Saturday, August 15, 2009

Some summer camping

We were able to go out in the trailer just a few times this busy summer. Here are some pics from going to Strawberry Reservoir and to our Ward campout.

We rode the little raft out on the choppy water a bit. The kids loved it.



Dad watching the banana boats cook (you slit open a small part of the peel from tip to end, scoop out a 1/4 section of the banana all the way from tip to end, then stuff with chocolate chips, marshmallows, close the peel back over the banana, wrap tightly with foil then bake in coals for 5-10 minutes). YUMMY!


Eating banana boats and ice cream (thank goodness for a freezer in the trailer).


Yum, banana boats.





hiking near strawberry reservoir





Coloring book fun at the ward campout.



goofy boys




playing with the wood for the fire


playing with friends

Monday, August 10, 2009

Happy 11th Birthday

Our oldest child turned 11 years old on August 4, 2009. I can't believe we have an 11 year old. We had a small dinner with the grandparents where we gave him his birthday present...a mountain bike (which he loves). Then on his actual birthday, I threw him a Mega Size Video Game Party. He invited some friends, they played video games projected onto an entire wall of our living room, ate pizza, snacks, soda and finished off with cake and ice cream. They all had a fun time and all it required from me was a little set up...my kind of party. I tried to stay out of the way so they could be as boyish and goofy as they wanted (I'm not a fan of the group boy antics at that age). I took our daughter downstairs and just left the door open to monitor from afar.








Sunday, August 9, 2009

The Busiest Summer on Record

So, I can't remember the last time I posted to our family blog. Being a Young Women's president, a mom, a wife, and an illustrator has made this one of the busiest summers of my life...and our family's life. My kids are in no way bored or ready to go back to school. They said, "We haven't even had a real summer yet." I think they're referring to those lazy days when everyone swims at the pool, relaxes, eats out on the back porch every night, and stays up late to play outside. We haven't had much of that. Besides swim lessons, I took my kids to the pool once and we went to a lake at a family reunion and one close by another afternoon. We all are feeling a little jipped at the lack of summer we've had. In the meantime, I've been illustrating 3 books, going to YW camp, youth conference, weekly activities and other meetings. We try to squeeze in some good old family time as much as possible but we just feel a little lacking in the whole lazy summer department. BUT...

We have been very happy to have been able to go camping in our trailer once, go to a family reunion for a few days at an awesome place near Bear Lake, celebrate summer holidays with family, a baseball game and go to swim lessons and lego art classes. Even though we wish there were more days of summer left before school starts in a week and a half, we feel blessed to have been able to do all that we have. Here are a few pics...(my facebook album has more...send me a friend request there and you'll stay even more up to date...lol)


The Hansen family reunion at Bear Lake.


during my first olympic distance triathlon


after finishing my first olympic distance triathlon




Orem Owlz baseball game


Lego City after loving the lego class

Mom, me and my sister at my sister's in-law's cabin



Floating on the River
the cowgirls at the Spanish Fork Rodeo

The kiddos and cousins at the Rodeo

Friday, June 12, 2009

Baptism


We can't believe our youngest son is 8 already. He was baptized by his dad on June 6, 2009. It was nice that his best friend could be baptized the same day as well. We were also very glad so much family could come, especially his Granparents from Indiana who are serving a mission out here in this area right now. Thanks for coming everyone. We missed those of you who couldn't.






Kids at the Studio

I took the kids over the new studio today after having a J-dawg for lunch. They hadn't seen it yet. We took a few shots with the great natural light. Here is one of each of them.



Sunday, May 17, 2009

Saturday Morning Hike

Yesterday, while Julie was at Super Saturday, I took the kids (and Zoe) up Rock Canyon for a morning hike. The canyon was buzzing with people (it was like hiking in LA) but we had a great time. The kids love to explore all the little side trails, throw rocks in the water, and stop to pet every dog that walks by.

Here are a few shots from the hike I took on my iPhone.