It's been way too long and unfortunately i can't put up pics right now or i would. However, I just had to update the blog. So here goes a little checklist update:

1.Fly home for Ty's sisters wedding....

Check.

2. Stay in Southern Utah with family for the month of december....

Check.

3. Miss out on a huge snow storm back home in Iowa....

Score!

4. Addie and Trey having fun with their grandparents....

Check.

5. Trey's two front teeth coming in....

ouch.

6. Hang out with my sister for the weekend...

Can't wait.

7. Finishing Addies christmas dress...

UGH. (giving me nothing but problems)!

8. Sewing with my mom...

Check. :)

9. Surrounded by beautiful Mountains...

Check.

10. Missing my Hubby....

Check. check. check. :(

Mall of America

2 Moms

3 kids

1 Mall of America

What were we thinking????

We made it! The 4 hour car ride went very

well the kids were great. The outlets we stopped

at on our way there were a hit. First stop in

Minneapolis was IKEA....okay Amazing store...

loved it. Spent as long as the kids would let us.

You'd think we'd be tired by now but we just had to

go to the mall before we checked in to our hotel.

Danna and Adalee

So we ate the Rainforest Cafe in the Mall.
Addie loved all the jungle animals that would
"come to life" every 10 minutes and the
big fish tank we got to sit by as we ate our dinner!
After dinner we check in our hotel and survived our
sleepless night between the kids taking turns
waking up at random times during the night. ugh.
Good timing for our next day at the mall right?
Sleep deprived Mothers+sleep deprived children+ Mall of America= A LOT OF PATIENTS!
However I have to say looking back on it all the
kids were very good and cooperated well.

LEGO LAND....need i say more

she was hooked.

Addies first theme park ride! Blue skidoo.

Addie actually took this picture! I was being "brave"

to stand by the big shark tank to get a picture. She wouldn't let

me take her picture by the tank because she was scared

so I asked her if she wanted to take mine

by the tank and to my surprise she did so this was the outcome.

she did a pretty good job i think.

He was my little trooper. Although he was

naughty during the night, he made up for it at the

mall and took all his naps (good naps) in his car seat in the stroller

while we shopped and walked around. Thank you Trey.

This was so fun. The Mall has a huge aquarium on the lower

level that has huge underwater tunnel so you can watch

the fish/sharks/sting rays swim right over you.

Addie loved watching the big sharks swim over her

and the black and white polka dot sting ray swim right

up the glass in front of her.

This was at the end of our underwater adventure. She got

to play more before it was mom's turn to play aka shop!

We had to take turns all day!

My friend and I were under the impression that there was just one giant

roller coaster in the mall only to find out that

there is a whole theme park in the middle of the mall.

The mall was 4 levels high with just about any store you

could imagine...even a dollar tree!! we thought that was funny!

Over all we had a fabulous/exhausting time! I will go back!

Halloween 2009

"Gimmie some ones!"

(sorry only people in my family will understand that phrase or think its funny! Basically I used to call

M&M's "ones" when I was little because when ever some one offered them to me they

would say, "do you want one" so i associated them as "Ones!")

....Happy Halloween! Here are our cute

little M&M's!

Treyster, our plump little peanut M&M!

And Addie girl, our slender plain blue M&M!

Grandpa and Grandma Hansen treated the kids with gift cards to "Old McDonald"(as Addie calls it). Since they couldn't be here to take them Tyler and I took them the night before Halloween for dinner. Addie loved her Happy Meal and Trey loved being around all the food! He actually stole a nugget out of Addie's hand when she wasn't looking...it was hilarious!

And here's the stash of the night!

We tried training Addie all day to pick only Gold shiny packages with red writing on them.(twix). Guess our training didn't work so well as she came home with only 3! Shucks.

Over all we had a great halloween and enjoyed a wonderful dinner and talent show at our ward party then topped off the night with some cold Trunk-or-Treating! Addie had a blast and made sure she and Daddy went to every car. She didn't miss a single one!

A New Tradition

Last year we ate soup out of a pumpkin on

Halloween night. I thought it was so fun I

decided to do it again this year. The best part

about it was Addie was able to join in the

fun of "gutting" out the pumpkins to help prepare

them for our fun dinner!

Ready to dive in! Notice the spoon...she did not

like getting her hands in that slimey gooey pumpkin

stuff!

This is how it starts

cut the pumpkins in half

Clean them out
Enjoy an appetizer while your waiting for dinner....yummy roasted pumpkin seeds!

And soup is on! We did cauliflower soup with a little orange coloring for the full festive look! Addie sure loved eating her soup out of her pumpkin.

Sneak peak at our Family Pics

Had to throw this one in...gotta love those candid shots!

Another wonderful photo session done by my good friend Danna! It's so hard to pick!

Why pay the money when.....

You can make it yourself!

My poor candles have been bare this season because

i'm too cheap to go out and buy candle wreaths until the

end of the season when they go majorly on sale...

I was explaining this to my mom when she said,

"why don't you just make your own!"...DUH!

So....

Heres what Addie and I did this morning/afternoon together!

Our very own Candle wreath and I love it!

All you need:

*Some wire

*Fresh picked Fall colored leaves

*Candle to put it around

Just string on the wire a lot of fun leaves to your desired length

and waa laa a beautiful festive candle wreath!

The best thing is Addie and I could do this together.

We spent the morning collecting leaves in a brown paper

bag. Addie absolutely loved going outside and helping

me pick leaves of all different colors. Then when little

brother went down for his nap she helped me string

on the leaves onto the wire while picking out what leaf

we would do next!

Trey's 6 Month pics

Treys Photo Shoot.......Ooooo I just love those cheeks I can

kiss on them all day...then that smile that makes everything else fade away!

Danna you did a fabulous job I really love them all!

Happy Fall Everyone

Today is Officially the first day of Fall...Enjoy!

And the HFA (Hansen Family Awards) Award goes to.....

This lil' Man for sleeping through the night last night!

Thanks for the goodnights rest buddy!

Don't you hate it when...

You have the perfect flowers, the perfect colors,

the perfect lighting.......

And this is all you get!

Trey's many faces....

This is Trey about 98% of the time...Happy as can be.

Love this little guy and all the smiles and cheeks that come with him!

the look of Concentration/determination

Wasn't me......the "GUILTY" look

The I'm poopin' my pants look. (and he really was)!

Okay so this picture is Trey in a nut shell...

Eating and Happy.

The kid would eat anything

and everything if I'd let him. This was his first time with

"real food." Yummy Carrots.

And last....so SAD :(. We don't see this face very often

so I had to capture the moment!

From the mouth of Babes

Tyler had just left to go to the church for Weblos and left

Addie and I at the kitchen table finishing dinner. As we sat

therefinishing up dinner Addie remembered that

we never said a prayer.She was right we had

totally forgotten so I asked her if she wanted

to say it and of course she didn't...she told me too. So as

I'm praying I was getting a little emotional....it had been

a long day with the kids and I needed some extra help

from above. When I finished Addie looked up at me

and noticed I had tears in my eyes

then proceeded to ask, "are you sad Mommy?"

And I responded, "Yes I am a little sad."

I grabbed my napkin and started

wiping my tears away when Addie

then asked, "Are you wiping your sad away Mommy?"

Then I laughed. Its amazing how fast our

prayers can be answered when

in desperate need!

State Fair

I'm back to blogging but will be sparatic as I can only see half

of my screen on my computer which makes for a longer

blogging process and much patience...something I don't

have a lot of at the end of my days! Anyway, on to better

things....THE IOWA STATE FAIR! Ty won tickets

at a school drawing so I packed up the kids, went

and picked up Ty at the school and away we went to the fair.

Heres a Cute little cow and heres.....

.....The Worlds smallest Cow.
This is a regular cow only like 5 times smaller
than normal. It was only about 2.5 feet off the ground!

Making her way to the splash pad! We saved this
stop for the very end after getting hot walking around.

Last year we ventured out and tried deep fried Twinkies

this year it was Funel Cakes! We wondered what was

so great about those funel cakes...then we had one and oh

boy are they good!

Spending time with Daddy is the best!

Addie loved watching all the rides

but didn't want to try any out!

See the big ferris wheel in the backround...

I really wanted to ride that....

maybe someday.....

For now just a picture in front of it will have to do!

Sewing Project #1 on the list.....The Market Skirt

Addie's Market Skirt

This is the Market Skirt made by

Dana from her MADE blog. I seriously devour

this blog. She is amazing and loves to share

her ideas and then makes tutorials for

all the fun things she makes. So with a

serger now this was the first project on the list.

This was one of her final products.

And here is my attempt...Not exactly pro but it fits

and Addie likes her new skirt.