We have had a great week!
Elsie had her first bath!
She definitely likes full baths better than sponge baths!

I love clean babies!
She is such a beauty!

We went to the GSB Alumni Carnival and had such a great time! The GSB sure knows how to throw a party! It was the coolest carnival! They had a fantastic petting zoo, pony rides, balloon artists, caricatures, carnival games, bounce houses, and the most amazing food!
Jorgen and Shelley won little prizes doing the carnival games.

Shelley loved her little horsie bubbles.

The children had cotton candy for the first time!
I think I ate a whole one all by myself, and maybe some of theirs too!

Shelley loved the pony ride!

Jorgen had a blast the whole time but was pretty exhausted by the time he rode the pony. Poor guy looks so tired!

After the girls took naps, we headed over to the BizKids end of year party! We have loved BizKids this year and will be sad to leave all of these wonderful friends after graduation.

The next couple pictures were taken earlier this week.

Shelley has been really into this little Luke Skywalker figurine. She calls him "Lukie" or "Lukie Sky-a-walker". We think it is so funny! She loves riding him on the two motorcycles Tutu and Dadu got Jorgen when we were in Russia. Lukie often accompanies Shelley to lunch and when she plays with other toys. I think it is too early to introduce her to Star Wars but one day she will see how famous her Lukie is! :) May the force be with you, Lady Shells!

Jorg and Shell thought it would be fun to put Elsie in Shelley's baby stroller.
Our little Els hardly fit! She is growing like a weed and we cannot believe she is almost one month old! Time is flying!

Jorgen has been really into Spanish the last couple weeks. He loves counting to ten in Spanish and he is always asking how to say different words in Spanish. We are not sure what brought about this love for learning Spanish but we think it is so cute and fun! He has not see Dora more than a couple times and not recently but he does have a couple friends who speak Spanish so maybe he is wanting to speak Spanish like them. Whatever the reason, we love that he has a desire to learn, whatever language it may be. It is a good thing Justin knows Spanish because I am no help in this department. We think it is especially funny when Jorgen makes up some random word and says, "that is how you say ___ in Spanish." He is a funny kid! We cannot get enough of his sweetness and his love for others. He is such a wonderful brother to his two darling sisters!

Exploratorium

We had fun at a BizKids event at the San Francisco Exploratorium.
It was filled with all sorts of interesting things to learn about and explore. We will miss all of the fun BizKids events and playdates once Justin graduates.

Our growing family.

Long Awaited!

"The Kyiv Ukraine Temple, long awaited as the first temple in a former Soviet bloc country, will be open to the public beginning Saturday, Aug. 7, and concluding Saturday, Aug. 21, except Sundays."

http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/59226/Kyiv-Ukraine-Temple-open-house-and-dedication-dates-are-announced.html

I served my mission in Ukraine and so wish I could go back for the temple dedication! I cannot express the joy I feel for the members in Ukraine and in the surrounding areas that will be blessed with a temple so close. The members used to have to travel for 24 hours to attend the temple in Germany!

Having fun...

Life is going well for us here in the Hansen hive. We are in love with our sweet little Elsie. I cannot even tell you how sweet and fun she is and how we are so loving having her here in our family. She is a doll! She is such a wonderful baby and we cannot kiss and hug her enough!

The children and I had fun one morning making hats. They were too funny not to capture the moment with the camera. Jorgen and Shelley thought they were so funny!

Justin is so good at playing games with the children when he is home. They have so much fun with him. Hide and seek is a favorite in our home and Shelley found a new hiding place the other day...in the recycling bin! And turn a blind eye to the box sitting next to Shelley...No, that is not a caffeinated beverage! I am trying to ween my husband :)

And here is our cute little man, Jorgen, hiding in the jam-packed closet!

Jorgs and Shells were also totally entertained one day by a box. I love it when they play together!

These cute pictures were taken right before Nana left for the airport. We had so much fun having her here.

What a cute bunch!

$100

One hundred dollars saved is one hundred dollars earned!

Today we went over to another courtyard to play and both Justin and I assumed the other had keys to our apartment. We have not given any friends a spare key or thought of a back up plan in case we ever forgot or lost of keys. Well, either one of those plans would have come in handy today!

As we were talking about heading home, I asked Justin for the keys and he said he thought I brought them...oops! Because it was after hours, it was going to cost us $100 to have student housing come and open up our apartment! We are way too cheap to pay that much! There was only one window open, the tiny bathroom window, and so Justin climbed on top of the overhang above the door but realized that it was going to be very dangerous (it already was dangerous climbing up there in the first place!) and might not ever work. As he was standing on top of the overhang, one of the construction workers (they are building staff/faculty housing across the street from us) who was heading home for the day, saw Justin and asked what he was doing. He said he had a ladder! HOORAY! Justin helped him bring over the ladder and was able to get into our apartment without any injuries. Thank heavens for that construction worker!! He saved us $100!!! Just a little tender mercy with which we were blessed. And thanks to a friend who had her iphone handy to capture this moment :)

We are enjoying our little Elsie Kay!
She is such a doll and so fun to have around. We have all been loving our time getting to know our newest member of our family. She is a doing well sleeping and eating and being alert the few hours she is awake during the day. We love her blond fuzz on her head and her beautiful eyes. Both Jorgen and Shelley had darker hair when they were born so Elsie is spicing up the gene pool in our family. She is so beautiful!

Jorgen and Shelley have been adjusting well to a new sister. Jorgen is so adorable with her, he loves to hold her. He will sing to her, talk to her, and hold her so gently. He is such a great helper. Shelley loves Elsie as well and learning to be so soft and gentle with her. We all love watching her make cute faces and look at us.
Nana (Justin's Mom) came to help out and it has been so fun having her here. She has been so helpful and we cannot thank her enough for sacrificing her time to come help. We took a little walk to Hoover Tower on campus and met Justin after class. An aerial view of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.

A new GSB is under construction but will not be finished until after Justin graduates.

Here is a shot of the main quad at Stanford and the Memorial Church.

The dish

We walked down to the fountain and Justin stayed up top.
Notice the people fountain hopping...All the fountains on campus are open to people swimming in them.

We are sad Nana has to leave tomorrow! It has been so much fun having her here. We will miss her so much!