Family Night at the Chatwins

For the kickoff of our summer vacation, we went to visit Ryan & Diane and their family. We broke in the new volleyball/badminton net for our family night activity. And we had sugar cookies to keep us going! Can it get any better than this? Stay tuned for scenes of our upcoming adventures.



The kids had lots of fun monkeying around!

Stryder's 6th Birthday

Stryder is 6 years old today. David and I decorated his room with "Indiana Jones" things. He got a hat, a whip, spiders, snakes, chocolate treasure coins, streamers, and a happy birthday banner. He and Allyson have been singing the theme song all morning long. "Da da da DAAAA da da daaaa Da da da DAAAAA Da da da da da". You know the song so follow along. We went to see the new "Indiana Jones" movie for his birthday with our family and Debi, Jared, and Brooklynn. Then back to our house for an "Indiana Jones" cake (note the legos on top). He had a great birthday.

HANSEN EASTER EGG HUNT

The kids are lined up and getting ready for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Chocolate treats in April tend to get gooshie so lets get going. First the youngest (Cadence, Ian, and Allyson), next the middle kids (Jenna, Stryder, Brooklynn, and Rachel), finally the older boys (Anthony and Andrew), let the race begin.




Ashley, Jill, Tanya, and Debi "Survivors" of another successful Hansen family reunion. It is always fun the get together with the sisties! It doesn't matter what we are doing. I can't wait until the next reunion.

More of the Hansen Family Reunion

Andrew, Anthony, Brooklynn, Rachel, Jenna, and Stryder measuring up to the monkey man! Don't take food from a monkey. You never know what's on the menu! Yuck!

The kids loved the zoo. They had fun monkeying around with their cousins. We were also able to catch a Bee's baseball game. They let the kids run the bases after the game. They also got to meet "Bumble" and get his autograph.

HANSEN FAMILY REUNION 2008

We were all able to get together for our yearly family reunion (except Chris). This year we met in the beautiful location of Salt Lake City, Utah. Here we are on the train at the Hogle Zoo.

I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE

The St. George Temple is my favorite temple. We came to the visitors center for family night. The kids were impressed with the statue of Christ in the lobby. They also loved the model of Jerusalem and learned a lot about Christ's life and teachings.

Easter among the Red Rocks and Sand Dunes

We went to Snow Canyon for an Easter picnic. David and the kids decided to dig a

big hole in the sand dunes. David tried to bury them alive. The dirt started to cave in on Anthony and Stryder. We got them out alive without too much damage. We also had an Easter egg hunt in the Red Rocks.