4 hours with the Hansen family!

On Saturday, April 4th, Emma and Jake with their 2 boys came into town for Jake's brother's wedding. Luckily, we got to see them for a few hours before they headed back home after their whirlwind trip. The best part was getting to meet baby Beckham for the first time. Uncle Aaron sure likes this cute boy! Marrick and Ethan quickly found themselves together "behind Grandma's couch" the famous playing hide-out. The poor boys were so tired from 5 hours of layover plus travel time from Texas. I just love this girl.We celebrated Emma and Ethan's birthdays at Jake's sister's house in Orem. Check out these delicious cakes my mom made! The white one is a thick sugar cookie bottom, a layer of bananas and strawberries, layers of ice cream and frosted with whipped cream. The chocolate one was a thick brownie bottom with layers of different ice cream, candy bars and whipped topping. Delicious!~ Thanks for having happy birthdays!

Jake with Ethan and his Truck cake. Gotta love little boys and Ethan is especially an adorable one!! He turned 2 on Monday.

We were just so excited to see them and meet baby Beckham. They live too far away like most of our family. We will miss you! (Don't worry Em I'll get your picts and videos to you. The quality of my camera is going downhill as you can see so they are not the best shots.)

Happy Birthday Emma B.!!!

Happy Birthday Emma B! Thanks for being such an amazing sister, friend and one of my favorite people on earth! I love you Emma, you truly are an angel to me. Happy Birthday! (Anna holding Emma)

Hunny Trip

Aaron and I went on a trip last week to LasVegas. We got the trip for a killer deal that couldn't be passed up. Both of us had never been there(other than airport or driving through). So, we thought it would be a fun place to adventure to.Thanks stranger lady for taking our romantic picture.

This is at the Bellagio right after the water fountain display. The fountains are AMAZING!

We are just happy to be here! What do we do without kids anyway?

We went to Myst'ere, a Cirque du Soleil show. We got it free with our trip. It was really good. The acrobatics in the show were so good! My favorite parts of the show were the bungee acrobats, the clown(dumping popcorn on the audience) and the trampoline guys. So cool.

The pirate ships at the Treasure Island hotel (and the handsome man in front)

We played the games at the Circus Circus. Aaron got a baseball in a jug for this huge present for the boys. We deflated it and blew it up when we got home. The best kid's souvenir ever! The funny part was Aaron bouncing it all the way through the hotel and Casino.Aaron took this amazing picture of Paris. The architecture was so amazing everywhere. Each hotel has a different theme. One of my favorites was the Cesar's Palace and the sky roof on the indoor mall. The statues outside were cool too. OK, sooooo, Vegas is CRAZY! I have never seen so many half dressed women pictures and indecent women in my life. The pass out cards, the magazine racks and the truck that drives by with hot babes direct to you every 2 minutes are the overwhelming aspect of the city. The buildings are cool, lots of walking and GOOD food to find, but wow! Get dressed ladies!
The reason we went was to spend time together, reconnect, and just be together. We definitely had a good time. It was so nice to have just the two of us together. We celebrated our 9 year anniversary on the 25th while we were there. We ate a nice restaurant that night and our song even played over the radio as we ate the most Delicious chocolate cake ever. I love you Aaron. I could not ask for more!

A sad, sad night.

Oh, the saddest night ever! I went for a walk with my friend Shiray and took Marrick in the stroller. Alana and Ammon stayed home to hang with Dad. Naturally, Saphie, our 7 month old Mini pincher came with us, cause she loves mamma and she loves walks. We were just talking in the front yard at Shiray's house when Saphie got hit by a car. She died instantly. So sad. My sweet friend shiray scooped her up with a blanket and we let the kids say goodbye and buried her in the back yard, breaking a sprinkler pipe at the first burial plot.(sorry dad!) Alana buried her with a sock, a straw she was playing with today and a rubber band.

Alana was very upset and her friend Cortlyn saw the whole thing and she was very upset as well. The two friends have a secret journal that they write in together. They wrote thier last words to Saphie while sobbing. Cortlyn prayed that angels would watch over Alana. Alana said she couldn't wait until Jesus came back to the earth so Saphie could be resurrected and live with her again.

Ammon did not cry and told Alana he was sorry she was sad. He said, "mom, I'm excited to die so I can see Heavenly Father and Jesus again. I know Laffie Taffie(what Ammon called her) will be OK."

I had a very hard time. This was one of my babies. She cuddled with me every night, came to my side of the bed every night around 2 am and would go for walks, even runs with me. She was the first pet, as an adult that I really cared about.

It has been amazing to me that I have missed this little dog so much. Every time I take out the garbage, pull into the driveway, or chill out with Aaron at night I miss that cute little dog running with me, waiting for us in the window or curling up with me at night. I do have to say that our family has learned a lot and has grown a lot. We will miss you Saphie baby!

Our visit from the moving Cothran's

Hooray! We got to have Mom, Dad and Rachael Cothran here for a couple days 2 weeks ago (I know, I'm a slacker blogger!) We had a ton of fun. We hadn't seen them for 2 years, since Marrick was blessed or since Mom's surgery. She looks AMAZING and it was so good to just visit and have them here for a little while. Aaron sure loves his mom and dad!

(OK, sorry, I don't use slide shows very often, I just love being able to see all the picts.)

The kids thought that the best part was having 2 extra dogs at our house. Misha was especially friendly. For the whole time they were here, the kids played with the dogs. too much fun!
I love this picture. Aaron always has been a Mamma's boy!

Time to be silly~
Looks like Nanna's girl to me!
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday our dear Nanna, Happy Birthday to You! Love you! We were so lucky to be able to celebrate our sweet Nanna's birthday while she was here.
I had to capture this shot, the 2 Grampas finishing off the 7 layer dip.
Nanna with Misha, Ammon with Saphie

I had to get a picture of the driving conditions. What a long trip they had!

Love you guys! We will miss you.

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My children...

Ok, so I was just reading my cousin Anie's blog. She was telling about the personality of her adorable little Madi. She was talking about how when she puts her down out of the car and tells her to go inside, she does(she is 18 months) and that she doesn't get into things like drawers. Amazing to me. So I started thinking about my children and their personalities. I don't have a picture of it, but you can imagine.... Last night I put the boys in the tub. Aaron came home from work, I talked to him for like 3 minutes and then I cleaned up a mess in the kitchen. Back to the tub...IMAGINE.... An entire box of pantiliners floating or stuck to the walls and door, the toilet scrubber and holder and Marrick flinging water with the toilet scrubber, Ammon laughing hysterically. I gotta say, there is never a dull moment around here.