Halloween 09

What a great Halloween!!! We got in some Trick-or-Treating and had a party! The twins loved the whole knock on the door and get candy thing. We just went around our block, which was way more than Mom was up for, and then came home to pass out some candy of our own.

My sister Jessie put together a fabulous party for the family. The kids got to decorate their own picture, frost cupcakes and cookies, have a costume fashion show, play pin the nose on the pumpkin, do a cake walk, and they ended the evening with some trick-or-treating in the living room. She put a lot of work into making sure the kids had a great time and it was perfect!!! She even had dinner for everyone to enjoy as the kids played! Thanks Jess it was a lot of fun!

I hate hard choices!

Do we help him out...

or wait awhile and enjoy the peace and quiet?

Brilliant Conversations

Hello everyone, this is Tyler. Just thought I would give you all a quick look into my life. A short conversation between Jaymie and her friend Kirsten.

Kirsten: Do people still live in Egypt?
Jaymie: Duh! it's like a huge town!

Now do you understand what I go through every day?

Bath time is just more fun

when Daddy does it!

Popcorn and Fudge

It's a Hansen thing, what can I say.
We love to pass on certain traditions and this is one of them. We had Miss Syd over for the weekend and treated her to popcorn and fudge along with a John Wayne movie. I wonder if she will ever come back!?

The twins love when we have company over and this is the treat!

Orrin's private stash

I thought it was an odd request the first time Tyler asked me to make this. But I love him so I did. Try it, you will love it!

Perfect fudge:
3 bags of chocolate chips
1/2 lb butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix in a large bowl.
In a large pan mix 4 1/2 cups sugar and 1 can canned milk. Bring to a rapid boil and boil for 6 mins. Dump over other ingredients. Mix well and pour into a buttered 9x13 pan. Freeze to set and Enjoy!

We've been all dressed up...

with no where to go for weeks!
Tonight we finally got to put on our costumes and spend some time on the town. The local 4-H clubs put on a Halloween carnival. It was so much fun, and this year it really wasn't all that crowded. It was a nice change from years past.
The boys favorite part was the doughnuts on a string. The object is to eat the doughnut without using your hands. Always good for a laugh.
Orrin

Vivin

Tallon

The three boys waiting for a sucker

Vivin making his ghost

My 4 boys. Love them

Orrin coloring his color page

Tallon in all of his cuteness

One of the funnest parts of the night was fortune teller. Tallon was amazed and so scared all at the same time.

Here is the crew: Orrin as Buzz, Syd as Mrs. Umbrella, Tallon as Indiana Jones, and Vivin as Woody

What a fun way to start off Halloween!

Can't seem to get ahead!

Just when I thought all the sickness was out of our house, I am proven wrong. Seriously, after hours of cleaning and gallons of Clorox, you would think that nothing would be ABLE to grow in our house. But a phone call from the school telling me that Tallon had just thrown up and that a family friend was on his way home and would bring Tal if I would give permission, proved me wrong. So back to the doctor we went and found out that sweet Tallon now has bronchitis. We get to do one of the annoying doses of medicine, you know the 1 tsp 3 times a day for 10 days, kind. YUCK! I can never remember it 3 times a day. So wish us luck with this next go round. Hey, I guess it could be worse, at least we don't have H1N1. Always look for the positive right?!

Finally...

we are feeling better!! What a week it has been. Full of sickness, sickness, and more sickness. Thank goodness for the long holiday weekend that helped us all recover. Saturday we were feeling lucky and decided to try our luck at leaving the house. But first a look at the new fence. Tyler worked for a couple of hours each day before he left for work. It went up easier than he excepted, which is always nice. Sorry no pics of the whole process. Sickness takes it toll everywhere, even with pictures. Tyler and the boys brought out the old BB guns and shot some boxes to pieces. Good bonding time isn't it. We weren't feeling to bad after a few hours outside, so we loaded up the ranger and four-wheeler and enjoyed some time up Grover Park. Orrin enjoying some pretend riding time. Tallon loves going to Grover Park to ride. There is a little flat at the North end and the kids have pounded out a nice little track that makes for hours of good entertainment. Vivin being his cute self Tyler a Vivin taking a few laps
So glad that we took the time to leave the house. We all came home wiped out and Sunday wasn't all that much fun, but it was worth it!

Well...

October has been quite the little month so far. Really not a lot has happened but we haven't stop either. We have had 2 weekends in a row with just the 5 of us which has been so very nice. We spent one weekend up the river and the past weekend we ended up spending Saturday in Idaho Falls.
Our week will be filled with one of "those" projects. You know, that one you know you have needed to do all spring, summer, and now that it is fall you have no choice. The story behind it being that we decided that our adorable little boys needed this...

yes that's right, RBK. What little boys life is complete without a dog? Really isn't it a requirement for childhood? So they have a dog. She had been wonderful for the boys. She goes everywhere with them, keeps them out of trouble, gets them into trouble, and drives me crazy. Perfect, right.
So Friday morning a gentleman, 2 blocks over, rings the doorbell. I answer and find RBK standing there with him (not a good sign). He proceeds to tell me that RB had made her way over to his home and killed his pet rooster. It was the last of 3 roosters that he and his wife had and it was buried in my backyard at that very moment. Evidently, not only had the dog killed the darn thing, but she carried it home with her and dug a hole in the kennel to hide it! What could I do but apologize 100 times. He softened a bit and told me that if we made sure she was never allowed the roam again that he wouldn't press charges. If we refused, he would call the cops and they would come and take RBK and put her down. Some choice.
Long story short, we have no choice but to put up a fence. We knew it needed to be done, and now it will be. Tyler is so excited to dig holes in the snow! As since it is so warm out (the high for today should be a whopping 45 degrees), I am sure that the cement will dry in no time.
And all this so our little ones can experience a precious piece of childhood.

Muddy Boys

In a hurry to go somewhere, came outside to find them like this, need I say more?!?!