Mini Vacation ...

We decided to be spontaneous and take a trip to California. We both have never been to Santa Monica Pier, so we decided to start there. The weather was perfect and since it was the middle of the week there hardley was any traffic and the place was not very crowded.




We drive a short distance to Venice and Muscle Beach. There was many intresting characters and a guy, that may have lost a couple of marbles, with a pile of proken glass bottles. and of course it always seems that i get pulled in. (I have been on stage for a magic trick of david copperfield, hung a guy at the old nevada town, danced at the motown cafe, ect) I got to wear a cool yellow wrap, hang on to an empty bottle of booze, a plastic lizard, which his head was ductaped on, and dance with this crazy man. We even saw Kimbo Slice there. He walked right next to us, and man is he big.



We drove up to Malibu and Zuma beach. The clouds finally got burned off by the sun and there wasn't even a little puff of a cloud left. The beach was perfect there.We ended up in Huntington Beach where we watched the sunset, had dinner at rubys, enjoyed Main Street and spent the night.

Backyard ...

When we first moved in last year, we had to take all of the old ding plants out. We put in new plants and flowers and thought it would be nice to add white accent rock throughout. Well after almost a year the nice bright white has turned into a dirty yukky white. So today we had star nursery drop off a ton and a half of nice neutral rock and we replaced all the old rock. We even put some new tiki torches in the back, fish in the pond, and a turtle without a name.

Blogging ...

Well we are both new at blogging, so we will see how this goes. I got this as an idea from a friend. We figured this would be an easy way for family and friends near and far, to see what we are up to and to view some pictures. Hopeful you enjoy it.

Honeymooning ...

We took a 7 night 8 day cruise to the Mexican Rivera on Carnival. Our travel agent got our stateroom upgraded to an esxtended balcony suite and had it decorated it for us all in honeymoon decor. We had three fun days at sea amd stopped in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas.

Mr & Mrs Hanson ...

August 24th 2008 - Our Wedding Day

It couldn't have gotten any better. The church ceremony was romantic and our reception was a giant party. Thank you everyone who shared our special day with us.

The Cohens Photography

Engaged ...

On December 23rd 2007; I got off work about eightish and went home to finish packing. We were going to Wisconsin on December 25th for the holidays. I was about to go to bed and Justin called me (He was suppost to be at work) and says to meet him at the JW Marriot. We had a room there for the night. So I pull into the parking garage and Justin was waiting for me right there. We went up to the room together and there was red and pink rose petals everywhere, champaign, and he even made chocolate covered strawberries. He asked me if I wanted to order dinner or go for a walk. I opted for a walk in their pretty courtyard full of ponds, waterfalls, and palm trees. By this time it now was about midnight December 24th. We sat down on a double swing and he asked me if I could, would I change anything. I said no. He then replied, well I would change one thing ... I would make you my wife. He then got down on one knee and was holding my ring box in his hand. He thensaid those magic words, "will you marry me."
He had the ring for three months before he even asked me. He went the traditional route and asked my parents permission, well kinda. He called my dad asking them out to lunch so they could talk. And before he could say anything else my dad replied the answer is yes. We already know and the answer is yes.
On the plane ride to Wisconsin we picked our date; August 24th 2008. Because it fits perfectly in the middle of our birthdays. Justins is July 24th and mine is September 24th.