"Hey Viv, you see that pretty girl, I'm going to dance with her when we get married."

Orrin was looking at pictures with me the other day and saw a cute little girl on the computer. He ran and grabbed Vivin to show him and told him this. Too Cute.

Remember when they had the most adorable tan lines?

Well... I think I like this years even more!!

Moving!!!!

Wow, I guess since most everyone knows, it is time to document our upcoming adventure on the blog.
Tyler received his acceptance letter to the Colorado School of Trades in June. He will be doing their Gunsmithing program. He is so excited. He starts class on January 9 2012. It is a 14 month course. Did I mention that he is really REALLY excited?!
We will be moving to Lakewood Colorado just after Christmas. The babe will be around 3 weeks, which should prove to be interesting. Tallon is almost as excited as Tyler and the twins are stoked that they are going to gunsmithing preschool instead of their preschool, should be fun the first day when they find out they are hanging with mom and the babies.
We are planning on coming "home", depending on when Tyler graduates and the boys' school schedule, we will be gone anywhere from 14 to 18 months.
So there you have it. When life changes around here it really changes!
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I would be okay with having a girl...if she was like Camryn

Tallon told me this after spending the day with his Cam Cam. I would have to agree with him.

Tyler and Dad have been planning a floating trip for 2 summers now. The stars must have aligned just right because it finally happened!! Vivin floated the first stretch of river with them.Right before it was time to switch kids around Dad caught a good little trout. Viv was so excited.Tallon and Jace got to float for the rest of the day. Jace was a bit worried, but Tyler said he settled right in and had a great time. No fish for this crew. I think there was a little to much enjoying and not a lot of fishing. Tyler may have crippled Dad, but Dad said it was worth it. He really enjoyed spending the day worry free and hanging with some of his boys.

These make my nose breath smell good

Orrin had been begging for a breath mint. I finally gave in and just about died laughing when he said this.

Tallon was invited to participate in this years Relay for Life, as part of his taekwondo group. They put on a great show for all the walkers and then raised money by breaking 200 boards in 2 hours. They kids did awesome and were soooo tired after breaking that many boards.
Tallon's awesome, adorable and faithful fan club. Love them.
Tallon doing part of his form
His favorite thing to do right now is breaking boards with his jumping side kick.
He can jump two classmates right now, look at that air!!
...but soon he will be as awesome as his XMA instructor, Mr.Galloway. Can you see why the kids LOVE Mr. Galloway. How cool is he?! (Tallon is in the middle of all the bodies)
Walkers Black Belt Academy. A great way to teach your kids to kick others kids butts. Just Kidding, but really it is a ton of fun to watch Tallon each time he gets a chance to show off his skills.
How we love Relay for Life. If you have never done one, DO IT!! You will never be the same.

When I get big and have a baby in my belly, can I do that?

This is Vivins question to anything that he is told he is to little to do.

Tallon decided that he wanted to try his hand at hog wrestling this year. He asked Ryder, Brixton, and Jace to be on his team. They chose the name "Team Pork Chops" and went to work making shirts.

Tallon chose #1 and called himself Mean Chop
Cousin Melanie and Aunt Jerrie came up and helped make their shirts extra cool.
And here they are: Jace, Ryder, Brixton, and Tallon aka Team Pork Chops

Jace aka Wee Chop, Ryder aka Thick Chop, Brixton aka Lean Chop, and Tallon aka Mean Chop
The night of the event the boys got a little nervous but they had a game plan: catch the pig and put it in the bucket. Sounds simple enough.

The pit is a slimy mess!! They did really good staying on their feet and found that is was going to be a bit harder than they thought.
After some chasing, they finally got the thing cornered and the rest was history





Done!!! In 53 seconds no less.
They were so excited walking back behind the arena.
They fared really well compared to some of the others teams in the area of getting dirty. We got them all striped off and cleaned up and waited to hear how they had done.
2nd Place!!! We were all so excited. They bounced all night on a hog wrestling high. The $120 purse that they won might have helped.

Learning to Ride Bikes

The twins have been begging to have their training wheels off their bikes. Tonight Tyler finally had 20 mins to do just that. It is amazing how fast kids pick things up!
Tyler and Vivin having a little fun

Tyler wowing the boys with his mad skills

Orrin and Daddy giving it a try

It didn't take Orrin long to start trying by himself. Kid has skill.

The ONLY place Van would stay long enough to be out of the way.

The Dana's are famous for concentrating with their tongues. He has the Hansen last name but many a Dana trait.

They will be cruising on their own in no time!!

24th of July Fun

The 24th of July is one of our favorite times of the summer. Mainly because of the Thayne Little Buckaroo Rodeo. This year Vivin kicked butt on his sheep!

I was running 2 different cameras, so no good pics of Tallon on his calf, just some awesome video. But here he is showing off his battle wounds. Yes...you have to look REALLY hard.

Grandma Thelma and the twins. Orrin choose not to ride this year. Oh well.

The three boys did the ribbon chase. Orrin on the end, Tallon, Vivin and Uncle Jace.

Vivin catching up:)

If you are awesome at I Spy you will be able to pick the three boys out of this pic.

Afton was doing their crazy days and as part of it they did a fish catch. If you want total and complete chaos go to the fish catch. What a joke. But the kids love it, so we went. Vivin wasn't about to go out with that many people so he hung with Dad and Van. Orrin said the fish were coming right at him and were going to eat him, so he enjoyed the water and forgot about the fish. (he is in the orange shorts)

Tallon enjoyed trying to catch a fish, but it was more of trying not to be killed while trying to catch a fish. Some peoples children is all I'm going to say.

The someone in charge sent all the kids out at once to catch the remaining fish. Cousin Nick proved to be a fish catching fool, Tallon and Jace were in charge of getting the fish into the bag.

All in all it was a great day. Happy 24th.