Hanson Happenings

Grameri gave Cade this really cool valentine. It's a mat that you fill with water and there are fish inside that float around. Cade was having a blast trying to grab the fish and then he hit the mat really hard and SPLASH! There was a hole in the mat and he was getting soaked, still loved it though.

Rad really enjoys working on anything with his Lightening McQueen tools. The other day he was helping Derrick fix they dryer.

Cade love so sit in the saucer and smile.

I had typed a whole post out last night and when I was typing the last sentence I somehow managed to delete the whole blasted post. Grrr... So here I go again.

Raddle Daddle has Croup. Poor little guy has coughed so hard that he is losing his voice. It's cute when he squeaks but I'm sure it doesn't feel so great though. They gave him a steroid which gave him a TON of energy. So he's having fun while being sick anyway.
He went with Derrick to Monster Jam last Friday and they had a lot of fun together. It's fun to hear Rad talk all about the "Monster Frucks" and how loud they were.

Shayli had HER first band conert last Wednesday. She did such a great job. We were/are all so proud of her. She can really play that saxaphone I'll tell you what. We still can't find the camera and my cell phone camera wouldn't zoom in on her during her concert. So I will take a picture with her and her sax when she comes home and post it soon.
Last weekend we took her school shopping. Yup, school shopping for the seventh grade. We figured we'd save money in the long run if we hit the winter clearance now. We definitely found some great deals.
Shayli and I also played the monopoly game that we played at the Tills with the gross jelly beans and without the Wii. We just played the normal board game version. I ended up getting about six skunk spray flavors and Shayli ended up getting the last black one. Lucky girl ended up with black licorice instead of skunk spray. She laughed at me for a while after that.

Cade is doing great like always. He seems to have a caught a little of what Rad started out with... a runny nose... but other than that he seems to have missed any really bad illness. He continues to roll over like crazy and he really really likes to sing.
The other night Cade and I went to dinner with Mom and Valeri and Cade was totally flirting with the different waitresses that stopped by to admire him. It was cracking me up.

Derrick and Bob worked most of the week on Mike's Corolla. It looks awesome. They did some good work. The back of the Corolla was completely smashed in when they picked it up from the wrecking yard and you would never know by looking at it now. It's still nice to have Derrick home and nice that he has had projects to keep him busy.

I have caught the "Be Prepared" fever. Derrick seems to have caught a bit of it too and together we have been planning out our garden. We are planting 26 different veggies and herbs. We are really excited about it. We hope to be doing a whole lot of canning this fall. On Thursday I am going to "Make a Mix" class. I will be learning how to make baking mixes, spice mixes and sauce mixes. I am really excited about it.

As a family the Hanson's are loving life. We are so incredibly blessed. Last night Derrick and I were thinking of the things that we would like to have eventually and today we have been making comments back and forth like "Nice New Shoes" or "Nice New Pants" or "Your pretty lucky to have this" or "Your pretty lucky to have that". We really have been blessed with a lot and it's fun to remember and be thankful for those things.

My brother Mike is newly engaged to Candi and we are SO excited and welcome her to the family. Rad has been having a hard time understanding that Candi is actually a person since we have not met her yet. So the other day when I asked him who Uncle Mike was going to marry he replied "Blue Candi Chocolate Snack" haha.