Day After Christmas

Nick playing with the tool set his Uncle Kev gave to him...



Pawpaw came over today to blow-up Nicks Thomas The Train Ball Pit...

Christmas At The Ranch

We had a wonderful time with family at my grandparents house...we ate, opened gifts and just hung out... its always great to see my family.



This is a pic of all my guy cousins...I have a picture of my girl cousins and then a picture of all of us together but I am not aloud to put it on my blog because one of my cousins will just not allow it... so sorry!! They are really great pictures and its ashame...

Christmas Morning

Nicholas had a wonderful Christmas and was so excited about all that Santa brought for him... here are some pics from Christmas Morning...

Santa Came To Visit Nick

Santa came tonight to visit Nick...I can't wait to see his face when he wakes up in the morning...

Christmas Eve

We had a great time during our New Year's Eve Bash... I made Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Green Bean Casserole, Peas, Cucumber Salad and tons of desserts. There was so much desert left over that we are taking it to my Grandparents house tomorrow. We all ate, opened a few presents and hung out... it was fun to be around family and friends. Nicholas is having a ball with his nephews...

I meant to take more pictures but with trying to cook and keep everything in-line it was hard... these are the best!!

Nick and his sister Margaret



Dan and Karen



Mom and Dad



Nick and his nephews Phillip and Jacob



Nick and I



Step-son Carlos Jr. and his girlfriend Nicole

Welcome Home Hansen's

We left early this morning to meet my step-daughter Margaret, her husband Brian and Phillip and Jacob at the airport. They are in town from Florida for Christmas. After the airport we went to go have lunch at Alamo Cafe as that is Margaret's favorite restaurant. Here are a few pics from this afternoon.

Jason & Nicholas

Jason came over to visit us today. I made Enchilades Verdes, Rice and Beans and it was delicious. Jason that it was great! He and Nicholas played Wii for a while so I snapped this cute picture.

By the way, for those who don't know Jason is one of Nicholas older brother... he is a junior at Texas Tech.

CD Christmas Ornaments

I made these Christmas ornaments out of blank CD's. Thefirst ornament I made from paper I found at Hobby Lobby and a few rub-ons by "Little Yellow Bicycle". The snowman I made using my circle cutter and stickles.

The 2nd one was the same paper from Hobby Lobby and the presents are embellishments I found at Hobby Lobby as well... the word Peace is a rub-on from "Little Yellow Bicycle".

Envelope Journal

I found the pattern for this journal in a blog and decided to make one for myself. This was my first run ... It turned out really cool. It's made out of a large while mailing envelope.

Christmas Ornament

I posted one of these earlier but decided to do another and then take pics of the ornaments on the tree. I love the way they turned out...

Santa & Me Lay-out

I worked on this page tonight and I sure enjoyed it. I was in the groove and loved the way it came out.

Sitting On Santa's Lap

We went shopping today with my mom, Uncle Gary, Aunt Karen and my cousin Kimberly. We had lunch at Olive Garden and it delicious... especially the appetizers we had. I managed to get all of my shopping done except for two presents. I was even able to get Santa presents and Nicholas had no clue.

Nicholas wanted to see Santa and I have to say that his picture is gorgeous!!! What a HAM!!!! He was really into Santa this time around.... I love it!!!

Holiday Planner

Here is the 2nd planner of the day... what do you think? I am having fun with these. They are so easy to make... once again I used paper and embellishments from my stash...

Gift Card Holder

I found the pattern to make this cute little gift card holder on "Little Paper Swirls" blog... they are so cute. Here is mine... I need to make a few more of these for Christmas.