Monday, November 19, 2012. Our wonderful year in Japan has come to an end. This will be our last blog post since we are now back in America. We were very lax about photographing our final days in Japan. There are no photos of our days of packing up all our stuff and sorting out things that we needed to give away, or of the great pizza party with some of our friends in our last night at our apartment. But we did photograph our last few hours in Japan. Bre- the food, the poli.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014. First time touching water in a lake or stream. Priest Lake trip with Grandma and Grandpa Hanson. Cutie pie before getting a hair cut. Moves around like a crazy person - just starting to get the actual crawl down. Has eaten squash, beans, and carrots. Loves to stick his tongue out. Usually sleeps through the night, or is up just once. We sure love him! .

Tuesday, September 22, 2015. The projects are few and far between these days. And while they still get accomplished, they seem small compared to the handbags. Also, I really dislike mini blinds - I might be able to write an entire essay on why they are one of the worst consumer products available. Friday, May 8, 2015. The other day while perusing Pinterest, yah know, like ya do when you are having bon bons and sipping champagne in your sparkli.

Friday, December 27, 2013. Christmas this year was pretty darn good this year. Only one slight bump with Hayden having his tonsils and adenoids taken out. Everything thought it was a bad choice on our part with scheduling it on Christmas eve but it turned out to be good. Santa stopped by Christmas eve and that helped as well. Hope you all had a great Christmas as well. Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

Thursday, August 21, 2014. Where do I begin? My last post was all about Brantman who has already been apart of our family for 6 months now! Let me just say that life with two kids under two is busy, busy, busy! I am almost always needed by one or the other or both at the same time.