Here comes the recap, I guess we can start right about where I last left off...
May: Following a very busy month of April, may welcomed a whole new era...well at least for Annie as she celebrated her 30th birthday! Not that we were really able to celebrate since she was six months pregnant with a little poppy seed that would eventually be named Ryker.
We also did our second annual Race for the Cure, honoring BTLB for Grandma Shirlene (as well as all of those who fought and/or are fighting Breast Cancer).
June: Cooper is born! On June 13th, my parents welcomed their first grandson compliments of Mike and Hillaree (of course Hill did most of the work lol). He sure was a chubby little thing, and immediately got nicknamed Sir Roll! It has been funny how the last two sets of cousins have worked out. Kenzie and Ella being only four days apart was crazy enough, and after Cooper was born, it would be exactly two months later that Ryker would join the family!July: In what I anticipated being a bigger deal, my 30th birthday came and went and that was pretty much it. It did cause me to reflect on a lot of things, which is not always a good thing lol.
August: He's here! On August 13th, Ryker Dallas Hansen arrived! Much to our surprise, Ryker decided to make his debut ahead of schedule. We had our annual Bear Lake trip planned that weekend, and were very hesitant whether or not we would be going. It ended up being for the better that we didn't go because Ryker arrived that Friday morning when we would have been leaving! I remember him looking like such a little alien when he was first born, with his long cone head and squished little face. Makes me wonder how such a white guy can have a baby that came out looking like a Samoan (Kenzie) and an Alien (Ryker)?
September: Honestly I think I was still recovering from lack of sleep during this month, because I do not remember much about it except that I broke my little toe playing Ghost In The Graveyard with Annie's family. And it wasn't just the little stubby part of the toe, it was the part up in the foot. Needless to say, I gimped around for about six weeks after that.
October: Oh man this month had it's ups and downs in 2010. Overall, it may have been the busiest month for us as well. To start the month, Mom hit the big 5-0 mark! We went and celebrated at Rodizzio Grill and pigged out in her honor! Sadly, we didn't make it to Hawaii for her 50th, but we did have some damn good grilled pineapple!
While we had celebrations early in the month, the later part was filled with loss as our family lost a patriarch with Grandpa Dale's passing on October 24th. Honestly, I am still not ready to write about at length. He died on Grandma's birthday, which I still think is poetically tragic and beautiful at the same time. It was also fitting, considering their wedding anniversary was one day from his birthday. His funeral was nice. Kevin, Hilllaree and myself all spoke in his honor, as did our cousin Brad, giving the eulogy. They also had the gun salute at the cemetary, which was a nice finishing touch. Perhaps in a future post, I will post my speech from the funeral. That will give a good picture of my memories of him. He is missed dearly.
On the up side, we had a fun time doing Halloween festivities with the kids, including carving pumpkins, spending time at Wheeler Farm, and of course getting them ready for some trick or treating and what not. So what were they this year? Tyson was the Scream Ghost, McKenna was a new twist of Pirate (like her pirate costume from last year meets Beetlejuice and voila there you have it), Kenzie was Aurora (not a Bear Princess this year, but a Princess none the less...although I expected her to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) and Ryker spent his first Halloween as a little Scarecrow.
Although I had trimmed off about 58 pounds from my all time high a couple of years ago, it was also this month that I decided to try a new diet. Not sure if the timing was good or bad, but the diet worked well, as I lost a total of an additional 64 lbs over the next couple of months. Go me! LOL!
Did I mention October was busy? It definitely was! Although Annie and I sold our Utes season tickets for the season, Kenzie and I were able to attend one game (which we won). Kenzie had the time of her life and I think most of the fans had more fun watching her than watching the game! Aside from the Utes, Kemry and Caelan were both playing football this year, so we did our best to attend as many of those games as possible! My friend Robert's son (Tre) also played football, so we made it to a couple of his games too! Needless to say, it made for busy...and exciting...Saturdays last fall!!!
November: 2010 marked the last annual Utah vs BYU Thanksgiving Dinner for our family! This has become quite the tradition, and it was sad to see it end...but on a happy note, at least the game ended perfectly with the Utes pulling off the victory in stunning fashion! This year, the Utes play their new "rival," Colorado, on that weekend. Can you sense the excitement in my post? It won't be the same, but I am sure the tradition will carry on in one way or another!
December: When comparing 2010 to 2009, Annie and I did a lot less...of everything! That included everything from sleep to travel to going to concerts, etc. In December, we attended our first (and only) concert of the year...The Judds. To our pleasant surprise, it was one hell of a show! Those old ladies can still rock it and sound really good. Little did Annie know, that no Christmas, she would be getting a gift that would really rock her world...Ozzy tickets...
Speaking of Christmas time, if we were placing bets on which of the four kids would get upset when they visited Santa, I would have put all my money on Ryker...and lost! Ryker did very well with Santa...and of course Tyson and McKenna did as well. To my surprise, it was Kenzie who did not want to see him. Although with a little coaxing she did get over it, it wasn't without a bucket full of tears! Next year all bets are on Ryker to freak out!
Overall, Christmas was a little different for Annie and I this year. It was the first year that either of us spent Christmas morning without kids (well, Ryker was the exception but he had no clue what was going on). However, it was still a good Christmas, and we spent the second half of the day with all of the family! :)
January: I guess Annie and I had similar ideas for Christmas gifts, because she got me tickets to go see Jeff Dunham. I have seen him before, but he was definitely worth seeing again. Sadly, they wouldn't allow cameras (and would take them away if they caught you taking pictures) so we didn't really get any pics.
The month ended with a busy weekend, including a Jazz game (one we actually won during a very bad stretch of losses). The cool thing about this Jazz game was not only were the seats great, but we also got to go eat in the Sponsor Room before the game and at halftime. I ate so much I was really, really sick. Best part is I didn't have to pay a thing!
The next day was Kenzie's dance recital. As always, she did well and looked beautiful up there on stage. Overall, the dance was a disaster due to some poor last minute decisions on behalf of the teachers, but she still shined. If you have had a chance to read Annie's blog or check out my facebook page, there are pictures of her from her recital. I can barely figure out how to type in this thing let alone try to post pictures! That may take me another ten months!
February: As I mentioned, for Christmas, I gave Annie tickets to see Ozzy in Denver. He was also performing in Vegas, which would have been a hell of a lot warmer, but Annie spent a short and retarded stint of her life in Colorado, so we wanted to meet up with Shannon and her boyfriend Ron in Denver. Although the weather didn't cooperate, the concert was great and we all had a good time.
Earlier this month, Ryker turned 6 months old. Annie had been wanting to give him a haircut for a while, and although he probably did need one, I wasn't quite ready. We decided it could happen when he turned six months, and although Annie started having second thoughts on it, she still did it. I swear the kid grew up with every snip of his hair and came out of it looking like a little kid rather than a baby. Again, for pics, check out Annie's blog or my facebook page! :)
One of my least favorite parts of February has to be the 14th day of the month. Not because I am against such feelings (in fact, there is a now dormant romantic in there somewhere), but mroe because of the expectations the world in general puts on the so-called holiday. That being said, it is still a fun day for the kids, so we had a day of festivities planned for them! Well, let me clarify, Annie (with her new found hobby of baking) had a day planned for them! They made and decorated heart shaped cupcakes and heart shaped cookies on a stick (like a lollipop). It was pretty fun to watch them make them, although it didn't compare to the 100 or so cookies we made for Christmas.
So there it is in a nutshell or two. I feel like I have left out so many details of what has happened over the last ten months, especially some of the stuff that has happened with the kids. I guess that is good motivation to keep on top of this blogging stuff a little better in 2011, right?!
With that, here are a few things to look forward to, and hopefully write about, this year: My return to school...celebrating birthdays at Disneyland...soccer, dance, tumbling, football??...Ryker milestones....Kenzie's first day of school...Utes games....weddings (no not mine), etc., etc., etc.
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