The Hansen's

Emergency Room!

2010-12-22T17:12:00.001-08:00

Yep, that is right, Corey and I made our first trip to the ER as a married couple and you bet it would be the week of Christmas!! Lets just say "that's UnBeLiEvEaBlE" My dear husband was trying to be so great and snow blow our drive way. Well the snow blower is a little bit older and because of the rain it got clogged. So Corey put the blower in neutral, (first mistake of not just turning it off) got a pair of pliers and then went to work chopping at the blower. Well as husband is working the blower decides to put itself into gear flinging and pushing the pliers right up through the palm of his hand. Does that stop Corey??.....no he decides to go down and back just one more time when he gets back into the light he notices that it's probably not a good thing to be able to see all of your muscles and tendons in your hand. So I hear him come in the house and with a few choice words that won't be said........ he calmly walks into the bedroom and says "babe can you take me to the hospital" I do have to say that I am extremely proud of myself because I didn't freak out at all (okay so inside I was dying but that is okay, alright and I did cry on the way home but can you blame me??). I of course am in my sweats so i grab my boots put them on and say "okay" Needless to say we were the only ones in the ER but were there for a good 2 solid hours.....once again unbelieveable.....they put 14 stitches 4 or 5 of which are internal, the rest on the outside. I have never seen anything so deep in my entire life and the Dr. was extremely impressed as well. We are scheduled to go so a plastic surgeon/hand specialist tomorrow to make sure there is no nerve or tendon damage. What a wonderful Christmas for the both of us and thank heavens for health insurance. I will say that I am truly grateful that it was just his hand as bad as it sounds but it could have been a lot worse. I think that Corey has definitely learned his lesson, and he promised me driving home that he will never do that again and he will turn the blower off first!!

My AmAzInG mOm!

2010-12-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRFDAY!!

I have the most incredible and amazing mom in the entire world! I am told pretty much by everyone that I am my mom's twin and act just like her....Corey is convinced that I am my mom's clone. The truth is that my mom is much prettier and better than I am, but I will not complain to be told that I am just like her, it is the greatest compliment in the world! My mom is my best friend and always has been! She was always there when I would come home from school, cheer, or work to scoop me up if something had happened or if I had a break down she was always there. Well somethings don't change, like my mom, because she is still there for all of my many breakdowns and is the shoulder for me to cry on. My goal has always been to be just like my mom. I have always said if I could be half the mom to my kids that my mom has been to me then i would consider myself pretty much perfect. You will never meet a more Christ like and selfless person than my mom. She is truly an angel sent from above and I"ve been the lucky one who gets to call her mom! I can't even count the number of nights that she stayed up with us kids because we were sick, or we were out on a date or at a basketball or football game either cheering or playing in it. No matter how many times or how many of us were sick mom never ever complained or seemed to get sick. Who could forget all the nights that us kids went to bed with a half finished school project and when we came down for breakfast it was completely done and a masterpiece!! Mom thank you for everything! You are the most amazing woman that i know and i am so blessed and grateful that I am your daughter. Thank you for choosing to be my mom and loving unconditionally. Thank you for never getting tired of me watching Beauty and the Beast everyday. Thank you for always being there for me and supporting me. Thank you for always comforting me with whatever drama was going on that day or week. Thank you for raising me in the gospel and being the perfect example of what and how a mom should be. Thank you for always saying guilty until proven innocent....you know what i am talking about! Thank you for being worthy to be in the temple with me when i was sealed to the love of my life for time and all eternity, I will never forget the experience we had while in the brides room of the temple! I am so proud to be your daughter mom and I love you so much!! Happy Birfday!!

I Love you,

Britt, Belle, your favorite 2nd brown haired daughter, angel doll!

Birthday girl!

family

still so in love!

me, corey, brae, and champ

Kell and Brons

So we went to Texas Roadhouse for moms birthday and so she was the lucky enough to ride the Birthday saddle. The best thing about this picture is dad's face. I don't know who was more embarassed, my mom or him.

Gwama Renee

Me and mom, a little dark, you decide if we look a like!

Oh ChRiStMaS tReE!!

2010-12-12T14:18:00.000-08:00

This is Corey and I's first Christmas Tree!! Shocking I know since we moved into our house Christmas Eve last year, however this is our first and REAL Christmas tree. Growing up I had a fake tree, but Corey grew up having real fresh tree's so therefore we have a real tree! I am not going to lie at first i was really nervous about getting a real tree because my luck the poor little guy would die right before Christmas. I am proud to say that we have almost had our tree for a month and there is no sign of it dying any time soon :). The funnest part of the whole tree is that we went with Corey's parents and cut it down ourselves, my first time ever!! We drove up Spanish Canyon at a sight called Dairy.....something ahah i don't remember the name to get our tree's. Our tree stands about 6 ft. tall maybe just a little over 6 ft. Mom and Papa's tree that they cut down stands a little shorter at 16 ft. Yup that is right they cut a 16 foot tree down! The thing is freaking huge a BeAsT, literally! I have never seen a bigger tree besides the huge tree in New York! It was quite the adventure trying to cut this little tree down for mom and papa! But with good stradegy and planning Corey and Kent were able to get it down, no sweat.......

Our little tree all decorated! It is obviously cutter when all the lights are out! :)

Papa and his tree cutter pose! Love him!

Me and Core with our tree

timber........

"How the heck do we cut this thing?"

The BEAST!

Corey cutting our tree!

We're ALIVE!!

2010-12-12T11:01:00.000-08:00

Yes, we are alive. After recieving mutiple phone calls from my dear sweet cousin Whitney Denise telling me that I was "officially fired from blogging". Then my amazing sister Breeann telling me that I am lame and she is tired of seeing Bridal Veil Falls as my most recent post, I decided that maybe it was time to do a blog update hahaha! Life as been so crazy that it's been hard to find the time to blog. I will say that I have missed it however and so I am turning over a new leave and I am going to be better about keeping my blog up to date. So this post is mainly going to be just pictures of the FuN sUmMeR that Corey and I had and what we have been up to the past 6 months! I am going to pick up were I left off, so Bree don't kill me but, this will be the last time you see bridal veil falls, these are just some pics we took while up there. Our summer was filled with fun activites: Powell, Florida, Camping, Fishing, Swimming, and Holiday!!

The words written above me are "LOVE SHACK"

driving to the falls

RoDeO's my best friend the new Mrs. Shaylee Johnson at the Lehi rodeo watchin her man Ryley.

me and corey, corey has seeds in his mouth.....of course

Sha, mom, and papa

lEhI rOdEo

the other men of my life

momma,brae, me, and super model kell in the back

4th of JuLy!!

"Stadium DeSirE"

swimming at the Zermatt

hot momma's.. auntie kim, brae, me and mom

Lake Powell!

What can I say about lake powell beside that I LOVE IT and that we had so much FuN! This year we had Dee, Bud and Tara, and Amber (the hobbs) come to Powell with us. We had so much fun, too much fun actually. Many, many memories were made and lots and lots of laughs were shared. From tubing, to wake boarding, to knee boarding, to the best part SkInNy DiPpIn and everything that happened while skinny dipping :) (you girls know what i mean...."mom get in the water"... and who could foget mom's "pOsE" hahah) We also had quite the fun drive home, especially when Shad and Nat's timing belt broke in there car while we were in the middle of no wear!. So question....How many people can you fit in a DuRmAx?...... Answer: 7 adults! Thanks so much mom and papa for the fun trip! We love you so much!!

The powell gang!

knee boarding ( got up on my first try....very proud husband :) )

after Corey pulled my strap off

Core wake boarding

LoVe this

papa's crash!

mom and papa

the boys tubing, Bud, Corey, and Shad

BoYs

Sha, Amber, and me

nO hAnDs

FlOrIdA

WeLcOmE tO mIaMi!!

This summer us sisters and our wonderful Aunt Verdalee were lucky enough to fly out to Florida to visit Bree and my babies!! We got to be there for 5 days, 5 days that went by way to fast! We went to the pool every single day and visited the beach a couple of times! It was so great to see how brave Sophie and M.J. were. They have absolutely no fear of water.....which to be honest i'm not to sure if that is a good thing or not. I absolutely loved the late nights, the talks and the stories and memories that we made while we were there. We had activities that we did every single day so pretty much it was none stop fun. Bree, me and brae got up every day and did our "BrAzIl BuTt LiFt" every morning :). My brother in law was nice enough to go to the store and buy us a bunch of our favorite treats, that we didn't even touch......ya right, lets be honest we ate em all, and we definitely didn't need them. We had so much fun and it was so hard to leave but I am thrilled to see them in February!! Now I have to say that I have the most AMAZING older sister in the entire world. I wish I could be just like her. She has gone through big hard things in her life this past year and she is still the strongest person, if not even stronger now, that i have ever met. She is so forgiving and has the strongest testimony of the gospel. She is such an incredible mom and wife. Her husband is the luckiest man in the world because he has her, and her babies have an absolutely beautiful angel for a mom. Bree I hope you know how much I love you and how much I look up to you. I have looked up to you my entire life and always wanted to be just like you, even if you were rude and told me to go home after i had rode my bike all the way to Britney Gilles house to play with you :). You are truly amazing and I miss you like crazy! I love you! I have to also thank my Aunt Verdalee who made it possible for us to go on this trip. Thanks so much Aunt Verd!

champ-i-one and soph troph in the ocean

BeSt GiRl

M.J. after Kell had him try a lemon....the face says it all!

Sophie is quite the swimmer and has beautiful diving technique :)

This kid has no fear!

All of us at the pool!

One night we went to the Melting Pot for dessert, thanks to aunt verdalee, as you can tell M.J. truly enjoyed it along with the rest of us! Thank you aunt verdalee!

Bree and Mike! I love this picture of them! We love you guys so freakin gmuch and miss you like crazy. Can't wait til FeBrUaRy!!

The most amazing older sister, example, and role model in the world!

don't ask hahah

Our Gap bargain, matching sister dresses, and don't forget our precious ponies in the corner posing with us!

CaMpInG!

We went camping out to Flaming Gorge this year cause Robin drew out for an elk tag! Our camping adventure all started when Corey and I got totally and completely lost trying to find our camp site. This was no little detour it was about a 2 hour detour all because we took one turn to early, it was definitely a drive we will never forget about. Thankfully the Lord was watching out for us and gave us just enough time and phone service to call papa and figure out where the heck we were. When we finally arrived to our destination we had a bunch of fun waking up early scouting out elk, fishing, havin a fire, playing games and messin around on the four wheelers.

Papa's HUGE fish!

BaBy ShAdOw!!

okay so we look disgusting, well atleast i do, but we were camping so whateve, don't judge

my lil fish

BYU CoUgArS!

G000000000000 COUGARS!

mEmOrIaL dAy!

For memorial day this year we had my family come over to our house out in Saratoga. The boys played tennis and us girls went roller blading. The boys then went and played disk golf while us girls made lunch and cleaned up. After lunch we went out shooting!

boys played tennis while us girls went blading.....obviously no blading pictures will be posted! :)

who could resist this! Barron girls with guns!

unfortunately dad got a flat while trying to find a spot for shooting. The story with this.......Mom and dad pulled up behind Corey and I. Corey jumped out and you could hear the air leaking out of the tire. So my amazing husband calmly and collectively says, "Oh hey you got a flat tire so just pull right here so we can change it". My parents just laughed at how calm Corey was like it was no big deal. I am so grateful that I married such a handy man! :)

FlAt

my two favorite older and younger brothers in the entire world!

this is a huge step for my older bro. If you don't know my brother he doesn't do anything and i mean ANYTHING dangerous or anything that you might get hurt doing. So to see him riding Core's pit bike was honestly a "BIG DEAL" Just like he likes to think he is! haha jk bro you know i love you!

CaVeMaN FoOtBaLl!!

CHAMPIONS!

My little brother Bronson is probably the most talented Barron child my parents have. He is an amazing pitcher and quarter back that led his football team to an undefeated season and to become the 5th grade football ChAmPiOnS! Now obviously they could have done it without the most incredible and dedicated head coach, Coach Barron! :) My dad is honestly the best coach and dad that you will ever meet. He'll take any team and make them champions and make every single player feel like they are important! I love you both so much and CONGRATS!

pRoUd parents and HEAD coach of the MVP
Brons!

Brons in action!

StUd!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DO MOST INCREDIBLE DAD!

I am truly so blessed to have been raised by such amazing parents! I have the best dad in the world and an angel and saint for a mom. My dad is a man who has always taught me to put the lord first and showed me how to do it by his example. A man who has always fulfilled all his callings and priesthood responsabilities. A man who always taught me to do my best and give my 110% anything less than that was unexceptable, because i was a BARRON. A man who has always and continues to support and provide for his family, and putting his personal wants and needs aside to do so if necessary. My dad is the most honest, loyal, trustworthy, selfless, hard working, loveing and good looking man you'll every meet. Dad Thank you so much for always protecting, loving, providing, teaching, and taking care of me and the family. Thank you for always pushing me to be the best and expecting me to be the best. Thank you for always being a worthy priesthood holder and blessing our family because you are. Thank you for all the countless night of carrying me up to bed, staying up for me to make sure i got home safe, for the prayers, the blessings, the patients, the games you were at, the cheerleading events that you dreaded but always came and supported us girls at. Thank you for your unconditional love! None of us kids would be who we are or where we are if it weren't for you. You are not only the world greatest coach but more importantly you are the world greatest dad! Thank you and I love you!

Britt

Love this guy!

boys!

daughters

bRiDaL vEiL fAlLs!

2010-06-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

On Monday night Corey decided that he wanted to go for a drive up the Canyon. I was so pumped and excited because I absolutely love going on drives in the canyon plus I've been asking him for weeks now to go up there. Growing up we would go on family drives all of the time. We'd roll the windows down but still have blankets incase it got chilly, and listen to our family favorite songs....which usually meant my dad picked them and they were "oldies" but we love "oldies" so it was all good. So needless to say I was excited. Well before I know it we are getting on the freeway headed to Orem. So I asked Corey "aren't we going to the canyon" Corey "babe i just want you to sit there and not worry" so that is exactly what I did. (The whole time I'm thinking why don't we just go up AF canyon and around the loop and come out of Provo canyon, it just seemed to make more sense to me.) So we are now in Provo canyon and it comes to me, we are going to go to Bridal veil falls, he had mentioned hiking it about a week ago. I didn't say anything though I just waited until he pulled off and parked. So we get out of the car and Corey is pumped. I look at him and say "you realize we are both in flip flops right?" Yes me and my husband would both be in flip flops and don't think that would stop us from hiking up to the falls......It didn't! Luckily the hike isn't strenuous but I'm not going to lie it kind of freaked me out sliding rocks and flip flops just don't go together!! We then continued by walking across the freezing cold water and water falls to the other side. It was beautiful and was a lot of fun. I love doing things like that especially with Corey, I'm always up for an adventure and challenge.....obviously I married Corey! :) haha. No I love my husband more than anything and he really hasn't been a major challenge :) (he hasn't been one at all). I am sure I have been a much bigger challenge for him. Thanks for a fun night Corey! I love you!

Race #2

2010-06-23T08:59:00.000-07:00

Corey had his 2nd race on saturday! He did really well, and was running a lot faster then the 1st. He ended up taking 5th because of a few brain farts in the final race, bu he can only get better from there. Corey is very competitive, however, I will say that I am so glad that he doesn't explode or freak out when he doesn't win. Of course he is disappointed but he continues to have a good attitude. I could definitely learn from him, I tend to not be so pleasant when I lose......must be a Barron thing :). I have to thank my brother in law Shad (and baby Shadow (nephew)) for coming out and helping Corey, he totally saved us. We would have been in big trouble if Corey had to rely on me because I don't know the first thing about his go-kart, not to mention it is pretty freaking heavy. So thank you Shad for not only coming out to support Corey but to help him out as well, we love you! Corey has about a month long break (hallelujiah) not that i don't love watching Corey because I do but it is seriously exhausting. I really shouldn't complain because Corey loves it and it makes him so happy :) plus he is really good at it, it could be a lot worse. I will give you the details and final results after our next race! :) p.s. I'll get some pics up soon :)

GiRlS NiGhT

2010-06-16T14:12:00.001-07:00

Last night me, my sister in law Sha and her best friend Tatum had a GiRlS nIgHt! It was so fun. Me and Sha were starving so we went to Zupas :) It was nice to just have some one on one time with my awesome lil sis Sha. After dinner we drove out to my house where we totally phsyced ourselves out when my door bell rang and we heared what sounded like one of my kitchen chairs sliding across the floor. Tatum came out a little later but when she got there we had to run to smiths (listening to 525,600 mins from Rent :) ) to get our "treats". Upon our return we attempted to make our own face masks. Needless to say it didn't quite work out the way it was supposed to haha. So instead we washed off the mask that was dripping down our faces and put on my "Mint Julip" mask. That worked out much better! The only thing with the "mint julip" is that it honestly gets so tight on your face that you can't smile or laugh, which was so freaking funny. Once our masks were on we watched The Time Travelers Wife, one of our favorites! I honestly love that movie!! It was so much fun! I absolutely love those 2 girls! There will definitely be more of those GiRlS nIgHtS!! Love you girls!! xoxo

(I do have to thank my amazing cousin Whitney Denise for introducing us Barron women to the "Mint Julip", Love you Whit)

Our mask ingredients

Sha trying to make our mask "fluffy"

Me using the blender, trying to make it "fluffy"

Tatum, Sha, and me attempting our first mask!

Goofs!

Mint Julips

Love it!

Sha and Tatum

Tatum

Happy Birthday Kell!

2010-06-09T16:17:00.000-07:00

Today my beautiful super model little sister turned 13 yrs. old!! I can't believe the Kell is already a teenager!! Braquell is one of the most incredible people that you will ever meet!! She is gorgeous on the outside and even more gorgeous on the inside! Once you get to know Braquell her true personality comes out and honestly I wish I had a personality like hers. She is absolutely hilarious and I love her so much! Braquell isn't just my little sister but one of my greatest friends and is one of the greatest friends you could ask for! I love you so much Braquell! I hope you know how truly incredible you are and how talented and gorgeous you are!! So many people look up to you and want to be just like you. I know that because I am one of them! Thank you so much for being my little sister and letting me be your big sister. I am so grateful for you and for all that you do for Corey and I. We are so lucky to have you as a sister. Our family would definitely be incomplete with out you! Happy Birthday, I love you "kelly manelly" xoxoxxo!

And so it BeGiNs!!

2010-06-09T15:44:00.000-07:00

Corey's racing season officially started on Saturday!! So at the butt crack of dawn we were up and on the road to Tooele, where the wind never seems to NOT be blowing!! It is always fun to watch Corey race, even if it does make me so nervous and sick to my stomache the first couple of laps and of course the last 2 or 3 laps. I really do love it!! Corey did pretty good he says "I'm a little rusty so, this race is all about trial and error" Corey was running a little slower than usual but he still did pretty well and ended up finishing in 4th place. No matter how well Corey does or how high he places he always makes me proud!! It'll be exciting to see how Core does this year! We are excited for next year though because Corey's brother Ryan and good friend Grady will be back from there missions and hopefully back to racing as well!! I'm so proud of you babe!! Love you!

Corey in action!

Me and Corey. Honestly you can never look cute out at the track so please don't judge us by this not so cute picture!! Thanks so much!!

My hunk a burnin love!

Corey and Papa working on the kart!! When he isn't racing this is what they are doing! Thanks for your help Papa! We would be lost without you!

At the starting line. Waiting for the green!

The Kart!

Getting ready to head down to grid

Memorial Day Weekend!

2010-06-02T10:17:00.001-07:00

We had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. We started it out by going shooting on Saturday with the Hansens! We love going shooting and we have been sad that the weather hasn't really allowed us to. So we were pumped to go on saturday even though it was a little windy it wasn't anything that we couldn't handle!! On Sunday we celebrated my amazing at Verdalee's birthday!! I love my aunt so much. She truly is incredible and has been a second mom to me and all of my siblings! Thank you for everything you have done and do for us aunt Verdalee, We love you so much!! On Monday (Memorial Day) it is tradition for all the Barrons to meet at my grandpas grave. We all meet there put flowers on the graves and then take a couple of pictures. Following the grave side my grandma always treats everyone to the one and only Chuck -A- Rama!! It is always fun to get the whole Barron family together and spend some time with one another. That afternoon we had a Hansen Family BBQ! The food was delicious like usual! We then went and visited Corey's uncles grave, grandma and grandpa Willsons grave (my mother in-laws parents) and then Great grandma/grandpa Willson grave. It was so nice to have a long weekend. Corey and I both needed it! It was also great to spend time with the ones that we love the most our families!

The Barrons! :)

Bryan Barron Family: missing Mike, Breeann, Sophie, and M.J. Bateman, and my older bro. Brigg!

Seriously look how cute my sister in law is!! I love her belly :)

Bryce Barron Family

My sweet Grandma!

Grandpa Barrons grave!

Shooting! :)

Corey and Shad

The lovely Sha! I love you girl!

Look at this mischeivious face! He is definitely a Hansen boy!

Shad, me, and Sha

Gangsta style

being goofy

I love this picture. The main reason is because the 1st time I ever went shooting was with Corey when we first started dating. He was so excited to take me! So he brought his camera and took all of these pictures. Well he had his sister Sha take a picture of both of us shooting very similar to this one. Then he went and got it framed and gave it to me as a gift. It was the sweetest thing ever!! I love it!

Corey

My incredible husband!

Me

Papa!

Our nephew "baby Shadow"

A much needed update!

2010-05-22T14:19:00.000-07:00

So I have much to blog about!! April and May have been filled with fun vacations and outings!!! In April the girls (mom, me, brae, kell, shay, kori, and kierra) went down to VeGaS for cheer nationals. My mom owned a cheer gym call Flyerz, she just recently sold it and so it is now called TNT. However we went down as and for Flyerz!! They did absolutely amazing takin 1St place!! It was a bitter sweet vacation. Flyerz has been part of my life for 10 years, so in other words 1/2 of my life has been Flyerz. I cheered on the top team for 8 of the 10 years being national champions for almost all of those 8 years!! Flyerz has helped make me who I am today and I will be eternally grateful for the long hard hours and what seemed like endless practices, the tears, the pain, the soreness, the friends/friendships that were made and continue to remain!! We had so much fun as we partied and walked down the strip. Watching people who are totally drunk and out of it is truly amazing and entertaining. Honestly anything and everything goes in Vegas! My mom, me, and Shaylee (my best friend) were walking on the strip on Saturday afternoon when suddenly we noticed this guy following us. All of a sudden he come up to me and Shaylee and says "hey girls my name is so and so, I work over at the Jet Ladies Night Club and would really like to see you there tonight, I'll be working the front desk so just come up to me and I'll get you right in. Oh and don't worry I'll definitely remember you two!!" He then gave us a huge stack of cards to pass out to our "other girls". Me and Shaylee were like oh ya okay totally....not haah. We both started laughing as soon as he left. My mom was in amazement and then started laughing. Only in Vegas would that happen, me and Shaylee are even legal to do anything in Vegas......(both under 21). All of us girls had an absolutely fabulous!!! In conclusion all I can say is "I found it!""......."my ears hurt down here". :) Mom, kell, and Shaylee you know what I'm talking about!! I love you girls all so much!! Bree we absolutely missed you like crazy!! Love you!

Dear dear Kori what would we do with out you??? Love you soooooo much!! p.s. get up LiZa!!

repeat pic of last year!!

We are hot we know!! (my bff Shaylee)

don't even ask!! Bless our hearts hahahaha

Inside Cesars Palace! Shay, me, mom, and Brae

Seductive!

The GiRlS!!

National Champions!

The Flyerz originals (we are missing Bree, love you sis!!)

Barron girls minus Bree, once again we love you and missed you on our trip :(

Ben and Jerrys!! Right after me and Shaylee were stocked

CaNcUn!

So I got home from Vegas on Sunday then Corey and I left that Tuesday for Cancun!! :) In celebration of our 1 year anniversary!! Cancun was absolutely amazing! It was perfect weather, besides a huge tropical strom which lasted about 2 hours. It was so nice to just get away just the two of us. We stayed at an all inclusive resort called the RIU Palace Las Americans. Food and drinks unlimited!! :) Our resort was absolutely incredible. It was right on the beach and had every activity you could ever think of doing. One of the days we went to a place called Xelha and the ancient ruins called Tulum. Xelha is a natural tropical water aquarium. It was filled with millions of beautiful tropical fish, big sting rays, alligators, sharks, and baracudas...... Okay so not really sharks or alligators but our little tour guy told us that and I seriously almost died I told Corey that "we are NOT going snorkling!" Sharks have to be one of my biggest fears they totally scare me! Of course our tour guide was joking and Corey laughed at me! It was so fun to go snorkling, I have never snorkled before so honestly it was kind of weird at first. It was so hard for me not to breathe out of my nose haha I'll be honest I struggled the first little while. Then when it came to going in dark little caves I stayed out and Corey went in, yes I was scared! Right before we left Xelha we got our pictures taken with these huge beautiful birds and a tucan! I got to hold the tucan in one of them and then in the other we both held the bigger birds! Our next stop after Xelha was Tulum. Tulum was incredible. Like I said before Tulum is the Mayans ancient ruins. Tulum means "walled city" it has 3 walls one on the North, South, and West. The reason for there not being a wall on the East is because the East side just happens to be the ocean. As we walked into the city it was like the Book of Mormon came to life. It was absolutely incredible. It was interesting our tour guide asked us where we were from so we told him Utah. Of course the first words that came out of his mouth after that was oh so you are Mormons, or the LDS church. We smiled and said yes. Then he said that is so cool we have a lot of you people come here and ask for mormon guides because this has to do with like your religion. We just laughed but he was right. It would have been cool to have a LDS tour guide and see what he said and kind of get the Book of Mormon side of things. All in all we had an absolutely incredible time. From our virgin Strawberry/ Pina Coladas, to food, to Xelha and the ruins, and of course laying out on the beach, swimming in the ocean and the pool we was a perfect vacation and much needed!! (These obviously aren't our only pictures but if I was to put all of them on we'd be here forever, so here are just a few...enjoy!!)

A pretty sunset!

"Bubba Gump" need i say more?

The birds that we held

These huge lizard things were everywhere!

the StOrM!

the roads after the storm

in our bus on our way to Xelha/Tulum

Snorkling at Xelha

Tulum

Main temple in Tulum

us on the ocean side of tulum
Core playin water volleyball

The beautiful ocean!

our resort

20 YeArS OlD!!!

The next day after returning from Cancun just happened to be my 20th birthday!! So yes Corey is no longer married to a teenager! :) He is absolutely thrilled and couldn't stop saying that all day! (craddle robber) :) I got fabulous gifts from everyone....Thank you all so much I love you!! It honestly feels so weird being 20, it makes me sound so old! Corey asked me when we first started looking for house 9 mo ago if I ever thought that by the time I was 19 that I would be married and lookin for a house. Of course I never ever thought any of that but I wouldn't change any of it. Now I look back and think wow I would've never thought that by the time that I turned 20 I would have been married for a year, worked as an MA for 2.5 years, and have built a home and become a home owner!....WhAt WaS i ThInKiNg??? haha No actually I couldn't imagine life being any different. Corey and I have truly been so very blessed in so many ways. I must say that I have been the most blessed because I have Corey as my husband and that is the greasted blessing in my life. If I didn't have anything else in my life except for the gospel, Corey, and family I would still be the happiest person in the world!

me and Corey

my incredible parents and I

Me and my two amazing and favorite brothers!

Kell, Melynne, Brae, and Me

The birthday gang!

All of us playing Croquet!

MY hot husband!

EaStEr!!

2010-04-07T15:21:00.000-07:00

Okay so really quickly before I talk about Easter I thought I would put some pics of Corey's B-day party. For Corey's birthday I made dinner for mine and Corey's family, then we did dessert and invited some of our closest friends and our extended family members over to our house!! It was so much fun, we had a great time and are so grateful for our friends and family that came. What would we do without all of you?? We love you all so much!! xoxoxoxo

some of the party gang!!

Me and the birthday boy!! I just love him so much!

Me and my fabulous sister-in law! Melynne is pregnant!! yeah! She is having a boy and is due in August! We are so freaking excited! Every time I see her I have to go and touch her belly, I love it! She is seriously the cutest little pregnant woman ever!! Love you "lynneee"

Me and my best friend Shaylee Pulley! Me and Shay have been friends since Jr. High. We have seriously done pretty much everything together and have had way to many fun, crazy, and funny times/experiences! She is dating one of Corey's good friends Ryley Johnson and we are secretly hoping and praying that they get married!! We love them both so much!!

Me and 2 of my 3 sisters!! We miss you so much Bree and love you so much! Your the greatest!

Corey with his mom and papa!!

Corey opening his present from his parents!

present opening continued

Birthday Boy! Happy 23rd birthday babe! Love you!

Plowing out the candles

The birthday cake! So I made this better than "anything" cake basically so Corey could blow out some candles. But for Corey's real dessert I (with the help of my amazing mom) made Peach cobbler. Corey isn't a huge dessert or sweets kind of guy. He does however love peach cobbler, therefore that is what I made him!

Now onto .....

Easter!!

Okay so the Barron family has a lot of traditions and I absolutely love it. All growing up we always colored eggs, then the easter bunny would hide the eggs, and first thing Easter morning we would wake up and do a big Easter egg hunt. Well because half of us kids are grown up and married now, and it was Conference weekend we did things a little different. Now when I say different I am saying that instead of doing the easter egg hunt first thing in the morning we did it in between conference sessions. This year might have been one of the biggest Easter egg hunts ever done by the Bryan Barron family. We had a total of 54 eggs to find! :0 It was so much fun! All morning Corey had been talking trash that he was going to win, so my goal in this hunt was to make sure I beat Corey. And of course......we tied!! We both found 10 eggs! haha! So because we found 10 eggs (each) the Corey and Brittnee Hansen family took 1st place!! We won the Easter egg hunt! :) Corey was so Proud!! It was such a great Easter/Conference weekend. Conference weekend is by far one of my favorite weekends and time of the year. It just happened to be a bonus that it also got to be Easter weekend as well.

Our Easter basket from my mom and dad! Thanks mom and dad!! We love you guys so much! :)

Stretching before the big hunt!

My favorite and most incredible big brother Brigg a.k.a. "jose" stretching the "hamstrings" before the big hunt.

impressive stretching!

stretching continued

Pregnant Melynne stretching or atleast trying to haha

Me on the hunt

The end of the hunt! We are lined up in order of place taken in the race. 1st (winners) on the right (which is why me and Corey are standing there :)) and last (losers) going down to the left!! Don't worry guys you'll have next year!! :) Love you all!

Because Corey had the priesthood session on Saturday night Corey, me and my good friend Jenna colored Easter eggs on Friday night! Jenna is attending SUU right now and she was up for the weekend so she came out to see our house and then of course we had her stay to do Easter eggs with us!! We had a blast and we absolutely love Jenna and were so glad that she stayed and joined us!! Love ya girl!

Givin Core a kiss!

Holding up our eggs!

Me and Jen! Wanna kiss our "lucky eggs".......... :) Jenna is one of my bestest friends ever. We have now eachother since forever, we grew up in the same ward and have been neighbors our whole lives. I absolutely love her!

Our egg dye!

Corey dipping his egg

Me and Jen with our eggs!

All of our eggs!

We had such a great weekend! It is always great to spend time with both families and our good friends! And of course to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I am so grateful for my savior and for his great sacrifice! And for the knowledge that I have because of it and him!! I hope that you all enjoyed this fabulous conference and Easter weekend. Much Love to you all!! XOXOXXOXO

Happy Birthday to 2 AmAzInGs!!

2010-03-29T12:06:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a really quick post because I don't have much time, I will do a better update and entry on Wednesday. However I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my older and incredible sister Breeann and also my amazing husband (who share the same birthday)!! Breeann is the most amazing person that you will ever meet in your life. All growing up I wanted to be just like my older sister. I have always looked up to her and continue to look up to her today. Bree is married and lives in Florida while my brother in law is in law school. She has two of the most precious and gorgeous babies in the world, Sophie and M.J. I absolutely miss them like crazy and love them so much! I love you Bree, thank you so much for everything that you have done for me!! I am so proud of you and wish that I could be half the person you are. I love you so much and wish you were here!! Happy Birthday Sis!! I love you! xoxoxxo

Now, it also happens to be my husbands birthday today!! Corey is turning 23!!! Corey is my absolute everything. He is my #1, my biggest fan, my prince charming, and my knight in shining armor. Without him I am totally and completely lost. I am truly the luckiest girl and wife in the entire world. I still don't know how I got so lucky to have such an amazing husband and best friend. I can honestly say that I fell in love with Corey the first time that he kissed me, which just happened to be on our 3rd date. I knew that night when he kissed me that I was going to marry Corey Jacob Hansen, I wanted to spend eternity with him, I wanted to be Mrs. Hansen. Luckily that happened and our journey of dating to marriage and now being married almost a year has been absolutely incredible. I wouldn't change one second of our lives together. Corey is my rock, he is the person I go to for absolutely everything. He knows how to keep me calm and how to comfort me, he also knows just what to do to push all of my buttons and thinks he is so funny when he does. Unfortunately even when he does push the buttons I seriously cannot be mad at him, he thinks that is funny as well. Corey is the hardest worker that you will ever meet, he has the strongest testimony of the gospel and is an absolute rock in it. He is my #1 and HeRo!!. I don't know where I would be if I didn't have Corey and to be honest I don't even want to know. Life is so much better with him, it is better than I ever thought or could even imagine life would be. So HaPpY BiRtHdAy babe!! I love you so much!! Thank you for everything and for letting me be your wife. Thank you for always being patient with me and loving me unconditionally!! I love you more than you will ever know!! I love you!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxxo

St. Geezie and Vegas!!

2010-03-24T13:40:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Corey and I went down to St. George for Brons (my little bros) baseball tournament. We drove down Friday right after work, watched 2 of games that night, and we didn't get back to where we were staying until 1:30 am ya it was a long day. We did however have quite the adventure on our way down to St. Geezie (as our family calls it.) We were just out side of Cedar City and it was dark when all of a sudden we saw a huge puddle of blood in our lane on the road and before we could do anything or switch lanes we ran right over the top of an already dead deer. It was quite the jump that the good old saturn made. We couldn't believe it. The deer had obviously been hit maybe an hour or so before we decided to run over it again. So when we got to St. George we examined the car to see the damages. What we found was blood on the left side of the car and deer meat and hair all underneath the car. Ya not gonna lie it kind of grossed me out a little, beside that no other damages, which is to be expected with the Saturn she is a gem of a car! :) On Saturday me, Corey, and our good friend Austin Miller drove down and spent to day in Vegas. We did what most LDS people do and can do which is um......walk the strip!!haha. It was a ton of fun. Me and Corey rode the New York New York rollercoater. My dear friend Austin didn't accompany us on that one due to motion sickness but he was there is spirit ahah love you Austy!! Our main purpose for going down to Vegas however was because if you know my husband he is an absolutely HuGe BuFfEt fan. And who has better buffets than Vegas. So for part of my amazing hubby's birthday gift (which is actually next week the 29th) I decided that I would take him the Rio's buffet. Corey and I have been married for almost a year now so I know how much he can eat, however I can honestly say I have never in my life ever seen someone who ate as much as him. He just kept coming back with more and more food with every plate, truly impressive. I think the final count of plates eaten by Corey Jacob Hansen was atleast 8. Yeah he is pretty much a bottomless pit. I pray everyday that I don't have a ton of boys because we will be poverty stricken just by trying to feed and keep them full haha. On Sunday before we drove home we went with my family and visited the historical church site, the home of Jacob Hamblin. It was actually really interesting and fun. All growing up my dad always wanted to stop and see historical sites because he is a huge history buff. Well all of us kids would always vote against stopping to see the sites, saying that they were all the same. Even though this frustrated my dad most of the time us kids would win and we could just press forward and go home. I think that now there are only 3 kids left at home now, my dad doesn't really give them a choice and they don't really have a say in what sites they do and don't want see. I truly am so sorry Brae, Kell, and Brons!! :)......just for my sibilings I'm going to say one spot that always seemed to be or wanted to be visited by our incredible father....COVEFORT!!! It was such a fun weekend and a nice little getaway for me and Corey and to also spend some time with my family. It was also fun to get to see and spend time with our friend Austin. Austin will actually be graduating this December from Dixie, with his associates degree and his RN license! We are so proud of you Austin and are so grateful for the friendship that we have, love ya!! Thank you to my family for letting us come down and join you! Good job pitching Beyons your the best!! (3-1) Getting ready to head back home!

The Rio.......BUFFET any one??

Me and our friend Austin! (Austins last name is Miller)

A kiss on the cheek before we enjoy the buffet

Corey and Austin

Okay so the reason for this picture! My family will laugh and now exactly what I'm talking about. So when my family was younger we would go down to Mesquite with our neighbors and good friends the Millers. Of course we would always go to the Oasis buffet, which unfortunately doens't exist anymore. So as were would walk in the casino to get to the buffet us kids would always see and hear people walking around saying "Keno" We were all confused so we asked my dad. "dad who is Keno" Well my dad made up this huge story about this little boy who was lost and so they would walk around saying his name so that they might be able to find him. Of course we all believed that story, so the next time we went we were all confused and wondering why "Keno" was still gone and missing and if we should try to help find "Keno"

Me and Corey in front of a fountain.

This guy was so cool. He was on the strip in Vegas and he seriously looked like he was a statue. In front of this guy he had a bucket that said "show the bucket some love" were people would put there money in. So Austin decided he would throw some change in to see what would happen. As soon as Austin threw the change in the guy like came to life and started moving all robotic. It was really cool to watch him, he was really good!

Me and my hubby again!

xoxo

Corey loves the dill pickled sunflower seeds, obviously. Yes that is a Sobe bottle filled with Corey's sunflower seed shells. All of this was accumulated just on our drive home.

corey with his bottle of seed shells

The Jacob Hamblin Home

The fam!

Me by the wagon

Ice Fishing!!

2010-03-17T13:42:00.001-07:00

It is true, I..Brittnee Hansen went IcE fIsHiNg for the 1st time ever. It was quite the experience and to be completely honest it was a lot of fun. I was really excited to go, but to be honest I think that Corey might have been a little bit (or a ton) more excited. He honestly was so pumped for me to go ice fishing for the first time. Corey loves watching me do and try new things, it makes him so happy, which is absolutely great! And lets just say ice fishing is definitely a new thing for me. Me and Corey are complete opposites, Corey grew up hunting, fishing, camping, go kart racing, etc. I grew up dancing, cheering, playing tennis, and vacationing to warm spots/disneyland, camping "Barron" style, (meaning hotels). Totally different from the Hansen way of life. So for me to go out in the freezing cold weather and stand on a frozen lake to hope and pray that a fish bites at my pole is truly and accomplishment, and I loved every minute of it. My clothing apparel went as follows, capri garment bottoms (corey calls them grandma garments), two pairs of socks, sweats, Coreys gray snowboarding pants, a long sleeved shirt, sweatshirt, big coat, gloves, and a pair of papas boots (which were a little big but all is well.) Super Sexy, I know! Now I will say I don't think my husband has every told me how hot, and what an amazing wife I am as many times as he did that day haha. Oh ya and did I mention that I was the only girl who was going on the ice fishing trip to Scoffield?? Um ya I was, I would be accompanied by my hot husband, papa, my brother in law Shad, Corey's cousin Clint and his 2 boys Austin, and Nate! So as we are leaving my in-laws house to go on our adventure, my sweet charming husband comes up and says "You ready Britton." Ya Corey is a bit of a smart A! haha. He did make up for it however when he ran in to Macey's to get some drinks and came out with a bag of Cadbury eggs for me, asking "does this make up for calling you Britton??" Well of course it did and we were off to our destination! So I'm not gonna lie that is was a little bit scary walking across a frozen lake. I kept picturing myself falling through the ice and getting hypothermia, ya a tragedy, luckily nothing like that happened. As soon as we got set up with our holes dug and our poles ready a blizzard came!! It was snowing like crazy and windy and freezing!! It took the entire drive home for my hands and feet to unthaw. Even though it was cold and we didn't catch a single fish, this trip was so fun and so so worth it!! A great first (and possibly last) time ice fishing haha!

Sweet Surprises!

2010-03-08T15:46:00.000-08:00

I love when I come home from a long day of work and walk in the door to find BeAuTiFuL rOsEs on my kitchen table, with a sweet note from the most incredible husband in the world (mine :) ) Last week I came home to this surprise. Corey has been working up in fruitland for the past 2 weeks and he has been getting home late unfortunately. Well last Thursday he was supposed to got up to Fruitland again, but ended up not having too. So he got off work early and decided to surprise me with roses, it was so great to first of all see my husband before 9:30 at night but second of all to come home to such a great and meaningful gift.It is these kind of sweet surprises that make everything that I personally, and that we go through in life so worth it. I read somewhere once a saying that said, "don't forget the small things in life, because you might look back one day and realize that they were the BIG things!" I love this saying, it is so true and I think a lot of time we look over the small things hoping for the big things. Then by doing this we miss out on so many things that are so important and will one day mean the most. I am so grateful for my husband and for the man that he is! I love him so much, he is my anchor and I don't know where I would be without him. Thank you so much babe you are the greatest! I love you!! You're the BEST!!! :)

UpDaTe!

2010-02-23T18:21:00.000-08:00

Yes we are alive!! Just cause its been a couple of months since I last updated doesn't mean anything...right??...wow seriously I know I am terrible. We have had a lot of things happen in the family the past couple of months and all I can say is that I am so grateful for the gospel and for the testimony that I have. I also am so grateful for the incredible husband that I have. He is my absolute everything and I could not have asked for a better husband. I honestly don't know what I would do with out him, I would be completely lost. He is my come to person, whether its to cry, laugh, tell him about my good and bad days, let out my frustrations (my venting sessions, probably happen more than they should haha), and just to have him hold me. He some how always knows what is the matter and what is bugging me and how to put a smile on my face, he knows when I need chocolate and a big "Diet". He truly is so amazing and I love him more than anything. Okay now for the update......lets see..... oh ya Christmas!! Corey and I moved into our new home in Saratoga Springs on Christmas Eve. Some might think that, that would be extremely stressful, well I'm here to tell you that it DEFINITELY is. Honestly if I never moved again it would be too soon. I can say however that it was definitely so worth it. We got to spend our first Christmas in our new home and with the people that we love the most our families!! We also go to talk to Corey's brother Ryan who is serving a mission in England (London south Mission) Ry is doing great he has been out for almost 9 months now. I love Christmas time because that means we get to go to temple square! So of course Corey and I went with our friends Shaylee and Ryley. It was a ton of fun and absolutely freezing cold. I honestly don't know if I have ever been that cold before, but it was well worth it. We also got to go and see "The Forgotten Carols" I absolutely love the forgotten carols, and it was great going with Corey, Shaylee, and Ryley!

Me and Corey at Temple Square (freezing) The 4 of us : Me, Core, Ryley, and Shaylee

Christmase Eve
Ya he's hot and yep he is mine :)

christmas morning opening up gifts

Corey checking out his new binoculars,
his wife must really love him :)

January:

Now onto New Years!! I love the beginning of a new year, that means more goals hopefully that I accomplish ( I will accomplish.) We welcomed the new year in with my awesome family and our good friends Shaylee and Ryley and of course with a KiSs from my hubby muah xoxoxo! In January we got to celebrate Shad (corey's brother) job promotion. He is no the Co-Manager at 5 guys!! Congrats Shad we love you and are proud of you! We also got to celebrate my incredible grandmas 86th birthday! My grandma is so wonderful, she is the strongest woman that I have ever met or known in my life. If I could be half the woman, mom, and grandma that she is I would consider myself pretty close to perfect. I look up to my grandma so much, she has gone through so much in her life and I have never seen her be negative in any situation. She is truly such an incredible example to me, so Thank You Grandma!! Thank you for raising such an incredible son who I now get to have as and call my dad. I love you so much Grandma!

my incredible grandma!

Grandma and her 3 kids

My dad, grandma, aunt Verdalee, and uncle Bryce The Barron Clan :)

New Years Eve,
Kiss me at midnight, oh we are so in love :)

February:

The first of this month my dear sweet husband Corey decided to pull and stretch all of the ligaments in his left ankle. So I am at work and I get this call from Corey. The first words out of his mouth were "hey babe can you bring home an ace wrap from work?" I work at a drs office so that is no big deal. So I tell him ya and ask what he did, his answer "well i stepped out of the truck and ya well my ankle is pretty messed up." Of course it is because that is just the Hansen luck. So I asked him if he could walk on it, and he says ya sort of. Does my husband stop working????.... heavens no he finishes his last couple of jobs at work. Oh and don't think he is going to stay home the next day even though he can barley walk and put any pressure on it not to mention his shoe will barely go on. Why is it my husband has to be so stubborn?? It drives me crazy and yet I love him more than anything. Needless to say it was quite the experience for both of us and his ankle is finally almost normal looking. Corey absolutely hated it and of course thought and thinks that he knows more than the DR.s. Luckily Corey has a wife who is in the medical field and who really loves him and nursed him back to health. You are so welcome babe :). Corey and I had an absolutely incredible Valentines day, actually I should say had an incredible Valentines day weekend! It was so great to actually just get to spend time with eachother. We also got to spend time with our families. We did a Hansen Valentines dinner on the 13th and then did a Barron Family Valentines dinner. It is tradition in my family that every Valentines day my mom does a huge delicious dinner. The menu being, lobster, shrimp, steak, prime rib, twice baked potatoes, brocoli, cauliflower, corn, salmen, baked pineapple, red lobster rolls, and regular rolls. It was absolutely incredible and we are so grateful for both of our families. Life gets so crazy and busy that it isn't very often that Corey and I get to spend good quality time together, so i absolutely loved Valentines, even just for the fact that it was just us two! By far my favorite and greatest Valentines day EvEr! Last week we got to celebrate my beautiful sister in law Sha's 17th birthday! I love Sha as if she was my blood sister. She is so much fun and beautiful and well just all around amazing! I am so blessed to have her as my little sister and I (we) love her so much! Love you Sha and Happy Birthday!!

Bet you can't guess which one is injured

I took these picture after it had been iced for a couple of hours, the sad thing is this look really good compared to the next day. I looked absolutely disgusting on the 2nd day. My poor husband.

Oh my how could I forget about the Super Bowl!! I love the super bowl but I was so sad that the Colts lost. I am not going to lie I love Peyton Manning, I'm pretty much a big fan! My family is really big into sports, that's pretty much what we all did our entire lives and we always had the best coach, my dad! So when the Super Bowl comes around it's a huge event and party for the Barron fam!! And don't worry Manning there is always next year! :)

My nephew M.J. in his football jersey, ready for the big game!

M.J. and my little bro. Bronson! I absolutely love this picture :)

I hope that you all enjoyed the Holidays as much as we did, and hope that the beginning of this year has treated you all well and may continue to do so.

Happy Birthday Best Girl!

2009-12-04T17:05:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday December 2, my beautiful niece turned 3!! It is weird to think that what came as a goregous 7lbs. 10 oz. and 19 in. long baby is now a big girl wearing "big girl panties!" I remeber being so excited to be the first person to hold this perfect little girl. Sophie has grown so much and to be honest it makes me sad, I feel like she is my own little girl! She has been such a great blessing in our family. She is definitely a "girly girl" and is our own little princess. Soph is such a little lady and even though she is not a baby anymore she is still so beautiful, like the day she was born if not more beautiful now! Sophie is definitley the boss of her younger brother M.J., even though he does weigh more than her and is pretty much her size. She knows every disney princess and all of the disney princess songs as well. She knows every word to "Best days of your life" by Kellie Pickler and "You belong with me" by Taylor Swift and she is not scared to sing it! Sophie has memorized almost every primary song her favorite being "I love to see the Temple." Soph has such a sweet spirit and a fun personality and very protective over her little brother (when they aren't fighting haha!) She has two of the greatest parents ever, my sister and brother in law have done such a great job in raising Sophie and I look up to them so much, hopefully I can be great parents like them. To celebrate Sophies Birthday we went to Chuck E. Cheese. Sophie was so cute opening her presents. She would open one look at it smile for a picture and be happy and then she was right on to the next present. It was so funny watching her, I think we were more excited to watch her open the presents than she was opening them!! So...

Happy Birthday Ponies!! I Love you so much!! xoxoxo

The Birthday Cake! My sister Breeann made this! She did a fabulous job!!

The Birthday Girl!!

My champion

Happy birthday to you.....

YeAh!

This is the face she made with every single present she opened!!

Opening uncle cowee and aunt nittnee's present! Hot pink, sparkley converse!! :)

PoLaR eXpReSs!!

2009-12-04T16:15:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday the Hansen Family went on the Heber Creeper and did the Polar Express! We all wore matching pajama's (way to be thinkin me and Sha) :) (can I get a woot woot) The girls wore hot pink bottoms and the boys wore blueish bottoms. It was so much fun, we got hot chocolate and a chocolate chip cookie, we were also visited my Mrs. Claus and Santa, baby Shad wasn't to sure about Santa but what do you do??. We then got to read the Polar Express and sing Christmas Carols. Just in case any of you were wondering if my husband, Corey, is a christmas caroler, YES, he most definitely is :) and a good one might I add! haha We had a blast and like always, it is always great to spend time with the fam!!! Thanks momma and papa Hansen, We love you!!

All of us in our pajamas!!

ME!

being goofy

Aren't we cute?

Jake and Mary

Nat, baby Shadow, and Shad

momma and papa

Me and the beautiful Sha

Nice face babe

My turn with the face

Me and the most incredible husband in the world! I love you babe!

Baby Shad and Santa!

I love this pic! :)

Christmas Tree!

2009-12-04T15:45:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday the whole family participated in putting up my parents Christmas tree. It is our family tradition to put up the tree the first sunday after Thanksgiving. After putting up the tree we always, and yes I mean we AlWaYs watch the movie Scrooge. I love that movie it is one of my favorites for many different reasons. It was a lot of fun being with the whole family and putting the tree up. It gets me so excited for Christmas, and even more excited to move into my house so I can put up my own christmas tree and decorate. :) We started something new this year as well, in the past, and all growing up, all of us kids would get presents for every sibiling. This year however we decided to draw names due to the size of our family, I think this will become a new tradition and I am very excited for it.

I saw Sophie kissing Santa Claus!!
My mom collects Santa's, so for her b-day Corey and I got her this huge Santa that is Sophies size. Well we getting dinner ready when we looked at Soph and got her full on kissing Santa, eyes closed and everything. Like her daddy says "she is such a girl!!"

We just Love her so much!!!

My AmAzInG older sister Breeann!

Brons, and Kell

Melynne (incredible sister in law)

Me and Core

Braelynn and Brons

Melynne and Brigg (a.k.a. Jose, my brother)

cHaMpIoN! (M.J.)

Grandpa (dad) helping Soph put the angel on the top of the tree!

ThAnKsGiViNg!!

2009-11-29T13:52:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love this time of season!! I love all of the holidays and all the fun family time and memories that are made, it truly is the BEST!! This was Corey and I's first thanksgiving together! To be completely honest there was a time that I wondered if I was even going to be able to get to spend time with my husband on our first thanksgiving. Corey woke up bright and early and went duck hunting (which is his ultimate favorite) Then we went to the Hansens for our Thanksgiving Feast, Corey, Shad, and papa all were up on the roof of papa's new addition. Needless to say I think total hours I got to spend with Corey was about maybe 7 hours. However I am extremely thankful for the 7 hours that I got to spend with him.. Like I mentioned early we had Thanksgiving with my in-laws, the Hansens this year. It was so much fun, on Wednesday all of us Hansen girls got together and made our pies. Then Thursday at 3:00 we had our delicious Thanksgiving meal. I am so grateful for my wonderful in-laws and all that they have done and continue to do for me and Corey. We have been so blessed to have amazing families on both sides, we really are the luckiest couple in the entire world. I am even more thankful for my amazing husband. I am still trying to figure out how I got so lucky to get to have him as my husband. Corey is going straight to the celestial kingdom just because he married me and has to put up with all of my emotions and crap. I honestly could not have asked for a better husband and I am so thankful and glad that I get to be with him forever!! I love you so much Corey Jacob, you are the best!! :)

Our pies: Sha made a banna creme, Robin made pumpkin, I made a caramel apple creme, and Nat made an apple pie!!

Of course they were all delicious!!

My amazing sister in-law Sha and aunt Mary

The Hansen Girls: Robin,Mary, Me, Nat and Sha :)

Okay seriously they are the cutest! Papa and Mamma Hansen!! We love you :)

The Shad Hansen Family!

Baby Shadow, Nat and Shad

Me showing my love to Corey!! Like always :)
HAHAHA

Me and Corey!! (Not the greatest pic, but oh well)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

True or False? Fact of Fiction?

2009-11-11T12:15:00.001-08:00

Okay here is the scenario....

You are working at a Dr.s office and doing a H1N1 flu shot clinic. A family of 4 children come in to get their shots. The 3 youngest come back into the room with no problems and with no hesitation. The nurse #1 brings out 1 of the shots, the 2 oldest of the younger 3 run outside of the room saying "its a shot no way I'm not getting that, I'm out of here." So the mother says "Okay lets just do this little one and then I'll go out to the waiting room and grab the others." So the nurse #1 gives the youngest the shot and there are some tears for about 30 seconds but then the child is over it and is content with a sucker in the mouth. Mom goes out to grab the others and what does she find?...... No children whatsoever. Mom goes down stairs and outside, finds 2 children and brings them back upstairs. Screaming, crying, and fighting is what you not only see but can definitely hear. Mom is very upset carrying the children in by their arms, she sits them in the chairs and says "DONT move you are getting shots whether you like it or not!!" One just continues to scream and cry while getting the shot but is over it quickly, the other is fighting and throwing his body around making it almost impossible to give a shot. The child goes to kick the nurse #1, luckily she is quick enough to grab the leg and say "if you kick me this is going to be even worse" The child calms down enough and holds still just enough to get the shot and then is in tears yet again, but like the other sibilings he gets over it. Well wait isn't there 1 more child?? Yes indeed!! Mom goes to find the oldest of the 4 and amazingly enough she is no where to be found. Mom has looked outside, around the building, by the car, and still no sign of child #4. Mom comes back upstairs (to the 2nd floor) very, very upset and says "Well she is gone and is definitley grounded and I guess wont be getting it, I am so so sorry" Nurse #1 thinking at this point we have a missing child on our hands. Nurse #1 replies to the mother "well do you wanna go and look for her again and i'll watch the other 3" Mom says "i guess" Well why mom is out looking for the 2nd time for the oldest child another nurse (nurse #2) comes in the room. I explain the situation to her and she goes to check the stairwell to see if she is possibly hiding in there. While the other 3 are in the room still nurse #1 asks "boys do you know where your sister is and you are just not telling us" their reply "no, no we promise, she ran outside with us but we came back in, she is definitely in huge trouble and going to be grounded, yup so grounded" As the nurse looks out the window she sees and hears the mom say "well then you are staying here, you are not coming home, see ya" As the nurse looks behind the mom she sees the oldest screaming and crying "No mom No!" Well somehow the mom cornered the oldest grabs her and drags her back into the room. She comes to nurse #1 and asks "are you ready for this?" The nurse replies with 2 other nurses behind her "YuP!!" So the nurse grabs the girl sits down with her on her lap. The mom tries taking the jacket off and immediately the child starts biting her mom. Nurse #3 says "hey don't bite your mom." as she is holding the childs legs. So the child goes and grabs nurse #2's chest pretty much ripping it off. Well nurse #1 grabs the strong, extremely strong childs arms and what happens next is absolutely "UnBeLiEvAbLe" The child tries to bite nurse #1's hand and actually nicks her. Nurse #2 wasn't having any of that so she grabs the childs head and puts it back and says "DONT YOU BITE HER!!" As nurse #2 is very upset but somehow trying not to laugh haha :). Amazingly enough nurse #2 gives the shot and after the shot the child, who is still fighting and screaming, says "are you done, are you done?" Nurse #2 says, "yes so hold still I'm putting the bandaid on! and you need to stop screaming, you are scaring all the other little kids" The child says while screaming "I don't care" As the child screams the entire way out of the room, down the elevator, outside, and to the car, where the nurses could no longer hear her. The nurses sat there in amazement and shock trying to figure out if that had truly just happened??

So I ask you, is this story True or False?????

The answer..... This story could not be more TRUE!!! I was nurse #1 in this story and I am still trying to figure out if that really happened! For the rest of that day all we could is just laugh and keep telling the story to our other co-workers, who to be honest pretty much heard everything that happened! Lets just say there is never, ever a dull moment at a Pediatric office. Things like this happen all the time, now not even close to this extent, but they still happen! I must also say thank you to wonderful nurses #2 and #3, I truly couldn't have done it without you guys! I love ya!

So in conclusion....

Gandolfos breakfast deal: $5.00

Pedicure: $30.00

Taking your child to the doctors: $175.00

Chest grabbed and hand bitten: PRICELESS!! :)

Scripture study related to hunting???....Um NO!!

2009-11-09T17:29:00.000-08:00

So Corey and I have a goal to read the entire Book of Mormon by Christmas!!! Yes I know that sounds crazy, I mean come on 10 pages in the scriptures a day, seriously?? Well yes and to be completely honest it hasn't been bad. It has been a great experience so far and even better that we get to do it together. So when I have my many questions, which I usually do, my amazing husband is there to help me out and to explain things to me. Now it is amazing to me however, that every single time we start reading Corey is suddenly tired haha oh and surprise most of the time i'm the one doing the reading, oh and surprise #2 my husband is now sleeping while I'm reading!! Thanks Love!! haha No, no I'm exaggerating (a little (really)) So last night as we are doing our scripture reading in 1 Nephi, it is Corey's turn to read and this is how he starts out "and it came to pass that they took their guns and went into the forests...." I totally believed it until the "guns" part. As we continue Corey comes across this scripture....."And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families........we did pitch our tents for the space of time, that we might again rest ourselves and obtain food for our families" Of course this excited Corey and his reply "see babe I need to go hunting more so that I can get food for our family!" Yea nice try my dear sweet sweet Corey! Only my husband would get that out of our scripture reading. He is truly one of a kind, but I do love him more than anything!! Although we do have fun reading our scriptures, there are lots of things that have stood out to me while reading. The fact that the lord is so forgiving is absolutely amazing, the love that he must have for all of us to continue to forgive us is seriously so incredible to me. No matter how many times Laman and Lemuel go against Lehi, Nephi, and even the Lord, he still forgives them. The thing that has stood out the most to me thus far however is in 1 Nephi 15:8 when Nephi says "And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?" It made me think do i "inquire" of the lord? Or do I just try to do everything myself? Do I go to the lord enough?? I think as humans we sometimes think that we are invincible and can do everything on our own and the truth is that we can't. Like Corey said to me the other night "we can do anything with the help of the lord and with the lord on our side" That statement is so true and I have never doubted it, but I know that I am not perfect and I forget this sometimes. There are days when I feel so over whelmed and think to myself that life couldn't be any harder. It is days like these that I need the lord the most and is when I need to and do turn to him. I am so grateful for the gospel and for the knowledge which it gives me. It truly is such a great blessing in my families life and especially mine! I can't even imagine where my family or I would be without it. My family has been through a good amount of trials in our lives, even very recently, but I can honestly say that through the gospel and the love of our lord and savior Jesus Christ and through family that we have made it through it and have been blessed and made stronger!

Pumpkin carving, HaLlOwEeN, and of course..."Trick or Treat!!"

2009-11-02T15:03:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun this past Halloween weekend. On friday night (30th) Corey and I carved pumpkins with my family. I am being completely honest when I say that our pumpkin totally and completely dominated the others :) :). Okay, okay so Brigg and Melynnes "crab" pumkin was impressive but still couldn't hold a candle to our DuCk, GuN and BuLlEt pumpkin!! (Don't worry guys there is always next year hehe :) ) On Halloween day we went over and had a delicious BBQ with my wonderful in-laws, and we also carved pumpkins, it truly was a lot of fun!! At the Hansens me and Corey's pumpkin was the headless horseman!! We simply drew it out by hand and then carved away. . . . . Okay so not really, we might of had a little bit of help with the paper that we traced but ya know. All of the pumpkins turned out way good and it was so fun being able to be with our families who we love so much!! Now a little background, every Halloween, ever since I can remember, so literally EVERY Halloween, my dad has always dressed up in his brown trench coat, one of my grandpas old hats and put a nylon over his face and then scares ALL, yes I mean ALL, of the little kids who come trick or treating. So this year my dad had a great plan. He decided that he would have Brigg, Corey, and Bronson help him out. They all dressed up and were stationed at certain spots in my parents front yard. My dad was by the front door (like always), Brigg and Bronson were at the end of the stairs, looking as if they were dummies, and Corey was in the back of his truck which was pulled in the driveway. Between the 4 of them they scared every single person who came to our house. Corey was almost beat by a mom, he scared 3 dads who were leaning up against his truck, and not to mention all of the poor little kids. My mom absolutely hates that my dad does this but my dad absolutely loves it. Why the boys are all out being mean and scaring, all of us girls have a fun time talking, eating candy, and usually will watch a scary movie. After all the scarying is done we all eat. A Barron family tradition is that we always have soup and "Barron supremes" on Halloween!! So like always that is what we had for dinner :). It was a great and fun weekend that we got to spend with our families. I love this time of year with all of the holidays and all of fun times and memories that come along with them along with all of the time that we get to spend with the people that mean the most to us, FaMiLy! We love you all so much and have truly been blessed to have the families that we have! Love you guys!! :)

Brigg, Melynne and their crab!

Our Pumpkin!

Dad and his pumpkin (with his trade mark..... EaRs)

Brons

Brae, and Kell

Brigg and Melynne :)

HaLlOwEeN!!!!

AHHH!! Scary (coreys in the mask)

mE aNd My HuBbY!!

Dad in his get up!

Brae and Corey (she really was scared)

Melynne and Brigg

Yummy yummy treats!! :)

Bucket????.....

2009-10-25T18:35:00.000-07:00

Last night something truly amazing happened. Another incredible "is this happening moment" occured with Corey. For the past 2 weeks we (and when I say we I mean mostly my husband (I'm there for support)) :) have been spending tremondous amounts of time out at our house. Apparently the loss of sleep and crazy days have finally caught up to my dear sweet Corey. Last night Corey had a sleep walking experience. All of a sudden he rolled out of bed and walked into our closet. I sit up and am watching him thinking what in the heck is he doing. All of a sudden he says "where is the bucket?? I need that bucket!!" My reply "babe what bucket? there is no bucket we are at home now." I am truly trying so hard not to laugh at this time and then it gets better. So Corey scratches his head, walks out of the closet, and then to the edge of the bed and just stands there for a minute. Next thing I know he wips off his sweat bottoms and walks around to my side of the bed where I am now laughing my head off and laying down. He starts pushing me over to the other side of the bed until I finally lift the covers up and slide over so he can go right back to sleep. Which he did, in about 5 seconds he was sound asleep snoring like before. I honestly was in shock, this has never ever happened before. I am use to him talking in his sleep, which he does very often, but never has he done the whole sleep walking thing. I have to say that the greatest part of this whole story is when Corey woke up this morning turned over to me and said "babe where are my sweats??" hahaha I could not contain myself. I can honestly say it is little things and stories like this that get me through the day sometimes. It is also these sorts of things and memories that make life so great and wonderful!! I do however have one question "Where is the bucket???" :)

Is this really happening??.....................

2009-10-11T14:34:00.000-07:00

I had an experience last night that to be quite honest I never thought I would experience. Well, okay so I thought I would experience it just not with my 22 year old husband, maybe our children. Last night my husband refused to get off of the couch and go to bed. So I didn't have any choice but than to drag him off the couch, down the hall, down the stairs, down the hall (again) and try to lift him up onto the bed. Of course he was very good at being limp and not helping (at all.) Corey thought he was so funny and just laughed, while I was getting so mad and frustrated but just kept thinking, this is so stupid, so all I could do was laugh. I seriously was thinking to myself "did i really sign up for this????"..........Um the answer to that would be a YES!! (what was i thinking) haha Why is it that the boy always hides his weird side while dating, I mean honestly it would make it a whole lot easier on us girls. :) (corey---why does my wife hade the little things? It makes it so hard to read her mind)No, even though my husband does do some quite amazing and different things like that I still do love him more than anything, even if he does make me drag him to bed. :)

Changing the subject today was a great day at church. It was our ward conference and all of the speaker/talks were amazing. I learned something from every one of them. I would like to leave a quote that stuck out to me and really put alot of things into perspective. We all go through trials some bigger than others but in the end this quote stands true.

"The lord compenstes the faithful for EVERY loss..... every tear today will eventually be returned a hundred fold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude!"

-Elder Wirthlin

"Um there is going to be a WrEcK"

2009-10-08T17:20:00.000-07:00

So today was just a funny day. I witnessed a car accident and then amazingly enough almost got in a car accident myself. My best friend Shaylee and I work together and so we usually try to go to lunch once a week. Well today was our day for lunch so we went to our usual "Gandies". As we were pulling in there were two cars that just happened to be backing up at the exact same time. As we sat there I looked over at Shaylee and said "um there is going to be a wreck." Shaylees reply "oh my heck there is." Not more than 3 seconds after our remarks the two cars backed right into eachother. Me and Shaylee sat there with our mouths wide open and in amazement as we watched these two cars rear end each other. How did these two people not see each other and why didn't someone stop. Better yet why didn't me and Shaylee honk the horn and try to help them out a little???? haha, we are still trying to figure that one out. It was just one of those things that was in slow motion and you really didn't know what to do. Yes, it is not funny and it really is unfortunate that the two men got in the little wreck, but me and Shaylee could not help but laugh, and wonder where we were going to park as they blocked the way. Luckily there wasn't a lot of damage, if any, and all drivers were okay and actually really nice to each other :) What can I say accidents happen.

Well to make things better we were pulling into work and this big truck just about hit us. Shaylee grabbed my leg and yell "Brittnee car" I slammed on my brakes and the truck just kept on going with no hesitation he didn't even see us!! Luckily nothing happen, because that would not have gone over to smooth with the husband.

I can honestly say there is never a dull day in the life of Brittnee Hansen :)

tHe HoUsE!!!! :)

2009-10-07T16:02:00.001-07:00

So I finally decided to put some pictures up of my cute house!! :) I am so excited for my house to be done, not only so i can just have a house of my own, but also because then I will actually get to see my husband more than just a couple hours a day. Corey has been doing a lot of work on the house. He did all the windows, the insulation and even some pipe work. Therefore Corey will go straight from work out to the house to do even more work. I truly do appreciate all that he has done on the house, he is incredible!! Thanks babe! Then when the time comes he will lay the tile and we will paint :) I am actually excited for the painting part!!

This past Saturday my amazing husband left the house at 6:15 a.m., he told me to meet him at the house at 8:30 a.m. and we didn't leave the house until 10:00 that night! Corey did all the insulation in the house!! He only took one break and it was because I was both hungry and had to use the restroom which of course we don't have so we had to go into town. Corey's lunch choice was (of course) 2 large hot and ready pepperoni pizza's from little ceasars, (i would"ve preferred subway but.....) we found out that they have a drive through, very exciting for my dear husband :). So needless to say it was an extremely long and tireing day.

Our house! :)

Corey hard at work!

The reason for this picture is basically so you can see the mask. I put one of these masks on and it lasted for about 1 min. Let me tell you about these mask, 1st of all they are so uncomfortable and 2nd of all they truly do smell like disgusting fish!! I could hardly stand it. So I give props to my husband for wearing it pretty much all day and to any others who have to wear them.

This is all of the extra insulation that I had to sweep up! Corey makes fun of me cause he doesn't think that it is that big of a pile but when you had to keep sweeping that all day cause it kept getting blown around everywhere it made the pile seem HUGE!!! Plus is doesn't help that I am a little OCD about cleaning, so the fact that it is so messy at the house drives me crazy, then to see all of this everywhere, ya pretty much drove me insane! Corey just kept laughing at me and saying "babe this is a construction site it is going to be dirty and it really is okay" Unfortunately that wasn't very comforting haha but thanks babe I still love you!! :)

Even though it was an extremely long day it was great to be able to spend it with Corey!! It just makes everything that much better and more worth it when we get to do it together.

*So thanks babe for all that you've done on the house and for all that you do for me in general I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

***Also thank you to Shad and Dustin for coming out and helping us!! We appreciate it! :)

Happy Birthday Boy!!!

2009-10-07T14:49:00.000-07:00

On Monday, October 5th, my lil bro turned 10 years old.!! It is so crazy. Time goes by way to fast. I can remember going to the dr.s with my mom and family to find out if this guy would be a boy or girl. My older brother Brigg started crying when he found out that he would have a little brother atlast!! Bronson has been such a blessing in our family. He has such a great personality and can make anyone laugh and make anyones bad day turn to good. Bronson is also an amazing athlete! He is the star quarter back, the best pitcher you've ever seen, and a great basketball player. Bronson will be the one to make in to some professional ball team. Besides all of these things, Bronson is probably the sweetest boy you'll ever meet. He has such a huge and soft heart and would do anything for anyone. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRONS!! I love you so much and I am so grateful for you. Thank you for being such a great little brother and also friend. You are the greatest!! P.S. you smell like a beaver!! :) I love you poop!!!!

Brigg (older bro.) and Brons.

The birthday boy and all of his sisters!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRONSON!! i LoVe yOu SmOoCh!

UPDATE!

2009-09-28T17:10:00.000-07:00

Okay yes I know that I have been absolutley terrible at updating my blog, but honestly I have had absolutely no time. Life for Corey and I has been so crazy but absolutely amazing at the same time. So my dear cousing Whitney her is an update and i promise from now on i will be better!! :)

Like I said Corey and I have been so busy and life is just crazy. We are in the process of building our 1st home! :) I could not be more excited about it. We will be living in Saratoga Springs and our house should be finished by Thanksgiving!! What a wonderful Thanksgiving present.....and christmas, and valentines, and birthday and anniversary present.... haha. No but for reals! It has been really fun building a house and at the same time so very stressful. It doesn't help that I am kind of a visual person, good thing my husband is amazing and knows his stuff (especially construction) so he can explain everything to me and where everything and what everything is and is going to be. (even then i still have a hard time) I guess I will just have to wait to see the finished product! :) So let me tell you the difference between my husband and me as we are building this house. Corey stresses over the framing and if everything is straight and sturdy, I stress over the paint, tile, and carpet. Corey understands everything and can picture everything. Brittnee understands hardly anything and doesn't picture anything (thanks mom, I get it from you.) I want to go and see the house every day, and Coreys reply with a chuckle and big smile on his face "its just another house babe". UMMMM NO its not, its "our house" he just doesn't understand. haha. I am glad that Corey has a lot of patience, because I know that I definitely try them! Thanks babe love you so much!

It has now been just over a month since my amazing older sister and her family (my babies as i call them) have moved to Miami. I miss them so much but this is such a great opportunity for their little family. My brother in law Mike is in law school and absolutely loving it. I am sure he is doing great and will be a fabulous lawyer one day! But i do wish that the babies couldve stayed :) I seriously have the cutest niece and nephew ever. I miss you guys and I love you all so much!! I can't wait to see you at Christmas! :)

Well that is all for now, I've gotta go put some corn bread in the oven :) but i will keep you updated and I will get some pictures up ASAP!

Reunited!!!

2009-06-16T17:49:00.000-07:00

YEAH!! I am finally reunited with my amazing husband!! Who would have thought that being away from my husband for about 2 days would have been so hard?? Apparently not me, however i was wrong, it was a lot harder then I thought. I am definitely glad to be back at home with my husband. I can now just roll over in bed and cuddle with him instead of rolling over and not having anyone there besides my little sister Braelynn, who needless to say wasn't into cuddling with me :(, I don't know why she wouldn't?..... haha....... This past weekend I went down to Arizona for my cousin Kyles farewell. He is leaving to serve the lord for 2 years in Guadamala!! He did such an amazing job and I am really going to miss him. Lets just say that I cried like a little baby when I had to say goodbye to him! I am so proud of Kyle and his decision to serve a mission, I know that he will be an amazing missionary. The people in Guadamala are so lucky to have him as a missionary. My other cousin Whitney (kyles sis) blessed her sweet and beautiful little baby girl Presley Denise Vance. Presley is absolutely darling, she is a total Deering and i absolutely love her :) Arizona was way fun besides seeing the Deering fam, I got to see my older brother Brigg who i haven't seen for about 2 months since he and his wife Melynne left to go sell security systems in North Dakota. Brigg and I are so close and i absolutely love him and miss him so much. I seriously feel like he is on his mission again, it is terrible. And don't worry I once again cried when I had to say goodbye to him as well. Unfortunately his lovely wife Melynne wasn't able to make it but that is okay I still love her haha :) It was so awesome to have the whole family there together as we supported Kyle and Whitney. I truly am so grateful for my amazing family! I have been so blessed to be in and have the family that I do and even more blessed to have the husband that I have. Thank heavens Families are Forever!! :)

Our First Time Away From Eachother!

2009-06-14T13:05:00.001-07:00

This weekend Corey and I spent our first time away from each other since we have been married. :( I am not going to lie, not a big fan of being away from my husband, even if it is just for the weekend. I am definitely ready and excited to be reunited with my knight in shining armor :). Besides being away from my husband I had to fly BY MYSELF and i don't do things on my own very well or often. It scares me to death, so i was quite proud of my self and i think my husband was quite impressed as well. I even talked to the person next to me, pretty much the entire plane ride.