The Hansens: April 2015

September 2014 - Random

September was a really fun month for us. Ivy started doing more things at 15 months, Andrew went on a business trip and the girls and I had some fun girl time, the girls started reading and playing together more, we went on a little family hike to a waterfall and saw some of the leaves getting ready for Autumn, Andrew participated in the Tough Mudder race with some of his siblings, and we went on a fun trip to City of Rocks. It was a great month!

Ivy's first time eating Oreos. She loved them!

Grotto waterfall in Payson canyon

Jenna balancing on the bridge

Family Pic

Andrew's 2nd Tough Mudder. They had a lot of fun!

Riding a train at the library

Jenna bought her own tea set that she saved her own money for!

Girl's night out

Silly sisters

Giving Daddy loves and kisses

I found them like this in their room one day. This is when Ivy really started to show interest in books. Now they read together in Ivy's crib after they wake up in the morning pretty often. It's so cute!

Jenna holding Ivy's hand in the car. They love each other.

This is how Ivy folded her arms for prayer

their room reading together one day(August)

This one is from July but was too cute not to share

September 2014- City of Rocks

We went on a rock climbing/camping trip to the City of Rocks in Idaho with the Asprey family. Levi Asprey and Andrew have been friends since they were kids. Levi and his dad were the people who helped Andrew realize his love for rock climbing. Our families get a long well and we had a lot of fun! Jenna wasn't a huge fan of climbing with a rope and a harness but Andrew helped her and she did a great job! She did however, love to climb the rocks without the gear. She loves to scramble! Our campsite had a lot of flat rocks for the kids to climb and a fun little cave that they enjoyed playing in. Jenna was so happy, energetic and confident! It was fun to see her enjoying her surroundings so much. And as you can see below, Ivy had a blast too! It was so beautiful and we had a lot of fun! We would like to make it a new tradition.

This is one of my very favorite pictures of Andrew ever! He is such an awesome Daddy! :)

More 2014 Catch up - August San Diego trip

Writing about our most recent trip to San Diego made me realize I haven't even posted about our last trip to San Diego from August 2014! I am a little over 6 months behind! We went to San Diego and stayed with Andrew's grandparents one night which was a lot of fun, they had fun toys for the girls and we enjoyed spending time with his grandparents. Then we drove to Carlsbad and stayed for free in Andrew's parents timeshare condo in Carlsbad. Our friends, the Johnsons came and spent about 3 days with us. We went to the beach, the San Diego Safari Park, swan in the hotel pool, and went to La Jolla beach where the adults took turns sea kayaking. We tried to find dolphins and show the Johnsons because we tend to see dolphins almost every time we go to La Jolla, but no luck. We did end up seeing dolphins at Carlsbad and from Oceanside pier later that week after the Johnsons had already left, darn! We also introduced them to Ruby's Diner, on the Oceanside Pier. We all had a lot of fun together! Jenna was a little apprehensive of the ocean at first, but she and I started playing a game where we chase the water as it goes on, and then run away from it as the waves crash on the beach. When she was feeling more comfortable with the water we walked in up to about her shins, and then we held hands and jumped over the waves as they crashed. It was a lot of fun! The adults also boogie boarded, and Andrew surfed. Good times!

On Wednesday or Thursday of that week, the Johnsons headed north to go to Sea World and then head home and Andrew's sisters all came to stay at the condo with us. Because Sara was coming home from her mission! We met her at the airport and spent the rest of the week together. We went to Ruby's again, played more at the beach, shopped and just hung out and enjoyed having Sara with us. We attended her homecoming talk that Sunday, enjoyed a lunch with the Willardsons and then drove back to Utah. We love our San Diego trips!

On our way back home, we stoppeed at Zion's national park and went on a couple of hikes. It was beautiful and a lot of fun! Jenna LOVES hiking. She is like a little mountain goat. Ivy did great in her carrier and took a nap on me while we hiked. :)

We often stay at the Merkleys house in Vegas on the way to San Diego, the kids love spending time with their cousins.