like this all day, playing with it I think. So CUTE!

Mother Nature

Haleigh picked the title for this post. Today we went to Plant World and picked out some new trees so we can start growing some shade for the summer. We got 2 Arizona ash trees and one fan tex ash. The kids helped, Mya even watched for awhile. We also fixed a few drips for some other plants and replaced one hedge. It was really cool here today only about 55. That's quite chilly for us here. It felt a lot warmer when Grandpa emailed the pictures of about 5 inches of snow at their house today! Woah, even a rare picture of me. Since I'm usually behind the camera. Good job, Haleigh!

Neighbor girls

These are my neighbor girls. Channing and Tiffany and Tif's baby Mylee. Channing has moved to NYC recently to study her harp more in depth (although I don't see how she could improve - she's amazing) and Tif's little family is moving all over the place every month or so while her hub is becoming a foot Dr. (that's just easier than spelling podiatrist). This month finds them in Penn. I think, so Tif & My are visiting aunt Chan this week. ANYWAY! Here they are with another 15 seconds of fame on the Today's show this morning! Glad you guys are having fun!

Hide and go seek!

I put Mya on the floor in my room this morning with some toys so I could take a shower and this is what I saw when I got out! :) Don't you worry, she's the happiest baby in the world remember so she was just as content playing with the dust bunnies as she was her red and white puppy! Guess it's time to get out the pack-n-play!

FALL (in Wyoming)

I was reading my friends newest post today after they have recently moved back to Wyoming and she had beautiful pictures on there of the fields and everything . Then my Dad emailed me this picture. Wish I could go up and visit right now. Our Palm trees just stay green! Fall is my favorite, I've decided... now watch in the Spring I'll go on about how I love the Spring. It's good to be content with the moment.

6 MONTHS TODAY!

Today is Mya's 6month birthday! To celebrate we are going to lunch with aunt Jen (while we take the car in) and going to another one of Michael's football games! And maybe we'll finish off that squash we started yesterday!

Mosiah 2:6

It is a beutiful day here. It rained all day yesterday, which was a treat, and all night. This morning the sun is shining and there are scattered puffy clouds. All the windows are open and everything is damp and cleaned from the rain so the colors are vibrant. It makes our conference Sunday even better.

spooky p.j.'s

Grandma & Grandpa sent us Halloween jama's! Aren't we cute? Check out our scary flower bed!

$1,000,000.00 TODAY!

These are the "kids" I work for. They reached an incredible goal today of making a million dollars in 12 months! They are incredibly down to earth and we love having them as part of our lives. Jers is 2 and Michael and Haleigh adore her and love it when we get to babysit or go to the lake or even hang out at the office. B is 29 and Lex is 26! Isn't that AMAZiNG!? They are great examples of hard work and determination. WAY TO GO GUYS! You deserve it. And thanks, It's been fun to be along for the ride... so far!

Toe Sucker

Here's our precious baby sucking her toes! This grosses me out after they start walking (especially the 3 year olds I used to teach in gymnastics) but this is cute.

TOUCH DOWN! Caught on Tape!

I DID IT! I was ready, and at the right field, and caught Michael making his 2nd touchdown of the season! He is really loving flag football this year. His team is made up of our scout group and a 2 other kids. It's really fun to watch them get better. Next year it's on to tackle! Needless to say, Michael is excited... me, not so much... nervous. His friend, Shaye broke his leg this season... we were there. I think I'd freak out if that happened to Micheal. BUT... for now... GOOD JOB MICHAEL!

Clean Windows - Good Mom

This morning the window washer paid me a compliment, that he thought I was an awesome mom. He was here this morning early as we were getting ready for school and was impressed on how calm and relaxed our house is... even when getting ready for school.

THEN... Haleigh came home from school with this note from her teacher. I feel pretty good about myself today. Plus I have clean windows and have let the sunshine in all day! I'd like to thank my parents and grandparents... and you thought I wasn't paying attention! And my kids for being good kids and making me look good! :) LOVE YA ALL!