Hawaii 2011

ryan and i won a "free" trip to las vegas. we just had to go listen to a sales pitch for a time share first. long story short they tell a sob story of a woman tragically dying right after going on a fabulous vacation with her family (don't put off for tomorrow...blah blah) so i was SUCKERED and knew we had to have this $23,000 time share. luckily i married a more sensible man who said we would do the trial package. so we had two years to use our credits. when we went to book it they saidwecouldnot go to hawaii. which they had told us at the presentation we could. i was ticked! ryan called and informed them of our irritation and here we are jan. 1-7 2011 in HAWAII we invited my parents to come with us since we had a two room condo, we knew they would love it, and they would be great babysitters while we snorkeled!

our flight missed our connection to Kona from SF so United Airlines politely paid for a night in the Hilton, dinner and future airline tickets (thank you united!) the hotelwas beautiful, and maybe even morelovely since we weren't paying! bummer to miss our flight but we had a good time in SF, made some fabulous hawaiian friends who told us all the must sees/dos of the island!

wesson loving the king bed

on our flight to kona. how cute is my little man?! (note to self: always splurge for a third seat, he LOVED it!)

ryan & i in front of the kona LDS temple. it is such a beautiful temple. with a gorgeous view clear our over the ocean. lovelove loved it! fun fact: steve young (former QB for the SF 49ers) and his sweetheart were the first couple sealed (married) in this temple! jealous much?

story time: this sweet man came up to us as we got out of the car at the temple. he told us if we had any questions about the temple he would be happy to ask them. as we started asking questions i realized he really knew everything about the temple- turns our this is brother allip. he told us his neat story of how as he was being set apart to be on the high council in hilo he was promised if he remained righteous he would live to see a temple on the big island and he would be influential in bringing it there. his "sweetheart" (he called her that everytime he talked about her) and him made it a goalto go to the temple on oahu once a month it would cost them $250 EVERY month! (we struggle to make it once a month to OGDEN! geez) he worked with different hotels, planes and made arrangementsand got the cost down for more people to be able to go to oahu. heretired from working in hilo and moved to kona. shortly after they announced the temple coming to kona he recieved a call from president hinkley (a prophet of the LDS church) calling him to be the 2nd counselor in the temple presidency of the kona temple! he served faithfully and was recently released and is now the temple grounds keeper! i was so touched by him. what a great example of faith, obedience and just goodness! he definitely inspired us to be better. I am so glad we met him! (sorry that is long, but SO special) for more info:http://lds.org/liahona/2010/04/a-temple-for-kona?lang=eng

our plates at the luau. delicious! we saw the pig dug up from the ground and everything...it was incredible! The dances were amazing, we got to see a breathtaking sunset over the ocean. (funny to get a picture of my mom because she didn't like the food)

wesson with two of the performers. they were awesome. now i really want to learn to hula. anyone with me?

any guesses??

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that is a WHALE. right off the shore. so neat.. my parents had already left for maui so they didn't get to see it. but really i think we screamed and jumped and everything

starfish + octopus

so cool we saw them in the tide pools and then again while snorkeling.

(crocot0pus, anyone? anyone?)

grandpa, wesson & grandma.

thanks so much for coming and for everything! we had a blast! maybe a new years tradition??

i know it looks like something out of a magazine. i am ready to go back now...

i love this boy. he is the sweetest thing in the world! (had to capture a posterity shot!)

i am so bad at everything a great mom should be great at...

• taking cute pictures of my beautiful baby for all to see
• keeping everyone posted on his month to month stats
• remember every adorable thing he does

but...

i love him everyday

i love his sweet little face and his smile, oh his smile!

he has the sweetest laugh we have ever heard

he is my best buddy, he loves to cuddle with his mom.

he sleeps like a champ

this time of year has been so special with him

i can't wait until he "gets" it. but really i can because he is already growing so fast!

i love him

and to show him...

i will take him to hawaii on saturday!

4 month stats (dec. 4th)

height 24" 25%

weight 11.6 lbs 5%

head 16" 20%

my VERY favorite picture from christmas morning...

and his little laugh because you HAVE to hear his little laugh!

Firsts...

Wesson's first trip to Cabela's. He LOVED it. And he doesn't love shopping. But it may have been how excited his dad was to have him there. But really so fun & cute. I LOVE my little BOY. He is such a BOY'S BOY!

Wesson's first celebrity visit. Thank you (Utah Jazz) Ronnie Price for providing this opportunity! Thank you sweet people in line who let me know it was Ronnie Price, not Al Jefferson. oops! I am not that good a fan.

Wesson's first trip to temple square & to see the Christmas lights! We had Wesson in SEVERAL layers, in the Baby bjorn with a blanket wrapped around him and he was covered in "hot hands". The boy was sweating and it was 17 DEGREES! oh geez we are first time parents for sure.

I need a better camera. What do you recommend?

Families are Forever.

I have a family here on earth.

They are so good to me.

I want to share my life with them through all eternity.

Families can be together forever through Heavenly Father's plan,

I always want to be with my own family.

And the Lord has shown me how I can.

Seriously So Blessed...

our family on the special day. so special in zonked our little guy out! :)

Ryan gave our little guy a name and a blessing on October 10th 2010.

it was so special and sweet.

i didn't get the pictures i wanted so ryan and wesson are going to dress up again someday soon

but the day was special and reminded me how grateful i am for BOTH of my boys!

ryan is wonderful. he honors his priesthood. loves his family. is crazy about his boy. pretty much the best dad and husband. ever.

we didn't even get a picture of all the awesome men that participated...

Ryan, Grandpa Jensen, Grandpa Hansen, Great-Grandpa Jensen, Great-Grandpa Godrey, Uncle Brayden, Uncle Andrew

& Uncle Jeremy.

i am so glad my family could come from california.

wesson...we love you. you are so special to us and we are grateful for you.

all the men at the after party (and our newly painted fence!)

l-r: grandpa hansen, uncle jeremy, uncle andrew, uncle kyle, ryan, wesson, uncle jeff, uncle brayden, grandpa jensen, honorary uncle alex (my inlaws foreign exchange student)

all the family at the after party. my family on the left, ryan's on the right...they were not good at mingling!

p.s. i am so sorry if seriously so blessed is copy righted oops :)

Update

(pretty much the cutest thing e.v.e.r.)

i LOVE being a mom.

wesson's mom to be exact...

i am so lucky.

i swear he is the best baby.

cries when he is hungry, has a messy diaper, and sometimes when we aren't home (he is a homebody for sure!)

when other people hold him sometimes he fusses, i take him and he calms right down- BEST feeling ever!

he is starting to smile right at ryan and i! and i have even made him laugh TWICE. it is the most beautiful sound i know.

he loves his carseat, as soon as the car is going he is out.

he take a pacifier like a champ.

nurses like a stud.

we seriously could not be happier...

and the best part

he sleeps 11pm-5am! oh i love every hour. sometimes we get a little longer but that is the typical.

it is hard to be away from him 4 hours every day. but i am so happy i get to leave him with ryan. i feel like there isn't anyone i would rather him be with (except me of course!) and the moment i get home i just want to be with him and cuddle him for hours. i don't take a moment with him for granted! i do feel guilty for working- i wish i didn't have to and i know one day i won't need to, but for now i do and i am willing to! i just wish i didn't feel like it makes me a "bad" mom. for heaven's sake the boy is with his dad! :)

anyway...

wesson had his two month check up on the 4th (his two month BiRtHdAY!!)

head: 15 in. 15-20%

weight:9.4 lbs 15%

length: 21.7 in. 20%

he is a little guy for sure but- he is perfect! and so so cute...

so far...

he loves ceiling fans. he laughs & smiles at them. they don't even have to be spinning.

he falls asleep everytime i take him for a walk.

i read the work & the glory to him while i nurse, he doesn't seem to mind.

we dance with him and he smiles so big. it also calms him down.

he spits up A LOT. always AFTER i change his clothes...but i still laugh when he does it!

ryan swears he loves sadie (our dog) but i refuse to let him anywhere near here---who knows what happens when i am at work :(

wesson, we love you! you have brought us a lot of happiness already. i truly believe the "valiant are saved for the latter days" i can already sense your strong spirit and pray for you everyday already! you are such a blessing to us and we love watching you grow!

time to go cuddle my baby!