BIG NEWS!!!!

MJ won FIRST place in the Mesa MLK, Jr. Art Contest.

She will be honored at an awards assembly on Saturday, January 16th, 6pm at Westwood High School.

The theme was "Many people, one community". She drew a beautiful picture of a whole bunch of people standing in a circle. She got the Hansen artistic talent!

This is NM and Daddy putting together her new bike she got for Christmas. I don't know WHY it had to be done on the kitchen table, BUT whatever!

Santa was good to us this year. We have been so very, very blessed! The girls had a great time opening presents and seemed very happy with what they recieved. They also had a great time surprising each other with what they had gotten each other. We had a great Christmas, and D and I both think we gained AT LEAST 15 pounds each from Grandma's WONDERFUL cooking! We just couldn't stop eating!

This is Christmas Eve in their new Christmas PJs in front of Grandma and Grandpa's tree in Shumway.

We had breakfast with the Hansen family on Christmas Eve. Dave fixed a wonderful breakfast of biscuits and gravy that were delicious. We had a nice visit and were grateful to be together during this season.

The girls had their "Winter Sing" on Dec. 17th. They each sang three songs and did a fantastic job. We were so glad that the A. Family made it back in time to join us. The girls are so excited to have their cousin back in town.

When we got home from Thanksgiving, it was time to put up our tree and Christmas decorations. We had lots of help and had tons of fun.

We went to Taylor for Thanksgiving. All the kids had to help Gpa put together the train and Gma put the Christmas tree/stuff up. They played so good all weekend and were exhausted by the time we got home.

We were painting out by Cabella's, so we decided to take a break and look around. It's like going to the zoo were all the animals stand still, so you can see them all the time. It was fun.

On our second Saturday of painting, MN and I were in charge of babysitting D while everyone else helped paint. I think we had the best job. Every time we paint, MJ is getting better at doing trees. D says it started out as "chicken scratching" but it's getting better.