Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

First BYU game of the season

As you can tell by the first picture, this game was AWESOME! Thanks to our neighbors we were able to leave Kiersten, Luke, and Allie at home so we could spoil Michael for awhile. It was so fun to feel the excitement between this father and son who are true blue to the core. They were so giddy before the game, it just made me laugh. We got to early enough that Michael was able to sneak a moment with Cosmo. He was floating on clouds after that! Lance and I were loving it because we got to follow behind L. Tom Perry as he walked to the game. We were laughing as people would stop what they were doing to stop and wave or sometimes, just point. I told Lance, that we can say that we followed in the footsteps of an apostle. He just thought I was being a geek.

It was a close game, and the better team definitely pulled off the victory. What a fun game with so many memories with it. I loved the chance that I had to hang out with two of the men in my life.

Michael & the Wolf

Thanks to the help of his leaders, his Grandma Fuhriman, (and his parents), Michael earned LOTS of awards last night! He earned his wolf, 6 belt loops (Flag football, Collecting, BB Gun, Archery, Music, and Baseball), 1 Gold arrow point, and 5 Silver arrow points. Holy cow! It was so fun to see the Cub Master's (his Dad) smile get bigger and bigger as each award was mentioned. Then when it was time to do the Wolf advancement ceremony, Michael's smile got bigger because he got to choose which one he wanted, and he had chosen the ceremony that involved the Cub Master painting his face like an Indian brave. My personal favorite part was when Michael got to pin the mother's pin on, because I had been at work when he got his bobcat and wasn't able to have that done. So that part was extra special to me last night.

It was a lot of fun to see our Michael earn these awards and see the excitement about scouting brighten. We are sure proud of him and can hardly wait to see what else is in his future. :)

Just Adorable

See what I mean? Love it.

First Day of School

I can hardly believe the first day of school is already here! The summer flew by so quickly and it feels like we should have weeks left. But either way, the first day is here and the kids are just giddy about it. Back to school night was last night and the kids had the chance to meet their teachers, see their rooms, and face the reality that life is about to change again.

Kiersten was so excited and has had her outfit picked out for weeks! When I told her that I was going to wake her up at 7:00 for school, she asked me if I would wake her up at 1:00 am, so she would be ready in time. I had to reassure her several times that 7:00 would be plenty early.

When she got home from school today, she said that her favorite part of her first day was when her teacher told her stories about her kids. She even had her very first school lunch-a hamburger, oranges, and some chocolate milk. Sounds yummy! She was so excited when she got home and I can already tell this is going to be a very fun year for her.

Wow! Michael is growing way too fast! I can hardly believe that he is in 3rd grade and getting bigger and smarter every day. He was so excited for school, but tried to play it cool. He loved that his daddy got up with him this morning and made him pancakes for breakfast. So after telling Kiersten all about what a full day of school is like, he kept reassuring her that she would be fine and he would take care of anything necessary. What an awesome big brother!

When he got home from school, he said that his favorite part was making a cool key chain in his class. He chose his all-time favorite school lunch-pizza. He is so excited about the up coming year, and I am excited to see all that he will learn!

Our Tenth Anniversary

For our big 10th anniversary, we thought it would be fun to spend it with our family at the place it all began. It was so fun to try and remember what we were doing at all different times of the day. It makes us laugh now at how nervous we were and so glad when the day was finally over. We also had to laugh because when we got married, the reflection pool was under construction. So we had to have our pictures taken in very different places than couples would today. We had fun taking our kids around temple square and loved the company of the day. It made it absolutely PERFECT. It is still hard to fathom all that has changed in the past 10 years, but are so very grateful for our little family.

Our crazy little family on a very perfect day. Love you.

May 2010

So a lot has happened this month....Allie's blessing was so much fun. A few days after her blessing one of our good friends took her pictures in OUR blessing dress. So fun!

My cutie girl in her blessing dress

Special memories- so many fun details.

Also this month was Michael's first baseball game! He was so excited as he got to play first base, hit his first single, and all the fun baseball things that make the game so fun.

Little Lukers- he has been so good in watching and supporting his brother and sisters in all the things that are going on. He just loves to cuddle and spend time will all those around.

Our Kindergarten graduate! Kiersten's class put on an adorable graduation ceremony. Lots of fun songs, poems, and silly kiddos! We were so proud as she sang the songs that she has been practicing all year. Loved it!

Last night my boys spent the night in our tent in the yard. It may not be in a campground far, far away....but far enough that these silly boys are making memories that will last a lifetime!

Allie's Blessing

Our Sweetie Allie Soncerae Hansen

On May 2nd, we had Allie's Blessing. It was such a fun and wonderful day. We also were celebrating Kiersten's birthday, so lots of reasons for a very fun day. We had almost all of our families there and were very blessed by the sacrifices that were made to come at such an early hour from so far away.

Some of our cutie family members that came & made this day so special.

Allie & her very proud parents

Allie & Grandma Hansen

Allie & Papa Fuhriman

Allie & Grandma Fuhriman

Allie & Great Grandma Rogerson

Allie & the Hansen Generations

Allie & the Fuhriman Generations

Thank you again to all who made this day so special! We love you!!!

Happy Birthday Kiersten!

On May 2nd, we celebrated Kiersten's second birthday as well as Allie's blessing. No one was more excited for this day to come than this little girl. We took her the night before to ToysRus (her favorite store on this whole earth) and told her she got to choose her own present. We gave her the money limit and she was off looking for the infinite possibilities. Over an hour later she had narrowed down the choices, and chose her three dancing Barbie dolls. So fun!

Our princess in her outfit from Grandma Hansen and her three dolls. After we were through there, we took her to dinner, where she took every opportunity to tell anyone and everyone that it was her birthday tomorrow. Cutie girl even got a free piece of pie from it! She was in heaven. Then to have everyone from the family come over the next day (for the blessing) she was in giddy. She was spoiled rotten by all her cutie aunts and uncles and grandparents.

For a long time she has said that she had wanted a rainbow birthday cake, and I had found this one on a blog I really like. So I showed Kiersten and from that day, she counted down until we could make her rainbow cake. It turned out awesome, in my opinion!

Our birthday girl & her rainbow cake.

Love you Pumpkin!

Happy Mother's Day

To all the wonderful mothers we have had in our lives. The ones who have gone ahead, the ones with us still, and the ones yet to be...

Happy Mother's Day!

We love you! We would not be the same without you, and could not imagine our lives not having being blessed by your wisdom, love, patience, and faith.

2 months

I can not believe it! Our sweetie baby is 2 months old!!! Since the day she was born, she has been so loved and we are still loving her in our family. The kids love to oooh and aaahh over everything that she does. I am lucky to have such wonderful kids.

Pickles

For those of you who might not have an idea as to why
this is so funny to us- My sister, Soni, used to LOVE pickles
and my family used to buy them by the 5 gallon bucket
loads. She even went on a "pickle diet" once in high school.
While she has long sense passed her niece and nephew seem
to have inherited that from her.


Always has to out due his Sister.

OH WAIT. I missed a drop.

A Whole Lot of "Firsts"

This past Thursday night was Kiersten's first soccer game. It was so funny to see these small kids run up and down the field. The coaches were constantly telling the kids what to do and where to go because the kids had no idea! Kiersten loved being a soccer player and could hardly wait to tell everyone she knew about the game and all the wonderful things she got to learn about. (Thanks Dad for letting her chat your ear off after the game!!!) It was definitely a great "first" for her!

The other "first" for Allie happened yesterday when we got home from running errands. I was putting stuff away when I heard the most adorable laughing coming from the front room (which usually means trouble). I grabbed the camera and saw this...

Luke was graciously sharing his very sticky BLUE sucker with his baby sister. She was hungry and thought this was the BEST thing she had ever eaten! The more she licked the more Luke giggled and the circle just kept going. It was quite funny to see how much that baby girl LOVED that sucker!

Down and Derby

Last night was our troop's Pine wood Derby. Lance and Michael have been working so hard on their derby cars for the past week+. They have been scheming and came up with a lot of fun ideas, but when it came down to it Michael decided to do the Cos-mobile (Cosmo is BYU's Mascot), and Lance did the character from Phineas and Ferb, called Perry the Platypus. For all of those of you who watch the show, you know how awesome this character is. For those of you who do not, it still looks like a very cute platypus with a weird hat.

Michael's first official derby car, weighed in at a whopping 4.9 ounces, just under the limit. Michael did a great job in the derby, but there were a few cars that were just a bit better. But overall he had fun, just felt bad that he didn't win a lot more. No worries there, however, because Lance and Michael were already planning next year's car....

Lance only got to set his car down once during the whole time, which was while they were figuring out the final winner's bracket, and anyone that brought a car could race. The rest of the time, the kids took over and raced it as often as it could go down the track and they would run it up to the starting line again. The other kids would even chant "Perry! Perry!" and when it did not win, Lance would yell "Curse you Perry the Platypus!" (a line from the show). It was a lot of fun. I am just glad that it is over, so my garage can go from Derby Grand Central Station to a parking spot again! Love you boys!

Our Beauty Queen

Last Saturday night, we were lucky enough to go and see Lance's niece compete in the Miss Springville Pageant. It was so fun because we (Kiersten and I) got to go with all of my sister-in-laws and nieces as a Girls' Night Out. It was so fun to cheer on Danyelle and see what a beautiful lady she is. Although she may not have won the official crown that night, we will always think of her as our beauty queen! Thanks for the fun night!

Michael's First Soccer Game

Last night was Michael's very first soccer game! He was so excited! He tried to make us get him ready almost two hours before the game even started, so when we finally made it to the field, he was giddy as can be. Because he was the first one there, he got to play goalie to start out. He did a really great job and his brother and sister loved cheering him on! Although the team may have lost 1-3, Michael did a really good job and never gave up or whined about being tired. He just gave his all and made us all PROUD!

After the game, he got his first jersey! He was ecstatic that he gets to be "Number 1". He was even more excited that there is a BYU emblem on the jersey. Silly boy! We are sure proud of you!

Smile!

Cutie girl! Gotta LOVE a great smile.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We hope your day is fun and pinch-free!

Mikey's New Birdhouse

We were also lucky enough to get to spend some time this past weekend with Grandma & Papa Fuhriman. I had been hoping to send the kids outside to play, but with that YUCKY snow storm, we had to find things to play with inside. Papa decided to help Mikey put together a birdhouse to have a little fun, and it helped with a requirement for Scouts! Hooray for Grandma & Papa's fun ideas. All three kids had to get involved and loved the time they were able to spend with Papa and Grandma. Grandma then saved the day when she helped the kids make "wheat bags" (bean bags filled with wheat) and taught the kids fun games to play with those. We are so lucky we have such wonderful grandparents to have fun with!

Grandma's Surprise

Grandma Hansen says that Saturday nights are usually her most boring nights of the week. I think we helped change that this past weekend. It was a double surprise because I had called to tell her we were coming, so when the knock came at the door and Grandma went to open it, it was Sherae and her family from Colorado who were there instead! Shortly after we arrived and the reunion started! It was so fun to see Sherae & Greg's kids that we had not seen in a very long time, and it was fun to introduce little Allie to them! Luke & Ethan hit it off and began playing like they were life long buddies. We all loved it- especially Grandma who got about fifty extra hugs and kisses that night.

In Loving Memory of Grandpa Rogerson

Lance's Grandpa Rogerson passed away late Monday night. He was one of the most gentle and kind men we have ever known. He was always so patient and sweet. He will be missed dearly. When Lance found out that he had passed away, he wrote this-"For all the loving memories we will always have, thanks Grandpa for always humming and keeping things light."

Allie Soncerae

She is here! Allie Soncerae joined our family a little earlier than we had planned. She was born on February 24, 2010 at 1:14 pm. She weighed in at 8 lbs, and was 20 inches long. Not too shabby for being 10 days early!

We got the news the day before at my doctor's appointment the day before that I needed to get induced because my blood pressure kept getting higher, even on medication. At this point I was so miserable, especially at nights, that there was not one word of complaint from me when the doctor gave me the news! So we made a few calls and my mom came to stay with the kids so that the next morning at 6 am we could get induced and get to hold our dear baby girl. When I was checked into the hospital I was not very far along (dilated) so they started me on Petocin, and broke my water around 9:30 am. Man did that get things moving. Within an hour I was ready for my epidural (although they missed 3 times during some big contractions- still HIGHLY worth it!) and by 1:00 pm, they were setting up for delivery. So after 4 hours of "labor" and 3 pushes it was done. Overall things went well, and at 1:14 pm, our baby girl was here!

Allie Soncerae

Her pretty proud parents

I don't know who was most excited to meet their new sister, but I was giddy to see the kids with their new sister. It was adorable to see their faces as I showed them their new sister. I have to say that is and forever will be one of my favorite memories of this life. Absolutely precious.

Luke & "his" baby Allie. I was glad to see that now he could believe me that every time he jumped on my stomach and I told him there was a baby in there!

Kiersten & Allie- Proud big sister! She is absolutely smitten with her. I hope it lasts!

Michael & Allie. He is so proud of her and is always more than willing to sit and hold her whenever he gets the chance. He is just SO cute with her. I never thought that he could love her this much. I am glad to be wrong.

Favorite family moments

We only stayed our 24 hours in the hospital before I was dying to come home. We were welcomed by 3 anxious kids, Grandma Fuhriman, and a few neighbor kids, too! It was so fun. We are so glad she is here!