Happy Anniversary!

Jason and I recently celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. Can you believe that it has been that long? Neither can I. Jason planned out a wonderful date for us to celebrate-complete with steak and jewelery. It was so nice of him to surprise me! In thanks I would like to do something I don't do enough. I would like to pay tribute to my Wonderful husband and say a few things that I love about Jason. There are probably a few things that you did not know here. Hopefully he won't be too embarrassed.

~ Jason gives random acts of kindness. Every once in awhile I come home to flowers on the table or my favorite treat. I love that he thinks of me when I am not with him. He is there to hug me when work or just life is too hard.

~ He's a great Dad. Jason is so good at making sad kids happy. He can always get them to laugh. Ever since I have been working weekends he has been the main caregiver for the kids while I am gone and he does a wonderful job. In fact, I think he is more "fun" to be with than me. The kids get more pizza and McDonald's with Dad. Maybe he is just as much a "sucker" as I am when it comes to the kids and how they wrap themselves around our little fingers.

~ Jason is a great reader. He always denies this, but he is so fast at reading. He says it is because he spends the time, but we can spend the same amount of time on a book and he will invariably finish ten times faster than me. Not only is he fast, but he loves to read. As a result, Jason always has interesting things to say.

~ Jason is not afraid of hard work. Jason is the one who will shovel the driveway or mow the lawn. I think he actually enjoys it sometimes-when he is not slipping on the ice and breaking his head. Also, when times are rough and Jason is between Jobs, I don't worry too much, because I know that even if it means doing something that he hates-he will take care of us.

~Jason is not that great a cook. This may seem funny to love, but what I love is that he tries. Even though he is not that experienced at cooking he makes a mean scrambled egg, which is all you need if you are nursing a sick wife, as we have found over the years. Also, Jason has always been good at making cakes. He says that he had a lot of experience with cakes from scratch in his scout days. Thank you America.

~Jason is musical. Most of you know this fact, but It is something that draws me to him. I love hearing him play the piano, however rare it may be these days.

~Jason is my personal IMDB. He knows all the actors names and what other shows they have been in. I ask him all the time when I recognize someone in a movie and just can't place them.

~Jason is an accomplished gift wrapper. He says it is all about angles. I think this stems from his days at Deseret Book.

~Jason is logical. This attribute balances me out nicely. If it were up to me we would spend all our free time at Disneyland and we would be homeless in a month. He keeps me in line.

~Jason loves us! Thank you for always being there and working hard for us! We love you too.

~Dacia

Merry Christmas Day

For Christmas day we were woken early by excited kids. We all got our robes etc. and went down to the Christmas tree to see that Santa had come. Also Mom and Dad had moved all the presents down under the tree. With Spencer around we couldn't leave anything in his reach. Even the tree is only decorated from the 3 foot mark and up. We had a great time opening stockings and gifts-especially the surprises.























Then we drove down to Grandma and Grandpa Spanns house.. It was a lovely snowy drive-complete with crazy people who go way too fast in the snow. We made it in one peice-Halleluia! Once we were there we had our second breakfast and opened a few more gifts. Thank you to everyone who sent presents-We all love them!
















AND...here are the cookies that we decorated on the 23rd with Breanne and the kids. I wish you could see them all up close-they came out so cute-and I don't think there are any left to see...
After presents we played a few scrabble and sudoku games and then had a yummy Ham dinner. The night was finished by yet another crazy drive in a white-out snow storm and we were grateful to get home safely!

Merry Christmas Eve

I can't believe it has been so long that I have neglected our poor blog. I'm sure you are all wondering what happened to us, but we are still here. Of course, as are all of you, we are busy with school, work, and babies. That is no excuse. I hope to do better-maybe that is a New Year's resolution...Anyway, we had a fabulous Christmas! We missed those who were not here, of course, and were glad some could come from far away. The kids got exactly what they wanted from Santa and Mom and Dad, but that is not what is important. We had a wonderful time with family and a delicious Ham dinner, complete with Diedre's empanadas.



Baby Willie is getting so big. Can sit alone and stand with assistance.




Spencer was happy for most of the night-except the hour or two when his arm may have been out of the socket...Hmm...shades of Jonah at that age.



Carole, Ed, and Emily put on a lovely reading about the baker's dozen.


So glad to have David and Mindy, the first time we have seen them since the wedding,


Boys sitting quietly-well- you know.


We wore Grandma Hansen out early!


Stephen performed some beautiful numbers.



Spencer enjoyed Uncle Rob's guitar playing by dancing along.



When not performing, making cakes, or helping kids Deidre and I got to watch.




Once the Show was completed we had a loverly French chocolate cake that Jason has wanted to make for some time. He recruited me to help and I recruited Stephen-so between the 3 of us we got them done quickly. With the custard creme, orange slices, and cinnamon-it was delicious. After that we had the annual white elephant gift exchange. The kids all got things that they liked. The adult exchange was actually pretty uneventful. There was minimal stealing going on. Hope everyone is happy with what they ended up with-except we know that Carole really wanted the DVD...maybe next time!
Thanks for a wonderful evening!