Brandon, Emily, & Paisley Hansen

Paisley and Aunt Shanae

Sunday June 5th was the day we blessed Paisley Dawn. It was a lovely day! Sunny and with a temperature of 85 degrees! We had a lot of family members and friends come to it. Paisley sure is one loved little girl! On Saturday Brother Cline called and asked me if i would say the closing prayer in Sacrament meeting.. (OH JOY!) I said I would. Brandon gave Paisley a BEAUTIFUL blessing. Probably the best baby blessing i have ever heard! After church we all went down to Paisley's Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's house to have dinner. It was so fun. Its always nice to be around family. We are so so blessed to have the family we have. The Hansens and the Joneses are both equally amazing! Anyways i didnt take very many pictures. I am in a slump. I have a problem where i feel like i would rather live in the moment then document them.. So here are the few that i took..

Grandma Jones and Paisley!

I apologize in advance for the scatter-brain post that this is. I have a lot on my mind and an abundance of spirit filling my heart these last couple of days/weeks. So here it goes. Hope I don't loose you within these boundless thoughts.

My sister Jaclyn, has become many things in my life. I have always loved and admired her, but it wasn't until recently when we have really become friends and she has been motivating me to be and do better. She went through the Temple at the end April. I am not sure she realizes that the blessings of the Temple affects all of us who know and love her. I see how it has changed her countenance and how it has changed the dynamics of our family. The blessings are pouring out on me and my family. She has been taking me to the temple with her. It is such a help to have her want to go. I always know/have the desire to go but i don't want to go by myself. Having my sister there makes it so much easier to have the motivation to go. Hopefully, one day, I will get the desire and motivation to go by myself. It makes me so happy to know that she is happy and to see how much she loves the gospel and serving our Lord in the Temple. Going to the Temple often with her has filled me with the desire to be a better person, a better example, a better wife and mother, a better Visiting Teacher, just better all around.

That leads us to the next topic on my mind lately. While Brandon is at work they listen to Talk Radio all day long. He comes home and tells me all about how our country is heading for disaster. Last nights conversation let to the point that the second coming is speedily approaching. Although I have known and looked forward to this my whole life, I am frightened! I need to repent of so many things and I need to make sure that we are as ready as we can be! I want our family to be one of those who will make it to the Millennium. I just feel like there is so much that needs to be done in preparation and I know that I will never feel like we are ready, but I guess I just need to be in the pursuit.

I have the best Visiting Teaching Companion you could ask for. She likes to get it done at the first of the month. When i say the first of the month i mean yesterday we went out and tried to get it done! I was in charge of the lesson. It is on being self reliant. Which fits in with my rants of before. I am not a very self reliant person. I am very very good at being reliant on other people. So that is something that I need to work on. I need to be good at Loving Work, repenting, being a good example, and sharing my testimony, just to name a few. There are so many things that i need to work on and now that i am a mom i feel it more necessary than ever. I feel like i need to be the person anyone can rely on. I need to be someone anyone can come and ask for help. I need to be so much more than i am.

I love the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know that it is the only true church on the Earth. I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God and was sent here to restore the church, in fullness, to the Earth. I know that President Thomas S. Monson is a true Prophet of the Lord on the earth today. I know that the Book of Mormon is true.

These are just some of my thoughts, but i know that through the Lord i can do all things.

Well, well, well. Sunday was the day. The day when I had to put my big girl pants on and brave the treachery known as work. ACTUALLY its not as bad as I claim it to be. I really quite enjoy my job. BUT leaving little Miss Paisley Dawn Hansen was a little hard. It was not as hard as I thought it would be though. When Paisley was only 3 weeks old, my dear big sister Jaclyn went through the Temple. It was a very special evening for her and I really wanted to share that with her. So Brandon and I asked my dear sweet Mother-in-law if she would watch Paisley.. Well she actually volunteered. And she said that if my brother Jacob and sister-in-law Tricia wanted to go she would watch Clark-a-monster as well! She is just so wonderful. That was my first outing without my baby girl. Last week I went to the Temple again, with Jaclyn, Tricia, and my Mom. So Brandon stayed home with our little tiny sweetheart. SO when it was time for me to leave and go to work, it was not as hard as i expected it to be. I worked 1:30 to 4:30, BUT i have to leave my house and 1:00 and i got home closer to 5:00. Thursday and Friday I also have to work 3 hours. 6:00 to 9:00. And then saturday i have to work 8:00 am - 11:00 am OR until 2:00 pm. If that is the case i will be missing her OH SO MUCH!


Anyways, Amy Miquelle graduates tomorrow. I am so happy for her! A high school graduation! Goodbye Snake River High! So we are going to go down and eat dinner with them and go to graduation. Brandon thinks it is pretty funny that we are doing this! BUT i like it!
I just wanted to blog today. Hope i didn't bore you to tears!

I have a sister in law. Her name is Tricia. She is amazingly talented.
Ever since she found out we were expecting a baby girl, she has been spoiling her. Good thing Paisley Dawn is sweet or you would think she was rotten.. Spoiled rotten that is! Anyways. Tricia makes little Paisley lots and lots of cute things! So I had to post pictures of my little one in Tricia's Babushka outfit!

She made everything! The headband, the babushka, and the stinking cute cords. Anyways check out her blog Leafy Treetop Spot, and you will be AMAZED!

p.s. Paisley loves her Aunt!

   I cannot believe that my baby girl is one month old today! It feels like just yesterday we decided to start trying to have a baby! I cant believe how wonderfully perfect she is! Her little personality is already so strong its funny. She will fight going to sleep SO HARD, but once she falls asleep she can sleep through anything! She is really content most of the time. She only cries when she is hungry or over full.  If she is starving and tired she wont eat because she doesn't want to fall asleep. When she is doing this she holds her mouth shut so tight and arches her back and whimpers because you are trying to feed her, thus making her go to sleep! She is so wonderful and I am terribly blessed.


















  We have been pretty busy this past weekend. Brandon's Grandma, Margaret Hansen, passed away on the 1st of this month. So on friday we went down to Shelly to the viewing. She was almost 96 years old and just so frail. Her husband, Brandon's Grandpa, Roy Hansen passed away almost 2 years ago and she has just been so confused on why he went and she hasn't. So at the viewing it had more of an underlying factor of happiness. A little bit of sadness, but mostly happiness. Everyone there was just happy that she is with her loved ones and not in pain anymore. Saturday was the funeral. John asked Jaak (my brother-in-law) and I to sing at the funeral. So we headed down to Firth early saturday morning so Jaak and I could practice. We sang "How Great Thou Art", and I think that we did an alright job. It really was an honor to be asked to sing at such a wonderful ladies services. After the funeral we went over to my In-laws house and hung out for a little while. Then we headed down to my parents. My brother Jake, Tricia and Clark were there as well. It was good to visit and chat with them! On our way home we picked up the Zeb monster and brought him home, to test how well he will act around Paisley. So far he was been wonderful! He seems like a completely new dog. One that behaves and is not so hyper all the time!                       This sunday, as you all know, was Mothers Day. My first Mothers Day! I have a extraordinary husband who spoils me! When we got home late on saturday night, Brandon ran to Country Corner to use the Dog Wash and wash the dog. When Brandon and Zeb got home, Brandon surprised me with my mothers day gift! It was a BEAUTIFUL boeque of flowers and a movie that i have been wanting for quite a while! "Scott Pilgrim VS The World". I love it! I am not kidding, I don't think you could have a better husband then mine.  On Mothers day, we went to my friend Kylee's ward because she was blessing her daughter, who is 2 weeks older than Paisley, McKynlee. It was such a neat thing to see! Anyways when we got home, Brandon made yummy yummy Breakfast Burritos. That night we watched my Mothers Day movie and ate Tillimook ice cream (p.s. we love TILLIMOOK Oregon). Paisley gave me a wonderful gift as well! That night she went to bed and Midnight and slept all the way until 7:30!! Thats almost a full 8 hours! Oh my goodness it was wonderful to get a full nights rest!



Zeb wanted a picture too!   Everytime i get out my camera i have to take pictures of this little girl!

 
































I told you I have it good!! Thats all for today! and maybe MAY!