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Thursday, December 9, 2010
we wish you a merry christmas!!
merry, merry christmas to you!
this blog is doubling as my christmas letter again this year--what a great way to keep in touch...along with facebook! i spend far too much time on facebook for sure, but i really enjoy keeping up with and finding new friends.
we've had a busy year, just like you, i bet. we were blessed to welcome our first grandbaby in april. his name is braeden thomas hansen. he is a wonderful addition to our family, and we adore him! he is adam and amanda's first baby. they are living with us as they work to get out on their own. they are all healthy and strong, and will be welcoming braeden's baby brother in april!
adam is trying to find a job and wants to go to college. it's been a rough road for a while as far as jobs go, but we are optimistic. he enjoys being a daddy and is a good man. he's had a hard time growing up so fast but is doing well. he still loves singing and the theater. if you know anyone who can help him out, let us know!
emily is home from college until january when she will return. she wasn't sure if she would be able to return because she has an injury to her knee and almost needed surgery. luckily, she got an injection and hopefully that will help with her pain for a while. she will graduate in july with an associate's degree and will attend another university for her batchelor's degree. she is working at bath and body works and really likes it. she is so fun to have around and we'll miss her when she goes off to school again.
alex will be graduating from high school in june. he is working to clep out of an english class since there was no room in his schedule for it--too many music and band and choir classes! he is an amazing singer and tuba player. he made region level in both areas. he and evan were the first students at their new high school (it's three years old) to letter in two different activities. they both were pretty excited about that! alex is getting ready to play with a big group of tuba players at the riverwalk in a christmas festival. he looks forward to it each year. he's an awesome guy; the one all his friends come to when they need to talk. he will go to college locally until it is time to leave to be a missionary.
evan is keeping busy with band and all his other activities. he plays snare drum, and his drumline was named the top drumline in the state with an extra award for the snares. we were all so proud of them! he is going to be in the theater department's production of grease and he is looking forward to it very much. he is a good student and a great friend.
amanda is busy growing our newest grandbaby! she is quickly learning the ropes of being a mom to braeden. he's a handful now that he's getting around, and she is a wonderful mother to him. she's growing more everyday, and we feel blessed to have her in our family and mothering our grandchildren.
braeden will be eight months old on christmas day. he is crawling everywhere and pulls himself up on stuff sometimes. he loves the mexican pots that we have on the floor by the tv. his favorite thing to do is to take the lids off and bang them on the pots. he is vocalizing and makes his opinion known to all! he is a blessing to us and we're so happy to have him in our life.
tom is loving working from home as he's been doing for the past year. it is so great to have him here. he only went on one trip this year, to washington d.c. way better than the away-time in the air force! he is aging graciously and looks awesome with his silvery grandpa hair!!
i just lay around and eat bon-bons all day while i soak up "days of our lives"! what a wonderful life! honestly though, there really does seem like there's a little less to do all day now that the kids are older. i try to find time to do some scrapbooking, and i make and sell greeting cards (let me know if you need some!) i've been canning more and i learned how to pressure can a few months ago. it's so fun! i did have a big surgery this year, and it was a very difficult recovery. i was hospitalized three times for complications before they finally found out i had mrsa and was on an antibiotic picc line for two weeks. scary times! i've finally healed up and am doing so much better.
that's our life this year in a nutshell. we are all healthy and strong and grateful for the lord's kindness and blessings. we are thankful for this holiday season and the chance we have to celebrate the birth of our lord and savior jesus christ. we're grateful for his sacrifice for us and that we can live with him again. we pray that he will bless all of you with the things that you need and with comfort and joy. merry christmas, everyone!!
this blog is doubling as my christmas letter again this year--what a great way to keep in touch...along with facebook! i spend far too much time on facebook for sure, but i really enjoy keeping up with and finding new friends.
we've had a busy year, just like you, i bet. we were blessed to welcome our first grandbaby in april. his name is braeden thomas hansen. he is a wonderful addition to our family, and we adore him! he is adam and amanda's first baby. they are living with us as they work to get out on their own. they are all healthy and strong, and will be welcoming braeden's baby brother in april!
adam is trying to find a job and wants to go to college. it's been a rough road for a while as far as jobs go, but we are optimistic. he enjoys being a daddy and is a good man. he's had a hard time growing up so fast but is doing well. he still loves singing and the theater. if you know anyone who can help him out, let us know!
emily is home from college until january when she will return. she wasn't sure if she would be able to return because she has an injury to her knee and almost needed surgery. luckily, she got an injection and hopefully that will help with her pain for a while. she will graduate in july with an associate's degree and will attend another university for her batchelor's degree. she is working at bath and body works and really likes it. she is so fun to have around and we'll miss her when she goes off to school again.
alex will be graduating from high school in june. he is working to clep out of an english class since there was no room in his schedule for it--too many music and band and choir classes! he is an amazing singer and tuba player. he made region level in both areas. he and evan were the first students at their new high school (it's three years old) to letter in two different activities. they both were pretty excited about that! alex is getting ready to play with a big group of tuba players at the riverwalk in a christmas festival. he looks forward to it each year. he's an awesome guy; the one all his friends come to when they need to talk. he will go to college locally until it is time to leave to be a missionary.
evan is keeping busy with band and all his other activities. he plays snare drum, and his drumline was named the top drumline in the state with an extra award for the snares. we were all so proud of them! he is going to be in the theater department's production of grease and he is looking forward to it very much. he is a good student and a great friend.
amanda is busy growing our newest grandbaby! she is quickly learning the ropes of being a mom to braeden. he's a handful now that he's getting around, and she is a wonderful mother to him. she's growing more everyday, and we feel blessed to have her in our family and mothering our grandchildren.
braeden will be eight months old on christmas day. he is crawling everywhere and pulls himself up on stuff sometimes. he loves the mexican pots that we have on the floor by the tv. his favorite thing to do is to take the lids off and bang them on the pots. he is vocalizing and makes his opinion known to all! he is a blessing to us and we're so happy to have him in our life.
tom is loving working from home as he's been doing for the past year. it is so great to have him here. he only went on one trip this year, to washington d.c. way better than the away-time in the air force! he is aging graciously and looks awesome with his silvery grandpa hair!!
i just lay around and eat bon-bons all day while i soak up "days of our lives"! what a wonderful life! honestly though, there really does seem like there's a little less to do all day now that the kids are older. i try to find time to do some scrapbooking, and i make and sell greeting cards (let me know if you need some!) i've been canning more and i learned how to pressure can a few months ago. it's so fun! i did have a big surgery this year, and it was a very difficult recovery. i was hospitalized three times for complications before they finally found out i had mrsa and was on an antibiotic picc line for two weeks. scary times! i've finally healed up and am doing so much better.
that's our life this year in a nutshell. we are all healthy and strong and grateful for the lord's kindness and blessings. we are thankful for this holiday season and the chance we have to celebrate the birth of our lord and savior jesus christ. we're grateful for his sacrifice for us and that we can live with him again. we pray that he will bless all of you with the things that you need and with comfort and joy. merry christmas, everyone!!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
catchin' up!
well, it's been an interesting past two months. august came and went in a blur. we had tom's birthday and our 25th anniversary to celebrate. adam and amanda got us a weekend at the marriott hill country resort and it was so nice. we were lazy and spoiled and it was awesome!! The boys started school; alex is a senior and evan is a junior. it's crazy...our high school days are almost over. it's really hard to believe. the boys are doing well this year and enjoying their activities.
football season has begun and that makes me very happy!! i live for football season. we go to all the high school games (go johnson!) and watch the college games (go hogs, sooners, yellowjackets, cougars, etc!) and watch the occasional nfl team (go rams, colts, etc.). my favorite is college ball. who am i kidding?? i love it all!
we have an announcement to make. we are going to be grandparents again!! adam and amanda are expecting their second baby in march. that means the baby and braeden will be 11 months apart. those of you who have had close babies (adam and emily are 16 months apart and alex and evan are 14 months apart) know what joy she has to look forward to!! she has been really lucky and hardly been sick at all. praying for a healthy baby (girl i hope!).
braeden is almost crawling. he rolls wherever he wants to go now. he is so cute and so funny. we are blessed to have him in our lives.
well, just a quick update to let you all know we're still around. still dyin' in the texas heat! we're all finally healthy if you don't count the occasional sore throat. we're loving life and each other. i'm going to try and find some new pictures to post on here to keep everyone up to date. until then, we love you all!!
football season has begun and that makes me very happy!! i live for football season. we go to all the high school games (go johnson!) and watch the college games (go hogs, sooners, yellowjackets, cougars, etc!) and watch the occasional nfl team (go rams, colts, etc.). my favorite is college ball. who am i kidding?? i love it all!
we have an announcement to make. we are going to be grandparents again!! adam and amanda are expecting their second baby in march. that means the baby and braeden will be 11 months apart. those of you who have had close babies (adam and emily are 16 months apart and alex and evan are 14 months apart) know what joy she has to look forward to!! she has been really lucky and hardly been sick at all. praying for a healthy baby (girl i hope!).
braeden is almost crawling. he rolls wherever he wants to go now. he is so cute and so funny. we are blessed to have him in our lives.
well, just a quick update to let you all know we're still around. still dyin' in the texas heat! we're all finally healthy if you don't count the occasional sore throat. we're loving life and each other. i'm going to try and find some new pictures to post on here to keep everyone up to date. until then, we love you all!!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
summer's almost gone!!
well, our summer days are at an end, i'm afraid! the boys have started band camp, three practices a day, and to me that means the lazy days have come to an end. not that this summer has been a blast; on the contrary, it is probably one of the worst summers we've had. no season passes to six flags; no vacations to the coast; not too much fun at all. i had a hysterectomy on june 16, and since then have been back in the hospital three times for complications. i'm now on i.v. antibiotics twice a day to try to kill a mrsa infection. they had to re-open my incision on one of those hospital visits (i won't even mention how they deadened the area and didn't wait for it to take effect before they started cutting), so i had to be on a machine called a wound-vac to help it heal. i was on it for four weeks and just got done with it last friday. that has given me much-needed freedom to move around and actually live like a person again. now we're doing a much smaller dressing on the wound, which has shrunk in size to about four inches when before it went from my belly button to my pelvic bone. so, progress is being made, slowly but surely. i'm just grateful the doctors were able to find out what the infection was and i'm grateful there is a cure, albeit just one cure, to get rid of it. what blessings i have received in my time of great physical pain and emotional suffering. i'm grateful to heavenly father for that.
i'm also grateful that my mom was able to come and stay with me for two months while i tried to heal. she was such a great blessing to have around. she gave me comfort and fed me and took care of me. she was amazing! as was tom, whose had to do all the "dirty" jobs of changing my dressings twice a day and administering my i.v. drugs twice a day. all without any complaints! i'm so glad he's mine!!
the good news is that adam and amanda and braeden moved back in with us!! i am so happy to have them around. the house is crowded, especially with emily home from college, but most of the time things run smoothly and are great. i love having my grandbaby here. he is growing so fast! he is three months old and is laughing and "talking" and so much fun! he hates being on his tummy so he probably will never crawl!!
i am really enjoying having emily home. she spent the first week she was back teaching a color guard camp in brownsville, so she enjoyed that. now she's back with us and is looking for a job. it's like old times!
i forgot to mention that adam is working at the j.w. marriot hill country resort and spa. you should google it; it's HUGE!! and expensive!! he's okay with the work but likes the pay. i'm glad he has a job in this economy.
overall, things are great with us and we are really blessed. i can't wait 'til football season starts so we can go to all the games with the kids. and i love watching college and pro football on t.v. i'm counting the days!!
well, nothing else exciting is going on. we're just trying to live our best with what god has given us, and being grateful for his blessings. looking forward to a busy year!! :)
i'm also grateful that my mom was able to come and stay with me for two months while i tried to heal. she was such a great blessing to have around. she gave me comfort and fed me and took care of me. she was amazing! as was tom, whose had to do all the "dirty" jobs of changing my dressings twice a day and administering my i.v. drugs twice a day. all without any complaints! i'm so glad he's mine!!
the good news is that adam and amanda and braeden moved back in with us!! i am so happy to have them around. the house is crowded, especially with emily home from college, but most of the time things run smoothly and are great. i love having my grandbaby here. he is growing so fast! he is three months old and is laughing and "talking" and so much fun! he hates being on his tummy so he probably will never crawl!!
i am really enjoying having emily home. she spent the first week she was back teaching a color guard camp in brownsville, so she enjoyed that. now she's back with us and is looking for a job. it's like old times!
i forgot to mention that adam is working at the j.w. marriot hill country resort and spa. you should google it; it's HUGE!! and expensive!! he's okay with the work but likes the pay. i'm glad he has a job in this economy.
overall, things are great with us and we are really blessed. i can't wait 'til football season starts so we can go to all the games with the kids. and i love watching college and pro football on t.v. i'm counting the days!!
well, nothing else exciting is going on. we're just trying to live our best with what god has given us, and being grateful for his blessings. looking forward to a busy year!! :)
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