more samoa and skiing....

here's a few more pics i'm not sure if i can post anymore cuz it makes me sad that we left...i'm grateful that we went but it was hard to leave...

this was just one spot (my knee) of where the mosquitos got me during the night! i had much more on my hand and legs

loadin up to go home after church! this guy i think was the only one in the ward that had a vehicle so he was the driver. i just loved how the really old lady towards the back sat cross legged in the back of a truck

here is the inside where dean and i slept in our first beach fale

i had to take a pic of this little blondy samoan girl on the ferry that was taking us to another island. she is gorgeous!!!! i fell in love with her when her dad was playing with her and making here laugh!

this is the outside of our beach fale our first night. ya we were right on the ocean!!!! i slept so good with the waves crashing!

dean and i after getting out of the temple. this temple is so pretty! i will never forget it.


so dean and i got some xcountry skis for cheap this summer and decided we should try them out on his day off but the previous days were like 40 degrees so the snow was gone and we got off the trail to go on this hill where there was a little but we still were running into sage brushes, but i loved it! i had so much fun laughing and playing with dean. i was going down this hill and there was a line of bushes i was headed towards so i stopped by falling on my knees but i guess i was going faster than i thought cuz i then after falling on my knees slowly fell on my chest and my hands were caught behind me so i couldn't stop myself. oh too much fun!

good ole rusty and i

oh he makes me laugh!!!

SaMoA SaMoA

wow! what a trip! i want to write about each day but it would take me a week. so ill write a little here and a little there... here are a few things. i just have to say tho that i felt a few things over there besides happiness 1-it is the most beautiful place i have ever laid eyes on! green lush jungle everywhere 2-the people over there need to show us in america how to act. they care about others first, they have nothing and are still happy, they love to play! (especially volleyball and rugby) 3-i was so happy not just because we were on vacation but my heart was full when i would hear dean talk so fluently in samoan and hear stories about members, baptisms, miracles, families etc. the bishop and his wife that we visited said " Hansen! i thought you never come back" and i had to laugh when they said "Hansen are you sick? you look skinny" obviously dean translated it for us. we all cried when we said goodbye to them. the missionary program in this church is amazing!!! it is truly inspired by the Lord and blesses more than just missionaries but their families and friends and members, nonmembers, everyone! anyway here are some pics...

everyone has pigs and chickens roaming everywhere and there are wild dogs sick nasty ones

this is Toese. i thought i was going to kidnap him! haha kidding but really he is the cutest thing ever!!!! dean said that on his mish he loved playing with him and teasing him. he kept saying to us "i love you" in broken english. he sat by us in church and kept talking to dean in samoan. i miss his sweet face

this family is so fun! the dad is david tavita-1st counselor to the bishop. in their culture the young women serve the guests food and they and the women fan you from the heat and the food from the flies while you eat and they don't eat. they eat after you leave. i felt like roalty and i hated it. it was normal to them but i felt so funny but the food was amazing!!!

we went to papaseea-which means rock slide. it was natural made slides on rock it wasn't hard on our behinds at all like i thought it would.

before we left i showed a pic of a starfish on the internet and it was blue and skinny i told dean that would be fun to see one of these. he said that we probably wouldn't but look i found not just one but five while snorkeling. dean is holding it in this pic even tho i found it and he won't admit that i was right about the starfish:)

this was near our beach fale "house". this was the side of the island that got destroyed by the tsunami last year and they rebuilt the fales. it was so sad and scary to hear the ladies there tell about it. they said it was weird cuz the night before the tide was super low unnaturally low (cuz the wave was sucking the water to create the wave) and in the early morning they could see it on the horizon coming toward them and they hurried up a nearby hill and watched it swallow up their resort. a lot of people fish here in old fashioned canoes and they fish in the morning. many died out at sea. it was so heart breaking to hear it.

my favorite family. the bishop and his wife, elenise. this is the ward dean served most his time in. they (everyone in samoa) live off of nothing and are so happy, we sat on their mats in their home which doesn't have much-no plumbing inside, hardly any electricity, ants everywhere, mosquitos, etc-elenise made me a samoan dress a long top and a long skirt (she made it in one day on the floor with an old sewing machine) they fed us a huge meal and they make their food on an "umu" basically hot rocks and a fire!

well i'll get some more in later. thanks for all your comments no my previous blogs!

COUNT DOWN!!!

one more week and we (mostly me) are already packing....can you tell we are way too excited?!!

I thought I would post a pic of where we are going to stay for a couple of nights. This is mostly for my recording cause when I saw this I starting tearing up with joy!! Those who know me well know that my whole life was hula dancing, luaus, sea shells, etc...I just love the polynesian way of life and everything about it so this is a dream come true!!

PS dean says that we should jump off this deck naked!! hahaha I couldn't help but laugh and wonder if the fish bite! haha

2 years down, eternity to go.....

so dean and i decided to celebrate our 2nd year anniversary pheasant hunting since i got my small game license. and part of our anniversary celebration will be samoa.

my wonderful husband and his favorite hunting companion, Rusty. it was early and we were getting ready to start the pheasant hunt!

Yahoo!! year 2!!! with our pheasants i shot at one and missed but dean got these two.

oh rusty roo!! she is such a good dog and i love her!! here are the beautiful birds she sniffed out and carried to dean.

we went to my friend tayli's bday party and we played a game called consequence which dean lost so he had to eat mustard sardines!!! the look of it and his breath was enough to kill someone! ha ha ha

yummy!!!

COUNT DOWN!!!

only 22 days left til dean and i are on a plane to Samoa!!!! Dean's been practicing the language and i have been thinking about getting a tan! haha we both feel pretty blessed to go back to his mish and visit.

HaPpY HaLloWeeN!!!

So before you scroll down to see our halloween costumes for this year, we decided we wanted to do something crazy and fun without it being too "bad" so here is what we came up with. i'm actually pretty proud of how they turned out since we made them ourselves. well hope you can guess what we are.......................

yep an outlet and plug in!!!!! sorry if you are offended but we thought it was hilarious!!!! my family got a kick out of it!

my nephews Bodie the lion and Jacob the pirate! they are such a fun age!

at the hansen party kai giving me a fun smile and looking away from the camera! so cute!


dillon and annies fam!

my bro dustin doing some harry potter spell. he was the life of the party!!!


my skinny cute sister and her hubby being ghetto superstars.

and here is one pic from the pumpkin walk they hold here in logan. some people are so creative!!! we had to get dean by the madagascar one cuz we just love this movie!!!

some updates...

I have been awful at updating this thing but I do have a good excuse..school! I can't wait until I am done and I can relax when I get home from work. anyway...life is good! Dean and I are just living life. here are some pics of what's been going on..

USU vs. BYU game...it was so flippin hot then it got so cold when the sun went down. oh utah!

This pic is from Dean dedicated to Steve and Kirsten...hahaha Dean just wanted to show steve the final score of the game. usually USU sucks but they pulled through this game. I love fall football games!

Dean with Elder Tuiasosopo. These two are so fun to listen to speak samoan! This elder has brought a ray of sunshine in our lives he is so nice and Dean has had a lot of fun chatting it up with him.


Dean got to teach a samoan girl the missionary lessons in samoan with Elder tuiasosopo. I got to go to one of the lessons and it was so amazing!!!!! The gospel touches my heart no matter what language it is in. The girl's name is Lilia and she is the one holding her little cousin. This is her baptism day!

Dean inherited the coolest gun from my grandpa carpenter. It is a 30-6 pump action rifle (which they don't make anymore) He got to take it elk hunting this month. I just love my hunter!!!


Me practicing my shooting for hunter's ed!!!


I passed! I got my hunter's safety and my small game liscence! i'm so excited to go pheasant hunting with Dean and good ole rusty!!! I got this because I want to start getting more involved in hunting cuz I love it! and also because Dean and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary pheasant hunting since opening day is the day before our anniversary!

My all time favorite thing to do in the winter! HOCKEY GAMES!!! I don't know why I like it so much, oh wait yes I do, cuz it is full of action and fights ( I sound like a blood thirsty manly girl in this blog) and I think it is one of the hardest sports out there! I mean you have to be a good ice skater and know how to handle a puck and beat up another guy at the same time!!! It is so much fun to watch USU play!

Mama Hansen blowing out her bday candles with two little rascals helping her:)



Me and some girl friends ( Chelsee, Maurina, and Sydney) at the General Relief Society broadcast in the conference center. I just love temple square so much! you can just feel the spirit and the historical meaning to it all!


My handsome tuff stuff Bode-alicious! Mindy stopped by to see us and I just can't get enough of Bodie! He is so much fun!!!



Addie on her 8th bday! I can't believe my oldest niece is getting baptised! that makes me feel old! ps she has the most gorgeous hair! so thick and blond!

Mama, me, and my dad sporting his winter beard at Jaxon's soccer game. It was so much fun going and watching Jaxon play he is pretty good and the tallest boy on the team!



Something Dean and I like to do is go on picnics at first dam and feed the ducks! i love ducks so much and can't wait til we can have some of our own. i know they stink but they are so darn cute!

Celebrating Dean's 24th bday!!! and of course some help from Parker and Wyatt. They are so hilarious!

Yeah USU 10th ward softball!!! 2nd place champs! we almost took stake champs but we lost by one! oh well, next year we will dominate!!! It is crazy how competitive Dean and I get with sports. I think that is one of the reasons why we fell in love! Ha ha ha! I just love playing any sport and am so glad there are people in our ward that do too it makes it a lot more fun!

I'll be sure and blog after halloween cuz Dean and I are suprising everyone with our creative costumes this year I can't wait to show everyone!!!!