Monday, January 02, 2006

Ahhh...a new year!


We had a busy travel day on New Year's Eve. Ted, Noah and I went shopping to use up some gift cards and coupons that will be useless in Germany. The German office is very professional in dress compared to the American business casual, so Ted will be back in his suits and ties.

We then traveled to south Denver to have dinner with the Allen's (Brandon, Deanna and Brianna) and their friends the Riley's and Becky and Hanna. We had a really nice dinner. Which you may think was impossible with two seven month olds, a six month old and a sixteen month old. I think the waiter was really afraid at first.

We then hopped in the car and went to Pueblo. We hung out at Lori's house with Jessica, Ryan and Riley. Lori beat us at a movie game (it was her game, so I think that had something to do with it). We rang in the new year with Regis and some chick we had never seen on Fox. That was the main questions of the night..."Who is that lady???"

New Year's Day marked the 33rd anniversary of my brother Frank's birth. (Although, if you ask him it was his 23rd. He has been 23 years old for a few years now.) We made some classic family dishes at Frank's request. French Onion Soup ( which we used Ted's homemade beef stock), Clam Sauce spaghetti (my aunt Norma's recipe) and Waldorf Astoria Cake (my mom is back in the circle of trust with making the cake. She had been grounded from baking it because she would cook it too long.)

New Year's Day 2006 has also marked the day of another birth. Our friend's the Slades had their baby girl at 11:56pm (just barely making it). Deanna was asked to help during the birth and then came to stay the night with us. It was perfect timing, because we get to meet baby Slade and also hang out with Deanna for a while.

Noah is doing great! He continues to amaze us each day. He is sitting up pretty well on his own. He rolls around like crazy and also likes to push up on his feet while in the crawling position. I don't think it should be too long before we are chasing him around. Oh, and his giggle is enough to put a smile on anyone's face.

posted by The Hansens not in Germany @ 7:28 AM 1 comments

The Flights are Booked!


Due to scheduling with our movers (my brother) we will be clearing our house this Wednesday and Thursday. At that point we will no longer have anything to cook with, clean with, sleep on, you get the picture. So, we figured the next step was to embark on our European excursion.

Our flight leaves on Friday, January 6 at 5pm. Ted's parents are going to come out to see us off and help us with the trip to the airport. We booked Noah his own seat so that gives us some room for Aurra and Vader. Ted has confirmed with the airline that the girls (Aurra and Vader) can ride in the cabin, so hopefully there will be no problem.

We still can't believe we are doing this. It probably won't sink in until we step on that plane. We know this move is going to be hard on some of you and we understand. It is going to be just as hard on us. We are going to miss all of you so very much! We just hope that you understand that this is an opportunity that Ted could not pass up.

We hope that you use our time over there as an opportunity to come visit Europe. Ted and I already have some wonderful trips planned in our heads. First on our list is the Tulip harvest in Holland. We also would like to go to the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, truffle festival in Piedmont, Italy, skiing in the Alps. If any of this sounds interesting to you let us know and then book your flight. We will be waiting...


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