Fun in Pella

While my parents were here for Treys blessing

we ventured over to Pella, Iowa. It is such a cute

little town and we really had a fun time enjoying pastries,

learning about and touring the windmill, and shopping

in the cute little dutch shops that line the brick streets

of down town Pella!

Grandma Rosie and Addie
Addie was absolutely enthralled with this
clock that chimed and played music every
other hour along with figurines that would
come out and dance to the tune. I have never
seen her sit so still for so long so i took lots
of pictures of addie still.




And of course Trey boy was just a little happy
camper the whole time!


Some good stuff in this place
we kept going back for more!


Just a cute water mill
and Addie and I.

Dutch Shoes

Grandpa Dave doing what he does best....

sharing "sweets" with the grand kids!

The pastries were really good.

My Favorite candid shot during the trip!

This is actually a functioning Windmill

they grind flour in it everyday except Tuesdays...

the day we just happened to be there. But it was still

fun to go up to the top and see the grinding mill and

learn about the unique qualities of a windmill.

If you have a saturday or any day with nothing to do

i recommend heading out to Pella it is only an

hour away and well worth it!

Visits from Grandma's and Grandpa's, farmers market, fun with cousins, and thai food!

We love having Family come visit! Over a 2 week

span we enjoyed having Ty's parents here along with

my parents and my brother from Texas with his family.

Here are some captured moments from our

fun 2 weeks with family.

Good times with Grandma and Grandpa!

YUM!

Tyler and my Brother Troy both went to Thailand on their
missions and learned how to cook several dishes. Between the
two of them we have about 7 different dishes and had
an amazing Thai feast with all the fam!

It was DELICIOUS!!

My nieces Alise and Mekenna

Uncle Tyler having fun with the kids

in the river finding frogs and getting

muddy!

The best Babysitter ever!

DOUBLE TROUBLE!

Camille and Addie

These two had a ball together playing and getting into

mischief!

Davis and Addie

Loved this! Everyone at our house...couldn't get much better

then being all together!

2 sweet boys

Davis and Trey

Playing patty cake with Grandpa Dave

Grandpa Dave &Trey

Grandma Rosie &Trey

Grandpa Hansen & Trey

Grandma Hansen & Trey

We loved the Valley Junction Farmers market.

It was a lot of fun. If you haven't gone yet

(for those that live in Iowa) it's definitely

worth going to at least once while you're here!

They should hire her!

Good times with Grandma and Grandpa Hansen

Got a little bit of both of these while we were there

My Handsome Hansen Boys! Did I luck out or what?!!

I just really love this pic so i had to post it!

Trey's Blessing

What an awesome weekend! To start off last week, Tyler's

parents arrived from southern Utah to come play with us and

of course be here for Trey's blessing. My Brother Troy and

his sweet family made the 10 (but took 12) hour trek from

Dallas to also be here for the blessing and to just hang out

and let the cousins play for a couple days! (More pics to come!!)

Then my parents arrived on saturday to join the party and

play with us too for a couple days! We have had so much

fun with everyone and are so grateful for families and the sacrifice

many of them made to be here for this special occasion! We

are truly blessed with a wonderful family!

My Favorite!

This little guy was absolutely perfect for his
photo shoot sunday afternoon! Not an ounce of
tears just smiles!

okay i lied...maybe an ounce when this particular
set up was being shot!

My Sweet boy!

The McFadden Clan with some Hansen's mixed in!
Gotta love those cute kids! I'm their Aunt
so I have bragging rights don't I??

My handsome boys!

Grandma & Grandma Hansen on the left and

Grandma & Grandpa McFadden on the right.

Our little family!

Over the river and through the corn fields to Bear Creek we go!

About 4:30 on a Friday night we decided to head up to Bear Creek

and have our very first family camp out! So I scrambled

really fast to get food ready and all the kids packed up ready to go

while Ty packed the car with all of our essential camping needs.

Bear Creek is the designated church property for all

the stakes here in Iowa for girls camp and ward camp outs.

Our fun little camp site up at Bear Creek!
Yes we all fit in this little thing! It was nice and cozy.
We all stayed very warm!

Mamma's got a crush on this little guy!

And this little guy did better than....

This little girl!

But i do have to say they both did great Trey was just

a better sleeper and trooper through it all!

The wood was to wet to get a good fire going so

we improvised and used the hibachi to make our smores!

There is a fun little river that runs through the camp grounds.

Addie had a blast playing in the river especially going

"commando" style! This girl loves to be outside!

"nudy rudy!" Trying to keep it "G" rated!

Getting ready for bed.

Mmmm...gotta love those kissable cheeks!

Can't get better than Daddy telling bedtime stories

late at night while listening to the crickets outside our

tent chirping along!