I have a Nephew!

My Nephew Brayden was born last Thursday! He is so adorable! I had the privilege of being there (and getting to help a little) when my cousin did his pictures on Tuesday. I just had to share a couple!

(All Photos are property of Karrie Hansen Photography. Please do not use without permission.)

Vacation!

Sorry I've been AWOL, but we were on vacation! My parents, grandma, sister, brother and his wife all went to Daytona Beach, Florida. It was my first time in Florida, and it was nice! We stayed right on the beach, which was awesome!
(here was our view...)

We spent a lot of time at the beach and in the pool (check out this pool!)

Jack had so much fun swimming, and by the last day was running around on the beach and in the water...

Ellie loved the water too. We would hold her and she would sit and just splash and splash!

One day we went to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, and that was pretty neat. Jack loves "agagors," so he loved walking around and seeing all the different gators and crocodiles. =)

We spent a lot of time with Josh's grandma and aunt and uncle. It was the first time any of them have met Jack and Ellie, and we haven't seen them in almost 5 years! We had fun, got spoiled, and ate way too much! Josh took Jack to his first Baseball game (the Daytona cubs) and he loved it!

Here are more fun pictures from the week. =)

My whole family

smiley girl!

They love each other!

We got to watch dolphins from our balcony!

All ready to "min"

fun in the pool with daddy

Following daddy into the water

Ellie with Grandpa and Auntie

Jack and Ellie with Great Grandma

This is how he fell asleep on the plane... he wanted to "watch" out the window.

Someone got her ears pierced!

Halloween Weekend!

We had a pretty busy weekend! It all started Friday night with our church's Harvest fair. We took Jack and he got to go "Trunk or Treating." He finally got the hang of it at about the last car. hehe... but he was all prepared for Halloween! He got some candy (for mom and dad of course!) and got to play some fun games!

Then on Saturday morning, we went out to watch the Nevada Day Parade! Oct. 31st is when Nevada because a state, and it is a big holiday here! They have the state's largest parade and everything! It was fun, and we left after 3 hours and they were still going! We got some fun pictures though!








Saturday night we went to some friends for a costume party. I didn't take any pictures though!

Then of course Sunday was Halloween! Jack and I went to our Friend's house to go trick or treating with them and their little guy. Jack loved it!





Overall, we had a fun weekend! (except for Josh being sick...) How was your Halloween?f

My little Sister

This past weekend we went to My parent's house in California for my little sister's Graduation. She Graduated Summa Cum Laude with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. We are all so proud of her! She has grown up to be a beautiful Woman, inside and out. =) Thursday Night was the pinning ceremony where my parent's "pinned" her, then Friday morning was the Graduation Ceremony. I took some pictures, so here ya go!

Family Shot! (this is my new hair do, by the way!)
My Mom "Pinning" my sister (they put the pins on ribbons to make it a little easier.)
So beautiful!
My Mom, Dad and Sister

At the Ceremony

Jack Having fun with Grandpa at the ceremony (and no, we wouldn't keep those sunglasses on for more than a minute!)

He loves piggy back rides!
My Parents and Autumn after the ceremony


Love you Sister!