Family Gets Together (all but 1)

Because of the death of my grandfather, all but my little sister were able to make it came to Utah for the memorial service. My sister,Keri, her husband got deported the day of, so she stayed home to be with him (and the kids)and say their goodbyes. We had a great time together and it was fun seeing my brothers and sisters again- and of course my parents. I hate that we live so far away from eachother.
- There is a family picture of us (w/out Keri)
- There is a picture w/ my dad and my brothers
- There is a picture of Mike, my bro-in-law Corom, and my 2 brothers wrestling...i got the picture of just mike and corom because it was the funniest one of them all. Mike iving Corom the "fish hook"
We thought of Keri a lot wishing she could have made it....but one day soon I hope we can all get together.

Mommy and Son date...

Parker and I went to the circus. It was a lot of fun to be on a "date" with my son. It doesnt happen as often w/ Parker and I as it does with Mike and Parker. So it was nice for the change. Parker LOVED every moment of it. It was so excited to see the elephants, the white tiger, the lions.. all of it. We didnt have the best of seats, so I tried to zoom in with my camera... and they didnt turn out as good as i was hoping for. oh wellthe dark picture is of the white tiger.

In LOVING Memory of my Grandfather....

My Grandpa, Tony Hansen, passed away this morning. Being 104 and in a nursing home for the past 2 weeks we all knew that it was going to happen soon. I am so grateful that my dad was able to come out this weekend to spend it with his father before he passed. It was is hard but thankfully for the gospel we are all at ease and have a lot of comfort knowing that he is with our Father in Heaven. I have many stories and memories of my grandfather.... but one of my best memories that I shared with him was when Mike moved to Texas and I still lived in Utah, before I went to Texas, I was able to go to the temple with my grandpa and his wife, Mary, in the Manti temple.(where Mike and I were married). It was a live session and it is something that I will always remember doing with him. I pray that his wife, Mary, will be comforted through this hard time for her. I love you Grandpa! And will be missed!

Parker Parker Parker...

In the past 2 days Parker has gotten dressed by him self and this is the out come of him doing so. Same pj bottoms! He is such a joy! He makes me laugh every day. Today his buddy gabe wanted him to play at his house... so I told parker to get dressed if he wanted to go. The picture of him w/ his hat is the one for today. the others were of yesterday. The one for today... its freezing cold outside and he knew that- that is why he had the hat on (which he told me). Kids are so fun and so worth having!




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1 week in the making....

One night last week I wasnt home to put the kids to bed and Mike put the kids to bed... ( i normally do cause hes at school) anyhow.... Mike let Parker go to bed in big boy underwear. he has been potty trained since summer but I was never ready for him to go to bed w/out a diaper... Mike apparently thought different. (Parker, in the 7 months had only have 1 wet diaper). Ever since then Parker will not wear a diaper to bed. So far so good. Its been a week and we are so proud of our big boy! He turned 3 in Dec. so we are glad that he picked up on that so quickly!

OK...Its official

Its official... To those who dont know yet... Mike and I are having another baby! Yep it makes it #3 for us. I am a little over 12 weeks. I didnt really spread the word to too many people because I wanted to go to the docs first.. I did at 10 weeks and he wasnt able to find the baby's heartbeat, so he told me to come back in 2 weeks... i did just that. Once again- news that I wasnt wanting to hear. The Doc couldnt find or hear it again (with the doppler) so after my appointment, I waited for Mike to get off work and we went to get an ultra sound done. Right away I saw a little baby. And a heartbeat... the doc told me that everything looks great and that I dont have to worry anymore! Now I dont mind telling everyone the exciting news I was holding to so many people for the past month or so... My due date is July 21st (my oldest sisters b-day). We are relieved to know that everything is ok!

Christmas Celebration

We had a great Christmas this year. It was the first year, since I have been married that I was able to carry out a tradition that has been going on in my family since I was little. Christmas eve dinner... we made and ate yummy GREEK food. My sister and her family and my Aunt Georgia came to spend Christmas eve with us. It was Mikes first time trying Greek food, and was a good sport. He didnt like it but ate it. So now I dont know what the future tradition will be since Mike doesnt like the food we eat. (make him starve, make something else, - i like the make him starve :)/jk)
My aunt stayed the night and spent Christmas morning with our family. I am so thankful that she was able to spend some time w/ family during the holiday season. We were lucky because our kids didnt wake up until 8am and when parker was up he came into our room, Mom Dad, lets go down stairs. I said who came last night and he got all excited... Santa did mom. lets go. So we got Ashlyn out of bed (she was awake just playing) and headed down stairs and woke up Aunt Georgia. We were blessed by so many family and friends this year. The kids got SO many gifts, that I actually put some that I bought away for next year. Parker was so excited and was ready to open every present. Which he did... Ashlyn, w/ the help of Parker, opened up her first gift from Great Grandma Mathis, a baby doll- and she was done. She just wanted the baby and didnt want do w/ anything else. It was fun watching the joy in Parkers face. I miss those days when I was little where I got all excited about Santa coming.
We of course didnt forget to take a few minutes to talk to Parker about why we have Christmas and whos birthday we celebrate. I cant express my Love and appreciation for my Savior. He is the best example to me and I am so grateful that we have a holiday where its all about Him. I hope we were all able to express our graduate to our Savior. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.