Need Blog Addresses!

Dear Friends:
Some of you know this, but others don't. Our computer crashed a couple weeks ago (with no backup) and I lost everyone's blog addresses. I need you all to leave them here as a comment or email me at Hansens911@aol.com so I can continue enjoying all your posts. A few of you have already given them to me, but if you haven't yet, please do so. I'm missing seeing your posts!!
Love, Nicole

Our New Baby

 

A few days before Christmas we gave the kids an early gift - a puppy!! What were we thinking??!! No, really, she's so sweet, but it's like having a newborn without a diaper on. The first few nights were sleepless as she adjusted to her new home and missing her brothers and sisters. She has settled in well and LOVES the kids and they love her as well! We are also adjusting as it is a lot of work. She is a golden labrador and we wanted to name her something to remind us of the holidays. After much debate we decided on "Holly." We thought of Holly Berry, not to be confused with "Halle Berry." But we mostly call her Holly. I'm sure updates with the adventures of Holly will follow. Stay tuned...

I've got a GIRL!!

 

Okay, it's really fun to have a girl and dress her up! I couldn't decide on a Christmas dress for her so she actually has 2! I've waited so long for this!

Anyway, this was our attempt at photo shoot in her pretty dresses. She was totally uncooperative. She just kept taking ornaments off the tree. We got a few decent shots. She's still adorable.

That's what big brothers are for!

 

Darren got this brilliant idea one morning before school.... he used this "suction thingy" on Ryan's face. It's from a science kit he has for fun experiments. He decided to experiment on his little brother instead. It left a perfectly round hickie on Ryan's cheek for about 3 weeks. What a great big brother! Ryan was really upset at first and wouldn't let me take pics, but eventually I convinced him that he'd want to see pictures later. The first shot is Darren doing a reenactment a few days after the real incident.

Stranded!

 

Well, the week of Thanksgiving, Jason was stuck on a strike team in San Bernardino for 6 days. The winds were supposed to be bad, and the State was stationing many engines throughout So. Cal to be ready for a quick response in case we had another bad firestorm. He was basically stuck in this parking lot the entire time. We were lucky to visit him on our way home from our Thanksgiving trip. That was a treat for the kids! After he came home, he was stuck for 3 more days at the fire station. It's been a long time since he's been gone for such a long period of time. We missed you Daddy!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

We had a busy Thanksgiving! First of all, Jason was stuck in San Bernardino for a week and couldn't be with us. So, we went to Riverside to visit family that day. We went to his parent's house, then we went to the park with my family for our annual flag football, then went to my Dad's for dinner and fun. We spent the night and went to visit Daddy the next day. Then we came home. We missed Daddy a lot that week. I'm glad the kids could at least be with cousins and have a great time!

Elf Yourself Presentation

Okay - We e-mailed this to some, but if you want to see our elf presentation, check out the following link.
Merry Christmas!



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