Shame, Shame...

Yea, it is pathetic really to look at your blog and realize it's almost 3 months since my last post. HA! Oh well, here is the rapid overview of the last little bit to let ya'll know that we really are still alive and lovin' life! This is my favorite time of the year and I'm so excited for the rest to come!!!

First off, Happy 24th Birthday to me! :D We had a fun relaxing weekend at home, and enjoyed watching conference over at my parents house. I fixed a cheesecake and the family came over to celebrate with us. Good times!!
And I have some updated house pictures for those who are wondering how our painting and "remodeling" went...but these pictures are a little out of order- oh well.
First I have to brag on my very handy hubby! He has done a great job at building, adding, painting, everything. He's amazing! He built in these added shelves for our closet and also made it a double bar whatever you call it on the other side that you really can't see in this picture. But it made all the difference for space!

Then he framed in and finished some storage rooms in the basement. Here are the saweet roller shelves to help rotate canned goods...

And the view of the rest of the "Food storage"- we've really been trying to build up our food storage. I actually went to the cannery with the RS in our ward the other day and got some stuff. Fun stuff!

Here lies "Man Land" for now. This is our "Extra stuff storage" for things like camping gear, snowmobile gear, hunting gear...are we sensing a theme here? hehe

These things are a complete accident, but I love them!! Long story short, Home Depot messed up on our order of appliances and we were moving in without a washer and dryer. SO we went to the store and they gave us these as an upgrade, free of charge to us. Wahoo!!!!

Here is a view of the kitchen with the green paint that we did. Not the best picture, but I think it turned out nice with the cabinets...now I just need to finish adding some decorations. Ideas and suggestions welcome!

Here's the living room, we added all the brown paint...

Our corner shelf with just some nicknacks...but Evan actually pretty much this together himself. Two points for you dear!

And something I've waited a long time to see, our diplomas up on the wall. This was a goal I've always had, and I want our kids to know that education is important and such a blessing!!

And, as the die-hard Disney fan that I am, I got this "Wish" sign at a white-elephant gift thingy a couple of years ago. And I love the stars that people are using to decorate with, so this is what ya get walking out of the hallway...

In other news, my sister-in-law Jen and their baby Ethan came to visit for a few days!! It was so fun to hang out with them for a little while, and Ethan is SO CUTE! Anywho here's a picture of us together...

And this is my altime favorite picture of my oldest brother. Unfortunately, he kinda used to scare all the neices and nephews when they were small. He is such a softie, but he finally found his perfect little buddy! :D Also for Ward, he and Jonell are going to have a baby boy themselves next April (I think) and they are very happy. Trey is ecstatic to be a big brother too! It will be fun.

Anywho, that's the rapid review for the Hansens. Hope you all are well !! Come and visit anytime, we love the company and now have room to accomodate company. At least so that they don't have to camp out in the kitchen :).