Our first Thanksgiving

Well, not really. It was our second Thanksgiving together AND our second Thanksgiving for this year. Although I suppose it was the first Hansen family Thanksgiving. We do things a little backwards around here:) It was, however, my first time ever making a turkey. Note: Adam is the only one ever seen with the actual turkey! It was pretty fun though. We spent the day gathered in the kitchen making all kinds of food for just the three of us. The dogs were pretty excited too, although only Fish can be seen because wherever Fish is...Hanibal isn't! And everything turned out absolutely delish!

Hogle Zoo

After leaving the house at 4am to drop Chad and Landis at the bus depot in Salt Lake, we decided to spend the day at the zoo. It turned out to be quite cold (duh!), so we zoomed through it in a few hours. It was so fun to see all the cute new baby animals! A baby giraffe, baby elephant, and even a baby crocodile. Gunnar loves watching the animals. He's been to the zoo more times in the first year of his life than I have in all of my life! But even the most avid animal enthusiast can only stay awake so long:)

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with Adam's uncle Danny's wife's parents. We did a lot of camping with them this summer and it was nice to see them again. They have over 100 grandkids and great grandkids (No, seriously!), so Gunnar is just part of the crew! The food was great and the company was amazing, as always. Danny and Jill have five kids so the fun just never stops! They are always right up in Gunnar's face...and he enjoys every minute of it! Gunnar learned to climb stairs, it was the first time he had been around any. And then after all that action, he passed out on dadda while watching the football game:) What a day!

Uncle Chad!

My brother, Chad, came out to visit us for the week of Thanksgiving and brought his girlfriend, Landis. I was very excited to see him and for him to see Gunnar again. They are expecting a baby boy next June and I am very excited to meet my new baby niece or nephew! We drove down to Salt Lake to pick him up at the bus station and hung out in Utah for the day before driving back. Adam had to work until Thursday, so I'm sure Chad was bummed they didn't get to hang out more. All in all it was a good week, lots of laying on the couch and lots more eating...just the way I like it!

Orange Julius

Gunnar threw a major tantrum after being pent up in the car to Salt Lake and back to pick up my brother and his girlfriend. We had to pull over and Adam's quick thinking saved the day!

Hello OxiClean!!

Apparently we had a mishap with some carrots! Weeks later I am still attempting to get the orange tint off of the high chair! I find small comfort in the fact that I saved him from the orange tinted skin that my parents plagued me with after too much carrots!

The Hansen Family 2009