Mama & Mama Cookie Drama

For all the Grandmas out there, some cameos of the kiddos and cookie making fun.

Love the flour dots on her nose!

Max was serious about cookie making.

Oh how I love these cookie cutters!! Yes Roger, I opened them early, I simply could not wait until christmas!!

Cheese!!

Thank you Dan for the pictures and to Bart for the fancy pants decorationg. But lets be real, Lori and I did all the real work!!

Big News!

Our family is starting a new chapter in our lives. We are moving to Smithfield, Utah!!!! It is just North of Logan, Utah. We have been busy packing and cannot believe how quick this is coming up! We will head West on December 8th!!! Our Internet and home phone will end on December 3rd so call the cell phone after that. Next post will be from Utah! WooHoo!!

That time of Year

Yes, that time of year is upon us. The time of baking to heat the house. The time of baking in order to gain weight to stay warm. The time of year that I love the most and my body hates me for the most. I think I will be making these sweet little babies soon.

Pumpkin Carving

We got pumpkins at the Farmer's Market this year. Nathan learned all about pumpkins last week at school so to close out the week we carved some so he could get some hands on learning.

I was in charge of the knife and the kids were in charge of scooping out the guts. Dan took the job as photographer, he doesn't much care for carving pumpkins. Shout out to Annie's, sometimes I really miss that place! :-(

Nathan checking out the situation.

Nathan, "Mom this is really gross, I am not sticking my hand in there."
And he didn't.

Nora checking her pumpkin out.

She was just fine with getting her hands in there. So serious, she takes pumpkin carving seriously.

The finished product. Nora's is the one on the left. Nathan's is the football laces mouth. He was really excited that I made an "H" in the mouth. That way people would know it was his, "H" for Hanselmann.

OOOHHHH SCARY!!!

Ward Harvest Party

Not in focus at all but he was super funny last night. This is Adam, N&N's cousin.

Trunk o Treating buckets. We couldn't do it outside this year because of all of the crazy wind!!

Dan shot this before we left. I was a dark fairy.

Nathan did so well. Played almost all of the games and had a great time. He kept turning his hat backwards so his eyebrows were over his ears. He looked like a really old man with crazy ear hair. Super funny.

My cutie girl Nora. In the event of saving money we reused the costumes from last year. A friend of mine added the flower petals on the bottom for me so it was longer.

Silly Nathan, my friend added the pant extention and belt, I did the paint on the belt, Nathan ruined the paint on the belt, and the I tried to redo it. I also made his slippers by hand, no sewing machine, yes I am a super genius!

And one more of Nora, she is so sweet!

Five Year Check-up

Nathan had his five year check up awhile back but I never posted his stats they are, Weight 40.2 lbs 46%, this is an amazing feat! Height 43.5 inches 21%. His four year stats are Weight 32.5 lbs 19% and Height 39 inches 20%. He gained over seven pounds this year! It is all muscle for sure, he is still skinny as a rail!

Three Year Check-up

Nora had her three year check-up yesterday. She is doing so great. Weight 28 lbs, not out of the twenties yet but she is finally in the 10%! Height 37.25 inches 45%. She passed all of her tests: vision, speech, and motor skills. She has grown up so much this year. Last year stats weight 22 lbs, height 34.5 inches. It is all of those vegetables she loves to eat!

Hands That Heal Project

The Mercy Service Club and Autism Center gave Hanselmann Photography the opportunity to be very creative and be a part of their Hands that Heal Project. They are a new wing in the Mercy Hospital and needed a display put together for one of their main walls. We jumped at the chance to take some less than ordinary photos. The first photo here is the hand of the sweetest baby girl I know named Evelyn, and her mother. I heart that name!

I love the emotion that I feel when I look at these hands in prayer.

I think we could sell the rights to this photo to the people at Aleve or something for their arthrits campaign.

They did not use this shot because it is of feet, not hands. But I love it none the less.

We really enjoyed ourselves and were very pleased with the outcome.

Brown Baby Belly

We had our first baby belly photo shoot with this pretty lady right here. She is due any day now and is one gorgeous mama.

This is one of my favorite shots. I love the flower it is striking against the blue.

She is having a baby girl. I love how her skin and bracelet almost look metallic.

She still has yet to pick out a name so I thought these shots were a little funny.

This last shot was Dan's idea. I thought he executed it perfectly. I really enjoyed this session.