Shopping With Children

The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her. ~Marcelene Cox

Today's shopping lesson was about taking turns.

Visit 2 shops = ride on the plastic moving toys that cost $.50 a ride!!!

It always helps to bring Grandma along too.


My mother is my biggest fan (and the reason I write this blog - because she says she loves it).

These 2 videos reveal why I adore her so much.






"If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans" ~ Hollie Hansen
(although, I'm not sure she is the author of that quote....)

A Slam-Dunk

What goes around comes around, just like a flip turn. ~Author Unknown

Remember the duel between Tom and our friend Carlen??

Carlen surprised Tom a couple days before Fall City Days - she requested him to be a volunteer Dunk Tanker.

He was a good sport about it- and probably made Fall City Elementary a lot of $$ (thanks to Teri N.)

Preston really enjoyed seeing his dad get dunked over and over again. And he was given permission to go push the "button" - there were giggles everywhere!

When No One Is Looking

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry. ~Lyman Abbott

Tom and I spotted a lady we knew on the side of the road who had an certain expression on her face which led a discussion between Tom and I:

Tom: "I hope when I think no one is looking at me I don't have a "I'm stupid" look on my face."

I know, I know - cruel, harsh, mean - that's my Tom (are any of you really surprised?)

I replied - "You don't have a "I'm stupid" look on your face. You have a "I'm Pissed Off" look - like you want to fight someone. "

I captured it!

So here you go Tom - you be the judge. I caught your "look" when you thought no one was looking.

It's Summertime = Fun

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. ~Bern Williams

Look at that California boy under the Warning sign:

A Seattle Summer Day (cold) at Lake Sammamish Park - but still having fun.


Drinking Sandy Chocolate Milk:

Dad teaching how to skip rocks:

Exhausted!

Success!

It's Summertime = Hot Hot Hot

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.
~Jane Austen

Only a child would find a hot tub refreshing on a hot day!

It's Summertime = Lazy

"The time will come when winter will ask you what you were doing all summer."
~Henry Clay

Summer days are so long that naps become a necessity in order to fully enjoy a full day.

Hannah Graduated - YIPEEE!

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies "commencement exercises." Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. ~Orrin Hatch

The baby of the Hansen family is out of high school, out of the house, out of money,

but....

I got to enjoy a delicious fruit pizza (after being on a diet for 3 weeks, it tasted so magically delicious I couldn't stop! see the picture below?)

Congratulations on finishing 13 years of school! Now your life can truly begin.

As my mom would say: Make good choices.

And don't forget to "Live the Life You Love"

Delicious!

Megan Matters

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss

I had to give Megan an official Matthews family welcome.

I see no problem with her fitting into this fun, crazy, silly family!