Hanson Crew

Jonathan got to know a very pretty and very sweet girl this year at our weekly bible study at church. Caleb and Jonathan were the only "regulars" at the childcare each week. There was 2 nursery workers, Lois and Katey. Katey is 16 I think and very pretty. Both boys were spoiled rotten during these 2 hours days because they each basically got a one on one friend the whole time....Jonathan immediately started talking about her at home. We thought it was pretty cute how he would go up to both of them at church and wave really big and want them to pick him up. But, recently I have noticed something else he is doing....every time he sees a picture of a pretty young girl or one in person, he yells "Katey!" And with a huge smile on his face like he has been waiting to see her for along time! I had to tell her a couple weeks ago that he does this because it really is adorable. She will be leaving in a week for a year and he is going to really miss hugging her each w...

The kids and I managed to get out of our house yesterday in John's car and drive down the street to our neighborhood sledding hill (it was just too cold to walk). It worked out perfectly because only Ashlyn and Joshua really wanted to do it so Caleb and Jonathan could stay warm in the car. I snuck in and got warm too sometimes...the hill is HUGE, which is probably why Caleb opted out this time...it is really hard to walk back up. But man it is sure fast to go down - it took them 11 seconds in this video...I filmed with my camera phone so the quality isn't the greatest...they look like little dots at the bottom of the hill because it is so big. We got more snow last night so we might go back today or Friday....Enjoy the clip!

Here is John when he was a baby...and yes, this is what all four of our children looked like at this same age! Very serious toddlers with curly hair (only we cut our boys' hair, Poor John!)...maybe he's not smiling because of his hair! Ha!!..... Here is a picture of the typical John I know...not very serious at all...all those locks have fallen out now and he uses a towel for hair! We love you hun , Happy 32 nd Birthday!

Ever since we moved into this house I have been wondering what to do with my bedroom ceiling. It is a really big room and has a huge vaulted ceiling. The bad this is that there is crown molding in the flat middle part of the ceiling, but not around the room where the ceiling begins (and slants to the middle). We hope to one day add crown molding there, but not anytime soon. The entire white ceiling has the bubbles on it or crackles or whatever you call that 70s stuff they spray everywhere. Anyway, I thought originally that I would paint the inside of the molding part (the flat part) a color. I just didn't know what color. The room would basically be blue, have a white slanted stripe, and then some colored square on the ceiling. After much thought and countless nights staring at all the white, I came up with a new idea. I decided to paint the slanted part the brown color of master bathroom color and leave the flat ceiling portion inside the molding white....I am excited about...

Well one thing Kearney really has going for them is their snow removal process. I can remember only a couple hours after the snow stopped snowing how quickly the roads were plowed. Kansas City is quite the opposite story. This snow storm was a little worse than the last one we had in Kearney, but I don't remember the side roads being like this there ever. Unfortunately, our street can only be accessed from the main roads from 3 hills. That means no matter which way you come to our house, you have to go down a huge hill...in normal weather, that is not a problem. But in this weather, it makes it interesting to LEAVE our house. Most cars or vans that have attempted it this weekend and rolled back down and turned around (but not all - those experienced drivers fly up the hill). Those with 4WD have no problem. They have plowed once I think, but only around all the parked cars somehow that appeared everywhere in front of our house. We have one car (my Durango) with 4WD and hav...

Since we have been snowed in most of the weekend (which we love!), Ashlyn and I decided to sneak away from the boys for a few hours....they have been enthralled in our new Star wars Wii game anyway. We wore our new brown snow boots we both got for Christmas and matching outfits :) It was a lot of fun....then we went to see The Blind Side and the grocery store. It was a great fun day just us girls!