Jenna is 2!

Jenna turned two years old today! I can't believe how fast she is growing! She makes us SOOOO happy! She does so many smart, silly, and adorable things every day! She likes to say "I twooo". She is getting really into singing songs. She frequesntly asks for "bus song", ABC Song", "paco song" (popcorn song) and "noman sonw" (snowman song). And she sings along and does the actions too. SO cute! She is an incredible little talker for her age. Some people seem to think she is talking just as much as she should be and others are blown away and think she is closer to three instead of just turning two. She LOVES crackers! Whenever I ask her what she wants to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, whenever, her answer is always "cackoo" (cracker). She is an amazing sleeper! She goes down for naptime and bedtime for us without a fuss, as long as she has things the way she likes them in her crib anyways. SHe is pretty particular. Her bear has to sleep in one corner and her in the other. And no blankets allowed. She is so funny. :) She calls me "mama" and "money" (mommy). She loves talking on the phone, loading her toy grocery cart and taking care of her babies. She is really into Winnie the Pooh, Curious George, Elmo and Cookie Monster. She got a stuffed Pooh bear for her Birthday and her reaction was priceless. She pulled him out of the bag, looked at him, then gave him a big hug, like she had just found her long lost friend. It was so cute. We had a farm themed birthday party for her with family and a couple of friends. We invited 4 of her little friends and their sibilings, but it is sick season around here, so only one of her friends and his family were able to come. And lots of cousins too. It was lots of fun! :) I'll post pics of her party a bit later. Here is a pic of her on her first birthday, her 1 year old birthday party and her 2 year old birthday party. She's growing so fast!

Fall/Halloween!

I love autumn! The vibrant colors of the falling leaves, the crispness in the air, cute chunky sweaters, boots, hot apple cider, and the list goes on and on! We have had a wonderful Fall season so far! We have taken several drives and walks through the canyon, went to Gardener's Village, we got to go to a few Halloween parties, Trunk or Treating and Trick or Treating for the first time for Jenna. We were pirates for a Halloween party, and Jenna was a warm, snuggly dressed butterfly for trunk and trick or treating! Oh, there is also a picture of Jenna painting for the first time with real paint (as opposed to watercolor or finger paint). She painted beautiful leaves on a tree. :)

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Summer Wrap Up

He had a great summer! Lots of outdoors time, totally transforming our backyard (not quite done, hope to finish it all the way next year), swimming, playing in the sprinklers, hanging out with friends, BBQs, a family reunion, playing at parks, etc Here some pics from our many adventures. Jenna has grown up SO much this past Spring/Summer! /classic%2Bjenna%2Bface.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"> 1. Classic Jenna face

2. Jenna with neighbor Braxton

3. Jenna with neighbor kids having a pizza picnic

4. Jenna at an Easter Egg hunt at cousin Jake's b-day party.

5. Jenna LOVES swings! She would shake with excitement during the first push every time! :)

6. She also loves sprinklers, and running! SHe is a very athletic little girl!

7. Jenna with neighbor kids again. (We spend a lot of time with them. ) :)

8. Monkey Mountain during Hansen Family Reunion Aug. 2011 Jenna loves monkeys!

9. Monkey Mountain again

10. Monkey Mountain with all of the cousins

11. We went to a Splash Pad this summer in Herriman. It was so fun! Jenna loved it! I love how red her hair is in this picture. She sure is a red head when she's out in the sun.

12. Silly games at Family Reunion

13. I refinished the deck all on my own! That's right, I'm awesome. :)

14. We did a lot of remodeling in the backyard. And we had our first real garden! We loved it!

15. We got a swing set for Jenna....for free! Well worth the price. :) She LOVES her swing set!

16. My little sister Wendy graduated from High School.

17. Girl's night with some of my High School friends to celebrate our birthdays.

18. More fun games at the Fam. Reunion

19. She's getting so big!

20. Jenna loves her cousins! Especially the baby cousins. :) This is her and Griffin.

21. Family Reunion picture of the whole family!

22. Family Reunion Unbirthday party

23. Family Reunion run for Ang's friend

24. First canning of the season! My friend and I canned peaches together. We got our first peach from our tree this year, hopefully we will be able to can peaches from our trees soon!

25. Andrew and Jenna during the Family Reunion rock climbing activity.

26. Minday & I have movie nights now and then. We made Pina Coladas! They were SOO good!

27. We got SO much zucchini this year, this is about how much I would pick each week!

28. Jenna loves stuffed animals. :)

29. First time baking with mom!

30. First official tea party! She loves her tea set!

31. Jenna colored pictures for her uncles on missions.

32. Happy, silly Jenna playing with her giant bear and dad. :)

33. Jenna's 1st hike. We have been outside a lot this summer/fall teaching Jenna about nature. So far, she loves the outdoors, just like Mom and Dad!

34. Happy girl

35. Wendy's graduation with Nana and Papa.

36. She LOVES slides!

37. Water slide at Seven Peaks! (The little kid water slide, don't worry. ) :)

38. Just playin' outside. Isn't she the cutest? :)

Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!

Jenna and I went to Kauai, HI with my parents, Aunt Becky, and sister Wendy. Andrew stayed behind because he had work and school, but let us go for a week. What a guy! :) We were gone 7/1/11-7/9/11. Jenna did SO good on all airplane rides. I was so proud of her. It takes a long time to fly to Hawaii, and she had to wake up SUPER early because we had a really early flight there. ANd we had an overnight flight on the way back. She slept in the stroller during security checks for 1 hour and in my arms for about 5 hours during our first flight on the way back to Utah. She is a big time crib sleeper. So I was stunned and oh so grateful that she slept in my arms during that overnight flight! She turned into a stroller/ sleep in mommy's bed druing the week too. The time change was pretty dramatic, and we were out and about quite a bit but she was so adaptable and did SO good! I have the most amazing little girl! We had a lot of fun! We went to a laua, Wendy and I went on a kayak/ mud hike to some pretty waterfalls. We went to a couple of beaches, on a bike ride, ate good food, snorkeled, and just had a nice time. Jenna loved playing in the water! We were happy to be home and see Daddy again though. We sure missed him!