Thanksgiving Point!

Yesterday John and I went on a double date with one of my best girlfriends from CT!! We went to the corn maze at Thanksgiving Point and had a BLAST! Here are some pictures....

Sue and I were destined to be together forever.. :)

The HAY RIDE! It was SO much fun!

Mmmmm, we love corn. hehe

The Corn Box! I seriously dont think I've ever laughed so hard in my life! We played in this corn box for such a long time! hehe, even though we were the only adults that were actually PLAYING in the corn box. But all the kids started playing with us too. So that was fun!

THE COW RIDE! They had these cute little cow buckets that they pulled along with a tractor. hehe. Someone stole Sue's as she was taking a picture and so she had to share with Bremen! It was so funny!

The Pumpkin Christmas Tree, and Rosted Marshmallows! :)

After the night of fun was over we went to Wendy's for some grub. Oh how we love wendy's.

Vegas, Boys, Work, Friends, Family.....

Okay I have been informed that I definitely need to blog more, I do apologize because my camera broke a while ago, and so I couldnt take pictures for a while. But then I bought a new camera!! yay! And its so cute too, (its red) so I started taking a few pictures, then I lost my adapter for the computer, and once I found that I lost my camera! haha.

Anyway.
Vegas: So last time I left off we went to VEGAS! yay, I love Vegas! And I love all my little cousins that I get to play with! They're so adorable! We swam and played all day long! The twins were so much fun! I love love love babies! hehe. I was talking to Ryan the other day and he asked me how vegas was. I told him it was SO great, he asked what I did......hehe I told him I played with babies and little kids all day! haha. Thats why I go to Las Vegas, to play with the kids. I've only been to the strip once..maybe twice I dont remember. Nisha and Al are going to go with me sometime next year. Im pretty excited.

Boys: I've been dating this guy for a month now, his name is John Patten (JP for short). He's 22, RM-served in Hong Kong, and is now going to BYU. We met at a BYU dance. He has his minor in Business, and he's majoring in Chinese. He's also in the Airforce! ... Anyway, so we've been dating for a bit, and the other day I went to his missoin reunion.

(John's the one in the grey shirt sitting next to me.)
It was fun! We played ping pong for ever!! (Im so terrible at ping pong. haha.)
Anyway thats about it.

Work: Ellie and Nathan are AWESOME. Today was a little rough, Stephanie took Nathan to the doctor ALL day so it was just me and Elisabeth. We went swimming for about 2 hours and when we came home, she got super super moody and tired. Throwing the craziest tantrums, but its okay because now she's taking a nap.


However, yesterday we had a BLAST! Elisabeth was playing dress up and we played with Nathan. It was so much fun. One time Ellie walked over to the camera after I'd taken a picture, and when she saw the pic she was like, "Oh! You could post that on your blog!!"

Exact words! No joke!

I almost died, I was laughing so hard!!! She says the funniest things. I just love it!

Friends: The other day I went shopping with Dee to look at her wedding dress because Im doing her hair for pictures and the BIG DAY! ahhh!! We had so much fun! And I met her mom, she's super cute! I can totally see where Dee gets it from! love love love.

Also, after Saturday morning conference John and I went to this lovely Chinese place to eat. It was SO good! Im in love with chinese food! While we were there I ate.....are you ready for this...?
CHICKEN FEET!

Im dead serious! You have to bite it off at the joint and suck the meet off the bone, then spit the bone onto the plate! And to tell you the truth, it wasnt that repulsive. ha. It was actually kind of good. Like I didnt even gag! *proud moment*

Family: THE NEW HANSEN MEMBER HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!

Her name is Emery Jane Hansen. Emy for short. She's so adorable! John and I went over after Saturday morning conference (and the crazy chicken feet experience. hehe) I surprised the girls by showing up and we played for a while. I was tickling them like crazy and one time John told Ashley to lick me and I would stop tickling her! WELL SHE DID! Natty and Ash chased me around the kitchen licking me! Oh it was so gross! And then John held me down while they tickled me! .... Needless to say, they totally love him. =) haha

Okay well thats enough for now, I promise to blog more from now on. hehe.

xoxo

IM OFF TO VEGAS!!

Mom, Tyty, and I are going to viva Las Vegas for the rest of the week to watch my Aunt and Uncle's kids while they go out for their Anniversary! Yay! Im so excited! So I'll post when I get home, with pictures and fun stories and eVeRyThInG!!!! I hope you all have a great rest of the week, and a wonderful weekend! I'll be thinking about you while Im swimming and horseback riding!

BE BACK SUNDAY!

Moderation of "Kisses"

Just so everyone knows, I did not teach Ellie anything about FRENCH KISSES. She asked how Belle kissed, I couldnt think of anything quickly enough so I just did double kisses!
I just thought that I'd let everyone know, Elisabeth does not know what French kissing is.
Gee wiz.

Kisses

Oh my goodness, today was SO funny! Elisabeth was cracking me up!!
I taught her how to do butterfly kisses, doggy kisses, fishy kisses, Belle kisses, and people kisses.

Butterfly kisses: blinking eyelashes on their cheek.
Doggy kisses: rubbing noses together.
Fishy kisses: make fish lips and kiss.
Belle kisses: (basically french kisses) kiss on both cheeks.
People kisses:....well. just a normal kiss.

So she just got a crack out of all of these kisses, and in between each one she would say "Tight squeeze!" and give me a huge hug! (she was sitting on my lap). And then once we had gone through the whole list of kisses a few times she started making up weird named kisses that ended up just being a normal kiss, or a kiss on the cheek. UNTIL. After a really silly "tight squeeze" she said "MAN KISSES!" and shoved her face right against my chest, then she just rested her head there for a few seconds, sat back up and grinned this huge cheeser grin. I asked, "Ellie, what are 'Man kisses'?" and she said, "MAN KISSES!" and again stuck her face right against my chest! Oh my heavens, I started laughing SO hard I couldnt breathe for at least 30 seconds! I just had to get on and blog about it. hah. Anyway, I've got to go, but I just thought I'd warn everyone about the new "Man kisses". hehe. Beware!
Oh how children know so much, and yet so little at the same time.

Swimming

Oh my gosh! I just had to post this because it was so so funny! Today Stephanie took Nathan to the doctors, so Ellie and I went swimming at their club pool. While we were there she was running from the "big pool" to the "hot pool" and enjoying every minute.
Once while we were in the "hot pool" with the bubbles swarming all around us, she raised her arms to find white all up her hands and forearms.
"LOOK!! I have pretty pretty Cinderella gloves!"
I was laughing so hard! So for the next hour we made short gloves, long gloves, hand gloves, finger gloves, and body gloves (the last ones didnt work out as well as we had hoped)
Oh the imagination of a child. .... I love it!

Weddings and such

Do not fear everyone, the mono is gone-o! hehe. It really wasnt that big of a deal, although I do apologize to anyone if they caught the dreadful thing because of me. Outside of work I always forgot about this so I'd share drinks and food. hehe. oops.
So in the time that it has been since I've written, my lovely friend Leslie Martinez became Leslie CHRISTENSEN! =) and I am so so so so happy for her and Cade. They are adorable and Les looked exquisit at her reception. Also my lovely Whitney Gleave became life long - eternity long soul mates with the dashing Ryan Howes. Their reception was amazing! It was held at the Grand America Hotel in SLC, and, wow-I tell you what, wow!
So anyway, all the friends are getting married, yay. Marriage is cool...(or so I've heard)
Alsho I jusht resheived newsh that my wonderful friend
Lindshay Miller
ish
ENGAGED!
to
Ryan Sh. Francshish!
(hehe Ryan your last name is funny in Nicole and Lindsay language!)
And I couldnt be more thrilled for the two of them. I KENW they would get marreid, they're simply perfect for each other!! So happy thoughts to them both!!
As for myself, I am really not doing anything absolutely thrilling. Just working, and waiting for school to start, and hanging out. So until next time.....xoxo

Catching up....

I realize I haven't written in a while, but that is only because I have nothing to write about. Life has been about the same, work is great (when Ellie decides to have a good day), home is great, friends are great, etc.etc.
I've been sick for a few weeks. Dizzy spells, light headed, nauseous, achy muscles, constant migraines that could kill a horse, and blacking out. Well mom didn't like that too much so she took me in, which I didn't like to much. Yesterday mom texted me with the results. This was the convo. "Hey don't share food, drinks, or kiss the kids. You have mono."
"SHUT UP! Are you serious!?! I haven't even kissed anyone for months!"
"HAHA, just make sure to sleep when you get tired. Love you."

I couldnt believe it. Mono? Seriously!! Apparently you can get it other ways then just kissing people. Yuck. I imediately thought of my great friend Rossana! Hey Ross, remember when you first got here, and school had just barely started and you got mono? And I brought you an Oreo/Banana shake!! Those were so yummy!! =) I miss you Ross!!! Love you sweetie!
Anyway, now Im washing my hands like every two minutes, and Im taking super precautions with little Nathan, because I dont want him to get sick. But I feel bad because I just love that kid! He's so so so adorable! Anyway, I just thought I'd catch up. But I'll write again when something interesting happens.....who knows how long that could take. hehe. Ciao!

The Weekend (sigh)

Wow, my weekend was .... terrible. First, my uncle died, so we had to drive to Idaho Falls for the funeral service. That was so sad. Im going to miss him a lot, we went camping together every year, and to think that he wont be there anymore is..... well it just doesnt seem right.

Also, on thursday I started getting sick. I have no idea what Im sick with, and unfortunately it just comes and goes as it pleases, so I have no idea what brings it on. (stupid diseases with minds of their own.)

I also came to the knowledge of some stupid little girl, we'll call her Meg, who doesnt like me (still) because I have history with her boyfriend, we'll call him Bob (hehe..bob). She thinks Im going to try and steal him away, and bonus! She's become friends with Bob's little brother(Fred)'s girlfriend, we'll call her Sue. Well, Meg found out that Sue and I are very good friends because we went to school together, and we have endured many ruthless days of Brother Copier's(ugh) terrible class. So. Needless to say, we're close. Closer then Meg wanted us to ever be. So when we saw each other (she came to town for the week) we did the whole screamy/hugging/jumping up and down girl thing. And that did not set well with Meg. No sir. She was not happy. Pissed, actually. So then, she makes Sue tell me to "stay away from Meg's 'man'. Otherwise you'll be sorry. And dont go around kissing him either." Oh gee. I couldnt believe it. I was trying to be nice to Meg. I even told her I liked her dress. Of course she didnt pay any attention to me, or the fact that I was even speaking to her, but at least I tried. Anyway, sorry, this was kind of a venting paragraph. Onto the rest of the weekend.

And last but not least yesterday I found out that a friend from high school, Carolyn Shinners, commited suicide in her father's house in Boston. I am so sad! Carolyn was awesome! We loved her so much!! And there was no question at all that she was the greatest hockey player on the team! (At least the most entertaining to watch anyway. hehe) Carolyn wasnt afraid to get dirty. She'd go to into "the box" at least once a game! Oh yeah, she was the best! Anyway, I am very sad, because she was such a great girl. Please everyone pray for her family. Thanks.

E.R.

I have just realized that I have not blogged about my absolutely hysterical Sunday afternoon that I had 4 days ago.

So I got home from church, and Tea and I were supposed to go do engagements for one of her friends, so I texted her asking when we were leaving and where all we were going so I would know what to wear. The reply I received was not exactly what I expected.
"Not going anymore"
"Broke my butt"
"Going to ER"

I totally freaked!

"Oh my heck!! Do you want me to come with you??"
"Yeah if you're here in two seconds"

"Running out the door."

I got to Tamey's house right as her mom was walking her out to the car. She was taking one step a second. It was .... really really funny and really really sad at the same time. So we hop in the car, and I asked what happened. Well it turns out that her mom had gotten one of those blow up slides for the grand kids. They were all playing on it and they wanted Tamey to go down with them. Well, all the kids were jumping from the top to the bottom of the slide, so Tea was like,
"Hey mom, should I jump??"
Mom, totally not thinking about the consequences said,
"Sure, go ahead."

(this was the jump)

And then she landed on the foot of padding at the bottom. Unfortunately, even as teeny as she is, she was just a little bit heavier then the little kids that were jumping. And she landed right on her toosh, with no padding from the slide. With the air totally knocked out of her she huffed out an almost silent worried cry,
"Mommmm!"

They ran upstairs so she could throw on some clothes, and met me at the car.

After sitting in the waiting room for, like, ever, haha and playing "I spy with my little eye,..." in the fish tank, we finally fell asleep on the benches.

"Tamera Wolsey....?"

YAY!

The lady led us and one other guy to our rooms, haha, but Tamey wasnt really moving very quick and the automatic doors closed on us. We had to get hospital authorization to get through them. By the time we got through we had no idea where to go. So we kind of waddled around the corner until the nurse came looking for the cripple.

Once we got to Tamey's room, I went crazy. The ADD totally started kicking in, like really bad. I was touching everything. And spinning around on the doctor's little foot stool of a chair. Eventually I ended up grabbing one of the "non-latex" latex gloves. I blew a few up like balloons, but I couldnt figure out how to tie them off, so then I ended up just playing sling-shot with them. Trying to make it into the garbage can. Now, Im not blessed with the best aim in the whole world. So the few times that the glove actually went in the direction of the trash can, it didnt make it in. All the other times, as I stretched the glove back, I let go with the wrong hand and it either flew behind me, almost smacking Tea's mom, or it snapped me in the neck. BONUS, Im not smart enough to let go, and just get up and throw it away myself, I had to keep playing with it. So I got snapped by the "non-latex" latex glove about 3-4 times, and ended up with a red welt/line on my neck.

I had had enough. So I threw that ballooned glove away......and picked up a new fresh one. =) With this glove I practiced blowing it up as large as I could.

Eventually I even got it tied off, so we played Hot-Potato with the "utter-like" glove.

Thats when I got the novel idea to put a face on our little friend!! I whipped out my handy dandy pen and went to work. Mom and Tea were so worried I was going to pop him. hehe. but I did not. No I made him handsome and dashing.....with coke-bottle glasses, freckles, and braces.

hehe.

Every girl's dream man.

Unfortunately I did not take into consideration that this was a smudgy pen, and "Georgey" was a very "non-latex" latex glove. So one pass up in the air, and the first hand-on contact that he had, totally wiped his face off....and again, it was me who had to be smart enough to get pen all over my skin. Darn. So I ended up popping him and sending him to join the rest of his fellow glovers in the trash can.

Enter: Doctor "I take forever getting to a patient" Sander-something-or-another.

"Okay, so I hear you fell off the slide."

(snickering from the peanut gallery)

"Uh, ..Yes"

"Well we're going to take you for some x-rays, and I'll get you some meds to ease the pain a little."

"K."

Exit: Doctor Nothing.

A few minutes later....

Enter: Nurse "I am so bored with my life right now"

"Okay I have your shot here."
This shot was going straight for her butt.

"Oh no!" (Tamey)

She grabbed her mom's hand and mine, and started squeezing for dear life. Even as the nurse was sterilizing the skin, Tamera was hyperventalating....okay, she wasnt hyperventalating, she just wasnt breathing at all!! We had to tell her,

"Breathe!"

"Breathe!"
"Tamey, Breathe!"

(nurse) "Okay here it comes."
STAB

SCREAM

"BREATHE TAMEY, BREATHE!"

"It's okay, its all over, you're okay."

".....are you okay?"

Sigh.

Finally, a breath.

And then after that, the morphine kicked in......

hehe. This is where we had fun.

The nurse came and took her away for x-rays, and by the time she brought her back it was only a few minutes before she came in saying nothing was broken, we could go home now. They were going to go get a little blow-up donut for her to sit on, and we could leave.

So the nurse walks out, and we got Tamera up to change out of the nighty gown...(hehe those crack me up) As she stands up, she was RIGHT NEXT to the wall and she says,

"Hey, there's a wall right here."

BAHAHA HAHAHA HAHA HA HAHAHA HA HA HAHA HA!

No way Tamey? There is really a wall right there? OH MY GOSH!

HA!

We were laughing so hard.

Tea on morphine really is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! She said some of the funniest things!

Anyway, after leaving the E.R. we ordered pizza, and went home. Tea and I ate a whole pizza ourselves while watching Coyote Ugly, and then we both crashed.

The End.