Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

WOW! It is crazy for me to believe that Christmas has already come and gone! It honestly seems like just yesterday that we were celebrating last years Christmas. Don't worry though I will live in the present and tell you about this year's Christmas:)

This year we spent Christmas with my family in Washington and had a really great time. The only sad part was when it was over.
We got to participate in all the holiday traditions, eat at lots of yummy restaurants and make good food of our own, go fishing, go to the temple, see old friends, and spend time together as a family (lots of Ticket to Ride). I wasn't the best photographer this year. I guess I was having too much fun living in the moment, and forgot I have to take pictures to remember those moments. Anyways I hope you enjoy the pictures that I did take!

Hansen Family Tradition of lining up on the stairs before we could go in the living room and open presents.

Our Christmas Stockings! We must have been good this year because Santa was good to us:)

Me on Santa's, I mean Papa's lap

Mom with her annual calendar I made.

I surprised Scottie with some of "his" teams stuff, I also got him a Jazz hat!

Me and my Little Bro- I had to put a picture of us together because this will be his last Christmas home for 2 years (he will be leaving on a mission soon)

A group shot, not a good one, but the closest one I have to getting all of us in the picture.

A highlight of my trip home was getting to see my childhood friend Kari. We went to breakfast together and had a much needed chat! I love you girl:)

Having some fun as a family during our ping-pong tournament.

The best part of the trip home was probably getting to go to the temple as a family. It was so neat to be there all at the same time. The kids all did baptisms together and it was a really great experience. After we went to Outback Steakhouse and had some fun!

Best group pic from dinner...see what I mean I wasn't very diligent about pictures.

Being home with my family was the best Christmas gift I could have ever asked for. As I get older and OLDER I am realizing I don't care about the presents, I care more about being with those I love the most. I also love this time of the year because it helps me to reflect and think about my Savior. I am so grateful that he is the reason for the season. Every time I write Christmas I want to underline the Christ part. I pray that with this New Year we will all be able to strengthen our relationship with him.

Love you all and best wishes for 2011!

Rudolph with little Parkers

Scottie's Mom sent me this video clip the other day of Scottie and his older sister Jenny. I thought it was too cute not to share with you all. So here it is! My Scottie Jay was just as cute than as he is today!

Thanksgiving Fun

Our Thanksgiving fun started out this year with Scottie and I joining some friends for an OHIO State tradition. We (along with thousands of buckeye fans) jumped into Mirror Lake during beat Michigan week! It was crazy cold, but sooooooooooooo fun and so worth it!

Pre-jump!!! Diving in... ya right!

Right before we took the plunge! Remember it's COLD, No FREEZING outside...like not even 30 degrees cold (which means the lake was almost frozen!)

Jump #1

Some of the other dedicated fans there!

We were the most dedicated though because we jumped in not once, but TWICE!

Our 2nd jump...yes we were crazy enough to do it again! We even did the O-H-I-O pose:)

Post Jump-still smiling:)

BOY oh Boy are we PROUD to be BUCKEYES!!!

Then we were off to Michigan (ironic huh?) to celebrate Thanksgiving with my sister and her adorable family. (don't worry we made it back to C-bus for the Michigan game)We had a nice time catching up, playing with the kids, loving the new baby, and spending Thanksgiving together.

Group Photo!

The boys greeted us at the door once we got into town and then quickly wanted to show us their Halloween costumes! Too cute.

Making Jack's Under the Sea Jello- the boys wanted to join in and help once I started calling it green monster jello.

The Happy Thanksgiving Dinner Guests. Thanks Hendersons for having us all over!

Here's the new baby. EMMY!

Decorating the kids tree:)

Scottie helping Jordie put the topper on the big tree

Me and my Jordie goofying around (top). Scottie and I getting ready to go camp out at Target (bottom).

We were crazy and did some black Friday shopping...we camped out at Target all night so we could get their killer door buster deal on a flat screen TV!

I am thankful for this Holiday Season and especially for the reason for the season. Love you all and I am so thankful to have you in my life.

Shutterfly Rocks!!!!!!!!

5o Free Holiday Cards from Shutterfly

So my friend told me about a great holiday promotion Shutterfly is doing, and I want to now share it with you! You can get 50 free Christmas Cards from Shutterfly, all you have to do is follow the link at the bottom of this post and then follow the instructions Shutterfly will email to you.
I totally love Shutterfly and have always been please with their products. Some of the reasons I love them and would recommend using them are: they have way cute stuff, they always have promotions, their products are high quality, it's easy to use, and they are super fast (making/delivering) your products to you! These are just a few of the reasons too!!! I have used them and I my friend have used them to make:

Wall Calendars
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Holiday cards
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and Birthday cards
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I especially love their wall calendars and photo books. I have even made it a Christmas tradition to give my Mom a Wall calendar each year for Christmas. I have also would recommend making photo books as gifts or as a way to document and remember fun vacations.

I am really excited to use their Christmas cards this year and they have a ton of cute styles and options to choose from. Christmas cards are a great way to share what you have been up to with your family and keep in touch with those you love. Here are two that I am thinking about:



And Here is another one

I hope you end up liking Shutterfly as much as I do and that you will take advantage of their great deals and offers.
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Merry Christmas All

Thankful

Today at church the sacrament meeting talks were on being grateful and thankful and I realized I have much in my life to be thankful for. Sometimes life can be tough and I find myself forgetting all the blessings I receive daily in my life sooooooooooooooooo... today I am just GRATEFUL!
I am thankful for:
My amazing husband and happy marriage
Family
Friends
Good health
Church
Freedom
Summer
Education
Vacations
Work
Opportunities
Dreams
Faith, Hope, and Charity
This post could be boring so I added some pictures of things I am grateful for to spice it up!
I am grateful for new home decor


I am grateful for our new rug....cute huh? Scottie still isn't quite sure how he feels about it, so I am grateful that he is letting me keep it!

I am grateful for fun projects and for friends (Kimberly) and Scottie to help me do them.

I am grateful for Scottie cutting my wood squares

I am grateful that I kept all 10 fingers while I worked on my fabric squares

I am grateful that they turned out cute!!!

I am grateful for technology (like Napoleon Dynamite Taryn), so I can share my finished project with you!

I am grateful for Girl's Night Outs with lots of toe nail painting and good food

I am grateful that 20 girls came to my house....so we could get to know each other better:)



I am grateful for cute toes!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am grateful for our new BBQ and a CUTE Hubby who likes to cook on it

I am grateful that Scottie still loves me after I go running and look like this

I am grateful for food (I really really like it) and for never knowing real hunger or worrying about how I will get my next meal

I am grateful for discounted Halloween candy...I think this picture says it all

See I do have much in my life to be thankful for, and I only listed a few of the things!!!
Ps. I will be really thankful if you leave a comment for me to read:)