Matt's Birthday

Here are all the birthday shots I got and I am posting two weeks late, but I did document that it occurred.

Earrings

In my family earrings were never very popular. My mom does not have pierced ears and my dad really doesn't care for them. In fact, he wouldn't let me get my ears pierced until my grandma (his mother) took me for my 12th birthday.

My sisters wanted to get their ears pierced too, but I guess they lost interest as they had to wait until they got older. All that has recently changed. Melissa went off to college and got her ears pierced on her own. Kaylyn was the last one left until now.

BEFORE


Notice the nervous smile. She was quite worked up that it was going to be very painful.

AFTER

Here she is with cute Mariana. Mariana was quite unimpressed with the whole event and slept through everything until the very end. Anyway, I love the earrings Kaylyn chose and in the end she was surprised how simple and painless it really was.

Christmas Letter

Merry Christmas from the Hansen family.

Matt continues to work at Hill Air Force Base as a contractor. The main focus of his job is testing software that manages the radar for the Air Force. We are especially grateful this year that he still has a job. He also continues to serve as Elder's Quorum President which keeps him plenty busy. In his spare time he still enjoys mountain biking and volleyball and is looking forward to a couple of snowboarding trips this year.

I am working for the school district as a reading tutor which I love. I also love the extra long breaks. My calling is second counselor in the young women and that also keeps me very busy. In my spare time I enjoy reading, shopping, and sleeping. (Do you think taking naps counts as a hobby? I do.)

We are grateful to have a beautiful home, employment, to live in this country, to be healthy, to have a cute new puppy, and most of all for the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives. Merry Christmas to our friends and family, may the spirit of the holidays fill your hearts this week and in the future.

Meet Ellie

This is Ellie a 10 week old maltipoo (maltese and poodle mix) that we just got. Let me just say there is something about a puppy that is so joyful. She is always happy to see me, loves to cuddle, and is very affectionate. We love having her even though there are struggles to training a puppy.

Here she is with my niece and brother. A baby and a puppy in the same picture I need to advertise something.

What sweet little puppy she is!

Mariana's Blessing Day

Here she is on her special day. We call this the formula coma look.
My sister Kaylyn, her husband Jon, and their daughter Mariana. Aren't they cute?

My parents and grandma with the little family.

Jon's dad and his wife with the family.

Jon's mom, half sister, step dad and step grandma with the family.

The siblings and significant others (minus Melissa and her boyfriend they had to go sing in a choir right afterward).

Devin and Nicole playing with Mariana. It is fun getting to see more and more of her personality.

Happy Halloween

I think these costumes match our personalities.