Happy Birthday Macie!

Macie turned one on June 10th. She had such a fun day! It all started out at work when Angie brought in a "Birthday Girl" balloon and candy necklaces. Macie was LOVING hers. It took her awhile to find it because when it came out of her mouth, she kept looking down her shirt to find it. She thought that was so cool!


She would climb up on this tiny chair and get her balloon. That's safe, right?


After work, we came home and got ready for her birthday party! She was loving these balloons. They made a good little seat for her. She kept sitting on them. Luckily none of them popped. She may not have liked it as much.


We got Macie this little couch. We have one at work and she'll just go lounge on it, so she was really liking her own. I think these necklaces were one of my best ideas. Again, probably not that safe, but she LOVES them. She opened them and just started putting them on. She kept them on the whole time until we took them off for cake.


Dustin's mom got her this Little Mermaid car thing. It makes some great noises. :) Dustin said it's a toy that can stay in her room. :) She loves it, too. She's good at hitting the horn and standing up on it, obviously.


Cake time! She was a little hesitant at first, but eventually dug in a little bit.



Here's Dustin spraying her off in the sink before putting her in the tub.


We had SO much fun for Macie's birthday. Thanks everyone who made it fun for all of us. We just love Macie so much! I know people always say it's crazy how fast they grow. It really is. A little update:
1- Macie is 18 lbs. (not quite ready for a forward facing carseat)
2- Her height is in the 79th percentile, her head in the 87th, and her weight in the 17th. She's a little skinny squirt, but she eats like her mom. She had two pieces of pizza the other day for dinner!
3 - She's been walking for two months now, and I think she's got it mostly mastered.
4 - She goes to sleep tired, but awake, and most often sleeps through the night.

5 - Tooth number four just popped through.

Macie is just such a sweetie and we love her SO SO much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!!!

Memorial Day...oh the memories!

Memorial Day was a nice weekend. We took a little trip down memory lane. Friday night, we took off to go camping up Sulfer Canyon in Soda. We used to go up there all the time to go rock climbing in high school. I never climbed, I just sat at the bottom keeping up the fire. We had tons of fun. Here is Dustin and Ethan making breakfast.


Macie LOVED sitting by herself in the big chair by the fire. It was so cute.


And she loved playing in the water.


So I decided to try climbing. I never have before. It turned out to be awesome, and I have to toot my own horn and say I made it to the top on my very first try ever! It was a big rock and only a few of us made it up. Dustin made it to the top, too (on his second try) :)



I know this is lame, I I didn't actually do it back in high school (I'm pretty sure one of Dustin's friends did it), but it was kind of fun seeing this in the tree. (Dustin Hansen + Hope Walters)


Macie had tons of fun camping. She wasn't too happy when we were packing up to leave. It was nice sticking her right there in the car while we were packing up. She was so sad.


Monday, before we came back to Logan, we stopped at the cemetary. Last year when we went, I was huge pregnant, so it was fun this year to have Macie. It was her first visit, so it was kind of special.



We had a good Memorial Day weekend and enjoyed the memories. I really don't go to Soda very much, but we had tons of fun!

Recent Happenings

Just a few things that have been going on lately...at work BJ will shut down the office at noon and take everyone paintballing.  Last year, I was about 8 months pregnant, and this year, I took Macie, so I sat out, but it's still fun going and hanging out.  Nice camo everyone.

Here's Ang.  She wasn't going to do it, but all those targets running around...she couldn't resist.

Macie was having fun walking around eating the used paint balls off the ground.  Lovely.

Hello Chris.  I think Angie decided to play so she and Allison could get Chris back for being a punk all the time. :)

Also, last week Jess called and said she was in Salt Lake, so they came to visit us here in Logan.  I'm so glad she actually called us!  So, Kaleena, Jess, and me (and our husbands) got together to talk about the good 'ol days of Lynwood, Larry, and everything in between.  Good times.  All three of us together again.  It was a blast.  I love you girls!

I had to put this picture in because this is one of Macie's favorite things to do at work.  Her arm fits perfectly into the little hole, and she just pulls out all the shredded paper.  Thanks for trying to share Mace!

Happy Three Years!

May 5th was our third anniversary. We have a wonderful marriage and a beautiful daughter. I love you Dustin! Thanks for everything you do for me. You are the greatest anyone could ask for. You are still me hero!

Happy Birthday Dustin!

So, all Dustin wanted for his birthday was to have a little break from life. He wanted to get away for a few days with no work and no school. We left Macie in Logan and headed to Moab. It was a way fun weekend. It was our anniversary/birthday weekend. We left on Thursday, Dustin's birthday. Of course, on the way we got pulled over. Dustin was going 12 over, but maybe the cop saw it was his birthday and let us off with just a warning.

We first went to Goblin Valley.  It was pretty cool actually because you don't see anything as you are driving up until you basically get to the parking lot.  Then it just opens up into this little valley with goblins all over.

We took this picture because it kind of looked like a brochure picture.

We were going to go to Canyonlands to camp, but it was getting later, and we thought it might be full, so we just drove up into some hills by Goblin Valley and found a nice little campsite.  My only complaint was that the wind was brutal til about dark.  It was all good, though.  We got there, set up camp, went for a little bike ride, and ate dinner.

Dustin was so lucky and got some jeans for his birthday.  He actually got a GPS, too, and he thought that was kind of cool. (Don't mind the Christmas paper wrapping, it's all I had!  Stop judging!)  :)

When we were about to go to bed, we realized how bright it was outside.  We walked over to the other side of the little valley we were in and Dustin got this awesome picture of a full moon.  Those are just the rock cliffs in front of it.


Friday morning, we got up, packed up camp, and headed out.  We went to Arches National Park.  I'd never been there.  It was awesome.  We hiked in to Delicate Arch, the one from the license plates.  It looks SO amazing in real life.  If you look really close, Dustin and I are on the rocks at the front of the arch.

Parade of Elephants.
After Arches, we drove into Moab and got our hotel room.  We were going to go for another bike ride but realized we were tired, so we got ready, went to dinner, and went to see Star Trek instead.  Basically that show is awesome, and Spock is my hero.  (Besides Dustin of course!)  Anyway, Happy Birthday, Dustin!  I hope you had a good time.  I love you!

Easter and some other stuff...

This might be a long post, but that's ok. First off, Dustin's dad and step mom went to Italy a few weeks ago and brought Macie home this little swimsuit. There's a new hotel that opened in Logan, so they went to stay at it and decided Mace should try it out. I must say it's kind of cute.


It took her a little bit to get in, but her aunt Hanna and Hallie and some friends finally coaxed her in. She decided she liked it and was just lounging in her float tube. Look at that double chin. :)

So yesterday, Saturday, Dustin was SO bored and it was so nice outside.  He wanted to do something, and I had LOTS of ideas for him.  Putting some more blinds up, putting up another door, cleaning out our basement...lots of ideas.  He decided to build us a nightstand instead.  It isn't finished, but here's the idea of it.

FINALLY!  I've been wanting to paint easter eggs the past few years Dustin and I have been married, but we never have.  Last year I boiled 2 dozen eggs, and we didn't ever paint them.  We actually painted them this year!  YAY!  We had our neighbor Natalie come over to paint them with us.  Good times.

We had some awesome eggs.  You can't really tell that well, but Dustin made a football and made another one that is the earth.  Natalie made Humpty Dumpty.  Mine is the rainbow.  That's as creative as I get, and it's just because my older siblings used to do it. 

And then Easter morning.  We got most of it on our video camera, so we don't have many pictures, but Macie did get this super cute dress that her Grandma Hansen made for her.  It is SO cute!

We had such a good Easter Sunday.  We got to go to church and hear all the testimonies.  Then I got to go to Primary, and I love Primary because those little kids are so smart.  They have such sweet testimonies and they really help build mine up.  I'm so thankful for my calling, and for the gospel in my life.  It brings so much to me, and I just love it so much.

P.S. Macie is now walking and went down the stairs all by herself the other day. Backwards! I was so proud of her!