There's no place like "home" for the holidays!

This year we were able to go out to Utah for Thanksgiving. It's been 4 years, since I've been out there for any holiday. I've been avoiding it ever since the Thanksgiving I became deathly ill with the stomach flu, which put me in bed for our entire visit. But we decided to chance it and go. Which I am happy to report absolutely no sickness, with anyone. (Thank you "Airborne") I think that is probably my "Christmas miracle" this year. Braxton and Hailey had a great time with their cousins, and their buddy McKenzie. Braxton didn't want to come home, which is a first for him.

Grandma and Grandpa Hanson with some of the Grandkids.

Braxton, Zach and Spencer at Temple Square.

Temple Square

Mike, Hailey and Braxton. Hailey was in heaven, with all of the "princess" lights.

Braxton with cousins at Thanksgiving dinner.

Braxton, Grandma Hanson and Hailey putting up the Christmas tree.

Happy B-day to the "big boy"!

Mike just had his number 37, this past Sunday. It blows my mind to think he's almost 40... We had a nice quiet birthday, and had some friends come over for dinner, cake and a little guitar hero action.

Just look at the action in that picture...........you can see the flame on the middle candle going out.

Anway, it's alway a great comfort to know, that in this crazy messed up world, one thing will never change....................Mike will always be older than me!

Halloween '07

True to form, this Halloween proved to be just ask hectic as the ones in past years. We think it's going to be a "low-key" night of trick-or-treating and candy eating, but it's never that simple. We went over to a friends home for dinner and to get our kids in their costumes, before we headed out to another friends home to trick or treat. Well, that went smoothly until Braxton locked our keys in the trunk of the car. In the car was the camera. So, I was unable to get pictures of the kids before we went out trick or treating. Mike had to run all of the way home to get our extra set of keys.

Long story short, the only pictures I have are of Hailey at her Gymnastics Halloween party and Braxton and Hailey eating their candy after trick or treating. And all of their face make-up was pretty much melted off by then. Hailey was a cheerleader and Braxton was a football player and his face was all beaten up.

Hailey and Gabby

Haileys gymnastics classBraxton going through his candy.....as you can see his make-up is pretty much gone.

Hailey going through everyone elses candy. You can kind of see the the "GT" on her cheek.