random...

1. Do you like Blue cheese dressing? nope.
2. Have you ever smoked cigarettes? No way!
3. Do you own a gun? well I don't but my husband owns like 5
4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite? the red one
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? depends on what I'm going in for
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I like em.
7 Favorite Christmas movie? all of them! I love christmas
8 What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Chocolate Milk, or orange juice
9. Can you do push ups? a few :)
10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? my wedding ring ;)
11. Favorite hobby? reading, quilting, watching TV...
12. do you have A.D.D.? actually no
13.. Do you wear glasses/contacts? No.
14. Middle name. Ward (my maiden name)
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: can't wait for work to be over, tired, and excited it's the weekend!
16. Name 2 or 3 drinks you regularly drink? Milk, chocolate milk, orange juice
17. Current worry? don't really have one at this exact moment
18. Current hate right now? not getting enough sleep :P
19. Favorite place to be? home
20. How did you bring in the New Year? I can't remember, I think we just hung out until midnight then went to bed... I know boring
21. Name three people who will complete this: ? no idea...
22. Do you have pets? sugar glider (edgar)
23. Do you own slippers? yep, big fluffy ones!
24. What color shirt are you wearing? Blue
25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? never tried
26. Can you whistle? sure can, in and out :)
27. Where are you now? North Salt Lake
28. Would you be a pirate? nope
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't sing, I try not to fall back asleep
30. Favorite Girl's Name? Joslynn
31. Favorite boy's name? Corbin, or Austin
32. What's in your pocket right now? nothing
33. Last thing that made you laugh? stephanie, at work, she always makes me laugh
34. What vehicle do you drive? Mazda 3, dodge neon and dodge ram
35. Worst injury you've ever had? I crashed when I was 5 on my bike and cut up my chin and eye.
36. Do you love where you live? I love it!
37. How many TVs do you have in your house? one, but I have a portable DVD player as well as a laptop that both work for movies

catch up...

ok so It's been forever! and a lot has happened, well I guess not that much but still it's been forever. first of all about a month ago we went up Timpanogos canyon and had a camp fire with some friends, it was a lot of fun. every month I have been planning little things with Darin's friends from high school and man are they funny when they get together. they just sit and make fun of each other and talk about experiences that they have had in the past. we just sit and laugh the whole time. but it's fun :)

Also Darin Surprised me with Flowers, he had them sent to my work last week and it was the best surprise! we also have been working a lot in our yard and decided to rip out some bushes the the previous owners had put in, and this is Darin trying to put the bushes in the trash can.

we also planted our first tree! it's a Norweigan sunset maple. we also planted two chanticleer pear trees for the parkstrip. we also went to flaming gorge and the Mantua reservoir the past couple of weekends but I forgot my camera but it's been fun! we love owning a house and being able to work on the yard and the house together and make it our own.

The house!

I know it's been forever! but I finally posted pics of the house. I wanted to wait until we had most of the stuff put up on the walls. also I didn't take pics of the downstairs since it's not finished, and I forgot the back yard





front of house, obviously










hallway leading to the bed rooms










view of living room and dining room from kitchen







view of stair way to down stairs and part of kitchen from living room








view of dining room and kitchen from living room

better view of living room

master bath-only part, the toilet is behind me, and the sink is to my right

master bed, the closet (walk-in) is behind me

french doors to master room

extra bathroom

my room, future girls room. I work on my quilts and scrapbooking here, I even have my own desk

other side of my room

part of office, Darin's mission stuff is in the chest and the picture was painted in the west indies

bookshelves in office

desk in office, along with Darin's keyboard

well sorry it took so long, but the painting needed to get done as well as the pictures. I will try to get the back yard on here sometime :)

Memorial weekend/ 2 year anniversary

for our two year anniversary we went to Zions over Memorial day weekend. we had a blast! I had never been there before so it was a wonderful experience. We hiked the emeral ponds, weeping rock as well as angels landing. Most of the pictures are from Angels landing.

This is Darin by some pictographs

This is me standing at the top of Angels landing. 2.5 miles and holding chains to climb up the mountain side!

This is Darin standing at the top :)

This is the view off of Angels landing, the bottom down by the road is where we started

This is us sitting on a ledge almost at the top of angels landing. if you can't tell Darin is a little freaked out...

Darin in a cave a long the way

This is Angels landing from the very beginning. The very top is where we are headed...

Me by emerald ponds

Darin by emerald ponds

me at the beginning of emerald ponds





well it was a lot of fun! also it was perfect weather. it would rain at night which cooled everything off so when we were hiking it was nice and cool...

The best decision i've ever made!

Well sunday was our 2 year anniversary. It's kinda weird to think about everything that has happened over a 2 year period. We have both grown and changed so much, but we changed and grew together. We started our life together in our condo in south salt lake while I was finishing school at utah states extension campus in salt lake. while Darin was going to SLCC to finish up his associates degree. after one year of learning and growing I graduated from Utah state and Darin got accepted into the social work program at the U as well as receiving a scholarship beacuse he has amazing grades. The day before I graduated I got a job here at Haycock Petroleum doing some accounting work, I'm still here and I'm loving it! Over the summer we both just worked and played hard...maybe a little too hard because Darin kept getting hurt, such as falling through roofs, fracturing his fingers, rolling a 4-wheeler over himself and almost breaking his ankle sending us to the hospital to get x-rays. but we made it through the summer and Darin started school and slowed things down in the work department. So I was providing so he could concentrate on homework, well that worked out well since he got a 4.0 his first semester! well as you all know the economy turned for the worst this past year, and while we were going to wait until Darin was out of school to buy a house we knew we couldn't resist this opportunity to get a 5% interest rate as well as a house that's worth 50,000 or more than what it's selling for! so we decided to buy (I will post pics this week!) it's been a learning experience for both of us, I knew there was going to be more work involved but I didn't realize just about how much. I love taking care of the yard because now it's my yard, no offense mom but I hated weeding while I lived at home, but now I can say that I actually enjoy it! I enjoy keeping my yard looking nice. At times I still feel a little too young to be where I'm at in life but I can honestly say I'm happy. Well it's the beginning of a new summer and hopefully Darin be a little more careful or at least not to accident prone. But I am grateful for Darin and everything he does for me. He truly is the best thing that has ever happened to me, as well as the best person for me. I'm glad I know that we have our whole lives ahead of us as well as the eternities after, I don't know what I would do without that knowledge, I would probably quit work and spend every moment with him, but I guess I can be patient, I do have forever with him.

The Bucket List

() Been to Europe
(x) Been on a cruise
(x) Been on a blind date
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
() Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
(x ) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost
(x ) Been on the opposite side of the country-
(x) Been to Washington , DC -
(x) Been to Vegas
() Climbed a lighthouse
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
() Been Sky Diving
( ) Seen the Cherry Blossoms in Washington , D.C.
(x) Played cops and robbers.
(x) Flown a plane
() Owned a boat
()Watched grandchildren grow
(x) Recently colored with crayons
() Been to the Kentucky Derby
( ) Been to Key West
(x) Been to a rodeo
() Sang Karaoke
(x)Paid for a meal with coins only?
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?
(x)Made prank phone calls
() Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus-
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Seen the green flash at sunset ?
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating-
(x) Gone to the movies
() Owned a convertible-
1. Any nickname? fatty, bum bum, princess
2. Mother's name? Gayla
3. Body Piercing? Ears
4. How much do you love your job? of course!
5. Birthplace, Happy Valley
6. Ever been to Hawaii? no
7. Ever been to Africa? No
8. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? sadly yes
9. Ever been on TV? not that I know of
10. Ever steal any traffic signs? No
11. Ever been in a car accident? Yea, only a bumper accident, I hit Darin :)
12. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? my car now is a 4-door.
13. Favorite number? 4
14. Favorite movie? Transformers, or Dark Knight
15. Favorite holiday? Christmas :)
16. Favorite dessert? pretty much anything chocolate, but I also like apple pie
18. Favorite food? Pizza
19. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
20. Favorite brand of body wash? I forget what it is...
21. Favorite smell? Rain is a good one... thanks Lisa
22. How do you relax? Read...
23. How do you see yourself in 10 years? a Mom...

Living in style

Well I know it's been a while since my last post but it's been a crazy busy month. on the 12th of March we made an offer on a house. At that time we still weren't sure if we were even going to buy a house, everyday it was a battle, yes...no...yes...no back and forth we went. So when we made the offer it wasn't a definite thing. on the 16th of March the bank accepted our offer. Even after the offer was accepted we still didn't even know if we wanted to buy a house. We loved the house but didn't know if we wanted to change our life style to pay for a bigger mortgage. Finally a few days before we could withdraw our offer we decided to go forward with full force. So on Monday March 30th we closed! Tuesday March 31st we moved like crazy! I want to thank everyone for helping us move it turned out amazing, we were able to get everything in the trucks and trailers in an hour and a half, which I think is pretty amazing. Also they unloaded everything before I even got to the house! So Tuesday night we stayed at our condo one last time and moved the rest on Wednesday to our new house. Before we moved everything inside (it was all in the garage) my dad gave us new carpet for our new house, what an awesome dad! so now our new house smells like a new house and the carpet looks amazing! thanks dad!! So now the process begins, we have started cleaning everything before we move everything in from the garage, which I need to thank my mom big time, she has helped clean so much! she is amazing, she can take something like disgusting dirty blinds and make them look like new! thanks mom!!! So as for now I have gotten about 5 hours of sleep over the past few days and the house still looks like a disaster! I can't believe all that stuff fit into an 850 Sq Ft condo. It's totally amazing. Anyways.... I'll post some pics when I get everything put away because as for right now all you would see is just a bunch of boxes :) Also I would like to thank Laura and Dameon for the patio furniture. something we were going to need seeing as summer is coming, we love it!! and thanks to everyone else that helped us move... Steve, Ben, Ryan, Jen, Jordan, Jordan, Steve H., My parents, Lisa, Laura and Dameon.

Buying a house!

After much discussion and a lot of headaches we finally decided that it was time to move. Surprisingly it was a hard decission since we love our home so much and we love the ward. Plus were we live now is so close to work and school. But we thought it couldn't get any better to buy a house then right now. So last Wednesday we decided to put our condo up for sale, and we priced it a little high just to see if we could sell it. An hour after we put our condo on the MLS we had a call from a real estate agent wanting to come and see it for his clients. He told us if he liked it he would bring his clients on Saturday. Well after he came over he told us he would bring his clients the next day! so sure enough they came and seemed to love the place. They should we did a lot to it, it's probably one of the nicest looking condo's out there! well sure enough they put an offer in on Friday, so Saturday we had a decision to make, we were a little shocked and scared that everything was happening so fast but we finally decided it wasn't going to get any easier down the road and this is one of the best times to buy right now. so it was decided.... we would buy a house! we now have until April 8th to find a place of our own. We have been looking down in Herriman, which I'm sure we will end up there. We are looking for a place that doesn't have a finished basement so that we can grow into it as our family grows :) everything is really exciting and scary at the same time. I will keep everyone updated on what is going on and where we finally decided to call home.

Questions:

1. last beverage→? Water
2. last phone call→? Rite Aid
3. last text message – My sis Lisa
4. last song you listened to- Love lockdown, Kanye West
5. last time you cried→?- Last week?

SIX HAVE YOU EVER:
6. dated someone twice →? if you count breaking up and getting back together the same day then yes...
7. been cheated on? Yep :(
8. kissed someone & regretted it? Yep
9. lost someone special?→? nope :)
10. been depressed?→? yeah, who hasn't at some point?
11. been drunk and threw up? --> no

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:
Blue,White, teal

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU:
12. Made new friends →? a few
13. Fallen out of love →? nope
14. Laughed until you cried →? of course!
15. Met someone who changed you →? nope
16. Found out who your true friends were →? I already knew
17. Found out someone was talking about you→? actually yep
18. Kissed anyone on your friend's list→? nope
19. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life?→? All of them
20. How many kids do you want to have→? 3
21. Do you have any pets →? yep, Edgar my sugar glider
22. Do you want to change your name→? I never wanted to change it but i've gotten annoyed with it in the past
23. What did you do for your last birthday →? went out to dinner and was lazy all day long!
24. what time did you wake up today →? 7:00 I wish I could stay asleep until 8
25. What were you doing at midnight last night →? sleeping, thank goodness!
26. Name something you CANNOT wait for →? to buy a house! (soon)
27. Last time you saw your father→? yesterday
28. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? nothing really, maybe if I was just rich and never had to work!
29. What are you listening to right now->? well... the copy machine is going at the moment, and my heater is on so I guess I'm listening to those
30. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom →? well of course, I have known a lot of Toms throughout my life.
31. What's getting on your nerves right now? I have a scratchy in my throat!
32. Most visited webpage →? hotmail.com

33. Whats your real name →? Leanna Ward Hansen
34. Nicknames→? Fatty
35. Relationship Status --> happily Married
36. Zodiac sign →? Aquarious
37. Male or female or transgendeer? Female
38. Elementary? Draper Elementary
39. Middle School --> Crescent View
40. High school →? Alta High

41. Hair color →Brown
42. Long or short --> Short
43. Height →? 5'7"
44. Do you have a crush on someone? →? only my hubby :)
45: What do you like about yourself? →? my Nose (right now)
46. Piercings →? Ears
47. Tattoos →? No
48. Righty or lefty →? Righty

FIRSTS :
49. First surgery →? cist (sp?) removal
50. First piercing →? Ears
51. First best friends →? Lindsay
52. First sport you joined →? Soccer
53. First pet –Cat, Thermal
54. First vacation→? I think it was Disneyland, but who knows...
55. First concert – depends on what kind of concert, it was probably my sisters band concert.
56. First crush ---> Eric

YOUR FUTURE :
57. Want kids? of course
58. Want to get married? Already there
59.careers? Well i'm an Accountant now, but I want to me a mom (I know cheesy)

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX? :
60. Lips or eyes →? Eyes
61. Hugs or kisses →? I guess both are good :)
62. Shorter or taller →? Taller
63. Older or Younger →? Older, not much though
64. Romantic or spontaneous -->? both, It depends on the timing and the mood
65. Nice stomach or nice arms →? both, he has both :)
66. Sensitive or loud →? Depends, but both
67. Hook-up or relationship →? Relationship
68. Trouble maker or hesitant →? don't care

HAVE YOU EVER :
69. Kissed a stranger →? no
70. Drank hard liquor →? No
71. Lost glasses/contacts →? No
72. Sex on first date ----> Never
73. Broken someone's heart –>? I think so
74. Had your own heart broken –>? yea
75. Been arrested →? No
76. Turned someone down →? Yes
77. Cried when someone died →? Yes
78. Liked a friend that is a guy--> my boyfriends were my best friends

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
79. Yourself -->? at times
80. Miracles →? Yes
81. Love at first sight →? Yes
82. Heaven →? Of course
83. Santa Clause →? yep :)
84. Kiss on the first date? →? I never have, but I won't bash on those who have
85. Angels →? Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
86. Is there one person you want to be with right now? →? Yes
87. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? →? No

Zalia Malinson

Darin's great grandmother had a possible stroke last week, she is such a wonderful person and I just wanted to take a minute to talk about her, she has grown to be a grandmother to me. and She has such a wonderful personality, she makes me laugh everytime we go visit her. She has one of the sharpest minds I've ever seen for someone her age. she turned 96 last year, and is still as bright as if she was 20. I am so glad I have been able to get to know her. we love you grandma.

Yay for Valentines Day!

Darin surprised me by taking me to a play, it was called "Cash on Delivery" it was hilarious, I would suggest it to anyone, but the last show was on Valentines day... but they have a lot of cool shows coming up. http://www.halecentretheatre.org/ if you would like to go just check out the website and see what is coming up. Phantom is next and I guess it's not the writters who wrote phantom of the opera, but it's the same story with the same characters. I really enjoyed this play, it was a british comedy about living off of the social service checks that they send for various things. All in all it was a wonderful Valentines day, Darin woke me up at 9 and gave me a rose with the tickets and then just spent the day together :) I am so lucky to have such a thoughtful husband, I love him with all my heart. Thank you baby!

Mom's Birthday!

so Yesterday was a good day, my brother decided he wanted to take his son to chruch so he asked if they could come with us, and of course I said yes! so they came with us yesterday which turned out quite nice since I teach the 10, 11 and 12 year olds and my nephew is 10 so he was in my class. Well after church we went to my parents house to celebrate my mothers birthday. I got my mom a wishing pearl, which Julie gave me a couple of years ago for my birthday and I decided that was a great gift, so if your trying to find something for anyone for their birthday mothers day or christmas in the next year then check out this website http://goldroses.net/wish_pearl_gift_sets
it has some good deals! and it's a fun gift!

Christmas...

I know it's a little late but this was our christmas, Darin got me a glass rose! Which I love very much, I've always wanted a glass rose. and I got Darin some waders which he took back and he is going to use his uncles, so I guess I didn't really get him anything... so I'm going to buy him some fly fishing stuff when the time comes. Then the big present my parents got us was Rockband for the Wii! Darin's parents got him some new tires for his truck, which he loves!

My first blog

Well I've been told by many a people to start blogging, so here I am at work on my lunch break and I thought to myself "Leanna, you always have so much fun looking at other peoples blogs why don't you start one?" so that's what I'm doing. and nothing better than the new year to start something new... oh wait... it's February! where did January go?!? well it was a good month, mostly because it was my birthday, the 24th. Darin got me a case for my camera and the movie Eagle Eye. My parents got me another guitar for our game rockband as well as a new Ipod and some clothes, and Darin's parents got me this really nice picture of Christ with a little girl playing with a butterfly it's by Greg Olsen. They even had it signed by him and he wrote happy birthday to me on the back. Then Jordan (Darin's brother) got me two Skookie pans, so I can make my own pazzookies! we made some the other night and man was it delicious! well I guess I should get back to work, I will post some fun picks when I get home and have access to pictures, until then....