catching up

Well, it's been a while. Aside from the busyness of the holidays, I had a camera malfunction, which kept me from posting. After all a post is better when accompanied by a photo or two. So, I'll run through December.....

Caden and Paxton had their last soccer game and it was cold that day. They both enjoyed this first season of soccer and hope that it will be offered again next year. (Pax is center in black & Caden on the right in gray)

Caden and Paxton got to be in the light parade. Paxton with her Baton group and Caden with the Kearny Stingrays (swim team). Pictures for that didn't turn out because it was dark.

We went to Spencer's annual Squad Christmas party and had a good time, but left early because Caden and Spencer started to feel crummy. Five minutes down the road, we had to stop as Spencer lost it on the side of the road. And the next day it went Me, Paxton, Caden and then Daisy all taking our turn passing around the stomach flu.

Caden lost his first tooth. For almost a year now he has been asking me when he would loose one. Then this one becomes loose and it hangs in there forever. The other tooth was half way in before it finally fell out.
Caden held his own and first yard sale, and we didn't even know he was doing it. He up early and had about 8 items up for sale sitting under the carport at 6:30 am or so waiting for people to come. We found out when he came back into our room all irritated, telling us that no one wanted to buy his stuff. Turns out he was out there for a whole 5 minutes and had no customers. I had to explain to him that he would need to make signs to let people know he was having one and so on. It was funny how he priced them all. I think if he sold all items he would have made a total of $1.43.

Caden's 1st grade class had there Christmas program, singing about 12 songs or so. He is front and center in the maroon shirt with stripes.

Caden took a spill on his bike and wasn't wearing his helmet. A few scrapes on the leg and hand to go along with these on his head.




Christmas day was wonderful. We enjoyed the morning and eachother as we shared gifts and talked with family on the phone. A few pics of the kids and a look at our new famliy dog, Max. He's a black lab and the kids love him. He is a sweet puppy so far.

Straight No Chaser

I just wanted to share with you all something Spencer and I came across last year. We really enjoyed this version of
12 Days of Christmas.

It is a fun, short clip. So if you have 3 minutes, click this link to You Tube and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E&feature=email

loose ends

Well, I have a few loose ends to tie up. Remember I mentioned I did a horrible job at getting pictures of the tour? Of coarse I did. I was focused on riding and I wasn't going to just carry along my camera. But, I finally got an email with some pictures from my brother-in-law. His (then girlfriend) was there to take all of our warm clothing back to the hotel after the race started, and she took pics with his camera afterward.
I hope I didn't make the ride sound all easy in my last post, because here is the proof that I was drained by the end. (Pictured here: Kimball, Talmage, Me, Ben)

Me & Ben

So here are some of the loose ends. I forgot to give all credit to my amazing trainer/husband, Spencer. I have my own personal "Chris Carmichael" here. He set up my daily rides and kept me on schedule, pushing me along the way. He watched the kids so I could train, which also translates to him giving up some of his own training time, so I could get in more.

I remember when I was single, thinking of one thing I wanted in a spouse was someone who was active and we could do sports/exercise together. At least have some common ground there. Well, I got that and then some. He is great at helping me in that area. Yeah, I complain at times, but underneath it all, I like it!

Here we are after I finished. --Thanks babe for all your time, knowledge and pushing to get me to this point.

I also forgot to say thanks to Dad Hansen and his goal of going for the family award. Behind that goal, was paid entry fees, sponsered us all with a family cycling T-shirt, a cycling jersey, hotel rooms at the tour and dinner afterward. He also set up monthly training rides for all us that could get there to ride them, so thanks!

And I cant forget my Dad and Vic. They came down and braved the weekend watching the kids for us so we could go. They survived it and even got two annoying NOISE making toys from the dollar store for the kids. I'm sure it was their idea of a good time! I see it happening somthing like this.... "Here are your new toys, but you cant open them until tomorrow morning when your parents are back, then enjoy them to the fullest!"

Thanks for helping us out!