The Cruise

There are 15 girls that get together & we go & do something every other year. This family is on my husbands side. I love hanging out w/ them. It is non-stop laughing & playing. Aunt Marti plans & put them together. We haven't all got together for about 2 years. We went on a cruise from L.A to Ensenada. Thank you, Marti for putting this together. It is nice to get a break from your kids & husband j/k (Dan).


This trip only 13 of us girls were together. We all got tattoos of a purple pansie ( G-ma McCausland's favorite song). We call us girls "Faye's Delights". We came up w/ this name after G-ma(Faye) McCausland. We would love it if she could be here w/ us on these trips. She is probably watching us & just laughing at us girls.

We went to Ensenada, Mexico. It was a really dirty place but I enjoyed going there. I like the shopping trying to talk the prices down. We were told to tell them to shut up by our tour guide. I couldn't understand what he was saying a lot of the time. He spoke different languages. I thought he reminded me of my brother Jeremy. I don't know why! He was just a really funny guy, when I did understand him.

We had so much fun playing bingo. I was so excited to play. We were all hoping to win but that didn't happen. I just wanted to scream bingo even if I didn't have bingo.

We finally went to the pool & layed out on the ship. They just keep you busy w/ different activities & entertainment to go to.
We ate a lot of food on the cruise. They just want to make sure you eat. Which I loved the desserts the best. I was to picky on the the food but desserts I'm happy..
We were all tired at the airport. We were ready to go home. Sara looked so comfortable I had to take this picture.. She is so cute.

The Birthday Party & Fun w/ Family...

Happy 60th Birthday, Mom. This picture was put into the newspaper for her birthday. You had to squint your eyes so you could see the picture cause the newspaper are making them smaller & smaller. I love this picture of my mom. We had a surprise party for her. Actually it was suppose to be a surprise but I opened my mouth & it accidently slipped out. We had dinner & family came over. It was alot of fun as you can tell by the picture of my nephew Karsten(werido). He always brings some excitement in the pictures I take. We had this cake made by Shanel(sister-n-law) & she does such a good job. It is a really really good cake. Thanks, Shanel. We hope mom had a good birthday. We sure do love her...



The kids got to hang out w/ their cousin Caden. We had a barbecue w/ Ashish, Hannah,Caden & G-ma Hansen. Caden is 3 months older than Ryker. They are so cute together. Ryker would take Caden's food from him when he wasn't looking. He would just eat whatever Caden was eating. These cousins are going to be best buddies.The next day we went to In-n-out w/ them & took the kids to Jumpin Jacks. Ashish & Hannah enjoyed Jumpin Jacks cause they kept getting on the slides w/ Caden to make sure he had a good time. We had a hard time getting our kids out of there. It was fun hanging w/ them & G-ma Hansen.

A Fun Day w/ G-ma...

G-ma Hansen wanted to go & hang out w/ us. She wanted us to meet her at the library to get some books. Every summer I take the kids to the library so they can check out some books. I haven't done that at all this summer. I'm so glad Jeanne reminded me about the library. Tayden & Cutler were so excited to go & get some books. After, G-ma took us to lunch at Judd's Store. The kids love the breadsticks & the candy. I guess that wasn't enough for them to eat that G-ma bought them some ice cream, too. They were loving it..

We went to the water park on Main St. The kids love going there & playing in the water. Ryker wanted to explore & stay away from us. He kept sitting w/ other kids & playing. We hung in the sun all day. It was such a hot day I was hoping the kids would get tired. I don't think kids can get tired. I do love watching how much fun they can have playing in the water. Thank You, Jeanne(G-ma) we had alot of fun hanging out w/ you.

Tayden's Surprise to Us..

Tayden went over to G-ma Hansen's house to have a sleep over. She was so excited cause she was going to learn how to cook some things from her cook book. Tayden wanted to make her family dinner, so G-ma took her to the grocery store to get some items to make. We got a phone call telling us to be to G-ma's house at 5:00 on Saturday for a surprise. Tayden's surprise was she made us this dinner all by herself. She decorated the table so cute. She colored place settings w/ our names letting us know where to sit. The dinner was so good, she did such a great job. We sure do love her. She is such a sweetheart to us. She is always wanting to do things for us.

Tayden's Autograph Party..

We got to the college & there were a couple of posters w/ Passage to Zarahemla pictures & it sayin that Tayden was autograph signing w/ the DVD's. We got to the bookstore & their were some people waiting for Tayden's autograph! Tayden was so excited & she sat at the table & started signing w/ Cutler standing on the side of her. We told people that Cutler was her bodyguard. I thought we would just have family & friends come to the bookstore but we had people I didn't know come. We had the parents & my happy brother Jordan & her cousin Kenadee. My dad did such a cute job putting this together. He had cookies on the side & he had the T.V. w/ Tayden on it. He ordered 27 DVD's & he sold out of the movie, so Tayden did alot of signing. This was a fun experience for Tayden. Thank You Dad! You are such a sweet G-pa..

Our Little Movie Star...

Tayden when she was in kindergarten was picked to play in the movie "Passage to Zarahemla". She was so excited to play as Kerra McConnell the main actress as a child in some childhood memories. The movie came to theaters in October & we all went to the movies. When the movie was over we all stood up & cheered. We walked out & a girl came up to Tayden & said she was visiting her G-ma & had just finished reading the book. When she found out it was coming to a movie, she was so excited to come & see it. She turned to Tayden & told her the bonus is she gets to meet Tayden who played Kerra as a child. She asked Tayden for her autograph. A few others around heard & asked for her autograph. After that she told me" Mom this was the best day". The movie came out on DVD last tuesday & her G-pa Judd called her & asked her if she wanted to come to the Dixie College Bookstore. He told her they will be selling the movie & wanted her to come on Wed 11th from 1-3:00 p.m. to give her autograph on the movies that were being sold. She thinks this will be so fun, she is so excited. It is a good PG-13 movie but it has a theatrical version & less intense family version. So, if you want to buy the movie go & get it at the college & have Tayden sign it. She would love that. Check out the movie www.passagetozarahemla.com..

Spending day in New Harmony..

We went & visited G-pa & Nana Hansen. The kids were so excited to go & get to feed the horses. They have 5 dogs. They have 3 that live in the house & Ryker was so excited, we had never heard the sounds that were coming out of his mouth. He was breathing so hard at the dogs. He just kept following each one everywhere in the house. Ryker was so tired an hour later from being so excited. It was fun going up to New Harmony visiting G-pa & Nana.