The Big Game

So last week the night before the big game there was a knock at the door. It was pretty late so we were wondering who it was. When Jeff went to the door he found this box on our steps. Jeff was wondering who it could be from? Luckily I recognized the hand writing and knew it had to be from Rick and Candice. Rick is a packers fan so they thought it would be funny to leave us this nice gift! Jeff thought is was great that they came up with this. Too bad the Bears did not win so we could return the box with the cheese all crumbled up and say looks like the Bears got the best of the cheeseheads.

*Autograph*

So we all know that Jeff is the biggest Bear fan ever, well we have this Chicago sports channel on our TV so Jeff can watch all the pre and post game shows and interviews they do. So on this channel after games you can send emails in with comments and they post some on the screen and comment on some as well. So this particular game Jeff sent one saying how he named his son Briggs after the best linebacker the bears have right. So they brought this up on the show and were talking about it and Jeff thought is was awesome. Then few days later they were doing a interview with Lance Briggs and brought this email up again and asked Lance what he thought about Jeff from Millville naming his son after him. Lance said he thought it was an honor to have him named after him and that he is sure he will be a great young man someday. Jeff thought this was the coolest thing ever and decided this might be a great way to get a autograph. So he emailed the guy that hosts the show and asked what would be the best way to maybe get an autograph from Lance Briggs. So he emailed us back and said send what you want autographed and he would see what he could do but could not promise anything. So we sent a picture and a football and then sent a couple pictures of Briggs so he could see him. He autographed everything we sent. The look on Jeff's face was priceless as he opened the package. Someday when Briggs gets older hopefully he will think it is really cool to have an autograph of who we named him after.

Ice Skating

Oakley has been begging us to take her ice skating, we did not make it to the outdoor rink before it closed so when Wendee invited us to go with them for Kolton's soccer party Oakley made sure we went.

We had a lot of fun! We pushed Briggs in his stroller and he absolutely loved it!

By the end of the night the girls were doing so good and did not want to leave when it was time to go.

My little helper

Briggs loves to help with the dishes. When I open the dishwasher door he is there to help. He thinks he is so Big!

*CHRISTMAS*

We had a very fun and busy Christmas this year. One of my favorite things to do is decorate my fireplace at Christmas. This is my angel corner and I just love it! I try to add something to it each year. It is so fun to look and pick out something special for this corner. It is always the first thing that gets decorated at my house. We also in memory of Hadley always go and pick a little girls name off the angel tree for how ever old Hadley would have been. This is something the whole family loves to go do and about the only shopping Jeff does at Christmas. This year the little girl wanted a kitchen, nursery stuff for her doll and a stuffed pony. I am so glad Hadley's nurse told us about doing this it has been so much fun to do each year!

A few years ago I did the 12 days of Christmas for Oakley and this is a tradition she makes sure we do every year. This year their first gift was a new tradition we started. We give the kids a Christmas book each year and in the front of it we write a letter about some of the things they did that year I think it will be fun to look back over the years and read the things about the kids.

This is the Hansen Christmas Party. We usually have this the Sunday before Christmas. We get together and eat, play games and the cousins exchange gifts for the names they drew. Santa usually always comes too. Briggs was not too sure about him but he did not cry!

Grandma and Grandpa let the kids open one of their presents from them that night, this year all the grand kids got snuggies. Oakley was so excited she had been wanting one these!

On Christmas Eve we trade every other year going to my Grandma Nyman's and Jeff's parents. This year it was our turn to go to Grandma Nyman's. We always have so much fun. This is the grand kids singing some Christmas songs.

Aunt Tana always has the best games to play! This year we were in teams and had to decorate one of our teammates up like a snowman. The kids thought this was great!

Oakley has been wanting this new Salon Doll that came out this year. It has real human hair so you do anything to her hair that you can do with your own. She even got a little mini flat iron to use on her.

Matching P.J.'s

The look on Briggs face when he realized that this 4- wheeler moved when he pushed the button was priceless. He still has not quite figured out though when he crashes into something to let go of the button he just keeps it floored! He also loved the blow up full of balls that Santa brought. This kid loves to play with any kind of ball.

Jeff was excited to finally get a Lance Briggs jersey he has been wanting for quite some time. (still can not find one small enough for Briggs)
But I think Jeff's favorite present was his BEARS SNUGGIE he might not admit it to anyone but he loves that thing. He says it is perfect for playing Xbox. I will have to post a picture of that when I get one.