hanson family

NEW PICTURES!!

2011-09-13T20:54:00.000-07:00

Now that summer has been over for awhile I thought it would be a great time to let you see what we were up to. These are in no order just be glad I am getting them on here. We did things such as redoing our front porch. Chris and I went to Bend for our anniversary..KID FREE! minus the food poisoning it was a great trip. Hiked Sahalie falls, hung out, and went on lots of bike rides,I was training for a sprint tri-athalon, I loved it! I want to do one again! we took a family trip to the Zoo and the Aquarium took trips down to grandpa Jones' farm. We have loved this summer. although it was strange to not actually have a summer break with Chris it was still fun. We are looking forward to the Holiday season. I am excited to get to decorate my own house and do fun projects with the kids.
Enjoy the pictures there are a lot of them so I won't give details unless necessary,

Trip to the Beach, It was Owens first time to play in the sand

At the aquarium

at the Zoo
the elephant was painting

Random pictures

Eating a carrot from the garden. When I went to take the rest inside Cooper yelled "hey wait, i need to eat those" this kid loved having food from the garden.

redoing our front porch

Papa came to help

This is why we are redoing it

Cooper was "helping"one day and decided that Owen needed a diaper change

This is at the entrance to the lava cave we went to while in bend

This is inside the entrance

Cooper wanted to give Owen a shoulder ride to get the mail.

At Sahalie Falls It was such a nice day. It is a great easy hike/walk cooper walked the whole way.

Hanson Family Camping July 2011

2011-08-24T20:58:00.001-07:00

In July we went camping with the Hanson side. It was a lot of fun. We played, went shooting, got dirty, and enjoyed the outdoors. Owen loved that he got to be outside all day. Cooper loved the dirt, water, driving Grandpas truck, learning how to get water of the big water jugs, I think he used up at least half of the supply of cups and water getting his own drinks and asking if anyone needed a drink when we told him no more for himself. Here are pictures of the adventures

Cute kids, 4th of July

2011-07-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

And here we go:

CUTE KIDS

Owen has discovered that Coopers snack cup contains goodies and goes for it every time he sees it. He figured out how to get the stuff out

Trying to eat the pickin's

we have found that Owen LOVES popsicles Cooper wanted a picture taken of him eating his Ice cream but it was already gone

Chris built us a picnic table. Cooper loves to eat outside so it has already been put to good use

I was cleaning up my room the other day and this is how I found Owen

I told cooper to go up and get his sippy cup from upstairs so we could leave and this is how he came down stairs

Being squished in the beanbag chair

Um this is how he is most of the time...Funny story the other day I was giving both boys a bath I was combing my hair and I heard this gurgle, slurping,gaggy, noise from the tub and look over and Owen is doing this yes sucking his toes Underwater.

We went camping a few weeks ago with Chris' Family I have a bunch of other pictures so it will get its own post but I thought this one was too cute Not to share

This is the 4th of July: the best pic of the boys I got

Cooper is on this kick of yelling cheese while running at the camera so most pictures are like this

Sparklers

Owen wishing he was big enough to do fireworks
poppers

We had lots of fun. We spent the day at my parents and just did a few with Cooper and Hannah. Cooper is not a fan of loud noises so he wears earmuffs when we do anything that is loud (like mow the lawn) so that night was no exception however when we got home around 10pm our neighborhood was just getting started!! they were lighting off the loudest and brightest,Cooper was afraid to be alone in his room so he kept begging to wear his muffs to bed. We let him stay up with us for a little while and we watched outside when our neighbor informed us that our street is the loudest and busiest in about a 5 block radius..great.... Owen however slept through the entire thing.

2011-07-24T19:31:00.000-07:00

4TH OF JULY!, CAMPING, AND CUTE KIDS ALL COMING SOON

WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

2011-06-27T20:43:00.000-07:00

So we have been having a ton of fun over the last month and half so here is picture proof- they are not in any particular order so I will explain as we go ( on those that may need it anyway)

First - Chris has a birthday! We had family over to celebrate.

This is the cake I made for him
(I am so proud of the trees)

I came down stairs from putting Owen down for a nap and this is what I found

Cooper has found a love for baseball

Owen loves to be outside and loves his stander so its great!!

We love taking the boys to see the Tractors and cows at Grandpa Jones' Farm
Owen got very excited when grandpa turned on the tractor- Cooper covered his ears

I love this one

Although he looks scared Owen was squealing with delight

Cooper has learned to climb the tree

After trying to eat a giant marshmallow

Owen Turned 6 months Old !!

Cooper on the "big kid" swing at papa's

Aunt Shanna and Uncle Jeff gave this to cooper for Christmas. He was so excited when Chris brought it out for him to dig with

We got the garden planted

Owen loves to "tackle" Cooper

Getting ready for the first swim of Summer

Roasting hotdogs at papa's

Sitting in the rhino

Eating licorice like the big kids

Radishes from the garden

I came down from my shower to find this.

Yes that is the look of guilt

Cooper and Chris ready for the backyard camp out
( Owen and I slept inside )

My parents are redoing their kitchen and floors this summer so while Heather and the girls were here this weekend papa taught Janae and Cooper how to take off the molding

Kiera sleeping through the fun.

Papa showed Cooper how to take out the nails

and yes the farther you stick out your tongue the easier it is:)

Just a cute one of Cooper

Matchy matchy boys squared!!

2011-05-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

My Boys
(this is how they constantly look-Cooper talking and Owen well whatever you call it this is his look)

"cheese"

we have discovered that Owen LOVES to be outside and recently that he also loves the swing!

The boys on Easter morning

Owen and Great-Grandpa Jones

Cooper actually posing/letting me take pictures

Owen thinks he is big enough to sit by himself( for very brief periods of time)

COOPER

knows all his letters and there sounds
can spell his name
finally doesn't cry when he goes to nursery
loves to play with owen and constantly asks for Owen to chase him around the house
likes to play golf in the back yard
loves trains
climbs in the car and his car seat all by himself(won't let us help him)
LOVES and I mean L-O-V-E-S Papa(my dad)
when we ask him to do something he says" i can't I am busy right now"
we were at the post office the other day and he was running all over and I told him to come over by me and focus on staying there and he replies" focus, focus. speed. I. am. speed faster than fast quicker than quick, I am Lightning" (it's the opening line from "Cars")the lady behind us looks at him and then at me and laughs.
the other day I was trying to get ready to go somewhere so I laid Owen on the couch and Cooper ws playing by him and I ran upstairs to get something and I heard Owen start fussing but then he stopped so when I came down stairs I looked and Cooper was kneeling next to the couch and was quietly singing "I am A Child of God" and Owen had his hand on Cooper's shoulder. when Cooper was done with the song he looked at me and said "Owen was crying then I singed him I am a Child of God and he stoppeded crying. (and with a matter of fact look) I am a good big brother"
I LOVE THIS KID

Owen-

5 months old weighs about 18 lbs
likes to eat ,we have started giving him food and we can't sit at the table without giving hi food also
likes to be outside
watches cooper like a hawk
slobbers like a waterfall
has already had to have 2 haircuts(Cooper got his 1st at 14 months)
doesn't sleep longer than 3 hrs at night
talks up a storm
likes to lay and watch whatever is going on
WE love him dearly and I can't believe he is already 5 months

What happened to my baby?!?!

2011-04-23T18:09:00.001-07:00

picture update

2011-04-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

Yeah so I am really awesome at the update thing so here is some pictures of what we have been up to.

Cooper and I made fruit loop necklaces

He doesn't like the sound of the lawn mower so he wears muffs. I told him to look at me so he put his hand up and said" oh mommy where are you I can't see you"

this is from when it snowed.Owen was not such a fan.

Owen (notice the hair)
then this happened.

this is what he looks like now.

I walked into the room to find this

Cooper reading to Owen he had the book facing Owen telling him about the picture. here he is telling him what the picture feels like

Cooper "braking leaves" Cooper "brakes" leaves and eats "roccoli"

this is how he looks most of the time.

We are all doing great. Chris is still loving where he works and he gets to come home for lunch everyday so that is great. He now serves with the 10 year old scouts. I just got called to be the secretary in the Young Women program. I am excited it has changed a lot since I have been there so there is lots to learn. Cooper is 2 no need to say more. no he's not that bad he does have his days where all he does is sit in time out. One day he was being really obnoxious so I told him if he didn't stop I was going to sell him to the circus to which he replied "no mom don't say that. I love you" . Owen is getting to be a little man now. his favorite thing to do is watch cooper run all over the place. he loves to chew on his hands and hates to have them taken out of his mouth.

House and More!!!

2011-02-24T10:08:00.000-08:00

So I am finally getting pictures up so here you go.

Here is our house!

this is our family room (just ignore the mess)

the Kitchen

this is the living/dining from the front window

Laundry room

the garage. I 'm excited to be able to park in here once it gets cleaned up.
the back yard
another view of the backyardthis is standing in the kitchen looking at the front door

looking in the front doorstanding by the back window(look carefully and you will see owen on the floor)

This is from the night we got the keys. Cooper was "helping" my dad wash windows

Owen

this is coopers new hideout. I had given him a bowl of pirate's booty that he promptly dumped in to his car and drove in the cupboard where he then played and ate!

I tried to do a photo shoot the other day here is the best one of Cooper.

He wanted to take a picture for Uncle Kevin of him reading his Book of Mormon

Here is Owen

Cooper wanted his picture with his letters but was not so cooperative

This just cracked me up.

.He got in the swing with the biggest book he could find

another one of Owen

Can you tell they are brothers?

coming soon

2011-02-16T12:10:00.000-08:00

so yes it has been forever and no I do not have pictures to post, yet, but i will hopefully by the end of the week.

So here is a preview if what is to come. WE MOVED!! we moved into our house on Sat. Feb 5th. we are very excited to be homeowners. There are a few things that need fixing but mostly just patching some nail holes and doing some touch up painting. I do have pictures but I put them on the desktop computer which for some reason does not let the internet work, so i am stuck using the laptop.

Owen turned 2 months!! he was 13lbs 5oz sadly I don't remember how long he was.

I am sure more has happened I have lots of pictures to share so hopefully this week i can get them up.

Mega update!

2011-01-10T10:27:00.000-08:00

So this is a much needed update post. One of my goals for this year is to do better at journaling/keeping updated on our lives. so here is the start.

For New Years this year our theme was an Oregon ducks tale-gate. we all dressed up in duck gear and had tale-gate type food. It was great fun.
here we are. I made Cooper and Owen matching Duck shirts.(yes I plan on being one of those moms who dresses their kids in matching outfits)

the family, minus Kevin, in front of the jumbo tron.

Papa and the grandkids.

While Kimberly(Chris'mom) was here she took some pictures of the kids.
Cooper's "what" look

This pictures sums Cooper up!

Owen on his Blessing day.

I love this look.

I love this half smile

Big blue eyes!

Chris- 2010 was great for Chris. He graduated from OHSU dental school in June in the top 3 of his class. He is working for Capital Dental in Springfield.He teaches the Priests(16-18 yearold boys) at church.

Andrea- Spent most of 2010 pregnant. Loves being able to stay at home and play with Cooper and Owen. I was able to spend a week at girls camp while Chris hung out with Cooper. has mostly enjoyed being back in Springfield(this is where I grew up). The High light of my year was on Dec. 3 when Owen was born.

Cooper- wow. what a year it has been with kid. I can't believe how much he has grown. He talks non stop and likes to be incharge. He still as a fear of kids smaller than him. Has been doing pretty good in nursery the last few weeks and loves Owen boy. He learned how to drive this summer. (He drove grandpa's truck while camping and drove the power wheels jeep all over paps back yard), he learned how to ride a tricycle, and took every opportunity to play with the hose and eat grandmas blueberries and tomatos. Cooper turned 2 in Oct. and we are loving every minute with this kid. He cracks up up everyday with something new- like not wanting to sleep in his bed but on the floor, we find him there with his pillow and blankets quite often.

Owen- graced us with his presence on Dec. 3 weighing in at 8lbs 2 oz 20 1/4 inches. He is a pretty good sleeper and we all love him. I can't wait to see what this year will bring with this kid.

We enjoyed 2010 especially when we put an offer on a house in Oct. and then heard back in Dec that they accepted.(it is a short sale house so everything takes longer) We are still waiting to hear what all the inspections and appraisal say as far as the exact closing date but it looks to be the beginning of Feb. We will keep you posted.

1st Christmas

2010-12-27T10:26:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas

2 weeks

2010-12-19T20:22:00.000-08:00

this picture just cracks me up.

Owen at 2 weeks!!

I can't believe he is already 2 weeks old, and yet I feel like he has been around forever.

Sorry that I haven't posted lately. My mother in law was here this week and took some great pictures however our usb stick thing is stupid and won't let me get the pictures off of it so I have to get them again.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

More of my cute kids!!

2010-12-08T10:13:00.001-08:00

Here are some more pictures of my Cute Kids!!

Cooper Loves to hold Owen. He asks all the time to hold his brother.

This picture cracks me up. It makes Cooper look HUGE and Owen look TINY.
Chris wrapped up Owen and told Cooper that he is a burrito baby, so Cooper wanted to be a burrito also.

Cooper wanted to hold Owen and play his game at the same time!

Owen Pictures

2010-12-04T19:26:00.000-08:00

here are some pictures of Owen that Chris' mom took for us.

BABY OWEN

2010-12-03T20:23:00.000-08:00

BABY OWEN IS HERE!!

He came December 3 2010 at 9:01 am weighing in at 8lbs 2oz and 20 3/4 inches his head was 13inches. He is PERFECT!! oh and he has a HEAD OF HAIR!!

Cooper adores him and was so excited to see and HOLD his little brother. He had to sit with whoever was holding Owen and had hold him also.

Sorry that there are no pictures yet I didn't take any with my camera,yet, but there were about 5 others with cameras so I will get some up as soon as I can.

We are at Riverbend until Monday morning so If you would like to come for a visit either call me or Chris and we will let you know what times are good!

Mega picture Update

2010-12-02T11:24:00.000-08:00

So I have been really bad about updating.. so in randomness and just to get it done before I have my baby TOMORROW(friday) I thought I should get some pictures up just to let myself at least be able to remember what has been going on. So in no particular order here are some of the latest..

The Jones family(minus Kevin) at Thanksgiving

I made my parents get a Thanksgiving weekend because I wanted to be a part of it!! We went to Pepiots and cut down a tree. Here is Chris. I hardly ever get a shot of him so here he is.

Carrying the tree. Cooper even "helped" cut the tree down. He found a stick and sawed at the tree while Chris cut it down.

Merry Christmas!!

Cooper was so excited about the snow we got, he couldn't wait to get outside. Chris took himn about by 8 am

He thought it was fun to smash snow on the window while Grandma and I sat there.

getting dad with a snowball

This is a shirt that I made Cooper. Its made using freezer paper stenciling. I saw it done on my friends blog and had to try it.

this is to show the arm

and he is really into making different faces. Here is his "silly face"

I love that he is actually smiling at the camera.

okay this is mostly for family...

Nothing better than a roll of masking tape and matchbox cars!!!! Cooper loved it!

All is going well here and we are excited to bring Owen in to the world on Dec. 3. Cooper talks about Baby Owen coming to see him so we will see how it goes when he actually comes

oh and is anyone else having trouble loading videos to blogger . it keeps trying to load them through youtube(which I have never loaded them to) and then they won't play

picture update

2010-11-08T07:57:00.000-08:00

So I am finally getting pictures of Halloween up. Cooper dressed up as "Woody" this year. He was so excited about his costume and asked to put it on all the time. He loved being a cowboy.

this is the "say cheese" face
All ready to trick or treat.
We only went to a few houses, he got a tootsie pop sucker at one house and didn't want to go anywhere else he wanted to go home to eat it.

Here is cooper with his pumpkins. Chris asked him where to put the eyes nose and mouth. and he put them where Cooper said.

"What you don't wear a pink apron and put a gun in the pocket?"

Since some have asked (and mom made me so she could send it to Kevin)

Here I am at 36 weekseverything is going great. I have one more ultrasound on Thursday the 11th to measure the size of the baby one more time since I am measuring about 4weeks ahead. after that we will know for sure what we are going to do.

Oh and Cooper no longer sleeps in a Crib!! He has been sleeping in a BIG(and i mean big its a queen) boy bed for about 2 weeks now and so far had done great.

2010-10-23T19:35:00.001-07:00

Cooper celebrated his 2nd birthday on October 19. I can't believe he is already 2!!!

He found my camera and WANTED me to take pictures of him. He kept saying "I do cheese" and then would want to see the picture on the camera after every time.

I thought this one was so funny

Here he is with all the loot from party #1Some new tools

He thought the chainsaw was a great wasy to open the presents

being sung to

Blowing out the candles

I think we sang to him about 5 times because he kept asking to do it again!!

Here are just some random pictures of this kid

This is what I saw the other day when I walked into the kitchen

then when I got closer I discovered this

he was hiding with his "friends" and for the rest of the day he would ask me where they were and then run to the cupboard and yell "I find you"

the "Cool Dude" he was so proud that he put the glasses on all by himself

he cracks us up everyday and we love him so much

he can sing "I am a Child of God" all by himself
he can count to 14
he loves to read books
he sings songs all the time
play-doh is fantastic
he is a big fan of Mickey mouse club house (he loves the Hot dog song)
he sings most of the abc's
loves to go to football games with Papa and get a tiger paw stamp
he is afraid of kids that are smaller than him but will play great with anyone that is the same size or bigger.
asks, on a daily basis, to go to the dr and listen to baby owen :)

I love this kid.

Free Photo shoot In eugene oregon

2010-10-20T12:19:00.000-07:00

I found this photographer that is giving away a free photo shoot check it out

kristenmoss.blogspot.com

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2010-10-19T08:56:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER!!!

Cooper turns 2 today.

I will post pictures soon

Fire Trucks!!!

2010-10-02T14:22:00.000-07:00

Jerry's Home improvement had "Fire Safety Day" today, so we took Cooper to see all the fire trucks,ambulances, and Smokey the bear and the fire dog. He was a little nervous to get into the trucks because they were "to big" so he mostly just looked at them from afar with a death grip on either Grandma's or Papa's hand.

We got him to stand on the step of the fire truck by telling him the picture is for daddy!!(Chris was at a dental conference in LA)

we had to get a size comparison of the wheel there was so much going on it was hard to get him to look

"Cheese Daddy"

we were standing right by this ladder truck when they started putting it up Cooper was so excited!! We couldn't get him to walk away for anything.

It made me nauseous to watch it go up so high so I took a picture if Cooper and Grandma watching the ladder go up

After they took the ladder up they moved it all over this is out straight. they swung all the way around before putting it back down. Cooper watched the whole thing .

It was fun to see all the different rescue vehicles they had. I tried to get a picture of Cooper with the Fire dog and Smokey the bear but he was a little nervous to get close to them. he gave them each a high five and waved, from a distance, but no pictures.

a much needed update!!

2010-09-12T19:53:00.000-07:00

so its been along time since I have updated our lives.. so here we go

Chris: Started working for Capital Dental Group in August.

Andrea: hangs out with Cooper tries to be crafty and is currently 28 weeks along. I can't believe how fatst this one is going.

Cooper: is the love of our lives. he loves living with papa and grandma, and asks for them constantly. he rides his trike all by himself, he can count to 10 without help and can count to 20 with some help. likes to go on the big potty and will go just about every time he tries we are not trying to potty train yet but maybe soon, he talks in full sentence's, and when he does something he's not supposed to he puts himself in Time Out!! , still loves "cars" and "Handy Manny" and has discovered Mickey mouse. He loves to dig in the dirt and play with play dough. he loves to read books and goes non-stop from the time he wakes up(usually 6:30-7am) until we put him in bed (8-8:30pm) . he also likes to give baby Owen hugs and tells his night-night every night. I can't wait for them to meet!!!

Okay enough rambling here are some pictures:

This happened last week on Sunday as we were headed to church. he went to step/jump of the front step and bent forward and started to fall he tried to catch himself but was on the edge so he slid onto the sidewalk face first. He didn't hit to hard and only cried for a few seconds. it looks much better now and the scabs are gone.

This summer Cooper had tons of fun with the water. He learned to drink from the hose and if he flung the hose around it would get people wet.

Siena and Cooper had the best time playing in the pool together. Siena taught Cooper how to jump in the pool and Cooper just loved having someone to play with!

Cooper loves to play with Janae and Kiera(most of the time) We went up for J birthday and of course they played house! Every time we go to heathers Cooper puts on those beads. and wears them as much as he can.

Cooper is so proud of himself that he can get the goldfish out himself now!! I enjoy it to since if he is hungry he can get himself a snack.

This is Cooper in a fort that we built. I love that he is smiling at the Camera. and yes he does carry that baby around quite a lot. he has recently moved on to carrying "woody" around lately

Cooper things

2010-08-04T09:22:00.001-07:00

Cooper is quite the character lately!!! Here are some pictures to enjoy!! so in no particular order

This was at our wards Pioneer day picnic. Cooper saw that I had take my sandals off so he sat down took his sandals off grabbed my shoes and ran off

Chris and papa are helping Cooper be even more of a BOY than he already is!!

Yes that is a worm that he is holding an pulling apart! He thought it was funny to try and get me with it eeeewwwweee!!

My dad and Chris recently redid the garage. the insulated and put up sheet rock. So of course Cooper had to be right in the middle of the action.
Measuring the board

putting up the sheet rock. Chris and my were using drills to put up the sheet rock and cooper kept wanting to use them he was told that they were papa and daddy's drills so he went inside and found his and came out to help!! no one told him to do it!!

Cleaning up after he was done. This kid LOVES to sweep!!

I have been trying forever to get a picture of cooper and I together and he finally was smiling and I don't think I look to bad!

Cooper LOVES to help. when he does he tells us "i good helper" Chris was taking out the garbage so cooper had to get in on it

this cracked me up Chris apparently was being lazy and gave cooper the big trash bag and he took the small recycle bag.

some other things that crack me up about this kid...

Cooper and I ran some errands the other day. One of them was to the bank. I pulled up to the drive through window and as I rolled my window down Cooper says " Chicken nuggets. french fries and sweet sour sauce pease" I told him we are at the bank and will not be getting french fries today he then responded okay sour sauce please . Yes we do occasionally take Cooper out to fast food but I didn't think it was enough that he would know to order when we pulled up to a window or know what to order! this kid is to smart for me!!

Cooper was saying family prayer tonight, he repeats what Chris whispers to him, chris was ending the prayer when cooper didn't repeat what he was saying but instead decided to bless grandpa Jones' cows he wouldn't say amen until chris said bless grandpa's cows!!! It was so funny and cute!!

We Are having a .....

2010-07-26T10:41:00.000-07:00

We had our Ultrasound today!! Here are some pictures fr you to enjoy!!

I love this one we actually watched the baby put its hand to its mouth!

The ultrasound tech was trying to measure the head and brain so the baby showed how smart it already is
A side view
the baby yawning!
We are excited to announce that after already having a Son we are adding
A

BOY!!!!

We are excited and now the name game begins we had a name for a girl but know we get to figure out a name for a boy! If you have any ideas lets us know!!

MONDAY!!

2010-07-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

We are going in on Monday to (hopefully) find out what we are having!!!

So the question BOY or GIRL ???

what do you think??

Pictures

2010-07-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

Cooper was helping Papa wash his truck

While we were camping Cooper got to go shooting. Yes he really pulled the trigger and did his best to put the bullet in the chamber! He loves it

2010-07-13T13:54:00.000-07:00

We are alive!! since my last post we have moved, I went to girls camp and we went camping with Chris family. I am exhausted!!

WE moved- in with my parents for the time being. we are looking at buying a home but chris has to work for at least one day before the loan will go through so we are enjoying the air-conditioning the big back yard and two extra people to entertain cooper. Cooper loves it here Papa and grandma are his favorite. Papa takes him for rides in his truck and Cooper helps out with the yard work.

Girls camp what can I say a week with 100 teenage girls what could be more fun!!(note the sarcasm) It wasn't all bad this camp they had cabins and real showers and they had all there meals cooked for them. I did discover however that air mattresses are not for the pregnant!

Chris's family camp. We do this most every year. We go camping at bonney crossing wich is just on the east side of mount hood. It was fun. EXTREMELY HOT and thanks to Kimberly (chris' mom I did not have to sleep on an air mattress she let me use one of there cots. I am now convinced it is the way to camp!!

We are doing well I go in for a DR appt next week and we will schedule an ultrasound then to find out what we are having. Everything is going great I am starting to feel the baby more and more each day and I have still been trying to squeeze myself in to regular clothes but I don't think that will last much longer!!

I will get pictures on here as soon as I can figure out how to get them on Chris computer and then find where they go!!

DR CHRIS HANSON DMD

2010-06-19T16:09:00.000-07:00

Chris graduated on Friday June 18th. I couldn't have been more proud. He was in the first group to go and It was so exciting!!

Here he is receiving his Hood

Shaking the deans hand

Walking out

Phew its over!

The Graduate!!

Congratulations again!! We love you!!

Chris will be working in Springfield and starts the beginning of August.

What Happened to my BABY!!

2010-06-09T13:35:00.001-07:00

We were getting ready to go to the store this morning and he looked at me and said "come on"

I looked at him and thought wait where did my baby go? cause this little guy is no baby any more!

So I Missed It

2010-05-27T17:48:00.001-07:00

So I am REALLY bad and I forgot to post about Chris turning 30!!! We had cake and ice cream at my parents house. Chris celebrated by going to an interview and going bow fishing. It wasn't the most spectacular birthday like I wanted to throw him but we have been busy. Unfortunately This is the best picture I have of Chris. (he used it for his licensing)

Here is the cupcake cake I made Sorry its the best picture I could get.

And since don't have a great picture of Chris here is some fun ones of Cooper

I bought this material to make him some new jammies. he thought it was more fun to wear it like this.

Here are the PJ's i made I made size 1 and I bet they will fit for another year or so!!

And I just thought this one was cute. He was playing in his room and got really quiet so I went in and this is what I found! He looked right at me and said cheese!

2010-05-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Heather's neighbor I got Coopers pictures taken!! It has been a few weeks but I am finally getting some on here. These are just a few of my favorites! I can't believe how big he looks in these. Enjoy!

There was a car passing so he is making his car noise :)

The Gal who took the pictures had her daughter with her and she kept jumping of the couch on to a bean bag chair and Cooper thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen.

I love that he is actually looking and smiling at the camera!!

for your enjoyment

2010-04-28T20:50:00.000-07:00

The next American Idol

2010-04-27T17:18:00.000-07:00

Cooper has discovered the fine art of Singing!!!

18 months!!!

2010-04-21T16:10:00.000-07:00

WOW I can't believe that Cooper is already 18 months old.

here are his stats:

height:2'9" (71%)
weight: 25lb 5oz (41%)
head 19.5" (90%)

18 month version of Cooper

loves to do whatever he wants:)
talks constantly, he will try to say just about anything you ask him to
LOVES tractors and was so excited to play with them at Grandpa Jones
he loves trains and airplanes and cars
he LOVES "KACHOW" otherwise known as the movie "Cars"
eats constantly and eats just about everything.
isn't so sure about nursery yet but does pretty good
loves his cousin Hannah and Keira he asks about them on a daily basis
asks for Scott ( Chris' brother) multiple times a day after every phone call or when I am on the computer:)
loves to look at pictures of family
can recognize Papa and grandma's house when we pull up
loves to sing songs
knows about 20 animal sounds, like elephant, camel,wolf and frog.
never stops moving
has become a fan of lawn mowers and asks to see them daily.
and thanks to Chris he has learned to toot on command. it makes changing his diapers that much more fun :)

we love this kid so much and it is so fun to watch him grow and learn new things everyday

one more video

2010-04-12T17:47:00.000-07:00

What do you do with a cardboard box, 2 golf clubs and some duct tape?

Make a slide of course!!!

Easter weekend

2010-04-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend fell at the end of Chris' Spring break so we got to spend some extra time in Springfield. We thought that since the weather was nice on Thursday we would go feed the ducks at Alton Baker park. so we swiped some bread from my parents and headed over only to find out.....

that you are not allowed to feed them anymore. they even have a gate up!! Cooper was still really excited to see the ducks.

They actually only have 3 sides blocked off so we were able to get pretty close Cooper was having a ball

the best part though was being able to just run wild in the grass

On Saturday we went to My Grandparents house to have lunch and an Easter egg hunt. Cooper caught on quite fast.

Here he is counting his eggs!!

He got distracted by the fountain.

So instead of telling him not to play in the water in the rain and cold Chris just rolls up his sleeve and lets him have fun!!!

Heather and I were looking at cake books and cooper was playing beside me with his basket I looked down and this is what i saw

That doesn't look comfortable but he stayed there for quite awhile. Silly kid

Here is the best picture of the kids. Every time I put Cooper closer to the girls he would scoot away.

This is Easter morning with my parents. Heather Jeff and the girlies went to Salem so it was just Hannah and Cooper. Cooper learned quickly that the eggs had candy inside

Notice the pile of M&Ms and the smirk on his face as he opens another one

We had a great time with family. Cooper loves going to Papa's house he recognizes it when we pull up and loves to go and do anything with Papa.

An Actual Video of Cooper

2010-04-11T18:20:00.000-07:00

We finally got Cooper to perform for the camera here is a very poorly put together video of what happens right before bed time. Enjoy

more cooper

2010-03-27T17:29:00.000-07:00

With the last few days being bright and sunny we have taken many trips to the park. I love that Cooper is old enough now to play and the toys.

Coopers new favorite thing is to brush his own teeth

the other day while I was doing the dishes cooper was playing with the chairs and the next thing I know.....

Yes he climbed on to the chair and then onto the table all by himself!! I don't know what I am going to do with this kid!!

We have also been enjoying the Zoo a lot Cooper has taken a love for Tractors he sees this one and says"traddor" "drive"drive"

There is not much new in our lives. Chris just finished his winter term he only has ONE term left that is 2 MONTHS and he will be Done!!!! We don't know exactly where we are going but most likely Eugene or Salem areas. he has been talking to some dentist so we will see if anything works out. As far as cooper goes he TALKS all the time its so fun he loves to repeat words and he understands a ton also. I am still just hanging out and loving all the time I get to spend with my boys!

Cooper Pictures

2010-03-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

Cooper Loves to play peek a boo!

He also loves to put anything and everything around his neck and on his head

He was so excited to get his own creamcicle(sp?)
and yes He ate the whole thing himself!!
then promptly got a bath!!

I found Cooper sitting in the chair the other day and couldn't figure out how he got up there by himself. Well yesterday I found out...

This kid id SO smart

He was so proud of himself he kept saying "mama rock rock" and pointing to the chair!!

Update

2010-02-28T19:55:00.000-08:00

Sorry Its been so long. We have been so NOT busy. Just keeping up with day to day and trying to have fun. I thought I would just give a quick update on our lives

CHRIS: still pluggin' along in school, He has about 3 and a half months left till graduation!!!! No word yet on a job but he has had 2 interviews, one in sweet home and the other in Eugene. He is still serving with the 11 yr old scouts in church and seems to really enjoy it.

ANDREA: I am just hanging out and trying to keep up with my little monster. I have been getting better at couponing ( if that is even a word) and love it. I Just got released from the Primary Presidency(Today, Sunday) and was called as the Young Woman's Ward Camp Director. it should be fun I have been in Primary since we got married (5 1/2 yrs). So I am not sure what I am going to do when I have to sit through three hours of Church!! no i am looking forward to getting to go to YW and Relief society for the first time in 5+ years.

COOPER: is so great. he learns something new everyday and keeps us on our toes. he loves to be outside and always brings us shoes and tells us "shoes on bye bye" I love that he likes to be outside and on the go but it is not so much fun we it is time to come in. He talks non stop and knows about 40 words (that I can remember anyway) He knows the sounds for: monkey,elephant, Camel,frog, puppy, Rooster, sheep, wolf, lion, chicken, fish, and octopus. he can tell you what a car says and what a motorcycle says. He LOVES the movie cars and asks for it first thing in the morning. he LOVES when Chris comes home and hates it when he leaves, he goes to the door and in the saddest voice says "Dada bye bye "and then tries to open the door. He loves to sing songs with motion his favorites are Patty cake, wheels on the bus, popcorn and head shoulders knees and toes. He just learned how to do Ring around the Rosie so he is constantly asking "round round" We love this kid and think he is the greatest!

well I could go on forever I have been trying to get some video of Cooper doing his animal sounds but as soon as he sees the camera he stops so hopefully we will get some soon.

For the Hanson Family

2010-02-08T18:37:00.000-08:00

Kimberly made this book of the Hanson Family for Cooper He got it on Saturday. He already knows who they are!! (notice what he does when Chris asks where the motorcycle is:) )

And the Murderer Is....

2010-02-07T17:10:00.001-08:00

We went to a Murder Mystery Dinner Last night. It was really fun we all dressed up and had to solve the murder of Hal Cappone.

Scoop and S. Traten Harrow (a.k.a. Stephanie and Jake)

Billy "The Kid" and Silky(a.k.a. Dave and Lisa)

Molly and Ernie( a.k.a Kari and Bryce)

Eddie "socks" R.Gyle and Torchy (a.k.a. Chris and Andrea)
Chris played the role of a golfer and Night club owner and I was in the role of the singer in his club.
It was great fun to have dinner and solve the murder. I have never don one before and always thought it would be fun. So a great big THANK YOU to Stephanie and Jake for putting this all on.

Monkey noises and Elephant sounds

2010-02-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

instead of teaching him what a dog or cat or cow says we went for the rare

Monkey's and Elephants

I just think this is cute

2010-02-01T09:16:00.001-08:00

He loves to climb in to his dump truck and then be dumped out

CHA CHING

2010-01-22T20:49:00.000-08:00

Yes that is 16 boxes of fruit snacks!!! they are normally $2.99 a box I got ALL 16 for $1.70!!!!! yahOOOOOOO! yes thats right I got all 16 for LESS than ONE box!!! if I would have bought 16 boxes at regular price it would have cost $47.84. that is an 81% savings!!!!

I have been trying to get into the coupon game for a few weeks and this is my first "big" purchase!!! Thanks to heather for walking me through how to do it! I loved the look on the cashiers face when my total for one purchase was 50 cents for 4 boxes. he had to read the checkout to make sure he did it right and the lady in line behind me asked me if she was seeing thing right It made me feel so good !!!!

YAHOOOO!!!!

2010-01-19T13:51:00.001-08:00

After a week with no car This is what Chris does for me!!!

He bought me a BRAND NEW CAR!!!
its an 09 Kia Sorento.

I love it . I have been wanting somekind of small/mid Suv forever so this is perfect!!!

Cooper loves it also, when we were driving home from the dealership he kept pointing out the window saying "this, this this" he wanted to know what everything was.

Thanks again Chris I love you!!!

Childrens Museum

2010-01-17T18:01:00.001-08:00

Cooper and I were able to go to the Children's Museum last Wednesday. I was only able to take a few pictures because he was ALL OVER THE PLACE.

He loved the water room. He kept trying to climb into this little pool. its only a flat hand deep but he got his sleeves and the bottom of his pants soaked. He was smiling and laughing the whole time

The exhibit this month is "Clifford the Big Red Dog" Cooper loved it. He was so excited to drive/ this is the ferry, He was so excited that they had a car also that he bullied his was into it. there was a little girl that was sitting in it and cooper just walked right up and tried to push the mom out of the way while saying "car car" over and over. luckily the other mom thought it was cute and let Cooper have a turn. he was in heaven

Cooper is already practicing to follow in his dad's footsteps!

By the time we were done we were both tired. We had lots of fun is you live in or visit the Portland area its a great place to visit, its in the same parking lot as the Zoo.

When we got home I gave Cooper the treat of Mac'n'Cheese for lunch. so i loaded his tray and then went to the computer. I turned around to check on him since he was being so quiet and this is what i saw....

I didn't realize that he was so tired. He wore himself out with all that fun.

Cross your fingers

2010-01-15T19:15:00.000-08:00

after an eventful week with cars(mine broke and I kept killing Chris') we are headed down to Springfield. Chris has an interview/ meeting with a Dentist in Eugene. Tomorrow(sat). I am excited that things are starting to happen but also trying not to get to excited. He also has a interview/meeting with a dentist in Sweet home later this month. I can't believe that we only have about4 and a half months left. It is so crazy.

In other news we are having a great time. Cooper and I went to the Children's museum on Wed. It is so fun I love it. He ran around all over the place. his favorite rooms were, the water room, The Clifford the big red dog exhibit, and the CAR room. Cooper loves cars. he says "car" all the time. Cooper is talking more than ever and has recently learned "boo" he will hide and then say Boo to us it is so cute!

I will post pics soon

Tag " this picture has a stoy"

2010-01-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

I was *tagged* Heather

1. Open your first picture folder

2. Upload the 10th picture in the folder (if you don't have 10 picts, then go to the next folder)

3. Tell us the story behind the picture

4. Tag 5 friends to do the same

So you can pretty much guess the story from the pic. I had been in "labor" for about 9hrs I got to take a shower and kim was nice enough to dry my hair for me!! yes this was still 30 or so hrs BEFORE Cooper was born!!

I tag Leslie, Cami, Courtenay, Molly, Lindsay.

um.......

2010-01-08T19:53:00.001-08:00

This is what happens when I leave Cooper home with Chris! :)

Cooper likes to play in our room and Chris said this is how he found C just after I left.

Catch up..

2010-01-06T20:24:00.000-08:00

Cooper's First Shooting trip.

While we were in Lincoln City fir Christmas Cooper went shooting. He loved it!!

Here he is shooting with chris

It only took him a couple shots before he was pulling the trigger himself!!

More bullets please Grandpa!!
For New Years eve this year the theme was " A Night at the Movies" cooper came as Charlie Brown!
(Chris and I didn't dress up)

2009-12-29T17:31:00.000-08:00

It started snowing around 3 this afternoon so i thought "Hey lets let Cooper go "play" in the snow". so out we went. He wasn't to sure at first but then he was running all over the place.

Then about an hour later we went out again!as you can tell it was still snowing and had covered the ground. Cooper was so excited to be out there. Sorry this isn't the best(the snowflake covering his face) but you can somewhat tell how happy he is to be out in the snow!

One Little Cooper Jumping on the Bed...

2009-12-21T12:18:00.000-08:00

ELDER JONES

2009-12-18T11:48:00.000-08:00

Kevin is officially in the Field (for nonLDS readers, it means that he is in the Czech Republic). Here he is with his New Companion Elder McGlaughlin. They are serving in Ostrava, Czech Republic,( It is southeast and close to the border of Slovakia.)

Some Fun

2009-12-16T14:02:00.000-08:00

Cooper found out where we put the candy. It was on the TOP of the shelf. He stretched up on his toes and was able to get his fingers on the felt feet of the Santa, he only whined for about 2 seconds, until he realized the candy was now all over the floor then he wanted down and wnet after them.

Chris was at home with Cooper and this is how he found him!

Cooper found his swing the other day and kept wanting to play with it so Chris got it out and put Cooper in it. He thought it was great.

Cooper just cracks us up all the time. It is so fun to watch what he learns each day.

It's begining to look alot like Christmas

2009-12-08T13:15:00.001-08:00

We went to Lincoln City last weekend to get our Christmas tree! We went up with Scott, Angela and Ethan. It was fun. this is the best picture I could get of Cooper. he would be looking and smiling at me but as soon as I would go to take a picture he would look down.

Cooper had fun but kept wanting to go running through the trees himself but since it was on the side of the mountain we wouldn't let him. So he settled for a bowl of goldfish in the WARM truck.

This is the view from "Naked Man" the spot where we got the trees.Cooper was a little scared of the tree at first but then thought it was great fun to put the ornaments on, since Chris showed him that some had candy inside.

Cooper got the ornament on all by himself!

Here is the decorated tree!!

Cooper the CUTE!!

thanks Shanna for the outfit I love it!!!

Cooper Cuteness

2009-12-01T20:48:00.001-08:00

I got Coopers pictures taken a few weeks ago and am now just getting them on here but they are adorable and I only put a few on here so enjoy!!

This is one of me favorite faces!

He kept wanting to eat the bridge.

If you can't tell by now I think my kid is ADORABLE!!

Thanks Andrea and Megan for taking the picts. I really appreciate it. They turned out fabulous!

randomness

2009-11-10T10:45:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pictures to enjoy

Cooper enjoying his cake

He decided to eat his tortilla without using his hands

I think this picture is one of my favorites

Not much has been going on around here lately,
Chris has been studying for boards, he takes them the week of thanksgiving.
I got the BEST birthday present... 24 hours off, Chris took Cooper and went to Lincoln city for the weekend. it was weird to not have anyone to put to bed or feed or take care of . I was glad I got the time to myself but I started to really miss them.
Cooper is mostly walking now. That has presented a new set of well let's call it fun. He loves to climb and EVERYTHING. but we sure love him

this that and the other

2009-10-27T20:01:00.001-07:00

Forward facing!!!
cooper now gets to face forward in the car and as you can see he LOVES it.

our little Indian.
I thought this face was the best.

Cooper loves to take bubble baths

For Family Home Evening this week we carved pumpkins!

Cooper went went the attack method.

Chris concentrating hard.
(he was trying to hurry because he still had to go to the store to get things for my birthday the NEXT day)

Cooper wasn't to sure about this whole thing

notice the face

Wait dad i want to do it!!

"See I can do it"

The happy family!

I love getting to do fun things with my little family. I can't wait for the holidays to build more memories!!

Happy 1st Birthday Cooper!!!

2009-10-19T10:03:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has already been a year since we had Cooper!!. This last year has been a great one. Cooper is a joy in our lives and continues to impress us with how smart of a little guy he is. He loves to study things before he does them and them is an instant pro when he does. He has stared walking and is now into everything all the time and giggles when he knows he's not supposed to be somewhere. I love watching him grow into a little person with his own personality. Here is a year of pictures!!
ENJOY!!

New born

One Month

2 months

3 months (one of my favorites)

4 months

5months

6 months (Lizard Boy)

7 months , I love his face

8 months

9 months, he takes after me!

10 months

11 months

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUNCHKIN!!!!!

ELDER JONES

2009-10-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

It official! Elder Jones is in the MTC and will be there for aprox. 9 weeks before he heads to the Czech Prauge Mission. I can't believe that he made it. I am filled with so many emotions right now I needed to get them out. I am so proud of my little(okay maybe not so little) brother for the choices he has made this past year to change his life around and serve the Lord. There was a time that I didn't think he would ever serve but I know that through the prayers and fasting of those that love him he felt the spirit and knew what he had to do. I am grateful for Erica for the influence that her testimony and friendship had on him. I will be forever grateful that she came into his life. I am grateful for the Temple and the comfort that can be founf in its sacred walls. Last spring I went to the temple with Chris' family as they did the work for an uncle that has passed away, I was just going as a support and for no other reason. While in the temple a prayer was said that asked to bless the missionaries of the church and I was overcome with a feeling that Kein would be okay in his troubles at the time and that one day he would be out serving. I ignored it at first tinking yeah right he does't even go to church right now, but the feeling came again this time even stronger that kevin would serve and that I needed to stop worrying about him. I believed it that time and a few weeks later my mom said that kevin was moving home to sort some stuff out, then I founf out that he would be able to participate in Coopers blessing. Then He went off to BYU-Idaho and a week or so into it started his mission papers Now he is In the MTC. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true church I know the Book of Mormon is true and the words we read are a blessing to us from Prophets of the past. I love my Brother so much and I pray that he will be able to serve the Lord with his whole heart. I already miss him but I know that he is soing the right thing and we will be blessed as we support him and continue to chose the right in our own lives.

I feel much better being able to get that out. If you would like to write to Kevin you can find his addresses on his blog. there is a link on the right side of mine KEVINS MISSION BLOG. I know that he would enjoy letters from family and friends.

Kevin and Cooper

2009-10-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

This summer Cooper has become a big fan of Uncle Kevin.

We spent a week down there and Kevin and cooper had a lot of fun together.

This had been going on for about 5 min before I stared filming. It just makes me laugh

I have a Toddler

2009-10-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

Cooper has started walking. He still prefers to crawl, but, will walk short distances.
He is growing up way to fast.

Crafty things

2009-10-06T21:30:00.001-07:00

Here are some crafty things that I have done lately.

The Birthday Calender.
I made it a while ago but never put any pictures up

I made this awhile ago too.

It turned out a lot busier than I thought it would but I enjoy the pattern of the quilt.

I made this this morning.

Cooper's first Halloween bag

Christmas Stocking

My Grandma made our family some a few years ago and i have always loved them so I decided to make some for us

Chris and Cooper: My favorite handy men!!!I love that Cooper always wants to do what Chris is doing. I can't believe he is almost a year old...

All About US. (I got this from a friends blog)

2009-09-30T20:40:00.000-07:00

>What are our middle name?

Ernest and Kristine

> How long have you been together?

dated for 7 months engaged for 3 month and married just over 5 years

>How long did you know each other before you started dating?
about a month

>Who asked who out?

I don't really remember who asked who but our first date was to the corn maze. he ended up holding my hand that night after I got freaked out. or at least he thinks I did. heheh

> Who made the first move?

he did he kissed me first well if you call it a kiss. it was more a peck. He had never kissed anyone before

> How old are we?

Chris is 29 and I am almost 26

> Did you go to the same school!!

not at all he grew up in Lincoln City and I in Springfield.

> Who majored in what?

Chris has a bachelors in Science of some kind and is in his LAST year of Dental school
I don't have a degree in anything. Although I would love to take more classes in photography.

> Who has worst temper?
gee let me think...... ME. I get mad over the stupidest things and Chris is always so good at taking it and letting me vent and then helping me realize how silly I being

>Who has the best sense of humor?

it depends. I think Chris does.

> How many children do you want?

3 or 4. Since I can't have anymore than that.

> Who does the cooking?

I do except Sunday. Chris is in charge of Sunday meals.

> Where did you go on your first date?

to the corn maze

> Who has the bigger family?

Chris does 2 sisters 2 brothers

> Do you get flowers often?

No. I have gotten Tulips a few times though (they are my favorite).

> What do you do for a living?

I stay home with cooper and Chris goes to School ( For ONE more year)

>What is "your song?"

I am not sure who sings it but " I can't be your friend anymore" is the title, he actually used that line with me before i heard the song

>What is your favorite thing to do together?

Watch the Office or The Big Bang Theory, or just hang out with Cooper

YOUR TURN!

Sunriver and Zoo

2009-09-21T12:51:00.000-07:00

So we have been running non stop for the last month. We have been in Springfield, Lincoln City, Sunriver, and the zoo. My kitchen has FINALLY been finished. it only took them a month to get to it and ONE day to actually fix it. We have been enjoying Chris being home and are going to miss him when he starts again next week but that means that we are almost DONE!!

Here are a few pictures from Sunriver. I didn;t take as many as I would have liked but we were on the go there also. We took many bike rides, Cooper loved them he sat in the bike cart thing with our friends little girl and just enjoyed being outside. we went swimming and have fabulous Ice cream and a Pizza that was bigger than Chris and Cable's hands side by side.

Cooper enjoying the hammock

Looking so cute

Swimming with daddy! He loves the water!!

notice his many faces

oWe Also tok a trip to the Zoo today with heather and the girlies

Cooper really enjoyed the tractor

The Zoo opened the Preditors of the serengeti exhibit last week so we got to see lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs, they have someothers but I don't remember what they were.

I think this is a trippy pictures. It is actually 2 cheetahs

Cow Patty Country Club

2009-09-07T15:54:00.000-07:00

We got to have a mini Jones family reunion last weekend!! We got together at our favorite place..

The Cow Patty Country Club!!
(aka Grandpa Jones farm)

It was tons of fun to see almost everyone. Layne and Helen and family came up from Utah so we got together for an old time BBQ!! great times were had by all.

Grandpa and His Kids

L to R Lonnie, Nancy, Gary, Grandpa, Steve, Tami, Layne.
I love my family. I have the greatest aunts and uncles.

The six siblings

The siblings and there other halves, with Grandpa

Grandpa and the Grand kids
Lonnie and Betsy Dayna and Kaylie
(missing Adam and Stephanie , Kris Tyler and Ashley)

Our Family
Missing Heather jeff and the girlies

Nancy, Glen her friend, Christopher and Aaron 2 of 5
(Missing, Joshua, Micah(Caleb) and Jacob)

Gary and Jill
Zach Chelsea and Mallory

Layne and Helen
Jason. Magon( Shane Devin)Tracy
(Missing Taylor, who is serving his mission in Mozambique.) Tami and Dan
Evan and Siena
Grandpa

Grandpa after realizing how many people are at his

Kevin and Hannah

I just had to put this in for kim

My cute mom

I love this one of Cooper and Grandpa
Kim Magon, Me and Tracy
Cow Patty Country club course
This has been a tradition for many years. they use a Frisbee or bucket lid and throw it out there and away they go. Like I said I love my Famliy

Janae on the rope swing

Camping 2009

2009-08-21T09:16:00.001-07:00

we got to go camping at Bonny Crossing Earlier this week. It has been awhile since we have been able to go. Cooper really enjoyed himself.

There are lots of pictures so enjoy!!

I just love this face!

He was trying to open the cooler. I love that he looks like he got caught.

I think this is so Cool. Chris wrote his name backwards with his flashlight while his mom took the picture. I love it.

This is Coopers hand print on Chris' arm.

WARNING: the last pictures may contain material that is not for the easily grossed out. Viewer discretion is advised!

I just think this is gross but he kept doing it. Notice how black his feet are.

Promise Pictures

2009-08-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Okay so here are a bunch of pictures form last weekends adventures. They are in no particular order. They are from the beach which was so warm and had no wind that we played in the water, Enchanted Forest, and just random of the kids playing.

ENJOY!!

The Hanson Clan

The Cousins

Cooper really liked these planes, they are geo tracks

Logan and Cooper. Logan is almost 4 and Cooper loved to be pushed around on this car

This is one of my new favorite pictures of Chris and Cooper

the Cool Dude

Cooper and Grandpa at Enchanted ForestNo this is not as comfortable as it looks

Chris and Cooper at the Shooting gallery. Cooper didn't like the noise it made.

Just another one of my Boys

Playing in the sand

We found a live starfish on the beach!!

We had lots of fun hanging out. I will put up some more pictures of Enchanted forest soon

5 years!!

2009-08-13T15:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary!!!!

where we were 5 years ago!

Where we are today
I Love you Chris!!!

coming soon

2009-08-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

there has been a lot going on lately,
we went to Lincoln City over the weekend for the blessing of Scott and Angela's baby.(chris' brother and girlfriend) Jerusha, Nate and the kids were able to come up from Utah for the event.
We were able to go to Enchanted Forest on Tuesday and play with the kids. If you have never been I highly recommend it.
I will have pictures soon I haven't got them uploaded yet and I am waiting to get some from Kimberly.

about our apartment: They removed the fan and the dehumidifier on Thursday so we have a quiet living room again. unfortunately they haven't done anything else there is still no siding and we now have some cracks forming in the walls by the cabinets. the plan is to fix the outside first before they do anything inside and hopfully they will be able to just do patches instead of tearing the kitchen apart but who knows what and when anything will be done!

WAY TO EARLY FOR THIS

2009-08-04T20:15:00.000-07:00

Here is the exciting story of our joyous time EARLY Tuesday MORNING

First of all I just want you to note the TIME yes that is AM!!! at this point we had already been awake for about 20 min.

This is the reason for the RUDE awakening. I heard this awful noise that sounding like a grinding clicking noise, so Chris got up to check to see if it was the AC unit in our window NO it was
WATER running down from the unit above us in to our kitchen. the Noise the outlet shorting out

Notice the water running OUT of the outlet it is coming down the wall by the cabinets

Yes that is soap suds. the guy above us had his laundry and dish soap under the sink where the Pipe burst his apartment had about 2 in of water in it by the end

the door way to the washer and dryer

the vent above the stove

The Lovely drying feature
we get to play home to them for a few days

they had to remove the siding because the water ran out there also
if it wasn't for the drain out side our door it would have come in to our house

Notice the lovely DRY ROT

Chris didn't even have to try to get the pencil in

It was such a fabulous way to start the day.... NOT!!!!

it took us about 30 min just to get in contact with the managers of our apartments. In the mean time I had called the management company and they were working on getting someone out so by the time the on site managers got up there was someone on the way but because the outlet had shorted out we had to turn of the power to our whole house so that was fun. Chris was smart enough to jump in the shower at 3 am since we had to turn the water off the whole building.

So what do I do during all this TAKE PICTURES Chris asked me what I was doing and I told him this was so worth blogging about. He rolled his eyes at me:)

So as of right now we know nothing about what they are going to do to fix the problem. We have to let everything dry out for a day or two. I am hoping they are nice enough to give us a vacant apartment here if they have to gut the kitchen so we will see.

2009-08-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

I am finally getting to posting Coopers 9 month stats:

Length 30"(93%)
Weight 21.4lbs(60%)

Head 18.5 (90%)

other things:
loves to run
LOVES the water
went swimming for the first time
army crawls
walks around the furniture
happy kid
we are so blessed to have him in our lives

Multnomah Falls, and New "Chair"

2009-07-28T20:17:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday(july 23) Chris called me at 10am and said his patient didn't show up so he was free so we decided to take a trip to Multnomah Falls. I had only been there once and only looked at the falls. We Hiked to the TOP!!

These are on the bridge before the trail goes up and up and up and up and up

Here is the TOP of the Falls

Cooper's favorite part of the trip... Being able to be free

It was fun hard but fun

Cooper Loves to just hang out in is "chair"

I love how he is just lounging

one more

2009-07-19T17:45:00.000-07:00

we call this his snorty face

What do you get when you cross an inchworm with a sidewinder?

2009-07-18T19:28:00.000-07:00

you get Cooper Crawling

My Favorite Sound

2009-07-14T20:14:00.000-07:00

I love his laugh when he is really going. He had been laughing, yes at me, for about 5 min before we got the camera. In case you're wondering, I was dancing around, C obviously thinks my dancing is funny.

More pictures of our weekend in Springfield

2009-07-11T12:36:00.001-07:00

Mom brought out the chocolate and Cooper wanted in on the action

So proud he got some but they fell off .. so what do you do.....Dig in with your hands

Got it ...

Not quick enough..

Tired out on the 4th

here is a cake that we made .. not to creative but fun nonetheless

This was on Sunday the 5th. we were in Corvallis for Hannah's blessing. we got there early and there is a park next to the parking lot so Cooper picked me a Flower

I have a really cute kid!!!( in case you can't tell)

Sahalie Falls

2009-07-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

While we were in Springfield Chris Cooper and I had the chance to go with Mom Dad Kevin and Erica hiking at Sahalie Falls. It was so nice and beautiful. even though it was 90 degrees it was nice and cool on the trails in the shade and next to the water.

Here is Sahalie Falls

Chris and Cooper Ready to go. This was the first time we have used the pack. Cooper really enjoyed himself.

Kevin and Erica

My awesome Parents.
(aren't they adorable)

Kevin was excited to be around so much green
(he's been in Idaho since april)
along the trail
the LOOK

Kevin had to show his muscles
So he pulled the rock apart
the beautiful falls
If you like to hike or just want an easy walk through the trees and next to some great falls and water you should do Sahalie falls. Its about an hour east of Springfield on hwy 126. its a great family outing.

The Best Day

2009-07-05T18:29:00.000-07:00

Friday July 3 : Kevin and Erica(his friend) decide that it is the time to tell us that they have talked a lot and have decided and feel really good about their decision especially the last few weeks thee Decision they have made....

TO SERVE A FULL TIME MISSION!!!!!!

Here is Kevin with his Call

(we had no idea that he was planning or had even turned in his papers, let alone already got his call)

reading his call to mom

I really like this picture, at this point we were all crying,well the girls anyway
CZECH PRAGUE MISSION
he will learn the Czech language and serve in the Czech republic and Slovakia. He enters the MTC on October 14 2009

The soon to be
Elder Kevin Jones

The proud Parents

Kevin and I

Kevin and EricaErica is also planning on a mission but has to wait for her knee to heal. I hope it heals soon

I am so proud of Kevin and the choices that he has made that have led him to serve the Lord.I am so filled with love and joy for my little brother

I LOVE YOU KEVIN

Swimming time

2009-07-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

I found this pool at Target on sale for $2.50. Cooper thought it was great. We had Janae and Kiera today and J loved it also. K wanted nothing to so with it until it was time to go in then she got in sat down and that was enough for her. it was fun. I did take a pic of J and C together but I took in on my phone and I don't know how to put pics from there on the the comp.

SO CUTE

2009-06-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

How Do you make an 8 month old Happy?.......

2009-06-18T13:40:00.000-07:00

..... Give them a Fudge bar

And you get HAPPY BABY

I let Cooper share my fudgesicle (sp?) last night and instant happy baby...... he ate most of the bar himself........ yes he takes after is mother:)

Family Pictures

2009-05-25T19:25:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went to Lincoln City and Kimberly was soo nice to finally take some Family Pictures.

Thanks Again Kimberly