BLECCA

Baby Blecca Pregnancy- Grow Baby Grow

2011-08-24T13:30:00.001-07:00

this might be hard to make out for you at first, but if you look at the really white part, that is his forearm and hand. then to the left of the white part is his face with his little nose, eyes, and mouth. He is all snuggled in there!

23 weeks when we found out it was a little guy in there!!! I was serioulsy stunned. I was so sure it was a little girl! not the first time I've been wrong and most likely not that last either!

This was back on Mother's Day. I was so happy thinking about how next year I wont be holding my belly I will actually be holding my baby boy.

34 weeks right before my Friends/Family baby shower! it was such a blast. they did one really fun thing where everyone that came decorated a onesie for me. Needless to say I have a LOT of onesies!!

34 weeks in my Nursing Scrubs

26 weeks

21 weeks- POP! he's getting bigger and so am I!

18 weeks of loving in the oven

18 weeks - This was right around Jamie's and David's wedding

13 weeks- the first belly photo

Challis - Fourth of July weekend

2010-08-18T21:43:00.000-07:00

rox on the way to challis, she was tired
4th of July parade!

go hunter go!!!

eden

avery

Tori after I helped her get her tooth out!

family auction

saying good bye to my avery girl...leaving for chicago..I'll miss you!

the Rex fam +me

my wonderful parents

benjamin, willard, freeman, lillie, and avery enjoying gumballs in Stanley

me and katie!!!

the boys, blair stop pinching carter!

beautiful women

avery and tavie

me and the blondies

me and Ga (no more pictures!)

Thea Grace

2010-08-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

This is our newest niece Thea Grace, old pictures, but we had to show her off

Boxie Roxie

2010-05-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

She loves to fetch!! She will start with one toy and go through them all until she is properly worn out. Even all the balls (they are different colors and therefore a different toy)

cutest puppy face with the ears and everything

so little

She love's Blair

not so little anymore

So Blair and I got a puppy back in January while I was studying for the NCLEX. Her name was Daisy and we could tell that she didn't like it, and we didn't like it....so she was renamed to Roxie. She kept me company while Blair was in Montana for a few weeks, and she kept me up all night the night before my big test (I was not so happy about that). Anyway we love her and she's been a blast to have. Here are some pics of her. She is Boxer and Husky mix. She is now 7 months old and about 42lbs.

oregon coast!

2010-05-17T20:04:00.001-07:00

yaquina head lighthouse

the view from the top

the staircase...still all original

pretty tough

apparently japanese crabs can be 13ft long...who knew?

the fish are posin for the picture

in Newport at the tide pools, we found lots of starfish, crabs, and anemones

we tried to spin cookies on the sand....darn that stability control

checkin out the sea life

shipwreck off Hammond....close to the goonies!

connie's caddy on the beach (we put new tires on my car, which apparently are wider than my old ones, so when we got all loaded up, they Rubbed! needless to say, Connie let us borrow her car and we showed it the time of it's life!)

giant seaweed

so, last year Blair and I took an amazing trip to the Oregon Coast, so I decided..Hey this should be a Tradition!, so so here is our second annual Oregon coast trip. Jared and Becky drove up to Spokane and went with us. We all had a great time.

spokane-portland-hammond-astoria-seaside-lincoln city-cannon beach-tillamook-newport

Disney on Ice

2009-11-30T12:19:00.000-08:00

Kalle and Joey with their loot

Kalle and Aunt Becca

Meredith and I (the aunts) took Joey and Kalle on a date to Disney on Ice this past week. They had soo much fun! Kalle dressed up like Cinderella and was quite the princess. Joey loved the Cars portion and Kalle loved the Little Mermaid.

Last Weekend of Wakeboarding for the Year......goal achieved!!!

2009-09-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

Every time we go wakeboarding Kalle asks if I want to pretend to be a pirate with her. This time our buried treasure was Kalle's favorite snack....Cheetos. We have a fun time mixing fairytales and pirating with wakeboarding.

Blair getting some sweet air

good water!

Captain and First Mate (Tysen)

here is Kalle girl and her dad. She loves it.

This summer I really wanted to land an Indy Grab. I hadn't tried at all last summer, mostly because I didn't feel like I was getting enough air to even attempt one. But the last few times we have gone, Blair has said that I'm getting high enough that I can do it. So....I tried, and after a few attempts....VICTORY!!!! It's nothing grand or remarkable, but an achievement just the same. I was pretty stoked. It was a pretty great day.

(notice the grin and the waving arm...such a cheerleader)

Biking in Cd'A

2009-08-28T13:14:00.001-07:00

we went for a bike ride with Blair's sibilings and our nieces and nephews a couple weekends ago. We had a lot of fun. It was downhill the whole way into the lake.....and uphill the whole way back...which pretty much was a killer! Here's us at the halfway point for the ride. it was windy and started to rain on the way back. Quite the adventure!
My Main MEN

Me and Lukie (windy, you can tell by the bangs!)

Lukie was loving the ride.

at the beginning, before the butt burn

Happy Birthday to me! (oh ya, and America too!!)

2009-07-08T21:25:00.000-07:00

This picture pretty much sums up our entire weekend, so I thought I would start with it! There were so many smiles, so much love, and so much chaos, it was great!!!

Eden and I put our makeup on together the last morning I was there. She kept saying

"I need more lips!"

Katie and I right before we dug into the awesome chocolate cake Katie made me!

Barbara enjoying the perks of being a grandma, but not at the same time :)

Barbara is one of my family's oldest and dearest friends. She has definitely inherited some baby holding rights!

Georgia Belle chillin with her Uncle Blair

Eden is eyeing Jared in this picture, seconds before she nails him in the nose! They were just teasing, but she got him pretty good!

Naomi enjoying her sparkler! On Saturday she ran up to me right after I woke up and gave me a huge kiss and said "That was your birthday kiss, cause its your birthday Aunt Becca" (it was really cute!)

on Sunday we had the opportunity to go to the blessing of our newest nephew Dean Abram. He's a sweetheart. Here he is with his sister Tavie.

Eden's first sparkler. Last year she was just a little to young to hold it.

Georgia on mama's (Hannah's) shoulder, after a long day of fun, little does she know that she is only minutes from being woken up by screaming firecrackers

Pajama time on the porch swing. Eden's got the best hair!

Georgia and I at the Fourth of July Parade in good ole Challis, Idaho!

Blair and I drove to Challis for the Fourth and had a really great time. A lot of my family was there including some of the most beautiful little girls you've ever seen before! We had a blast playing together and catching up! You've gotta love family!

Our Third Anniversary....can you believe it!

2009-06-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

We went to the Melting pot for our anniversary on Tuesday. We had soo much fun. The food was so good and the whole setting was really fun and entertaining. We had lobster, filet, sirloin, pork, chicken, and shrimp! They bring out chunks of all this meat for you to cook at your table and then they have 8 dipping sauces to try them all with. SOOOOOO GOOD! We had turtle fondue for dessert (chocolate and caramel) and had all the yummy fruit and cake to dip it in. Needless to say it was awesome and we were full. Blair got me a beautiful coral colored leather HOBO international clutch for my present, and I got him a new wallet and a wakeboarding ballast pump. We made out like bandits!

Bye Durango..No don't Cry..It's not you, It's me

2009-04-28T19:02:00.001-07:00

Feel bad for me, really :(

Well, sadly, we have moved on. We sold the Durango yesterday. It was soooo sad! I cried, I'm not gonna lie. A guy in the valley bought it for his 16 year old daughter, and all I could think about was how many things she was going to run into. Poor Durango. These are the final pictures of our Durango...Now on to the new love I guess

Portland and the Oregon Coast

2009-04-05T16:14:00.000-07:00

Blair and I decided to take a weekend and go to the coast. It worked out perfectly because Gonzaga was playing in Portland the day we were headed to the coast. Blair did some business in Hood River on the way and then it was fun from there on out! We had such a good time and are excited to do it again!! Monstrous Wave!

This is one of my favorite pictures from our trip. The second night we stayed in this place called the Looking Glass Inn that was right on the water in Lincoln City. We went out to the water and watched all the sea lions play. It was fun. A dog actually chased a few of them!

Our first dayin Oregon we went to the Gonzaga vs. Akron game. It was really fun and we got pretty good seats too! We were in a litte cluster of Gonzaga fans.

Victory! Too bad it only lasts so long.

our first night in Portland we walked around down town and had some good food! We stayed at a hotel on the river (a very water-themed vacation).

Here is me and one of my good friends Abe. We were buddies ever since middle school! it was really great to spend some time with him. He showed Blair and I around Portland and had lunch.

ooooooo the Cheese!!! Tillamook! Blair's pretty much favorite food is Cheese.

what a perfect place for both of us, because my favorite thing to eat is Ice Cream!

is that a Cullen in the trees?!?

Cape Kiwanda (sooo beautiful)

Here's Blair on our way up the coast to Cannon Beach.

Light House at Cape Mearse

gigantic seaweed! EWww!

it was windy, but beautiful

Here is the Haystack rock on the coast at Cannon Beach. We found this great little townhouse to stay in and loved the town and the water. We stopped at Pacific City on the way up and would have no problems with visiting there again. it was unbelievable!

Carter is Home!!!

2009-03-03T20:03:00.000-08:00

Thank you all for keeping the Rex Family in your prayers!! Their sweet little one got to go home with them on Sunday. Avery is loving him and loving being a big sister. I'm so excited for them and its so wonderful!! We love you Rex Family!!!

ok...so its been forever

2009-02-23T18:53:00.000-08:00

here we are freezing in Twin Falls at the bridge. it was sooooo windy and cold!!!

Here is miss Tavie Lynn. She's such a cute girl! she loves this book called "I love you stinky face" and she had it while we were there in Twin Falls. She kept telling Blair to read her "stinky face" it was really cute.

as many others can admit, we love Wii. We stopped at Sarah and Evan's home on the way back from Arizona. We ended up having a really great time with them. Blair was the tennis champion, sarah the bowling champ, Evan the golf champ, and me boxing...we all had our moment of fame.

amazingly we are snuggled and watched horton hears a who. Avery is my buddy, but if her mom is around she would much rather snuggle her, so its pretty impressive that we got all comfty!

Avery and I kept playing under the table. Avery is so funny. she is the happiest little girl you will ever meet.

Here is Avery donned in her Bobby's (aunt becca) hat and scarf. I'm not sure if I said this before, but Avery named me Bobby. While I was there over Christmas she did not want to call me Aunt Becca. Instead she named me Bobby. Even when Abby would point to me and say "aunt Becca", Avery would correct her with a smile and say "Bobby". One day Hannah and I stopped over to hang out for a while and Avery got sooo excited. She looked back and forth between us saying "Bobby, Ha, Bobby, Ha" it was great. (she calls hannah, Ha)

Elyse just chillin on uncle Blair's new long board

This is Alec. he's a kick! We love him so much!

For Christmas Blair and I stayed in Spokane and had Christmas out at the Roland home in Post Falls. I flew the day after Christmas down to California and spent a week with my family. While I was flying Blair drove his Aunt and Mom to Arizona where he hung out for the week. We met back up together in Pheonix and made the long drive to Spokane. We hit some pretty crazy snow storms, but we made it home alright. It was so wonderful to see family. We even stopped in vegas and saw Grandma and Aunt Donna. it was wonderful. We hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and holiday season.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-22T20:11:00.000-08:00

Blair, Me, Becky and Jared. We were so glad to have Jared and Becky come visit us for Thanksgiving. We had a really great time with them here. We love them very much!

Although this picture is fun and cute, this did not end well! Britton got his little hand caught under the pipe as he pulled back to shoot the cork. poor Britton

The girls kept fighting over Britton. He was the new "boy" it was great!

Here's Blair carving the turkey. we had two turkeys. Kreg deep fried one and then we cooked the other. needless to say, they were amazing

Hunter Hanson and Tysen Shelby. They are only one day apart. they were so cute lying on the ground with eachother. they kept getting their arms caught around eachother

My homemade Marshmallows. This year I decided to make some fun shapes. The hearts fit perfectly in a hot cocoa cup! (I made them especially for Jared)

Mile High Apple Pie-- This recipe is a winner

Chocolate Meringe Pie.

It was pretty good

Home again Home again

2008-11-18T09:25:00.000-08:00

My dad had knee surgery a couple weeks ago so I went down to play nurse. He did really well with his surgery and is recovering great!

Avery kept striking a pose. she was hilarious

here she is wearing my hat. she liked it

"cheeeese"

avery and me

Abby and Avery (the mom). Abby is pregnant with their second. they are having a boy!

here's "Ha" and avery. Avery calls her aunt hannah "Ha"

Avery as a bumble bee

getting her cheeks done

avery going through hannah's purse

the Rex family!

Pumpkins and Apples at Greenbluff

2008-10-28T18:14:00.001-07:00

Alec up in the ladder eating apples

Here's Reece trying to pull the girls in the wagon. He soon turned around and asked Blair if he would keep pulling the girls and the apples. Reece is one of the sweetest kids I know.

Here's Reece and his uncle Blair

We are under a tent hiding from the rain. It kept sprinkling on and off. Truly a fall day

Kiersten, Kalle, Kreg, and Baby Tysen (the shelby family)

Emmy and Aunt Becca

Luke. He kept trying to roll the pumpkins, making his own stash of good ones

Emmy and Elyse loving the apples

Ly-see bug is Kyndra's and Aaron's youngest. She's hilarious. She can hardly muster a smile, but when you get one its totally worth it.

Kalle sharing her pumpkin with me

Alec picking out his favorite pumpkins!

Every fall we go to GreenBluff and pick apples and pumpkins. We have famouse pumpkin donuts and walk around the orchard with nieces and nephews on foot and in the wagon. This year was a lot of fun. I even made an apple pie after.

Blair's Real Backroll

2008-09-20T19:58:00.000-07:00

You will have to excuse the screaming and yelling in the background, the passengers in the boat couldn't contain themselves.

Rolands, Rogers, and a Hanson

2008-09-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

me and my lovely sisters! I'm so glad that they came to visit me!!! I love you guys!!!

Here's Tavie already pretending she's younger.

here's Hannah, she met her objective that weekend to go across the wake all the way, toe side.

here she is, she' couldn't get enough.

the Rogers Family. Tavie loved being on the boat. She kept saying "my boat, my boat"

Sarah and Hannah before Blair flipped them

Here's Hannah Wake Surfing.

Hannah, Sarah, Evan, and Tavie all came to visit! we had a really good time! We went camping at Lake Roosevelt and went wakeboarding and waterskiing all weekend. We had tons of smores and hotdogs too. Tavie loved the marshmallow "moshmalo"

Cheers to you Sandra Lee

2008-09-10T21:49:00.000-07:00

So I watched the food network a while ago and saw Sandra Lee make corn dogs, didn't look too hard. Well as many of you know the Spokane County Fair is going on and rather than get ripped off ($5) for a corn dog, We decided to make our own.... ps...they rocked!

You should definetly try this at home!

Wakeboarding Mania

2008-09-10T21:35:00.000-07:00

I thought this was a pretty cool picture that kiersten took of me in the water. the water looks really rad with all the old pilings sticking out. You can even see my pink toe nails :)

This is my "air" silhouette. Abby this could be you if you and Brian come visit!

Blair's latest backroll attempt. He's soo CLOSE!!! he's going so BIG!

So we pretty much can't get enough of wakeboarding. The water is starting to get cold, which is pretty sad, but we are making the best of the time that we have. We have been able to spend some time with family on the boat this summer and its been great! (blair is totally going to land the backroll this week!!!)

Hunter Indiana

2008-09-10T21:24:00.001-07:00

This is the little man after the blessing. He did so well!!! and so he's so handsome
Here's Blair holding Hunter

Very happy grandparents

The Hanson Family II

Britton, Becky, Hunter, and Jared

We are so excited to have another nephew. Here's us with Hunter at Jared and Beck's beautiful home!

For labor day we drove to Idaho and stayed with the family in Challis. Jared and Becky were blessing their son and it was wonderful. Dad, Mom, Sarah, Evan, Tavie, and us were all able to be there from our side of the family.

Who knew Jared could have a hand in making cute babies hehehe. (thank goodness for Becky :))

Two New Nephews

2008-08-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad (Kiersten and Kreg Shelby)

proud Aunt and Uncle

Here's me holding Baby Tysen. He was so cute!!

Blair holding Tysen. Tysen got the hiccups while Blair was holding him.

Tysen Blaine was born on Sunday and weighed 8lbs. I'm not sure how long he was, but he's a good looking baby.
We weren't sure what he was going to look like, but he doesn't have red hair like his sister, his hair is more like Kreg's. We are really excited for them!!!

Jared and Becky had their second on Monday! Becky gave birth in like 2 hours, she's a freakin stud! They named their little guy Hunter Indiana Hanson. He was 7lbs 14oz and 20in long. we can't wait for pictures of him!!!

Bob the Builder and Skiing

2008-07-15T12:55:00.000-07:00

so blair and I were at Lowes and saw these cool planter boxes. They wanted 40$ per box, so blair and I looked at eachother and he said "we can make that!" so we bought the wood and put our newly purchased router to the test. Blair did most of the work, I was more of a "construction" helper. blair stained the 2 boxes when he was done so I will take some pics of them with my tomato plants (once I get a tomato!!!)

Blair loves handy-man work, and he's pretty good at it!!!

Me and My Ski

you see that chop!? I got hosed on the water selection :)

this is my first ski this year, with my new ski that Blair got me for our anniversary.
the water was really cold (the water was 58 degrees), so I wore my shorty. the water is great now though! Blair's really excited that I'm enjoying something he loves to do.

The Fourth!!! I'm 22!!

2008-07-10T21:43:00.001-07:00

the manly sport of rubberband-airplane flying

Man she's cute, both mom and baby!

Me, Sarah, and Becky....o yeah Becky's pregant :). She's due in a few weeks! Go baby Hunter!

Jared and Beck got me some mike and ikes for my birthday, so I was gladly sharing with the kids who thought they would look really good all over my white frosted cake

Blair was on sparkler duty and the kids were keeping him busy asking "can I have two uncle blair?"!

Nomi and her sparkler

you see that taffy in Eden's hand? Well, being the aunt I am, I fed it to her piece by piece. of course she's got to have some taffy, its the fourth of July parade!!! psst... don't tell Katie

Baby Eden enjoying the fire works. Apparently she wanted to sit alone

This is Veronica's newest addition, Benjamin, who Tavie kindly named "Bean". He really liked Blair. He would back into him to have Blair pick him up. it was pretty cute.

Aunt Donna rocks, of course, and got us all sorts of fun things to play with. Here is Evan and Jared trying to teach Britton how to use the rubber band airplane. I tagged Sarah with it 3 times ( I have great aim)

Tavie and Naomi with sparklers. We started early with the fireworks. We had a lot of sparklers to burn through!!!

This is Thank you in sign language from our cute niece, Eden

we hope everyone is having a great summer, I know we are.
not the best picture, but a fun one!!

Pre-anniversary and James

2008-06-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

My best friend James came to visit for one day and stayed for three! She lives in Seattle right now, which isn't too far, but she might come and stay the summer here in Spokane which would be fabulous!!! We had such a good time together.

HO Siren Gloves

Our Anniversary (2yr) is on June 16th, but Blair couldn't hide my present from me, so he gave it to me early. He was so excited to give me the ski gloves and the Ski. he said "Its a great ski, and its girly, just for you" it was really cute. He is so excited for me to ski in the mornings with him. He's really good, and I'm just learning. I rode on Kariann's ski last year and just loved it. So now I'm a ski"er"!

Wiley Boots

my Ski and Me

HO Esprit

Wakeboarding and Water Skiing on Memorial Day

2008-06-01T11:07:00.000-07:00

The wake is HUGE! Here are some pictures of Blair and Kevin. We all went to Lake Roosevelt and froze in 58 degree water on memorial day. Although there are no pictures of me (because I was playing photographer), I did wakeboard and I did freeze my butt off. burrrr

Here's Blair's best friend Kevin (he and Blair toughed out the freezin water)

Here's Kevin Again

Here's some serious air

Here's Blair's first attempt at a tantrum this season. Good form, but didn't get enough pop!

3 Wheelin

2008-06-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

Alec riding with Connie (Grandma meme)

Here's Alec, He loved to ride that little 70. RC kept helping him

get over the little hill behind him.

Blair, Chad, Aaron, and Alec made the back property of the cabin a race way and had a lot of fun. It was fun to watch them, but Blair almost hit the shed (that twist throttle will get cha!)

Chad and Kariann's Cabin

2008-05-28T12:49:00.001-07:00

Alec rode around for hours, it was great. He was very independent, but really loved racing around with the "big guys"
get ready!

Kyndra- she took out the pepsi can!

Kariann's first shooting experience and she tore it apart with the 357

Blair helped her a little, but she did just great by herself!

Reese helping me out. He also helped find clays that didn't get shot! saved probably 15 of them.

Here I go, I was kickin trash until round 2, then Blair caught up and beat me

Tribute to Avery!

2008-05-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

I went to California last week as a suprise! it was so much fun. We went to Wicked, I read the entire Twilight series and got a little sun. It was fantastic. Here are some pictures from my trip. Mostly my beautiful niece Avery!!!

I'll put a couple more on later! Enjoy that happy smile!

The Things we do to wakeboard

2008-05-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

success! we are soo excited to start the season!

snow, just exactly where we need to drive

yes, that is two saw horses, a piece of plywood, a stump, and a tire (can you say resourceful)

Last weekend Blair and I drove up to Sandpoint, ID to get the Malibu. It was up at Chad's cabin in a shed. We got up there and had to shovel snow to get to the shed. That didn't take long and we were well on our way to getting the boat out when disaster struck. Blair had to get the door high enough to get the tower out smoothly so in an effort to open it, it came of the tracks at the top. This is after we have spent 10 minutes just to pry it open. So we both stood on the boat, me with a piece of wood holding the door up, and Blair with a screw driver trying to jam the wheel back on the track. So that took a little while, then as we get the boat out and are trying to get the door closed, the wire gets all messed up. These are pictures of our efforts, trying to get it down, up, and every other which way.... But success we have the boat!!!

Snowboarding in April

2008-04-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

At the Lodge
haha, I'm such an amatuer. This is only my 4th time going.
in another pick all of my weight is on my back legs (such a wakeboarder!!) its hard for me to get this whole snowboarding thing figured out!

Still smiling, this wasn't a bad crash, just a little cold

this it Kalle our niece. She is 2 and can ski like a champ. She kept telling our other brother-in-law who was just learning to ski like her. "watch Kalle, turn like Kalle". She always refers to herself in the 3rd person. its hilarious

Ok, This snow stuff has got to go! But I guess as long as its here, we'll make the best of it. We went snowboarding on the 5th and had a blast (other than my chest crushing, breath taking, head over heels crash). We went up to Sweitzer in Sandpoint Idaho and just boarded all day with some friends and family. We should be wakeboarding by now, but I guess we will have to wait a few weeks.

Blair was soo good and patient with me. I'm just learning so he went on the runs that I wanted to go on most of the time. Good husband!

Happy Birthday Blair!

2008-04-11T10:50:00.001-07:00

some of our friends that joined us that night.

yes, he actually stuck his finger in the cake

Cake #1- Red velvet with cream cheese frosting

Emmy and Elyse helping uncle Blair

This is Elyse and Blair on his actual birthday (sunday)
Cake #2- Texas Sheet cake

Blair's birthday was April 6th and he turned 25!! Craziness. Anyway, I wanted to suprise him this year. so I threw a suprise party for him on saturday. I told him that he needed to go to the store for me and get some things for sunday. while he was gone I called his brother and asked him to call me and ask him to come over for something. So Chad called Blair and said that his family was sick and they needed some gatorade. Chad stalled him just long enough for everyone to arrive at our house. it was really fun! Blair got new waterski gloves, a bag for his wakeboard, a new white hurly hat, some shorts, and about 100 golf balls. It all turned out great!

New Additions to Our Family!

2008-03-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Benjamin
Willard and Freeman

A car full of Blondies

Willard and Freeman are twins and just had a birthday. Their younger brother is Benjamin. They are now part of the Hodgson family and are sweethearts. We haven't met them yet but are excited to! Mom just sent me pictures from Veronica and I wanted to share them all with you. Now they have 4 Blondies!!! Our family just gets bigger!!! I love it!

AZ

2008-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

We went to Arizona this last week for spring break and it was a blast. It was warm and we just hung out by the pool and shopped all week. can you believe I didn't take one picture the whole time we were there? well believe it, cause I didn't!!! Today we got up and I looked out side, and it was a blizzard. So it was a great welcome back for us!!! We were in 80 degree weather all week and come back to snow!!! ridiculous!
Two of my sisters-in-law are having babies and they both just found out they are having boys! can you believe it!? its boy season!!! Its great that Jared's wife is having another boy, someone needs to carry on the Hanson name!

indulging brooke

2008-02-24T21:17:00.000-08:00

10 yrs ago: I was just 11, almost 12. I was in good old challis living at my grandparents because we were still building our house. I had all sorts a little buddies becky armbruster and I were pretty tight then, (I had just gotten to challis). I was friends with becky, amanda, brooke, kim, jamie and I hadn't really gotten tight yet I don't think. roger, michael, tyler, abe, brian, and tj were all my great guy buddies. Its funny because I stayed pretty close with almost all of them throughout highschool.
Things on my list of things to do today: nursing clinical at 6am, school project 3pm, pick out some furniture with Blair 5pm, and maybe make dinner, maybe!
3 of my bad habits: stressing is definetly #1, I always stress first and think later(sometimes good), it takes me days to fold the dang laundry! I let my mind race at night sometimes and tell Blair everything I have to do until he says sweetheart its going to be ok.(I guess that goes along with the stressing part)
Places I have lived: San Bernardino CA, good ole' Yankee Fork/Sunbeam ID, Challis ID, Stanley ID, Running Springs CA, Provo UT, and now I reside in Spokane WA (south hill)
Things most people don't know about me: I love to paint, I make cookies with my husband every week, I have 7 aggressive fish, I love shopping but can hardly ever get myself to buy something until I have wanted it and looked at it for a least a month, I love camping... there are probably a lot of other things, but that's a good list.

I want abby to do this!

White Bread Recipe

2008-02-24T21:04:00.000-08:00

2 packages of yeast (or 1 1/2 Tbsp)
1/2 c warm water
1 Tbsp sugar
mix these and let them stand

in a mixing bowl mix: w/ a dough hook
1 3/4 c hot tap water
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp honey (generous)
2 Tbsp oil
3 c Flour

then add yeast mixture and 3-3 1/2 more cups of more flour (add one cup at a time until the dough starts to pull away from the sides, that's when you know you have added enough)

knead the dough in the mixing bowl with the dough hook for 5 minutes on low
cover & let rise for 45minutes
Turn mixer back on, on low and beat the dough down again, just a few seconds
let rise again for 20 minutes
oil a board, knead, and divide the dough in half, shape it into 2 loaves and put into 2 greased loaf pans.
cover and let it rise again for 30-45 minutes (in the pans)

Bake @ 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
I know you have to let it rise a bunch, but its totally worth it! Its sooo good! enjoy!

Valentine's present!

2008-02-16T23:10:00.001-08:00

When Blair was a sophomore in high school his mom had a CTR ring made for him by Margie (who later did our wedding rings), Anyway Blair knew that I always really liked his CTR and that I didn't have one so he had Margie make me a ring similar to his. Blair tried to wait to give it to me on Valentine's day, but he couldn't, so I got it 2 days early.
here's Blair's

And here we are together. The present might seem cheesy, but I thought it was really thoughtful and sweet. I had no idea... the funny thing is, when he gave it to me he said I didn't have to get him a present because he was winning "his present" online, which I was completely unaware of. So I pretty much got off scott free for Valentine's day!

Blair's newest injury

2008-02-16T18:36:00.000-08:00

Blair sprained his ankle Tuesday night at his city league game. I was at home studying for some exams when Blair hobbled in the door with a huge lump on his ankle! It was soo swollen. My athletic training/student nursing skills were definetly used and needed. (one more reason why I'm happy to be going to nursing school. If my sons (whenever we have kids) are anything like Blair, they will be doing who knows how many crazy outdoor activities/sports, and I'll be ready with my gear!)
Day 1 (his toes were cold after I made him ice)
Day 2 (the bruising started)

Day 3 (still swollen)

Day 4 (you can't see it from this angle, but the bruising is all the way up to the middle of his calf and all over his toes. Good thing our Bishop is a pediatrist)

Bread!!!

2008-02-16T18:31:00.000-08:00

My wonderful mom spent days trying to make up a bread recipe that would fit in my kitchen aid. When she makes her bread it makes about 6 loaves and my kitchen aid will only make two. So yesterday morning she called very excited to give me the recipe, which I then tried out. We took a loaf over to Bart and Gretchen's house and ate about the whole thing with some butter and jam. It was so yummy! I'm really excited about the recipe. If anyone's interested in getting the recipe, I could hook you up.

Elyse- the girl was made for the camera

2008-02-16T18:19:00.000-08:00

This is our niece Elyse Lola. She just turned one and is a doll. Blair and I watch her and her older sister Emmie sometimes. They are such cuties. I used to have Elyse every sunday with me because her mom, Kyndra (my sister-in-law), was the primary president and I would help out.

Elyse loves her uncle Blair. She snorts and giggles everytime she see's him.

Its actually really cute!
She was dead on with her smile every time. It was so funny, everytime she saw the orange light come on she squinted and smiled. She knew what the light meant, it was great!

Nursing School

2008-02-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

What can I say about school....I love it, it's stressful, I love it, it's hard, did I mention I get anxious everytime I go to pathophysiology and pharmacology?!

Nursing school is great. I'm learing so much, and actually staying on top of things for the most part. I'm just trying to keep my head above water, which means I have to sometimes stay home while Blair is playing. Like today for instance, he is snowboarding and I've got 3 exams next week, so I'm at home on the couch with notes and books all around me. I'm loving my clinicals, they are really fun. I have had some great/crazy experiences already. My clinicals this semester are at a care center that is 40 minutes away at 6am. So I get up really early (something I haven't done since early morning seminary). Blair is sweet, he gets up shovels the drive way and starts my car for me right before I leave in the morning. He's being very supportive. He took a picture of me last week at 5am, so I'm sorry that my face is not the happiest, brightest thing in the world. Here you go Abs, enjoy!

New Years

2008-02-09T13:05:00.000-08:00

So its taking me forever to put pictures on here and update! I'm just really busy I guess and I probably should be studying right now too, but I wanted everyone to see what we have been up to. We had a blast with a bunch of our friends for New Years. They all came over and we watched the Gonzaga game, and played the newlywed game along with a "new year's resolution" game that was pretty fun. we had a pretty nice spread too. I made crab ragoons, southwestern egg rolls, fondue with cream puffs and fruit, and had some friends bring cheese, chips, and crackers. We also made huckleberry cream soda that was way yummy. It was a good night! Here's some people enjoying the food. Kiersten and Kreg brought cougar cheese from WSU, and it was way yummy!

This was our youngest party-goer, Brooklyn. She is just over a year old and is our friend's, Bart and Gretchen's, daughter. She is hilarious.

This is Courtney, and she loved the cream puffs. She and Matt(her husband) grew up with Blair. Matt was Blair's roommate at school in Utah. Courtney and Matt moved back up to Spokane this year, so we are glad they are here.

Here's most of the gang, with Blair on the computer trying to get good newly wed game questions.

Christmas at the Challis House

2007-12-30T17:53:00.001-08:00

Blair and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and hope you have a

wonderful new year! Here are some pictures we want to share with you!

Mom and I kickin butt at pool, mom rocked the house!

Brad and Hannah, who are now in Texas,

dang cowboys!

semi-annual shoot-off

Blair and I didnt bring our A-game

Grammy and the girls making a gingerbread house

Tavie ate the decorations off the house just as fast as they were put on

me and Naomi (nomi) playing with strawberrry shortcake,

who by the way smiles like strawberries.

Blair and I enjoying the kids! they were having so much

fun opening presents and throwing wrapping paper around.

we decided when we have kids we will just give them wrapping paper

and bows for christmas and us the real presents. they have more fun

with the paper than the toys!

Grandpa and Britton (look at those smiles!)

Sarah and Tavie getting warm by the fire

Tavie.... Huh?

poor nomi, so tired, but here's part of the Rowles family

Beautiful Tori, who by the way can spell/write both her

nickname and her full name

Nomi getting ready for the 10 degree weather!! she rode

the fourwheeler with me and spent the whole ride back facing/hugging me
because she was so cold!! she's just the cutest thing!

monkeys with a fudge covered face!

Lovin that squash

Eden sportin' her little mermaid pj's

Eden enjoying the glorious squash

The Jared Hanson Family

Britton Truckin' (Jared's and Becky's son)

Becky is pregnant with their second child and just looks beautiful!!!

The Roger's Visit

2007-12-09T18:11:00.000-08:00

Excited and ready for the ice skaters

Glorious Cheerios

Tavie was very content sitting on Blair's lap

and sharing her Cheerios

I'm not sure that Blair minded it very much either

We took them to the Davenport Hotel to look at all the Christmas

trees and decorations, and here is Tavie sitting next to Mr. Davenport

Blair and Evan weren't completely into the Ice Skating, but then

there were fireworks, flips, and fire breathing dragons.

So it wasn't so bad for them after all.
the sailors of the Little Mermaid were doing flips

The fire breathing Dragon

(name that disney movie!)

after the show ready to brave the snow!

It snowed the entire time they were here!!

Tavie's probably grabbing for her princess snowcone

once again, she has a problem with concentrating on the camera

Waving to Belle's dinner party

Sarah, Evan, and Tavie drove up to see us last weekend and we took them to Disney on Ice (mainly for Tavie). It was such a blast! Tavie was a kick! She was having so much fun, laughing and smiling, it was so great! She kept waving to all the princesses and clapped at just about everything. It was so much fun watching her loving it.

Avery Girl

2007-12-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

Pretty much the Hippest Chick around

She kept these on for a few minutes (until they fell off.)

Avery is just so freaking rad. She's got attitude and a good sense of style.

She's rockin in my black and pink Aubrey-Smith sunglasses!

I went to Cali to visit my family before thanksgiving and only managed to

muster up maybe 3 pictures! I know, what a dummy!

Thanksgiving Pie!

2007-12-07T11:07:00.000-08:00

Blair was proud of me too!

(k, I'm not pregnant, its just not a very flattering picture of me!)

So happy I didn't screw it up!

I made my first Chocolate Meringue Pie. It was yummy! I was really stoked about it, and it turned out really well! Blair and I spent Thanksgiving with his family here and we had a really nice time. Once again the turkey was huge!!! (30lbs). Last year someone set the turkey on the oven door for a moment and it ended up costing about $600 in repairs! This year poor Blair got burned from the juices while transporting the turkey, because the turkey was much too big for the pan! After a few laughs and lots of pie and football, the day turned out to be great!
I got this beautiful pie dish from Michelle Hunt as a bridal shower gift

along with the awesome pie crust recipe.

Here's to you Michelle!!

Nursing School

2007-11-30T14:29:00.000-08:00

I just got accepted into the Intercollegiate College of Nursing here in Spokane. I'm really excited! Some of you probably already know, but for those that don't, I want to share my excitement!!! I was having a crummy/sick day a couple of weeks ago and Blair came home with the mail and read my acceptance letter to me (I was instantly better of course), we then called about 6 of our friends to come celebrate by having dinner with us, but all of them had already eaten. Needless to say Blair and I had a celebration dinner at Wingers watching football. Good times :). I start at the nursing school in January and I'm sooo excited. Its going to be a blast!!!

Our Wedding

2007-11-04T19:48:00.000-08:00

Blair and I got married June 16, 2006 in the San Diego, CA Temple.

It was a beautiful day, and we had so many people there to support us.

After the wedding we spent 3 hours in traffic on the way to Ontario, making sure to make a stop at baskin robins. Blair even made an in n' out run for me. (what a good guy!)

we had the reception at the McCormick's house in Claremont (the next day) and it was so beautiful. the sky was so clear and it was the perfect temperature (no Smog!!!)

after that we went on the traditional 5 day cruise. it was killer.

its almost been a year and a half and we are so happy!

Pure Happiness

Blair's poor feet were melting, it was sooo hot in San Diego!!!
But, feel bad for me too, I had a huge slip on under that dress!

Of course you have to have a kissy picture

My Girls.
James was my maid of honor, she was amazing!!
all of the other girls, pregnant and not, were soo helpful. they made me a queen for two days!
it was incredible, and they looked stinkin cute!
and how cool was it for the temple to plant flowers that matched!;)

Campin Days '06

2007-10-26T21:26:00.001-07:00

After a long ride, Blair was pretty dirty!!

up a dusty trail

Of course, Hannah had to kill her 3-wheeler in the middle of the creek

but Blair was there to save her!

Blair and I love to camp!

After hours of choppin' wood

SUCCESS!!!

Greenbluff

2007-10-23T07:03:00.000-07:00

a big bite for a little girl!

Uncle Blair giving her a taste

Here's Avery in a pile of apples. She rode in the wagon, being

shaded by her dad, much like a princess in her chariot.

Little Rowles Girls

2007-10-16T17:22:00.000-07:00

Once again, my mother, and not my sister sent

me pictures of my nieces. Here they are in all their glory!

The first two Rowles girls

you can't help but smile when you look

at this picture!

What cuties (I'm not sure who the blondie on the right belongs too)
The newest addition to the Hanson Grandkids Hall of Fame

Eden Elizabeth Jo

Naomi, Eden, and Tori (silly little girls)

Tavie Girl

2007-10-13T12:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of our sweet niece Tavie, she's a doll!!! She is Sarah and Evan's first child and is just a sweetie. We love her! I'm not sure where these pictures were taken, i'm assuming Sarah and Evan's backyard. Tavie turned 1 in August and is really growing up!

just beautiful

look at that hair!

running through the leaves

a good sharer

What a little Angel

Blair and I have been really busy. Our last wakeboarding for the summer was about 3 weeks ago and it was pretty cold! Blair went water skiing this Tuesday (crazy kid) and said it was freezing! Now were getting ready for fall fun, camping, three-wheeling and what not. We have been to Green Bluff three times to pick apples and have loved it! We are both working and schooling pretty hard right now!

More Family Fun

2007-10-13T12:35:00.000-07:00

Here's me and Avery watching muttin' bustin', chillin in the sun!

Here are a couple more pictures of everyone coming to visit. We are sharing an elephant ear and a funnel cake

The Park

2007-09-24T09:37:00.000-07:00

Smelling the Flowers

Absolute Trust

the group minus Abs

Aunt Hannah protecting Avery from the Geese

Sneaking a leafy Snack

What's in your Mouth?!

Leaf Retrieval

Beautiful Baby

pretty flowers

Avery's grump face at the park

Family Fun

2007-09-18T10:18:00.002-07:00

This weekend my family flew/drove up to see us. We went to Greenbluff and picked lots of apples, which I later made into my FIRST apple pie (with the help of my sister). We spent a good part of Friday eating corndogs and watching Muttin' Bustin' at the fair. Then all ten of us went wakeboarding and water skiing! Exhausted and satisfied, we decided to go to the park for a quite afternoon on Sunday. We, by far had the most ducks/geese around us. They were everywhere! A frustrated female duck ran straight through us (almost taking me out at the legs), being chased by a heart broken, yet undiscouraged boy duck. After the bread crumbs were gone, and all the pie had been eatin, we played a mean game of balderdash and the victory was mine! Avery also got her first pedicure, which looked quite stunning with her new hot pink polo dress. All in all, the weekend was spectacular!