I'm so glad last quarter is OVER!!!!! The most difficult quarter yet for a multitude of reasons. I know that Dad B would be proud! ='0) It was a miracle that I still pulled above 3.5 in my classes, even after missing 2 1/2 weeks of school. Such a blessing!
Spring 10, my last quarter and I'll be a graduate of EWU!! I can't believe it! My kids have been amazing and grown so much over the last two years. I truly hope we can stay and continue on in the master's program here, if only to linger in Cheney a bit longer.
♥♥♥♥
Tasha + Kiddos
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
dad....
Many of you have heard that my stepfather (since I was 4) was killed in a car accident Monday February 15, 2010 at about 5:30pm. Dad had come to visit us for the weekend in Cheney. He had just left our house about 5:00pm. Multiple news stations that covered the accident on the radio, TV and internet. (read here) The shock and tragedy of his passing has been acute in every possible way. We love him and miss him so much.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for our family, extended family and especially for the grandchildren.
Below are some of the pictures I've taken over the last two days. Some are difficult to see. My hope is that for those who need to see, they have that opportunity. (((HUGS))) ='0l
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for our family, extended family and especially for the grandchildren.
Below are some of the pictures I've taken over the last two days. Some are difficult to see. My hope is that for those who need to see, they have that opportunity. (((HUGS))) ='0l
Monday, January 25, 2010
Apparently I have a Blog....
So, I'm withdrawing a bit offline, but felt that as a token of my desire to stay connected to family and close friends----I will be attempting to throw up a blog post once a month =0)
January
Has been just a tad busier than any other quarter thus far. Certainly a challenge to say the least. It has also inspired me in a few new areas and I'm excited to grow in uncharted directions this year, while continuing to grow in many familiar paths as well.
Grace and June are just as fun as can be. They adore their kindergarten teacher and their speech/learning teachers too! We're working on losing more teeth. I'm sure the top two will be out before we know it! They enjoy playing pretend, making up stories and songs, and drawing pictures for their stories. They love going to church and primary. Both girls are wonderful big sisters to each other and their little brother. June is coming into her own and Grace is easing up a little. They are two of a kind!!
Peter is realizing more and more how powerful talking can be. He discovered a while ago that changing the volume and tone in his voice gets mommy's attention really quick! He is Mr. Helpful all the time around the house, thoughtful and sweet. His laugh is boisterous and infectious. He is becoming more daring and creative in his play.
I'm so happy and so grateful to be in this stage of our lives. SO MUCH GROWTH and development for all of us on so many levels. The Lord has truly kept us in His best care and we love Him with all of our hearts!
Chat with ya'll sooner than later....
xoxo
Tasha + Kiddos
January
Has been just a tad busier than any other quarter thus far. Certainly a challenge to say the least. It has also inspired me in a few new areas and I'm excited to grow in uncharted directions this year, while continuing to grow in many familiar paths as well.
Grace and June are just as fun as can be. They adore their kindergarten teacher and their speech/learning teachers too! We're working on losing more teeth. I'm sure the top two will be out before we know it! They enjoy playing pretend, making up stories and songs, and drawing pictures for their stories. They love going to church and primary. Both girls are wonderful big sisters to each other and their little brother. June is coming into her own and Grace is easing up a little. They are two of a kind!!
Peter is realizing more and more how powerful talking can be. He discovered a while ago that changing the volume and tone in his voice gets mommy's attention really quick! He is Mr. Helpful all the time around the house, thoughtful and sweet. His laugh is boisterous and infectious. He is becoming more daring and creative in his play.
I'm so happy and so grateful to be in this stage of our lives. SO MUCH GROWTH and development for all of us on so many levels. The Lord has truly kept us in His best care and we love Him with all of our hearts!
Chat with ya'll sooner than later....
xoxo
Tasha + Kiddos
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Brian Regan --- ME MONSTER
I'm going to see this comedian with a friend at the end of the month...
SO EXCITED!!!
Check him out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVn22gBol_o
SO EXCITED!!!
Check him out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVn22gBol_o
Friday, June 12, 2009
2009 Graduation
It's official -- Grace and June are onto kindergarten and have 'graduated' from preschool. It was an over-the-top and fun celebration last night that the EWU Children's Center put on for the kids: slideshow, performances, speeches, diploma ceremony, going away gifts for the kids, catering by Longhorn BBQ and cake! WOW....amazing and momentous for most five year olds.
Yesterday was a celebration for me as well--spending most of my day at the temple after turning in my final assignments of Spring semester. Definitely a great day for the Hansen Crew...little Peter included! He has adjusted and is thriving to his role at the Children's Center and as the only boy in our household---a true pioneer in his own right! =0) GO PETER!!
It's been an amazing year of growth and we look forward with joyous anticipation and excitement for it to continue.
May our great love for you be felt always and may the Lord bless you abundantly each day!
Enjoy~
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Good News...
I just got accepted to my BASW internship for the 2009-2010 school year....
At the Spokane Fire Department!!!
Here's the link to the overarching goals of the program http://www.spokanefire.org/departments/cares/
It's in the Regional Public Safety Campus, which is a huge area of
massive buildings for training and drilling of any and all emergency
response personnel.
Super excited!!
At the Spokane Fire Department!!!
Here's the link to the overarching goals of the program http://www.spokanefire.org/departments/cares/
It's in the Regional Public Safety Campus, which is a huge area of
massive buildings for training and drilling of any and all emergency
response personnel.
Super excited!!
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Mother's Day...
We just had an amazing day today that I count as one of the best, if not THE best Mother's Day ever!
First we had a great breakfast and had a nice laid back morning. Put the little ones down for an early quick-nap and then got up and got ready for the rest of our day.
We went to a Pow-Wow here in Cheney. Here's a similar video clip of what is was like today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9z3IOpH1g It was so neat! We didn't stay for the entire thing as it went from 11am to 11pm, but we were there for nearly two hours watching the dress, dancing and listening to the live music. Even little ones as young as three were dressed up and danced. http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Apr14_08/img/080414_PowWow-08(011).jpg The girls brought some of their savings with them and bought beautiful silver necklaces with matching bracelets, each with a different horse medallion. We walked there and back as it was on campus, so the whole thing was almost three hours of our day.
We came home, regrouped and then went out to dinner. There's an excellent Mexican restaurant here in town that I just love, so we went there and split a large meal together; complete with shirley temples, a virgin strawberry margarita and carmel flan. YUM!!
Then on the way home we decided to go on another 'adventure'. That's what we call them, when we spontaneously make a turn down a road we haven't been down before. We passed amazing countryside, horses and ranches. We found a lake with playground, fishing, swimming and a nice bike trail that loops around and back to Cheney! What a find!! We're so excited to go back there this summer with our bikes and fishing poles!
We just got home and the sun has just set on the most perfect Mother's Day for me. A day that I throw everything else out the window and just enjoy my number one desire in life---to play with and love my kids for an entire day! We made such great memories today and perhaps even have started a new tradition for Mother's Day....
May each and every one of you mothers out there experience the sweet joy and peace of motherhood this weekend!
We love and miss you all---and are always aware and ever grateful for the endless support that has strengthened and fortified our family to be where we are today...take comfort in knowing you have empowered us to enjoy such a day as today...
Tasha - Grace - June - Peter
First we had a great breakfast and had a nice laid back morning. Put the little ones down for an early quick-nap and then got up and got ready for the rest of our day.
We went to a Pow-Wow here in Cheney. Here's a similar video clip of what is was like today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9z3IOpH1g It was so neat! We didn't stay for the entire thing as it went from 11am to 11pm, but we were there for nearly two hours watching the dress, dancing and listening to the live music. Even little ones as young as three were dressed up and danced. http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Apr14_08/img/080414_PowWow-08(011).jpg The girls brought some of their savings with them and bought beautiful silver necklaces with matching bracelets, each with a different horse medallion. We walked there and back as it was on campus, so the whole thing was almost three hours of our day.
We came home, regrouped and then went out to dinner. There's an excellent Mexican restaurant here in town that I just love, so we went there and split a large meal together; complete with shirley temples, a virgin strawberry margarita and carmel flan. YUM!!
Then on the way home we decided to go on another 'adventure'. That's what we call them, when we spontaneously make a turn down a road we haven't been down before. We passed amazing countryside, horses and ranches. We found a lake with playground, fishing, swimming and a nice bike trail that loops around and back to Cheney! What a find!! We're so excited to go back there this summer with our bikes and fishing poles!
We just got home and the sun has just set on the most perfect Mother's Day for me. A day that I throw everything else out the window and just enjoy my number one desire in life---to play with and love my kids for an entire day! We made such great memories today and perhaps even have started a new tradition for Mother's Day....
May each and every one of you mothers out there experience the sweet joy and peace of motherhood this weekend!
We love and miss you all---and are always aware and ever grateful for the endless support that has strengthened and fortified our family to be where we are today...take comfort in knowing you have empowered us to enjoy such a day as today...
Tasha - Grace - June - Peter
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Better late than never....?
Well, I need to find a new way to keep up on this blog thing. Facebook has become SO fast and easy!! But I do have some family who do not have FB, so I need to repent.
There. Done. ;0)
Too bad it's not always that quick and easy, huh!?
So the short of it is, we're in spring semester with a new schedule and are doing well. Here's a few new pics---most are on FB, but I'll post them here too.
Hope all is well with all of you! xoxo
Tasha
Sunday, January 11, 2009
School...
After this last week and two meltdowns, I became absolutely certain that there is no possible way that we could ever, EVER do what we're doing without the Lord, His Gospel and the Church (aka our ward). Well, and of course, our family and friends...and financial aide, oh and food stamps! AND...
You get the point...
I have 19 credits again this quarter, including my institute class. Spring will be my last huge semester like that with about 18 credits and then it should taper down a bit---ya know like 15-16. =0) I'm still shocked to realize that I'm a full time college student and that I will be for the next 3 years. It blows my mind. Maybe by the time I finish my BSW I'll be used to it.
Life is still A-MAZING for us. We are so happy, so blessed and so grateful.
So just a couple quick quirks that my children are so good at coming up with. Peter, bless his darling heart, LOVES to find various real and pretend phones and talk on them. However, he has trouble connecting the phone to his ear so he can listen. He simply dials the number and then reaches over his big noggin and lines the phone up against the back of his neck---SO FUNNY---he just chats away. It looks like he's trying to scratch his back with the phone!
Grace came up to me frantically tonight saying over and over..."Mama, I forgot! I forgot!" and gesturing dramatically with her hands, but being very serious at the same time. "What did you forget, Grace?" and then she explains very calmly, "Mama, I forgot my cookie." Of course! What cookie would that be Grace, since we don't have any----you silly sneaky sweetheart! We then discussed the difference between "wanting" and "forgetting". SO CUTE!
June has decided that it is no longer enough to simply tell Peter to not touch the TV buttons, or to simply fix the station or repush the power button or turn down the volume. She has introduced Peter to her backside. She watches for Peter to come into the living room, then as she says "no, no, no, no, no---" she runs over to him and stands between him and the TV. Peter, being the conniving young man that he desperately attempts to be, laughs hysterically and thinks June's invented a brilliant new game. Poor Peter, just pushes with his huge noggin against June's back, as her full attention is locked in tunnel vision and completely unresponsive to Peter's infectious collapsing giggles. It's SO funny to watch both of them.
Anyway---there's a few fun tid bits of the tator tots in Cheney. Love to all...
You get the point...
I have 19 credits again this quarter, including my institute class. Spring will be my last huge semester like that with about 18 credits and then it should taper down a bit---ya know like 15-16. =0) I'm still shocked to realize that I'm a full time college student and that I will be for the next 3 years. It blows my mind. Maybe by the time I finish my BSW I'll be used to it.
Life is still A-MAZING for us. We are so happy, so blessed and so grateful.
So just a couple quick quirks that my children are so good at coming up with. Peter, bless his darling heart, LOVES to find various real and pretend phones and talk on them. However, he has trouble connecting the phone to his ear so he can listen. He simply dials the number and then reaches over his big noggin and lines the phone up against the back of his neck---SO FUNNY---he just chats away. It looks like he's trying to scratch his back with the phone!
Grace came up to me frantically tonight saying over and over..."Mama, I forgot! I forgot!" and gesturing dramatically with her hands, but being very serious at the same time. "What did you forget, Grace?" and then she explains very calmly, "Mama, I forgot my cookie." Of course! What cookie would that be Grace, since we don't have any----you silly sneaky sweetheart! We then discussed the difference between "wanting" and "forgetting". SO CUTE!
June has decided that it is no longer enough to simply tell Peter to not touch the TV buttons, or to simply fix the station or repush the power button or turn down the volume. She has introduced Peter to her backside. She watches for Peter to come into the living room, then as she says "no, no, no, no, no---" she runs over to him and stands between him and the TV. Peter, being the conniving young man that he desperately attempts to be, laughs hysterically and thinks June's invented a brilliant new game. Poor Peter, just pushes with his huge noggin against June's back, as her full attention is locked in tunnel vision and completely unresponsive to Peter's infectious collapsing giggles. It's SO funny to watch both of them.
Anyway---there's a few fun tid bits of the tator tots in Cheney. Love to all...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
More Snow Fun!!
How can you not just love these two characters!
Another gorgeous sunset in our backyard...
This snow is SO fun to run and jump in---it's like a big down comforter!
Hope everyone had an amazing holiday! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Haircut...again...
Yeah...I wanted my haircut for my birthday, but can't get to a salon---snow and sitting issues. So, I just did it myself...let me know what you think.
The back looks a bit shaggy in the picture---doesn't seem that way in the mirrors...I may touch that up a bit. But I'm pretty happy.
MORE SNOW!!
As many of us well know---the weather has been crazy! Here's a couple fun pics from last week's 2 ft in 2 days.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
My Grades are in for Fall 2008...
With the Lord's miraculous blessings, I pulled a 3.78 (17 credits). I made the Dean's List (>3.5)!! My overall GPA, including my previous degree, is 3.6 (101 credits). I hope I can just keep the grades steady as I still have a ways to go.
Anyway, just thought I'd share the good news with everyone. It was a great semester and we're hoping for another one Winter 2009 with another 17 credits. We just keep praying for health, strength and safety.
Love to all!
Anyway, just thought I'd share the good news with everyone. It was a great semester and we're hoping for another one Winter 2009 with another 17 credits. We just keep praying for health, strength and safety.
Love to all!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
SNOW!!!
We are having SO much fun in the snow! But it will be VERY chilly this weekend...so we'll see how it goes, lots of soup and cocoa for sure! Love to all!!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Just a Great Ending to a Crhairzy Day!
There's just something about Christmas lights....stockings are fun too!
After getting our hair under control we decided to decorate our house together...I had put it off because of complications from figuring out how to use our 2 ton garland.
(My little camera isn't the best, so pick your favorite--over exposed, blurry, or my favorite--both!)
After getting our hair under control we decided to decorate our house together...I had put it off because of complications from figuring out how to use our 2 ton garland.I think it works. We even put our star up and our little olive wood nativity right under it.
(My little camera isn't the best, so pick your favorite--over exposed, blurry, or my favorite--both!) The kids were SO excited about the decorations and ran down early this morning to turn them on---Merry Christmas Mom! =0) I just love my kids so much, they are the bright stars and sunshine of my life.
We also had just an amazing sunset that I got some pictures of---just beautiful.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Just your average hairventful morning...
Well, my Uncle Myron got his Christmas wish...
So...while I was cleaning the kitchen, my darling daughters decided to follow mommy's example and trim their hair after I did it yesterday. Yeah, just in time for Christmas! Hark! The Hairless Angels Sing--
So...while I was cleaning the kitchen, my darling daughters decided to follow mommy's example and trim their hair after I did it yesterday. Yeah, just in time for Christmas! Hark! The Hairless Angels Sing--
Here is Grace's impression of a Kung Fu Panda Ninja Warrior...definitely scary
The greatest part is that June is depressed because her hair is not as short as Grace's. She explains to me that she wants it shorter and lifts up her bangs to the roots. 
She'll have to learn to live with disappointment--unless she decides to take scissors into her own hands.
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