Santa Claus is coming to town!

These are our cheese ball kids that think they are Santa Claus. They look pretty good, don't you think?

Merry Christmas!
We had a really nice, quiet Christmas. Gage and Trei were really excited about their new ipod 8gb touchs. Tim and I should have stop buying presents for Ryker and Riley after the miniature cars. They opened up their cars first and didn't seem to interested in anything else after that point. Ryker and Riley enjoyed opening presents this year. Ryker actually said "wow" to one of them.

We love Santa!

We took all the boys to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. As soon as Tim set Ryker and Riley down on Santa's lap, they screamed. Gage and Trei had to rush over to make them stop screaming. As you can tell Ryker was still not satisfied.

All the boys enjoyed the moving toys.

Dry storage

Since I have been couponing, I have significantly increased our dry storage. Tim and Trei helped me organize our dry storage area about a month ago. This doesn't include the 30 packages of wipes I got from Target for $.55, the 50+ toddler disposable wipes I got for FREE, and the 20 packages of Rayovac batteries I got for FREE!

New present for the Hansen's

We bought Ryker and Riley their 1st potty. All through the store Riley would say potty. Ryker and Riley were so excited to help Gage, Trei and Sloan put their toilet together. Riley was ready to strip down and sit on the potty. We aren't pushing to get them potty trained, but if they are interested we will encourage.

Pumpkin Patch

Couponing with Jona

When I was in Nashville my friend, Emily, turned me onto couponing. I didn't realize what I was missing out on. I have to tell you about my purchase today.

Smiths
1 - package of Skinny Cow fudge bars
2 - vanilla coffee creamers
2 - 4 packs Dannon activia yogurts
2 - 4 packs Dannon danimals yogurts
1 - 2% milk gallon
1 - whole milk gallon
1- 1/2 gallon Meadow Gold milk
4 - boxes Keebler fudge stripe cookies
1 - White cheddar cheez-its
1 - box saltine crackers
2 - bags Chex mix (sweet'n salty and turtle)
3 - containers of I can't believe it's not butter
1 - spray bottle of I can't believe it's not butter
2 - wishbone salad dressings (ranch and blue cheese)
1 - 64 oz bottle of Welch's grape juice

Walmart
1 - Yobaby 3 in 1 meal
1 - 4 pack of yoplait delight
1- package of Mission tortillas

I spent a grand total of $26.01
I saved a total of $62.12

I don't know what I was thinking before coupons. I can get a lot more food for the family for less.

Halloween 2009

Ryker was a dragon, Riley was a crab, Gage was the devil, and Trei was an evil jester.

Football season is over

Gage and Trei both played football this year. They won some games and really enjoyed their new teams.

Our trip to Tennessee!

We went to Nashville and Knoxville in October. It was fun. Tim had to work the majority of the time and I stayed with my friend Emily. We went to Knoxville over the weekend to visit Tim's friends. Here is a couple pictures.

This was a day at the park with Emily's two kids, Jaxon and Kennedy.

This is Ryker and Riley with Travis and Cheryl's little boy Hudson.

Daddy's little helpers

Tim can't ask for much more help. They both wanted to help daddy mow the lawn. Riley got on first and when it was Ryker's turn Riley wouldn't get off. So Tim being the good dad, he took them both on the lawn mower. He said it was difficult, but Ryker and Riley were happy.

Other summer fun scrapbook pages!

I know you can't read them very well, but they are fun to look at.

While daddy is away, we will play!

Tim went hunting for Labor Day weekend. So Ryker, Riley and I decided to go to Ross Park on Saturday with some friends and we went to the zoo on Sunday with Grandma Lindberg. Ryker was latched onto me like a little leach at Ross Park, but Riley was wandering all over in the water. Good thing I was right next to him because he lost his balance a couple times.

I decided I was going to take Ryker and Riley to the zoo without a stroller so they could run their little hearts out. They loved running everywhere. Especially over the bridges (multiple times). They had so much fun. Today was the first day I saw Ryker and Riley take an adults hand to walk with them. Normally I am forcing them to hold my hand because I am dragging them back from something I don't want them in. Ryker grabbed grandma's hand first as we were walking along and Riley grabbed mine. Then Ryker tried holding Riley's hand. It was very precious. Grandma bought Ryker and Riley their own ice cream cone. We gave Ryker his first and before he took a bite, he immediately gave Riley.

Obsessed with digital scrapbooking!

If anyone didn't know, I am officially obsessed with digital scrapbooking. You wouldn't believe how much faster it is. I have almost officially caught up from the last 9 months. I think I have printed off 60 pages between all four boy's scrapbooks. I print my pages off at the CPS store in Rigby. They only charge $1.35 per 12x12 page. This is an incredible savings from the traditional cost. I am going to combine my scrapbooks with digital and traditional, but I definitely think the majority of my books will be digital. Here are a couple of my latest scrapbook pages.

First Day at a new school

Between Tim, Starla and I we made a decision to have Gage go to Sandcreek this year. Gage was pretty excited. I think it was more for the football team and possibly winning some games. I made some really cute scrapbook pages for their first day, but I haven't been able to upload them because the file is to big. We gave Trei the choice of continuing at Edgemont or going to Woodland Hills and Trei chose Woodland Hills. I think Trei chose Woodland for a similar reason why Gage was excited to be switching schools.

Gage is in 7th Grade at Sandcreek.

(Look at my beautiful hibiscus, behind Gage, that we transplanted last year)
Trei is in 5th grade at Woodland Hills Elementary.