We so Fancy

Elizabeth Smart is engaged. How amazing is that? I will never forget when I was working at Primary Children's Medical Center and the announcement was made that she had been found. Everyone cheered! It's so easy to do the whole "woe is me, life is so hard bit" in our lives. Here is someone that went through something horrific and is not letting that define her or limit what she accomplishes in her life. In a world that can be so full of sadness and hardships, this announcement made my day. Congratulations Elizabeth Smart. I hope you have a wonderful wedding and a companion as amazing as you are.

Okay, I stole this picture of my nieces from my brother and sister-in-law's blog, but seriously, are these the cutest Christmas babies ever?! Love these sweet girls.

Update: Our ward was notified tonight that Taylor was found. We don't know the details yet-but the important thing is that he is safe and home. I am so grateful to live in a ward that banded together and did everything in our power to get the word out about this missing boy. Within 24 hours of our ward members organizing; he was found. I love where we live and the wonderful people we are so lucky to have as neighbors.  If I still have any blog readers out there :), would you please repost this on your blog or facebook and ask your friends to repost? We have a 22 year old young man in our ward who is missing. He hasn't been seen in nearly three weeks. It is so horrible, but since he is an adult, his story was kind of ignored by the media and the police until now. He is now considered "endangered" by the police. He has links outside of Utah, particularly Washington state and California, so even if you live outside of Utah, please repost. Thank you! MISSING! ...

(Excuse the poor quality of the picture. It was taken behind NICU glass on an iphone :) It is so precious to see my Rick and Melissa become parents. They will be wonderful parents.  My brother and my sweet sister-in-law Melissa had two beautiful (fraternal) twin girls on Sunday, March 20th. They are teeny tiny, around 4 pounds each, but breathing completely on their own and doing absolutely wonderfully. They are in the NICU for now so they have some time to grow and get strong before they go home. We are so excited for these sweet new additions to the Hansen family and so grateful they are so healthy.            

Sorry to anyone out there who actually reads my blog; I have been very neglectful. I guess I have always felt that we don't have kids, so I don't think people are as interested in seeing what we have going on. However, my sweet husband reminded me that if nothing else this is a good journal for me to be able to look back on. So, now begins my return to blogging. Yes, we are back in Utah and so happy to be here. (I will detail our experiences in a future blog post.) What caught my eye today was an email I got from my old relief society president in Boca Raton. The topic was the upcoming temple to be built in South Florida. Mike and I were in such shock when a temple was announced in our area. What an exciting thing for our friends still in Florida. They still have not broken ground for the temple, but what a wonderful thing for Mike and I to be able to one day visit this temple in a place where we lived three years together. Here is the artist's rendering of what the tem...

Yay for more visitors! This last week my brother Rick and his sweet wife Melissa came to see us here in Florida. The weather was beautiful and we had so much fun together. We spent lots of time at the beach, spent a day in Miami, took an airboat tour in the everglades, shopped, and ate lots of yummy food. Thanks so much for visiting. We love you guys. Here are some pics from our time together.

I love General Conference. Such wonderful weekends of learning and growing. I found these packets a year ago and have really enjoyed using them while watching conference. It helps you to pay attention and remember what was spoken about. I recommend going to these two sites to download and share with your friends. Looking forward to a wonderful, uplifting weekend. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Adult Conference Packet Children's Conference Packet