Alcova Lake

3rd year of Medical school....

Doesn't get much better than this!!

A lot more time with family and friends

and getting out to enjoy some fun in the sun!

The kids dug, scooped, and crawled in the sand for hours!
Pure heaven for these kiddos.

And even though the water was quite cold everybody

still managed to get in and have fun.

We spent this lovely Saturday afternoon at Alcova Lake.

It's about a 40 minute drive from our house

with beautiful scenery and Free! They have nice

sandy beaches where you can set up camp and enjoy a

perfect day at the lake. We were having such a good time

and the weather was so nice we really hated to leave.

Thank you to the Cooks and Alcova Lake for

a wonderful Saturday afternoon!

Ty's birthday night....

After a long day of doing 10+ hour shift

in the Wyoming Medical Center ER,

we, the kids and I, met up with him at

Sanfords resturant. This place was CRAZY decorated.

I mean there wasn't a bare wall in the place.

And I'm not sure what theme they were going for

with: Old cars, gas pumps, Looney Toones, dinosaurs, crocodiles,

sharks, motorcycles...but none the less it was fun to look at

while we ate. The food was pretty good but the FREE dessert

they give as a birthday treat was worth it alone.

That thing was huge.

The stash of birthday goods!

And the cake.
When I asked Ty what kind of cake he wanted
he said, "make me a mountain bike cake."
Uh...okay...how was i suppose to do that?
So with a great nap time provided by Trey and
my great baking helper, Addie, we came up with

this:

And really to my surprise...he LOVED it!!!
If you know Ty he doesn't show a lot of expression
or excitement but when I pulled out this cake
his eyes lit up and he had the biggest smile on his face!!
Awe..the 3+hours of working on that
cake were totally worth his expression!


We finished off the celebrations with
a Backyard Birthday Bash.
The food was good,
the weather was perfect,
and the company was fantastic!
Thanks everyone for helping us celebrate!

One year older and wiser too.....

This cool cat turned 28 today!!!

{28 reasons why I love you}

1. You're HOT!!!

2. You've got the best smile.

3. You help me with my projects.

4. You're a great Father to Addie and Trey.

5. Family means a lot to you.

6. You're a very hard worker.

7. You love to be organized.

8. You treat me like a queen.

9. You support me in my interests and hobbies!!

10. You love the Gospel.

11. You have a strong testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ.

12. You work hard to put our family first.

13. If there are things that need to be done...you do it!

14. You work hard in school and do your best.

15. You take time to play with the kids...(even if you are really busy)

16. You're not afraid of what people think of you!

17. You give your honest opinions.

18. You can fix ANYTHING around the house. (love this!!)

19. You tell me you love me everyday.

20. You'll go shopping with me.

21. You come up with the best games to keep the kids entertained.

22. You're smart.

23. You make me laugh.

24. You'll watch chick flicks with me.

25. You make Thai food for me atleast once every 2 weeks.

26. You've helped create two beautiful kids.

27. You love me.

28. You make me feel like the luckiest girl in the world!

Happy Birthday big guy! Sure love you!

"Take me out to ball game...."

This night couldn't have

been any better

We had...

Great Seats....

Great Weather....

A Great game....

A Great time....

And Great food!

Thank you Wyoming Medical Center

for treating us to a great night out!!!

"Girl time"

{A little post pictured and Narrated by Addie}

Today was a really fun day.

When my brother goes down for his nap my Mommy

and I have "girl time." Today during our

girl time my mommy really wanted to sew her curtains but

I had a better idea. And with my best droopy eyes and high

pitch sincere voice I asked her if she would,"pleeease make me

some food for me to play with?" Ahh ha...it worked. She put

her curtains down and said,"Yes." Oh boy was I excited.

So we spent a couple minutes looking up felt food

on blogs so we could decide what we wanted to make.

After we decided we gathered our supplies.....

Red felt for water melons and tomatoes!

After we gathered our supplies my mommy cut out
the food and started sewing. Mommy
let me cut the black felt into little pieces
for the seeds on the watermelon.

We stuffed the watermelon with batting
so it would look like a plump juicy slice!

Ta Da. The watermelon is Done!

Heres all the food me and mommy made:


* 2 slices of watermelon
* 2 Eggs
* 1 Tomato
* Cupcake
* Oreo

Thanks Mommy for making me some food,
"Can we make more tomorrow......."

By: Addilyn Hansen


{Addie took it upon herself to find our camera and document our "girl time".}

July 2010@

Grandma and Grandpa McFadden's House

(a.k.a Grandma Rosie and Grandpa Dave)

The kids loved going out after dinner,

to take a walk on the golf course to the pond

to feed the ducks. And hunt for "treasures" (a.k.a golf balls)

The 24th of July...Pioneer Day Celebrations!

Tyler and I ran our very first 5K race together. And my sweet

Tyler and sister-in-law Dindra stayed with me the whole time...

I was so slow and they totally could have finished the race in a much

better time but they stuck it out with me.

(and just for the record...I haven't run in YEARS!!) This about

literally killed me....it was quite pathetic, really. But I crossed that finished

line and thats all that matters right!

After the race my parents stake put on a Pioneer day Celebration where

we had a great breakfast and the kids got to play on blow up toys,

play games, get their face painted and eat snowcones!

After the festivities and sweating to pieces in the HOT

St. George morning sun we all retreated to the pool to cool off!

Swimmin', pool surfing, pool volley ball, "toothpick"....

what a great afternoon!

To beat the heat again we traveled to

the Pine Valley Mountain for a picnic dinner.

It was much cooler up there and as always

fun to be in the mountains!

Good times where had by all.

THAI FOOD FEAST

Sad to say this was our last Hoo-raw before

we left for Wyoming. Tyler and my brother Troy

have mastered many authentic Thai dishes. And lucky

for us they love to share this talent with us and cooked

us up some great food! It was so delicious.

We had a blast spending the month of July with our families.

So many memories where made and fun times to look

back on.

July 2010

Hansen Reunion

July 16-18, 2010

We camped in the shadow of the beautiful

Kolob Mountains in New Harmony, UT and had

a wonderful time hanging out together, playing games,

eating good food, and making memories!

Thanks Amy and Rob for yet another great reunion!

The only way to cool off in St.George in July is to go swimming

or find some sort of water to retreat too! We were able to
enjoy Tylers' aunts pool while we were there. The kids

had a blast swimming, sliding, floating and cliff jumping. Addie even

learned to swim with out floaties while we were there.

She was so happy that she swam like a "big girl!"

Daddy's and Grandpa's day out with Addie and Trey!

While I was having girl time with Tylers sisters

and Mom, He and Grandpa were having a good time

at the farm with the kiddos!

They got to go on a tractor rides with Daddy,

collect eggs, and pet the horses.

Splash pad fun with Hansen cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Hansen