Tag

How To Play This Game of Tag. Post these rules on your blog. Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. Here it is...
Joys:
1. My Hubby.
2. Freshly cut grass.
3. Sand between my toes.
Fears:
1. Not ending up in the eternities with all that should be there.
2. Our business not working - - I don’t know what Brett would do with himself if he couldn’t work with his hands.
3. Not having the opportunity to be a mother.
Goals:
1. Practice Spanish - - I never will admit it but I think I am losing it.
2. Be a better wife and friend - - I need to stop being a husband beater (sorry Brett)!
3. Live debt free in 2009! (I have a day by day schedule to have everything paid off by the 31st of December)
Obsessions:
1. Reading - - Me too Becca! Brett just knows that he doesn’t have to feel guilty playing video games because I am checked out till the book is done.
2. Organization - - Brett can’t find anything because I trail after him stuffing everything out of site.
3. My Family - - That is why Brett and I have only lived by ourselves for the first year and a half of our marriage.
Random Facts:
1. I may not look it, but I am a handy man - - I can install lighting & hardwood floors, tile, paint, and use all sorts of power tools & saws (to just name a few).
2. I dream of ways that I can change the world almost daily.
3. I hate this about myself, but I love to watch TV - - some of my current favorites are LOST, Desperate Housewives, Greys Anatomy, Bothers & Sisters, The Office, Scrubs, Samantha Who?, Eli Stone, Survivor, Amazing Race, Private Practice, Jon & Kate Plus 8, Tori & Dean Inn Love and anything with fixing houses (Wow, I am bad, that is a lot of wasted time)!
I tag Samantha, Aramie, Barbie, Mandy & Josh

Congratulations Ryan & Allison

April 12, 2008, Ryan and Allison Hansen were sealed in the Temple for time and eternity. What a great occasion that we were able to enjoy with family and friends. They were married in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple in Utah. Welcome to the family Allison! They were a beautiful couple and you can tell that they are going to be happy for an eternity. Brett and I actually didn't even meet Allison until the day before the wedding, so we look forward to getting to know the newest member of our family. Congratulations Ryan & Allison. I had the opportunity to reflect on our wedding day. I don't think there is a day in mind that is clearer than that day. Marriage is such a wonderful institution and I am greatful for my husband and the great relationship that we share and work on daily. So here here to changing the divorce rate in our country!

Adoption

Yes we have been married for six years and do not have kids. We have not really talked much to anyone about our dirty little secret, as we like to call it, because we feel like that is kind of what it is. But I went to an adoption class a few weeks ago, and they said the best way to start your family is to network with your family and friends, meaning tell everyone you know that you want to adopt, because it is a long process and if you know someone who knows someone who is giving a baby up for adoption it will be better for both you and the birth mother to know to whom the baby is going and from where it came. I actually just saw a movie where a lady found a baby to adopt from an unorthodox location (The Penny Saver - the movie was Juno for those who have seen it, know what I am talking about) and it worked out great for her. So we are going to put ourselves out there, not that we want people to know our problems, but we have tried the conventional and not so conventional way of starting our family and it hasn't been working all that great. After years of prodding and poking, we want to start our family by any means possible. Thus, we ask you to keep your ears and eyes open for any possibilities, and thank you in advance for your help.

Welcome

Welcome to our blog, only took me 6 months to post my first message. I hope you will all enjoy the insight into our life and get to know us a bit better. So for those who know us more than others this will be a little of a refresher course into our short history . . . Brett and I have known each other for ten years this year. Boy how the time flies. We met his first semester Freshman year at Ricks. We were in an FHE Family and started as tennis buddies, but grew to best friends within months. It was so crazy how everything in our past, present and future just clicked. We went to school for a year and a half together before going on our missions. Brett went to Montevideo, Uruguay and I went to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I left about 6 months after Brett, so we were basically gone at the same time. Just a rio apart. We both had such great experiences and if you can believe it grew closer together by having the opportunity to serve our Father in Heaven juntos. I actually had to come home from my mission a couple of months early for emergency knee surgery, but got married just months after Brett returned from his mission. When you know you know. But by that time, we had been dating for five years. We were married for eternity on the 14th day of September, 2002. It will be six years this September. Gosh, I can't believe how fast the time goes. But then again I feel like we have been together for an eternity. Well, moving on, there was school and work and more school and more work . . . Brett got a Bachelors Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Washington and I got an Associates Degree in Elementary Education from Ricks and an Associates of Technical Arts in Paralegal Studies. I have been working as a Paralegal with an emphasis in Real Estate Law for the past six years. Just last month I made a change to Employment Law for less of a commute and a change of pace. I love my attorney and we get along so well! Brett and I have been beautifying houses since he graduated in the summer of 2005. We worked full time and flipped houses by night for a couple of years, but when we saw that there was enough money for Brett to quit and do it full time we took the plunge. He did it full time for about a year until last July we formally established our business and brought my brother-in-law in to join us. Amazingly enough, we have stayed busy for the whole year off of referrals alone. It is either feast or famine in this business, but we love it, and it is so rewarding seeing such spectacular transformations. That should catch you up on the last six years, but I hope you will stay posted to find out what happens next.