BYU Devotional

This week I had the opportunity to attend my very first BYU devotional. I have seen several of these over the years on good old KBYU but never have I been in the Marriott Center for a live devotional. This week the Prophet was the speaker. It is always such an amazing experience to be in the presence of the Prophet and to hear him speak directly to the students. Everyone was talking and it was so noisy in there, then in walked the Prophet and it went dead silent! The Spirit was so strong and it was truly a blessing to be there. It was the first time since I have been at BYU that I actually felt like a student-other than attending classes on campus. Even though sometimes I have to make fun of BYU deep down I really do love it!

Baby Hungry~

So for those of you who know me well you know that I have been baby hungry since I was about 4 years old. I have always loved kids and I always will. This is just a funny story I had to post. Here it goes: I have been bugging Luke for a baby for about a year now. Most recently it has been pretty intense! I have had no luck. I am not too pushy but I am just in the process of getting my point across to him. I decided that it has been a good thing that we didn't get pregnant because I know that I wouldn't finish school. That is besides the point~ One day before I left for work I randomly decided that I was going to go buy this Travel Set from Babies R Us. I took the truck to work which is unusual for me and sure enough I came home from work with my stroller/car seat set that I am obsessed with. When I got home I asked Luke to unload the box out of the back of the truck. Needless to say my plan didn't work. He just put the box in the garage and not much has been said. At least when we do ever have a child we will be prepared!!!! Too funny. For me just buying it and having in the garage is a comfort for me and it has helped me to be content for another few months. Isn't it adorable?

It seems as though everyone around me is pregant! My friends at work, my sister, sister-in-law, classmates, etc. I am so excited about starting our own family one day. For the time being it is so fun to just be the two of us. It is also fun to spend time and spoil our neices and nephews. But.......I will be so excited to have a baby of my own. I think it is the greatest blessing in our lives to be wives and mothers. (This post doesn't mean we are pregnant or trying-I promise)

Back To School

So it is official....unfortunately school has started again. But I am so excited about it in a way because it is my last fall of going back to school. Today has not been a great day to say the least- starting my new classes, walking in the pouring rain, and getting intimidated by every syllabi I recieved. Hopefully all the hard work will truly pay off one day. BYU campus is a funny place to say the least. I just have to hold back my giggles because there is just so much love in the air. I always think to myself if Luke and I were both in school would I really hold hands to every class and smooch to say goodbye?! The answer to that is NO WAY~ Anyhow, I am hoping that this semester isn't too bad as far as the homework goes because this is the best time of the year. First it's fall which means beautiful weather and scenery, you can start to wear sweaters and warm clothes, then its Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!! This really is my favorite time of the year. I know Luke is excited as well because he is out training our black lab Newt every day to get him ready for HUNTING SEASON. So in closing I just wanted to wish everyone good luck who is embarking on yet another semester of school~

Labor Day Weekend

The entire Hansen side of the family spent the weekend up in Midway at Grammy and Bompa's new Gathering Place. It really is a big house with 7 beds/baths. We all had a wonderful weekend and we are excited to spend more weekends up there in the years to come! On Friday Hailey, Dev, Grammy and I were the up and at um at 7:30am to hit the booths at Swiss Days. This was my first experience and I am sure it is going to be a tradition. That afternoon a bunch of us went to Park City to go for a ride down the good old Alpine Slide. This was Dallin B's first trip down and we are pleased to announce that we had no accidents! Of course on Saturday it was the first BYU football game-so a load of the fam headed down to Provo. GO COUGS! We just spent the entire weekend relaxing, reading, playing tennis, riding bikes, walking and eating, and then some more eating. It was the perfect way to end the summer. While we were up there Hailey announced that she is expecting in April!!!! I am so excited to have another niece or nephew! This month is also Devree and Porters first birthdays so we thought it would be fun to celebrate all together. It was just a fun weekend to have Yosh and Gaye and their family in town and to be able to be in Midway altogether~