Lemonade Stand

Brad and Kyle wanted to have a lemonade stand. So we finally decided on a day that would work. They picked the price. They made $18 from there stand. Apparently, we need to go into the lemonade business.

Fredericks Family Reunion

So of course since everyone was already here for one family reunion we decided why not extend it and have a Fredericks Family Reunion as well. We spent one day a the zoo and then went down to Kansas City to see church sites and spend the day at the Great Wolf Lodge. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of the Great Wolf Lodge, I guess we were just having too much fun! With cousins living from Virginia to Utah, it was great and so important for the cousins to spend this time together. They played all day together, laughed and laughed and laughed. That night they slept and slept and slept. We can't wait until the next one!

Matthew Turns 2

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I can't believe that my baby is 2! He has become completely fascinated with tractors and calls out all the tractors he sees as we are driving. So I made him a tractor birthday cake. When he saw it he said, "TRACTOR!" Success, he knew what it was suppose to be. He has grown up so fast. I can't believe all the things he can do. I really think that this was some cruel joke, I was just holding him as a new born in my arms enjoying every moment. Now I am enjoying almost every moment of him being two. He runs around saying, "NO NO!" One Sunday he saw Dad walking to the van and said, "There's Joe." Funny boy! As I mentioned he loves tractors, he loves his brothers, he loves the water, and he loves the dog. He can push a stool up to get stuff out of the cupboard and on more then one occasion has snagged spice jar and sprinkled it all over my kitchen and living room. The week after he turned two he got out the extra frosting from the fridge and smeared it on the carpets I had just cleaned, not to worry surprisingly chocolate frosting does come out of the carpet. When Joe gets home from work he often runs to the back door and says, "Swing! Swing! Outside, Swing!" He loves to be pushed on a swing. He the most perfect laugh that makes everyone else around him smile and laugh, letting him get away with murder because he smiles and laughs when he is naughty, making it very hard for Mom and Dad to be serious with him.

We love having Matthew as part of our family! He brings rays of sunshine to our family!

Family Reunion

Hansen Family Reunion

Waiting to get our Family Picture. Notice my cute Mom entertaining the little kids by singing songs with them.

Talent Show Night

Brad diving at the pool

The pool we rented for the evening.

Ben, Matt, William and Grant riding

flag football game

Robby getting some air!

A bunch of cousins waiting for a push.

My Grandpa and Grandma Hansen have been a big believers in family reunions, and so growing up we had one every year. As families grew up and started having there own individual family reunions they frequency of them grew farther apart to every 5 years. This year over the 4th of July weekend we had a Hansen Family Reunion in Omaha. My Grandpa had planned to come and we were all very excited, the week before the reunion it was decided that his health would not permit him to travel. Although we were very sad not to be able to have him there we continued on with the reunion and enjoyed seeing many relatives. We enjoyed dinner together, spending the day at the lake, spending the day at the farm, at a park, and yes we rented a pool for the evening. We enjoyed a talent show one evening of our many talented relatives in which Brad played the piano, and Kyle told a joke. I haven't received the copy of the family reunion picture, but when I get it I will also post that on here. I put one up of almost everyone in the group, minus the few who were trying to get the camera to work. We me together for church on Sunday and heard stories of our ancestors. We had 75 who turned out to the reunion. It was a lot of fun!

Bradley earns his Wolf

Brad got his wolf rank in cub scouts. He has worked very hard. He loves cub scouts! He has been lucky to have Mom as the den leader and Dad as the cub master.