Hanson Crew

We replaced our 5 year old propane gas grill this past weekend. It was rusted out and not starting very good. We splurged a little and got a Stainless Steel Infrared grill. It is supposed to cook more evenly. We also were excited to hook this one up to the natural gas hookup on our house that was on the patio. So no more propane trips! It is supposed to save some money too. We cooked some steaks on Sunday, and they were amazing! We are planning to grill more now that this one is more dependable :)

While the kids ran through the sprinkler yesterday, I worked on a small painting project I have been putting off for awhile. I am very pleased with how it turned out. My bedroom is all coming together and this part only cost $7 :)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...and in 3D!

We have been working on our kitchen update for some time now. We hired someone to cover all the interesting layered wallpaper we found, we painted, put new lights, put new flooring, new windows, and now we finished up the cabinet work. Our friend Aaron stained them the color of our kitchen table. We also bought some new hardware for them all, which really made the new stain pop more. Here is a before picture of the kitchen when we first moved in... And here are some pictures of the "new" cabinets...we are very happy with the way they turned out! One day we hope to update the counter tops and add a backsplash . Our next project is the hall bathroom floor, we are going to attempt to lay tile for the first time...

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My best friend Lisa and her family were Carol's photographers for the wedding. So they were able to make the trip a vacation and a work trip all in one. We got to spend one day hiking with them and drove up to a summit together (plus we still could talk each day like we do here and hang out when we could). Lisa was also kind enough to fix our hair for the wedding, which is always a huge treat since we are not too hair savy and Lisa does such a good job. Today, Nate posted some of his Rocky National Park pictures on his blog . You will have to go check it out - they are really good and should be postcards...here are a few of our pics with them in Colorado together. We are looking forward to our annual Minneapolis trip with them in Oct, no kids that time though :) The slideshow I have been promising of our trip is still coming - the laptop took a quick trip to Las Vegas and just made it back. All the pics were on there.We have some good scenery shots as well as some good family...

Woke up a little late and got the kids ready to go Took Caleb and Joshua to school by 9:30 (well, maybe a little after) - by school, I mean the home of my good friend Lisa who has graciously decided to help them with handwriting, reading and anything else they shouldn't forget by fall twice a week! Hung out with my best friend and printed some family pictures she took before CO Picked up the boys and headed to meet some friends for lunch at McDs Played and hung out there for a little while and jumped back in the car Drove a long way to a Kohl's down south where we had a free $10 card to and bought some Food Network tongs for $2 Drove another half hour to Cabella's (a different way home but still on the way by the store) Toured the aquarium, animal statues and all the other "manly" things we all desire someday to own - the boys are thinking a boat... Drove back home to put our new tongs to work on our new waffle maker Ate breakfast for dinner, followed by homemade ...