The Hansens: March 2015 and trip to San Diego

We have had a VERY busy last couple of months. We packed up our house in Taylorsville, found renters, moved to Riverton, and will be unpacking for quite a while here. It felt a lot busier than it sounds. Our family is growing, I am pregnant with baby number 3, and we felt like it was the right time to move on and find a more permanent home for our family that has more space. We LOVE our home in Riverton. It just kind of felt good when we saw it and had most things that both Andrew and I both wanted (most of the houses we saw either had what he wanted OR what I wanted). We have a large yard and a lot of bedrooms to grow into. We feel very blessed.
It has been pretty exerting trying to pack/unpack/find renters/do tons of logistic paperwork stuff/ etc. and try to take good care of the kids and give them the attention they desire and deserve. So, we decided that we would take a trip to San Diego 2 weeks after we move, just to kind of get awat from all of the busy and spend time focusing on the kids and having a lot of fun together. Mission accomplished! Andrew was pretty stressed on the drive down there because he had a lot going on at work and just couldn't get into vacation mode. Then, a few hours after arriving in San Diego, we were walking on the Oceanside Pier towards one of our favorite places to eat, Ruby's Diner, and Jenna was just soaking in the scene, enjoying seeing pelicans, fisherman, the ocean, and was super excited about going to Ruby's. And she stretched out her arms and said "This is the best day of my life!" Andrew and I both looked at her with adoration and then Andrew said "that makes it all worth it". And from that point on, he was able to relax, have fun, and enjoy the vacation. :)
We enjoyed eating on the pier at Ruby's, and then watching a movie together while eating popcorn in the hotel. The next day we went to the beach and played in the ocean for a couple of hours. Jenna LOVES the beach! She wasn't apprehensive of the water at all. And she repeated claimed "This is the best day of my life". Ivy enjoyed the sand but wasn't too sure about the water. On Sunday, we went to church in El Cajon and spent a few hours at Andrew's grandparents house and spent some good quality time with them. Then we went to Andrew's aunt Jen's house for a dinner to celebrate Andrew's Grandma's 80th Birthday! We had such a wonderful vacation! We had a lot of fun telling jokes on the way down. Like "why shouldn't you give Elsa a balloon? Because she'll let it go!" Jenna loved telling jokes and Ivy even seemed to have fun with it too. :)

Jenna took this pic of a pelican that was sitting on the pier that we were walking on towards Ruby's. We got pretty close to it, it was pretty cool!

We love Ruby's!