{Field Trip #1}

On Friday Jan. 28

Addies preschool class went on a

field trip to Smiths Grocery Store.

The story manager, Le Ann, was kind

enough to take them around and give them

a tour of the grocery store including all the

places you wouldn't normally get to go

when you are customer shopping there.

They started at the front of the store and made their

way around all the outsides isles of the store such as:

The Pharmacy, the post office, the freezer section

(which they got to go back in milk section and go through

the freezer there), the meat department, the ice cream

freezer, the loading dock, the box crusher,

the produce department, the deli and last

but not least the Bakery where they

watched a very talented employee decorate a cake

and write St. Marks Day School on it...as

it was for her class to take home and eat

for their snack!!!

In the Meat department the kids and parents all had
to wear these fun hair nets!! The kids thought it was great!
They watched the butcher ground up hamburger
and the packaging process of BIG crabs and steaks.
This was so fun for me to join her class on their
little field trip. The kids are hilarious and want
to tell you everything they know. The store manager,
Le Ann was so sweet and tried listening to everything
the kids had to say while keeping the tour going.

{Cake Decorating class: Week 1}

I started a beginning cake decorating class at

the Casper College. It's once a week for 2 hours

in the evening. Its a perfect break for me during

the week. Tyler has been so supportive and so

willing to watch the kids so I could enjoy this

little class and learn something new.

We started with basic icing shapes

and techniques: like bag and hand position when

icing and making stars. We practiced on our boards

and on cookies. Next week we get to put to practice

what we learned this week on a real cake!

Family Names: by Addie

Lately, Addie has really enjoyed

writing letters and writing words or names.

And I have to admit she is pretty darn good

at it too....So good, I had to take a picture of

it so I could remember it always. She's not even

four yet and she writes better than her Dad!!

( I did not help her with a single letter this is 100% Addies finest work)

I have to brag about this because im her

Mom and I feel that I have the total

right to do so. Every day she is constantly

surprising me with her knowledge of

things and the ability to write,

color (like staying in the lines),

and make believe. She has quite the

imagination. She is loving school and

brings home the best artistic creations

ever! We just love this little lady and

feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

MLK Weekend

Yay for visitors! My sister Marie and her husband Ian

on a last minute whim decided to make the drive and come out to

visit us for the weekend. We had so much fun with them here.

The kids absolutely loved having Aunt Rie and Uncle Ian

here...someone else fun to play with other than Mom and Dad!!

We started the weekend by going sledding up on Casper Mtn.

Then we went out to dinner that night. It was so pleasant

to have 2 hours of adult time. We got a babysitter for the kids

and therefore enjoyed a nice relaxing dinner at Sanfords.

Trey out did Addie out in the snow. It only one run

down and she was done. So she sat in the car and pouted

while we had fun sledding, racing, and making snow angels.

Our last run down was AWESOME!! We decided to do

a train (both kids were in the car by now) So Marie, Ian,

Tyler and myself lined up both the sleds and all jumped on

and had a killer ride down the hill. In the top right

corner picture you can see our track all the way down.

Thanks for coming Ian and Marie! We had so

much with you guys!

The luckiest girl in the world....

....would be me for having such

an amazing husband!

I love a bouquet of fresh flowers

I love that Tyler knows that I love bouquets of fresh flowers

I love that he surprised me with this beautiful bouquet of flowers

And I especially love that he did it for no other reason than...

He loves me.

Half time Entertainment

A little half time entertainment provided by Trey and Addie Hansen during a Oilers Hockey game on Saturday Jan. 9 in Casper!

(We have so much fun going to these games! Can't beat free, a good game, and great company!)

Q: How much popcorn can Trey

possibly shove in his mouth?

A: Not enough.

And for the last act of the night...
Addie Hansen and her many faces.

Sledding

Daddy took Saturday morning off of studying so we went

sledding on top of Casper Mountain. We were going to

just try and find a hill to sled on but as we were driving

we noticed a sledding hill that was meant for sledding...score!

The kids had so much fun going down

with daddy. I totally forgot to pack my snow boots so I

designated myself as the official picture taker!

First Day of School

Excited I think not.

Ecstatic. Elated. Over joyed. I think YES!

Addie started preschool on Monday Jan. 10, 2011

at St. Marks Day School.

And you can tell by our little photo shoot

that she was more than excited to start school!

We decided this year to

have a family goal as

well as our personal goals

for the New Year. So for 2011

our family goal is:

{Be Thankful}

{Be Grateful}

{Highlights of 2010}

• In January we found out we'd be moving to Casper, Wyoming
• In February we celebrated Addies 3rd birthday
• We had one of the coldest winters in Iowa
• In March we took a family trip to Omaha, NE to visit their awesome zoo and visit the Winter Quarters temple visitor center for Tyler's spring break.
• In April we celebrated Trey's 1st birthday
• In May we celebrated yet another birthday...mine!
• Tyler successfully finished his 2nd year of Medical school
• June was a busy month for us...
• We took in as much as Iowa as we could before we moved.
• We went to Pella, IA to visit this sweet little dutch town
• From Pella, we ventured down to Nauvoo, IL. We've been so blessed to live by so many church history sites. The only regret we had is that we didn't go more!
• We spent the last weeks of June packing, cleaning, and painting the house.
• We moved to Wyoming the end of June
• We then spent the month of July in Utah staying with family until our home in Wyoming was ready to be moved into to.
• We had a blast in St. George seeing family for a month
• We attended lots of family reunions and basically lived in the swimming pools
• In August we moved into our new place.
• Tyler started his 3rd year of medical school doing rotations here in Wyoming.
• Tyler's parents came up and helped us redo our whole basement in our home.
• Tyler started his first rotation with Dr.Rupp doing Internal Med.
• We spent a lot of time outside exploring Casper, WY.
• In September we celebrated Tyler's birthday
• Tyler did his 2nd rotation in the ER
• In October we were still enjoying playing outside as we had a very mild fall.
• The kids and I trick-or-treated down town Casper to all the cute little shops for Halloween
• Tyler did his 3rd rotation doing Ear, Nose and Throat with Dr. Norcross
• In November we traveled to Provo,UT to be with my family as we all united to attend my sister's wedding.
• Tyler did his 4th rotation in Infectious Disease with Dr. Dowell
• Also in November we enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving at the Norcross's home.
• In December Tyler did his 5th rotation in Pediatrics with Dr. Wang.
• We also headed home to St. George to see family before Christmas.
• We came home to Wyoming to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas here at our home.

What a great year we had.

THANK YOU 2010 for bring us much adventure!!!