Family Pictures!

Here are some of our family pictures. Erin was actually more cooperative than Ben, but I think they turned out pretty well. When Brandon has some time to do more editing I will try to post some more.

Check out the CheapShots link on the side. They do a great job for great prices (they even did the editing on most of these ones) and give you a cd with all the pictures in the end!

October update

I've been MIA for the past month, so let's get caught up. October began with Brandon heading to Oklahoma for two weeks with work. He was in the Tulsa area and said it was nice, but he's glad to be back and we're super glad to have him.

While Brandon was gone Erin became a big 10 month old She is so much fun. She loves to climb stairs, practice walking, eat adult food, and mimic words. Where did my 5 lb peanut go?

The kids were pretty excited to have daddy home. The morning after he got back I found all 3 of them cuddling in bed for some Saturday morning cartoons.

The rest of these are just random pics of the kids over the month.

Here Comes Fall!

We decided to squeeze the last little bit out of summer. We really wanted to head up the canyon one last time to see the leaves changing, which may be better in another week, but this was the only time we could go. So, we packed some hot dogs and marshmallows and headed up. We all have colds, but it was still great to get out and play on the mountain one last time for the year.

Look close, we blend well.

Look Mom! A STICK!

Labor Day Campout

It was time for a final summer campout. We went with my family to Maple Lake. It was great!

Poor Brandon is always taking the pictures and never in them.

We took a walk to this neat little waterfall. Erin was exhausted and slept through the whole thing.

Look closely, those ducks are good at camouflage!

Who needs a sandbox when you've got an ash pile?

This is how we were hoping the night would go...

This is two hours later when we realized how it was really going to go.

Erin's mealtimes were a party as always.

Here are the Hansen cousins, minus Jen who was back at camp.

We had a great time and are looking forward to going back next summer.

On Monday Erin became a big 9 month old. She celebrated by starting to climb stairs. What a cute little bug!

Silly Faces, Happy Kids, and other randomness...

Here are the silly faces:

Here are the Happy Kids:

As for the rest...

We went for a drive up Payson canyon to pick out a campsite for Labor Day weekend. Ben LOVES camping, so he had to get out and run around "on the mountains".

Brandon's parents came for a visit, look how much they got done on the shed! Brandon's hoping to wrap it up in the next week.

At McGrath's for lunch...YUMMY!
I completely missed Erin's eight month post, but maybe it's good since a week later she started crawling! Within days of that she started pulling herself up on everything. The problem is that she is not stable at all, yet has no fear and will let go to try standing on her own. Hopefully she'll learn quickly, in the meantime there will be plenty of bonks and bruises. She'll be 9 months next week, so hopefully I will be a little more on the ball with that one!