You can thank Caden & Paxton for this post

My kids are nagging me...."Mom, make a post.  Mom bring the blog back to life.  Mom, its National blog day. (not sure if I really believe that or not)  Mom, Aunt Jana is the best blogger, she's made more posts in a month than you have in the last 3 years."  On and on they go...
  
I've thought about trying to get back in the game with this blog, but most days its just a thought that quickly dissolves into little tasks around the house or just plain laziness.  I told them I planned to post on leap year, they quickly shot that down.

I can't even begin to play catch up for the last 3 years, so I'll just share what Macy was telling her siblings today after church.  She is wise beyond her years.  Her exact words were....
"Moms and Dads don't do stupid stuff."  (she's totally my favorite now)

So, is this really a comeback?  Only time will tell I guess.

This is the current us.  All grown up since the last post.  No more kids potty training.  So whats left to talk about?  Well, we can place bets on whether I post again anytime soon or not!

I really dont know where the time has gone!  Who knew when I started this blog that I'd be so bad at keeping up?  (I knew) 
Any how, so many little things have past since late last year when I last posted, but let's just leave the past in the past. 
Something recent we've been working on.... Potty training Calvin.

Your right, that isn't Calvin.  But with all the excitement going on with him learning, Macy had to get in on the action and celebration.  And I guess I never got a picture of him sitting on the potty chair.  I mean really, who wants to see a picture of someone on the potty?  Well, when your 18 months its acceptable I guess.  I do however have a picture of Calvin in training....kindof!

Yes, there it is.  We did the 3 day method with Calvin and was very successful with it.  He's doing awesome.  On his own, he calls pee "the juice" and refers to poop as "the rocks".  With much excitement and enthusiasm he'll tell me, 'Mom, gotta get the juice out!  or The juice is coming!'  So one day he was telling me...'mom, juice on the rocks' over and over and I was trying to get him into the bathroom.  He wouldn't have it...just kept trying to get outside.  I let him out and this is what I got.  "Mom!  Got the juice on the rocks!"  (High-5's and Yippee's)  So like most boys, his favorite place to pee now is outside.  As long as it isnt on my carpet, I'm all for it!

Since it's been a while, here is what the Hansen 5 currently look like...

Macy

Paxton

Calvin

Caden

Daisy

Short and sweet little update.  Lets see if I get any better.  (dont hold your breath!)

Random Pictures

September was another Hansen Family Reunion


These two also had September birthdays (1 and 34)


This 2 year old gave up his binkie


October brought this sweet girl turning 7


Halloween of coarse:
DPS officer, Rapunzel, Vampire, Star wars

I made this uniform for Caden when he was 3.  I'll have to see if I can come up with some of the old pictures.

Our adult party this year.  Us and some friends as "The Village People"

A little project

This summer we relized we wouldn't be selling our house anytime soon. So off the market it went and we jumped into something we've been talking about for a long time. Actually there are a few things we've talked about for a while now, but we decided to build the kids a play/tree house.

Lunch Break!



I lost track of how many trips to Home Depot we've made, but it's coming along.


Partially primed and still need to add the door and windows. The kids and neighbor hood kids have already been enjoying it.

It gets hot building in the middle of summer, so we also spent some quality time visiting with friends and swimming this summer.

A little girl time

Thought I'd share a few pictures of my girls today. They've turned out to be so much more girlie than myself (which I guess, really isn't that hard). They bring a lot to the house and are great helpers.

Paxton eating a sardine & mustard sammy. Don't let the look on her face fool you, she really likes them. Her taste for them comes from Spencer.....I would never even put something like that on my own plate, let alone on one of my children's.


Here is a blast from the past....I loved her curls and miss them. When we cut her hair 6 months or so ago, I was hoping they would have reappeared, but nothing. She's cute with straight hair to though!


Daisy doing what she loves to do. Not many days pass that I don't hear "Mom, lets make a recipe!" She loves to help in the kitchen and especially likes to make chocolate chip cookies


Always dancing. Here she just finished showing us her dance move. Next time you see her ask her to show you. It's a good one. Although she may not be wearing all the accessories seen here, you'll still like it.


Macy is crawling now and pulling herself up to everything. She also recently got her two bottom teeth. She's still a pudgy little thing and we love to pinch her.


And I think her hair is going to stay dark like Daisy's. Sweet Macy Bean Jean.

Bow Ties

Spencer's grandma sent us these great looking bow ties for the boys. If I remember right one of his cousins made them as a fundraiser for girls camp and Grandma McClendon bought up a good number of them and sent them out to all her great grandsons.



I thought they looked handsome! You cant tell from the picture, but Caden was not happy about wearing it. He smiled all sweet and happy like and as soon as I said we were done he ran to his room, took it off and replaced it with a regular necktie.
He is already concerned with appearances and didn't even want to put it on for the picture. I hope it doesn't last.

Daisy is all about getting into every photo possible.

Summer -Part 2

Memorial day we went to Tucson for the morning and visited with the Gibson family. It went like other memorial days past....meet at Spencer's Grandpa's grave site. Visit, remember him and hear stories of his life. Afterward we hop on over to a church park and visit more, eat, play softball, jumping castle & water fun for the kids. It's always a nice day and a good crowd!

A few days later we traveled up to Pinetop to spend a couple of days visiting with my Mom & Asa. We did this last year too with them and had such a nice time that we all decided to do it again this year.


Upon arriving at the resort the kids quickly changed for a nice dip in the pool.

Cannonball Caden

Calvin with Hunter

Other on-site activities the kids enjoyed were the game room, playground, basketball, teatherball and others





We spent an afternoon visiting with my Uncle Doug & Aunt Susan and their kids. Doug made us dinner and it was delish. He made 2 roasts in his pit. I've never had such amazing flavor and such a juicy roast as this was. He made his own BBQ sauce as well and there was other food to, but all I can remember was the meat. Mmmmm!

Summer rundown: Part 1

Well, summer has been wonderful to this point. We've been busier than I thought we'd be, which I don't mind at all. I was worried at the beginning of summer how I was going to keep the troops entertained for the 10 week break. We've been at a nice steady pace of busy, and events/things-to-do have been evenly spaced out. We're down to the last 4 weeks before school is back in session. Surely I can make it through 4 more weeks!
We had little league. This year Caden and Paxton were in two different leagues, so it made for a lot of nights at the ball field. Fun nights though. Caden's team was all LDS kids except for one, so we were always in good/fun company. I failed in taking pictures this year. Not even one of either child. I do however have a picture of Daisy. One night at a game, while running full speed, she tripped and her face broke her fall. It happened right in front of a lady who then carried her to me. She said she hit her face first. I checked and she didn't have even the smallest scratch on her hands or knees. Her nose bled like crazy, but she came out of it all ok.

We took a quick overnight camp out. This worked out nicely with being able to drop Macy off at G-ma/G-pa Hansen's for the night on our way up to the Pinals. It was a cold evening, but much fun. We shared the mountain that night with a stake from Mesa for their Father and Sons activity.




The kids requested scary stories and Spencer rattled off a few. Since that night Daisy has been telling the same stories. Next time you see her, ask her to tell you about "LARGE MARGE". Another one of my favorites that she tells, starts out with her in her scary voice saying, "Once upon a time, there was a man. And she was a girl...." She also likes to hold a flashlight below her chin, shining it up, while telling a story. She's a little riot!