Leroy!

On December 25, we added a new member to our family. Santa brought Nate the cutest little Maltipoo you have ever seen! Nate named him Leroy. He is 1 pound 6 ounces.

Isn't he cute?!?!

Jr. Prom

Our Nater went to Jr. Prom last week. He was so handsome. It was held at the State Capitol and all of the Juniors got to promenade down the stairs. He took a darling girl, Kimi Watts.

They announced them as they came down the stairs, "Kimi Watts, escorted by Nate Hansen."

They had a fun group of friends. They rented a limosine, and ate at the Roof restaraunt. After the dance they had "xxxx" come and sing just to their group. These are the three stooges, Cody, Nate (NaLa) and Nate (Naterater).


I got to go and take pictures with several of the Mom's - we had a blast. I'm not so sure Nate loved having his Mom come to the prom! Okay... so I stayed a little. But then I would have missed Nate and his friends sliding down the banisters of the State Capitol in their tuxedos!

Our Journey to Pune, India

Wow, what a day! Or should I say two and an half days. We left our house at 4:00 am Friday November 21st. After stopping in Dallas, and New York, we got on a plane to London. We arrived in London at 6:30 am the following day, and had to go through customs to re-check our bags in to Air India for the next leg of our journey. After a few hours of figuring out what we were doing, we ended up checking in our bags with a "Left Baggage" company, and headed into London. We started the day at Trafalgar Square at Nelson's Column. Sadly, there were no pigeons to feed, it was too cold even for them!

We had hot cocoa in the crypt at St. Martin's In the Field. Then we walked to Buckingham Palace. It was so much fun to be in London again. We walked to Westminster Cathedral by way of St. James Park. The squirrels and pigeons there were huge because of all the food they get. It was fun to see Big Ben, the Thames and the Ferris Wheel.

We finally got to Covent Garden - my favorite place to go in all of London! There were so many people, street performers, and outdoor cafes, even in the freezing weather. I went to one of my favorite shops (that was all Kent and Nate could handle), and then we went on the lookout for lunch. We found a quaint English Pub called "the Coal Hole", where we got Fish & Chips, and English Pie. Well...to our bodies, it now felt like 3:00 in the morning. We kept falling asleep at the table while we were waiting for our food. We were able to get in to see the play The Lion King. The good news is that it is a fabulous play. The bad news is that we slept on and off throughout the play. It was like staying up all day and going to a play at 4:00 in the morning! I kept waking up Nate during the cute songs! After the play, we headed off to Paddington Station to take the train back to the airport. What an adventure. Leena, we can't wait to meet you! Kids, we did find a couple of fun things to bring you from jolly old England. Cheers!