Hansen Family Vacation 2009 - Part 1

A stop for lunch in Southern Utah on the way to Vegas.

Kaden was excited to get out of the van!


The scenery was beautiful...love that red rock.

All of the kids did great on the ride! Audrey and Kyle had fun playing together.

This is the pool area view from the balcony at the resort we stayed at in Vegas.

A great shot of the kids in front of the fountains.

The lazy river was fun but I took all the pictures in the hot tub (It was a hot tub/pool.)

Cute little Kaden having so much fun in the water.

Kyle was in heaven!

Audrey doing the crawl.

Pretty girl with palm trees!

Kaden was having a blast! All of the other people around us thought he was so cute and kept talking to him!

Handsome boy in front of palm trees.

Jump Ky Guy!

Isn't it relaxing in there, Kade?

Kade boy blows bubbles!

Audge relaxing after hours of swimming!

The view at night was amazing!

The next morning we got up early and drove to Newport Beach, CA!

I love Audrey's eyes in this picture.

Here she is excited to find a bird feather.

All the kids play in the sand.

Kaden shows us a two year old's view of the ocean.

What a cutie pie!

He's jumping for joy!

He was running around like a mad man he was so happy!

Audrey was ecstatic!

Ky's loving the sand.

It was perfect the first few hours. (It got cloudy and a little chilly later.)

It was so fun watching Kade running in and out of the ocean!

Like all new things, Ky wasn't sure at first but he soon found he loved the ocean!

My little guy Kaden cracks me up when he runs, he's so adorable.

The boys with their feet in the sand.

"My guys."

Audrey had no fear of the waves.

A cartwheel on the sand - of course she would think of this!

I love how the bucket looks bigger than him!

The alphabet Audrey carved in the sand washed away!

But then Dad carved her name.

Kyle found a ladybug for a friend.

Busy, busy, busy!

Our first try at a family shot - Kaden's looking away and Kyle doesn't want to do it!

Dad gets creative...nice work Kev!

Kaden REALLY likes the feel of the sand!

Dad carves his name!

Kyle decides he loves the ocean and runs in and out it for a long time.

Audrey makes a sand taxi!

Kaden wants to play with the bird.

Audrey and Kyle in the ocean.

Audrey is so glad she found some shells.

I love this kid's long, dark, thick eyelashes!

And everyday it takes a lot not to eat his cheeks!

Dad carves Kyle's name...it's getting cooler now.

2nd attempt - better but Ky's still not into it...oh well.

After we went and checked into our Anaheim resort we went back to the Huntington Beach pier. This is the same pier Kev and I went to on our honeymoon after we played on Newport Beach almost 9 years earlier!

Love this shot!

Kev and I ate here at Ruby's diner on the pier on our honeymoon so we went again...this time with 3 kids!

It's fun to eat right over the ocean!

A Hamster, Some Reading and A Ballgame

Audrey just made this song up one day and hasn't forgotten it since.

She literally makes up songs this fast, on the spot, all the time!

Kyle's reading!

We sat down the other day with this book from the library that he hadn't seen before and he started recognizing sight words and sounding out others! Two days later he can read the whole book!

This is Kaden singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" which is one of his favorite songs to sing right now.

He gets goofy at the end...I can't ever get him to do what he really does, how he really does it when I get the camera out!

He sings this song all day long - as perfect as a 2 year old can. But when I get the camera out...he is a ham - in a clowning around kind of way - and can't do it how he normally does.

Here's a quiet and short version.

And here's his sad at the end version.

It's funny because when he adds in the word "really" before"care" it sounds like he hears people say "I don't really care" a lot or something. Well, actually, he loves the word really and adds it in front of words all the time. It's his favorite word for some reason and he uses it a lot when it doesn't fit like "I want that really bannana" or "I'm going to play with really lightning McQueen."

I have 10 videos of him goofing around with this song...he is so random! Everytime I try to record him doing something cute that he does a lot, he just can't do it without putting a twist on it!

I am so thankful for our funny guy...he brings so much laughter to our family every day!