Anna (Jefferies) & Jason Jensen

This is old news, but I just thought I should share some pictures from Anna's wedding back in June. Anna and Jason make the perfect couple and Anna was a gorgeous bride. Everyone was able to be at the wedding except Joey.

Love, Rebecca

Reta & Ron

October has come and gone, again.
October was filled with harvest. Ron was able to sneak in a week down here. This year the cobbage is way late. The latest I can ever remember it. Thank goodness he didn't have much to do this year.
While he was here, I went up to stay a couple of days with Emily in Logan. Trav and Jeff had business in Phoenix. It was fun just to have some girl time with her. We had a tea party, went out dinner, test drove some SUV's, watched some movies. It was just fun.
I went up on a Wed. Grandpa & Janna came up on Fri. night. It was fun to be there. Grandpa was able to hand some pics up for Emily. It was good.

Kristie was in charge of the school carnival. Talk about doing awesome, she did it!!!! They raised over $6,000. This was a first time attempt and she definitely deserves kudos.
For Halloween, Janna and I decided to do double coated caramel apples. They turned out pretty good. Jeff and Kristie thought they were as good as the Rocky Mountain ones they love.
Oh, yeah, I got a church calling. Unusual one for me, I think. I am an activity day leader for the girls. So, Lila, I will be calling you for ideas. You are the pro at that calling.
Love you all, Retz

Ron & Reta

The Nyssa, Oregon Stake sustained a new Stake President. Alan Peterson is the new president. Ron Jacobs from Vale, and Allen Timmons from Parma are his counselors. They should all do a very good job.

Released Stake President: Dell Jemmett, Parma, Robert Peterson, Owyhee, and Richard Beck, Nyssa.

We followed the past tradition of having Owen and Sharon over after stake conference. Didn't put on the crock pot on high enough heat, yet we survived just fine. It was just very simple day of relaxing and chatting one with another.

The month was filled with going to Homemaking night w/Janna and making I Love You decoupage blocks, chocolate fondant (which reminded me of mom), making valentine boxes and of course, frosting sugar cookies. It was a fun night out and we just enjoyed ourselves.

It is nice to have longer days and to see green once again.

Ron & Reta

Janna went back to work the 2nd week in Jan. She was only going to go MWF. However, due to some
bank changes, it was necessary for her to return back work almost full time.
That meant that Ron & I get to babysit more. The baby has to be the easiest baby to take care of. I don’t think any baby could be any easier that him to babysit. He is also way cute. He is now starting to smile and coo.
Ron & I were able to get to the temple for one session that was nice. They will be closing it the last two weeks of February for maintenance. Maybe we can get there sometime this week before it closes.
January is one of snuggling in for the winter and curling up to the fireplace—even if it is electric! 
Next week is our stake conference. We will be getting a new stake president. Our current stake president is made up of Dell Jemmett (Parma) Robert Peterson and Richard Beck. They have done a very good job. So, it will be interesting to see who is chosen to fill their shoes.

Wil & Tammy

we went hunting on Halloween and I shot my first deer (picture attached) Not to exciting for some, but I thought it was awesome.

Ron & Reta

Hi there Everyone,

The month of September was one of helping out Jeff & Kristie since Kristie was on bed rest. It was fun to stay over there and watch Sydney and Allie. We did a lot of fun projects and read many fun books. Watched several of Sydney's soccer games.

Of course, the highlight of the month was Ty Jeffery arrival on September 24th. He is a cutie and reminds me a lot of Sydney when she was born.

Ron was able to come down on conference weekend to see baby Ty and listen to conference.
So that was nice. Sorry to see him leave to go back to Parma.

Wasn't conference great. I think the highlight was Jeffery Holland's testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. That was, indeed, very powerful.

It seemed that the theme of this conference was Personal Revelation and Love.

May we live the lives we need to, to once again be with our Savior and Heavenly Father.

Trav & Emily Wedding

Ron & Reta's Family Pictures

We have been busy enjoying the Jeff's and Kristie's girls this winter.
They keep us laughing and enjoying life.

We have once again enjoyed the BYU men's BB games. Just wish they would do better in March Madness.

As you can tell by the blogs of Jared and Christina and Jeff and Kristie that we took a trip to see Jared and fam and then headed down to Disney World. Then we met up with Jeff's family and hit Sea World and off to the Disney Cruise. To have both families together and to enjoy the kids being together was the best part of all. Disney knows how to put a cruise together for sure! Very well organized and well run machine. we had full out Broadway productions every night, 5 course meals, and all the many activities one could imagine to do during the daytime.

We then all head back to Jared and Christina's for just pure family time. It was fun and relaxing just to hang out and be all together.

Ron will be heading up to Parma to do some custom working. Won't be there as long as he was last year. They will be doing the watering this year.

We are looking forward to Trav's and Emily's Wedding on May 5th at the Logan Temple.
Anyone who would like to come, you are welcome. The wedding is at 12:00 noon. Luncheon following.

Emily's bridal shower was yesterday. It was like a Tea Time with poetry reading, musical entertainment, and finger foods. It was most enjoyable. Looking forward to having her in the family. Trav and her are a very good match.

Everything is fallilng into place to have our annual girl cousins reunion with Kathleen and Earlene. This year we have an added bonus, VIVIAN!!!!! It is going to be held on April 27th up in Layton. It will be all the girls on that side of the family together of that generation of kids. That will be awesome.

Uncle Duane and Aunt Donna

Back row: Steven Clayton, Kenneth Woodward, Jan Woodward, David Webb, Jennifer Webb, and Shane Woodward
Middle row: Kimberly Clayton, Baby Gavin Clayton, Donna Woodward, Duane Woodward, and Rebecca Woodward
Front row: Kristen Woodward, Alexis Webb, Ethan Webb and Jaren Woodward


Hi everybody! I decided to add my two cents worth to this page! Come on everybody, where's your little family news? If I can figure this out so can you! This is a challenge! If you're out there add some tidbit of news about the family. Here is a picture of all of us! Well, almost everyone! Jason and Sherelle's family weren't there, but most of us are.

The Webbs (Dave & Jenny)

This month we are putting up a wrought iron fence. Tyson our dog finally decided he could make the 5 foot drop. Tyson isn't to happy because now he has to be on a leash until the fence is done. We are also building a fort for our kids. Santa brought a gift certificate and a note telling them the money was to buy wood for the fort. They are super excited. So far all we have done is the platform. It's about 5 feet off the ground. I'm hoping I will have pictures to post next month. Well that's all that going on this month. Update ya later.

Jason & Sherelle Woodward

Jason & I have been Married for 6 1/2 yrs and have enjoyed the many experiences that has brought to us. We have moved a couple of times in that time. From St George, UT to Pocatello, ID, we have decided that Utah county will be our home.

We moved to Pleasant Grove 2 yrs ago into an apartment complex named Thornberry, but we are looking for a more permanent residence in the area for the future. Our Branch (yes, you read right a Branch in Utah county, Utah, english speaking even. weird huh? but it works) has been very good to us and keeps us busy. Jason is the Branch Historian & Web admin. I'm in the Cub Scouts as the Wolf Den Leader (for 5 wards); my den has 17 boys so it keeps me on my toes. But I'm loving every minute of it.

Jason Graduated with his bachelors in computer science in June of 2008. He has been Working as a Network Engineer with Directpointe in Lindon (outside of Orem). He has really enjoyed it.

It has allowed him to sometimes work from home as well as travel. We have been able to see family a couple of times while he was working.

I have been lucky to be able to stay at home with our 2 Children ( Zackary Duane (3) & McKenzie Charlene (5) ). I also get to teach McKenzie Preschool Class with several other moms in our area. I'm always looking for new way to get involved & the Relief Society has helped there. Kenzie is enjoying her Preschool classes and is just starting a Ballet class. She keeps telling me that she wants to be like Angalina Ballerina. She is so excited for kindergarten in Aug. (and mom is excited too... yippy)Zack is all boy and keeps us running. He will be 3 in Febuary and is already talking like he knows everything. He loves Trains and cars, but has recently found out that dress up can be fun too (now that we have boy dress-up stuff, pink frills and high heels with purses are just not for boys) Cowboys and firemen are his favorites.

Both love to help mom take care of our newest pets, Ferrets named Charlie & LoLa. I think this was Jasons way of holding off having another baby, it worked ;) They are fun to have around. The kids' favorite is to play chase; that means the Ferrets chase them. They play and cuddle like puppies but are easier to potty train like a cat. The one big plus is no family members have allergies to them.

I'm so happy to be able to get to know you all via reading about what is happening in your lives. I hope 2009 is a good one for all. Sherelle Woodward

Fourth of July

I am really excited about this new blog. Thanks Reta. I just thought it would be fun to post a couple of pictures from the Fourth of July this past year. Our family stayed a few nights with Ron and Reta in Spanish Fork and it was so good to see everyone. Ron, Rebecca Woods (holding Jack), and Reta 

Rebecca, Jack, Janna Hansen, Becki Jefferies, and Anna Jefferies

Trav & Emily

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Biggest Announcement of All

Sundance Resort
Originally uploaded by travisghansen

It's again past time for me to make another entry to my blog. I decided I better get at least 2 entries in this year :). Anyway, first off the biggest news of all, I'm engaged to the beautiful Emily Hecker! For those who don't know we've been dating since February and the plans are to get married in Logan on May, 5 2009 (cinqo de mayo celebration anyone?). Now, for a recap of the past few months...

Let's recap some trips

1. Emily and I did family reunions in Baltimore, Virginia Beach, and Ohio. First we went to Baltimore to visit with Jared and Christina which was great. Right after arriving we went to Famous Daves and I had some ribs and did my best to get bbq sauce all over my face. We also visited Mount Vernon while we were there and that was great.

2. We left Baltimore and headed for Virginia Beach. We got stuck in traffic and weren't actually able to make it to the beach in time to be there with Emily's family, but we still went to the beach and took in some waves. All of Emily's family was there and it was great to meet each of them and get to know them better. We visited a world war 2 era battleship and also saw Jamestown which I absolutely loved. Among other things I kicked some serious trash with Guitar Hero (sorry Anna) and had a sweet 80's talent show. If I remember correctly Peter got things off with some amazing dance moves.

3. We flew out of Virginia Beach into Cleveland. After arriving in Cleveland we left (after an insanely long trip to get to the car rental shop from the airport) for Kirtland to visit the LDS visitors' center of the reconstructed city and also the Kirtland Temple now owned by the Community of Christ. We unfortunately did not make it to the temple in time to get the tour but we were able to walk around the grounds and have a look at the outside. It's a beautiful and amazing structure. The restored historic city is great as well and I especially loved the N. K. Whitney store. Next we drove down to Seneca Lake for the family reunion (Emily's Dad Bill and his cousins) and had a great time visiting with family and playing on the boats and jet skiis. After the family reunion we headed back up to Cleveland to fly out but on the way we were able to stop at the Johnson Farm another LDS historical site.

All of that was in early august. Then in September I moved to Logan to be near Utah State where Emily is attending school. In October Jeff and I went to the ADT convention in Dallas and I played golf at the Dallas Cowboys Country Club. November I went to Charlotte, NC for some work and then it was thanksgiving in Rexburg at Emily's sister Jenny's house. December as soon as finals were out I came back to Spanish Fork to be with family and friends for the holidays. Christmas has come and gone already and it's New Year's Eve.

It's been another amazing 6 months and I'm looking forward to 2009.

Welcome to the Dean Hansen Fam Blog

Hi Everyone,

Here it is, a blogsite for all of us to share our lives and stay connected with each other.

If you already have an existing blog add it to the blog roll.

This should be a fun way to remember and keep Grandpa and Grandma Hansen memories alive.

Reta