The Hansen Files

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Pictures from the last year of blog neglect

23 April 2009 - Hannah in reading fort

26 April 2009 - Jerry and Sarah

27 April 2009 - Hannah and Sarah

3 May 2009 - Sarah's baby blessing

3 May 2009 - Hannah with Grandma Parker

28 May 2009 - Special present from Aunt Camie

16 June 2009 - Special outing with Aunt Katie

17 June 2009 - Hannah and Jerry

4 July 2009 - Hannah's birthday at Grandma Hansen's

30 July 2009 - Sarah with Grandma and Great-grandma Hansen

31 July 2009 - Cousin Catie and Sarah

4 August 2009 - Frontier Night at Aspen Grove with Grandpa Parker

8 August 2009 - Hannah and Mom at Bridal Veil Falls

9 August 2009 - Temple Square Visitors' Center (As we walked up the ramp to this room, Hannah gasped and said "Star Wars!" After she saw Jesus she said, "Jesus is giving us a hug.")

9 August 2009 - Sarah

10 September 2009 - Holly's birthday with girls

1 October 2009 - Indianapolis Children's Museum

28 October 2009 - Ready for Halloween party

28 October 2009 - Hannah showing off her homemade witch's hat

3 December 2009 - Children's Museum Carousel

3 December 2009 - Riding carousel

16 December 2009 - Nashville, IN with Aunt Katie

17 December 2009 - Jerry's early childhood home in Lafayette, IN

17 December 2009 - swings and woods behind Jer's childhood home

17 December 2009 - throwing Hannah in the deep leaves

18 December 2009 - Graham cracker houses with Aunt Katie

19 December 2009 - Sarah's b-day - visit to Indianapolis - real baby reindeer

19 December 2009 - Jerry with the final graham cracker house

24 December 2009 - Unexpected guests on Christmas Eve - Santa's elves? (Friends from our ward)

24 December 2009 - Still decorating the tree

25 December 2009 - Merry Christmas Hannah

25 December 2009 - Merry Christmas Sarah

27 December 2009 - Cardinals in the snow outside our kitchen window

4 February 2010 - Jerry and Sarah at the Children's Museum

4 February 2010 - Holly and Hannah at the Children's Museum

8 February 2010 - Hannah reading to Big Bear (Mom's special friend from when she was 3 too)

14 February 2010 - Hannah modeling special dress from Grandma Parker

24 February 2010 - Sarah - I got it!

18 March 2010 - Sarah and Dad playing catch at the park

23 March 2010 - Sarah LOVES swings!

23 March 2010 - dress-up time with Dad

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Indiana Wants Me...and Unlike R. Dean Taylor...I Can Go Back There

It's official: we're going to Indiana University to study political philosophy (secondary field in comparative politics), minor in Eastern European or religious studies. I'll be studying identity formation, the development of civil religion (i.e., how we develop loyalty to the state and the benefits and problems of it), and church-state relations. IU has the best Romanian program... and is paying a lot... and... the grandmas can tell you who scored the most points in any NCAA basketball championship game (go watch Hoosiers for a refresher course on how much they like their b-ball)... and... the state is responsible for two of the best movies of all time (Rudy is the other one)... and... they don't have to irrigate--lots of trees (Holly gets to climb trees instead of mountains...she thinks she'll handle the trade-off). And... yeah. We're excited. JIII

(See previous post for recent photos).

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Photos and Brief Update

Here is a sampling of the photos I have posted on Facebook. We'll have more of an update to post soon after we determine where we're headed this fall for a PhD. Jerry has some good offers and is currently in Indiana visiting Indiana University. The current plan is for him to finish his political science master's thesis at USU and then teach Romanian again at BYU this summer. We've really enjoyed Logan, but are looking forward to another adventure outside of Utah this fall. Jerry is currently serving as the ward mission leader and I am a ward missionary. I'm still a stay-at-home mom - of two as of Dec 19th - and love it! Hannah is delightful and full of energy and Sarah is so mild and low-maintenance. They're precious to me. Jerry is still my best friend and we keep each other sane most of the time and flavor the relationship by driving each other insane occasionally. :)

21 January 2008 - Hannah