Keeps cat warm too! A real win-win!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
While Clark Naps. . . .
So, this summer I've had the adventure of being a stay-at-home mom (minus the week and a half of trainings I went to for the arts). It's been adventurous. I guess I came into it with the feeling that it was going to be summer again. Especially since last summer was a blur of hardly sleeping/breastfeeding/way too much tv/ helping parents move and somewhere in there we laid sod in the backyard.
And when Clark was awake, he was mostly like this:
A year later, and Clark is into new things every day. Sometimes I think he just wants to learn everything all at once.
Some of it is messy, like digging in the garden!
He LOVES the piano, rhythm, and music of any kind:
New toys are always the best (he didn't want to leave this house at This Is The Place):
He loves exploring at Grandma's house too (love the squinty smile!)
And now, he's decided that he wants to use a spoon and eat out of jars himself.
A little water swished in at the end and at least he can drink it! Also, he loves using his new bottom teeth to hold things in his mouth!
Meanwhile, I try to enjoy naptime. Most often it becomes naptime for mommy too, especially when Jordan is at work or class.
Speaking of, Jordan's life has changed significantly! Not only does he have two new jobs (one from 4-9AM at the Lion House Bakery and one cleaning parking lots at City Creek on Saturdays), but he started at a new school!
He now attends the Art Institute of America, located in Draper. He is getting his Associate of Science in Baking and Pastry! Yup, he's finally going to be a pastry chef! Or a baker. Or both, we'll see. He is in his second week of class and is loving it. It is totally his way of thinking and what he loves. It's so great to finally see him happy and this excited about school. Plus, he looks great in his official garb he wears to class every day:
Overall, things are really going well for the Hansens. We're still getting used to new schedules and me being at home so much, but we certainly keep busy.
OH yeah, and I'm 30 weeks pregnant, so we've got a lot of organizing and preparing we're working on for baby #2 before he gets here! Which, don't worry, will be a whole month into the school year if he doesn't come early! More on that later. ;)
I'll leave you with our 4th of July family picture, because you can see everyone so well- even baby #2!
And when Clark was awake, he was mostly like this:
A year later, and Clark is into new things every day. Sometimes I think he just wants to learn everything all at once.
Some of it is messy, like digging in the garden!
Some is cute, like sharing with James(after making a mess of the lettuce ends of course) :
He loves exploring at Grandma's house too (love the squinty smile!)
And now, he's decided that he wants to use a spoon and eat out of jars himself.
Meanwhile, I try to enjoy naptime. Most often it becomes naptime for mommy too, especially when Jordan is at work or class.
Speaking of, Jordan's life has changed significantly! Not only does he have two new jobs (one from 4-9AM at the Lion House Bakery and one cleaning parking lots at City Creek on Saturdays), but he started at a new school!
He now attends the Art Institute of America, located in Draper. He is getting his Associate of Science in Baking and Pastry! Yup, he's finally going to be a pastry chef! Or a baker. Or both, we'll see. He is in his second week of class and is loving it. It is totally his way of thinking and what he loves. It's so great to finally see him happy and this excited about school. Plus, he looks great in his official garb he wears to class every day:
OH yeah, and I'm 30 weeks pregnant, so we've got a lot of organizing and preparing we're working on for baby #2 before he gets here! Which, don't worry, will be a whole month into the school year if he doesn't come early! More on that later. ;)
I'll leave you with our 4th of July family picture, because you can see everyone so well- even baby #2!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Taking a Risk
Doesn't matter where we are, Jordan is really good at finding gaming friends. Every so often he gets a group together for a guy's night: game-age, chips, drinks, and a lot of unadulterated guy talk.
I've been overhearing all the hoopla and discussion tonight (since Clark went to bed without a fuss at 9 pm).
However, the latest gaming adventure has led us into a 15 game commitment with the ever-changing Risk Legend. For example, they just fired 3 missiles in one round and unknowingly created a nuclear waste area and a new mutant faction for next round. Pretty crazy!
It's a crazy game.
I'm glad we can host too, and not just because they let me open up the sealed portion of the box to reveal the mutants. It's good to have a place where people can come hang out. I like that our house is a place where everyone can be themselves and come have a good time. Come escape the horrendous amounts of homework, job searching, overworking, and trying circumstances of life. I'm glad our house can be a place to be away from everything for awhile.
There's enough stress in life, Sometimes you just need to stop and play a game.
It's a crazy game.
I'm glad we can host too, and not just because they let me open up the sealed portion of the box to reveal the mutants. It's good to have a place where people can come hang out. I like that our house is a place where everyone can be themselves and come have a good time. Come escape the horrendous amounts of homework, job searching, overworking, and trying circumstances of life. I'm glad our house can be a place to be away from everything for awhile.
There's enough stress in life, Sometimes you just need to stop and play a game.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
April: Wow, that all happened this month??
As Jordan and I sat eating our delicious Homemade Chicken Pot Pie dinner, we realized: April has been a crazy month!
Just a quick run-down:
We moved! We got the keys to our first home and Jordan came out to Kearns every day of his Spring Break in March to make home improvements and get things ready.
He installed some shelves above the washer/dryer area, ran a water line to the fridge to make ice, and set up our dryer with a new plug and a new vent.
Since then Jordan has also had our vents cleaned, installed a light in our cellar, helped the Century Link guy run a new phone line into our study for the interwebs, fixed the crib we got from our friends for only $11(thanks Nathan and Lindsay!), helped the duct cleaners find crazy hidden treasures in our vents (tea strainer from the 50's anyone? We found it!), set up the car seat and stroller that the 'rents found for us, and made numerous delicious meals in our beautiful kitchen!
We moved during the first week of April (Emma's Spring Break) and especially the first full weekend. We had some great ward friends help us out along with Emma's parents. Two Uhaul and van trips later, we had all our furniture and big things here! Although, it took us one more van trip and a few more weeks to get the apartment cleaned out, but we had time, so we took it. It was hardest to leave our old ward and friends, but we've already decided that we'll stay in touch with them. Whatever it takes. We kept going to the Millcreek 6th ward for 2 Sundays after we moved, the first because it was Easter and Emma had to lead the choir program (success, by the way!), and then it was Fast sunday and we wanted one last time with our old friends.
However, we couldn't have found a more friendly welcome in the Kearns 7th ward. They were so nice and excited to see us our first week here(April 22). Of course, we'd been living in the house for nearly 2.5 weeks, so we'd already had visits from the bishopric and the EQP at that point. On the same night, actually! (Which also happened to be Jordan's first night at work, more on that later). So, by the time we came to church on Sunday, they announced us into the ward without even having our records because they knew we were there. :)
(Sidenote: Emma actually got her visiting teacher assignment TODAY, on week 2 of being in the ward, despite the fact that for some reason her records didn't come over with Jordan's. Kearns Relief Society WIN!)
The rest of the month has passed really quickly, too. Probably due to the busyness of each day. Jordan slowly unpacking things while looking for a job, and Emma going to work. Though, really, it was adventurous at times as well. The Fourth Grade had a Spanish Language Competition down at BYU so Mrs. Hansen was in charge of getting 40 fourth graders around to different parts of campus for various activities and competitions. Espanolandia was the most entertaining. The students had to get passports,
go through customs, answer questions,
exchange money for pesos and then interact with different people in a market setting.
Really fun, but really tiring and stressful to keep track of the kiddos all across campus. Next year, we're bringing more parents!!
Other than that, we've been settling in here when we have time between school, work, and helping the Sheffields pack up 30 years of life and move to the condo down the street while they tear down the house and build a new one. Exciting, but intense!
Oh yeah, did we mention that Emma is now 32 weeks pregnant?! Yeah, time flies! So interject a few doctor visits and a healthy, active little fetus jumping around. We've decided to name him Clark Allan, but we're still getting used to the idea that he's going to be here, a real live baby and boy and son for the rest of forever! So we just take things one crazy pregnancy hormone at a time.
We took a few more Family photos with pregnant Emma on Easter Sunday up at the Homestead.
These are probably some of the last pictures of the Homestead living room as it was, now it's just an empty room! (well, except the spiders and a few extra boxes).
Anyway, we also took the opportunity to take some pictures of Emma's little brother Thomas and his cute girlfriend Brianon Baker. Because they're so photogenic. :)
And, Easter wouldn't have been Easter without delicious novelty treats. Like deviled eggs. . . .
Cake
So, I guess the point is, if May is anything like April, we'd better not wait until the end of it to blog!
We moved during the first week of April (Emma's Spring Break) and especially the first full weekend. We had some great ward friends help us out along with Emma's parents. Two Uhaul and van trips later, we had all our furniture and big things here! Although, it took us one more van trip and a few more weeks to get the apartment cleaned out, but we had time, so we took it. It was hardest to leave our old ward and friends, but we've already decided that we'll stay in touch with them. Whatever it takes. We kept going to the Millcreek 6th ward for 2 Sundays after we moved, the first because it was Easter and Emma had to lead the choir program (success, by the way!), and then it was Fast sunday and we wanted one last time with our old friends.
However, we couldn't have found a more friendly welcome in the Kearns 7th ward. They were so nice and excited to see us our first week here(April 22). Of course, we'd been living in the house for nearly 2.5 weeks, so we'd already had visits from the bishopric and the EQP at that point. On the same night, actually! (Which also happened to be Jordan's first night at work, more on that later). So, by the time we came to church on Sunday, they announced us into the ward without even having our records because they knew we were there. :)
(Sidenote: Emma actually got her visiting teacher assignment TODAY, on week 2 of being in the ward, despite the fact that for some reason her records didn't come over with Jordan's. Kearns Relief Society WIN!)
The rest of the month has passed really quickly, too. Probably due to the busyness of each day. Jordan slowly unpacking things while looking for a job, and Emma going to work. Though, really, it was adventurous at times as well. The Fourth Grade had a Spanish Language Competition down at BYU so Mrs. Hansen was in charge of getting 40 fourth graders around to different parts of campus for various activities and competitions. Espanolandia was the most entertaining. The students had to get passports,
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| The Hansens~ Easter 2012 |
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| What? There's a Baby in there?? |
These are probably some of the last pictures of the Homestead living room as it was, now it's just an empty room! (well, except the spiders and a few extra boxes).
Anyway, we also took the opportunity to take some pictures of Emma's little brother Thomas and his cute girlfriend Brianon Baker. Because they're so photogenic. :)
Cake
and more eggs.
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| Sunflower Peep Cake |
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| Deviled Jello Eggs! (yes that is whipped cream with bits of Jello inside!) |
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