We choose you Kentucky!

As most of you know, Doug is managing an office for Security Sales and with this job we get to go to fun new places every summer...We just found out last night at the draft. Doug and his co-manager got to choose their office location and they picked Louisville/Lexington Kentucky! We couldn't be more happy or excited about it and being a scholarly lady, I decided to do some research about my new temporary summer home....Kentucky:
State Abbreviation - KY

Origin of Name - From an Iroquoian word “Ken-tah-ten” meaning “land of tomorrow”

State Capital - Frankfort

Largest City - Louisville

State Horse - Thoroughbred

State Animal - Gray Squirrel
Area - Kentucky is the 37th biggest state in the USA
Name for Residents - Kentuckians
Famous People Born Here: Abraham Lincoln,George Clooney, Johnny Depp , Jefferson Davis, Diane Sawyer, and many many more
State Nickname - Bluegrass State
State Motto - "United we stand, divided we fall "

But what am I most excited about?

The first Saturday in May...That's right the Kentucky Derby!

and tons of this...

One of my best friends from college just moved to Louisville with her husband! We can't wait to be neighbors again!

And lots and lots of laughs! Selling over the summer always sets the stage for some hilarious stories and I am looking forward to laughing at every single one of them!

Little Baby Hansens

So I saw this on my friends blog and I thought it was hilarious and just had to try it out!! After telling Madeleine about it and having some good hearty laughs, I have come to some conclusions: 1. The Boy and the Girl have the exact same face with just different color hair...Well really, what should I have expected?

2. I think it is quite fitting that the boy has a hard hat on because if our kids turn anything out like Doug, they will need it!! In fact I might as well just strap a helmet and a bubble wrap suit on them 24/7.
3. So far these computer children of mine have no casts or broken noses of any sorts so maybe they will inherit more of my "think before genes" instead of Doug's more retrospective take on life after all...

And we're back!

I know this way overdue and this is for all of you who have told me that if you look at my blog one more time and see the "pomegranate" post its gonna make you sick! So after this overview of the past 5 months, I will try not to go A-Wall again on my blog for another 5 months. So what have we been up to? Well we wrapped up our time in Hawaii with a visit from Doug's parents, which included amazing food, fun shopping, hilarious stories, and of course a scary slippery hike in the pitch black with nothing to lead us but our cell phone lights. To clarify, we didn't intend to hike in the dark, but Doug assured us that we would be in and out before dark...well to say the least he was dead wrong and we were all scared out of wits and had no idea if we were even following the right trail!! But Doug redeemed himself when he successfully led us out the dark jungle and safely to our cars (there's your Eagle Scout training put to good use). Well after the in-laws left, my sister and her husband came to visit for thanksgiving. We attempted to cook a "Pilgrim-like" dinner with the little supplies we had at my apartment and it turned out suprisingly good, and did all the fun touristy things we would want to do before we left the island. Then sadly it was time to leave Hawaii for good, and we spent 3 weeks in California with our family and friends. It was a blast and now we are Utah settled in, hanging out with our adorable nieces and nephews, and looking forward to the Hansen's Utah Ski trip in a few weeks!!!! More to come...hopefully ;)

Oahu Temple

Such a beautiful family! The brunch was so delicious I have never been so full!! The fateful hike on the way in.
Doug's BYUH soccer team
His last soccer game :( and he completed it in typical douglas style with his umpteenth concussion, a broken nose, and a fat lip!!
Our first turkey...we were so proud!
John and Brandi enjoying sunset beach with us!
Dinner at Roys!! Delicisoso!! And at of all things I new our server from college in Socal. Small World!
Before trying Doug's nasty sushi which he swore was harmless
After that dirty liar ticked me into trying his sushi!!!Eatin banana pancakes pretend like its the weekend now.
Sisters at play!

My Annual obsession

There is that saying that "time makes the heart grow fonder..." well in the case of pomegranites only coming in season every year around October to December for too brief of a time, my love for pomegranites has turned to more of an obsession! I am holding myslef back from two a day. This is a fact that Doug is just loving - due to extremely low cost of this wonderful fruit (yeah right). Doug is starting to take inventory of how many pomegranites I am eating and trying to teach me to conserve instead of indulge my craving...classic doug. Lucky for him he knows it only lasts for a few months. mmmm Think I'll have one right now!! Good thing costco sells them in bulk!

Finally!

I know an update is long overdue...I am just really bad at all of this blogging stuff. But here is a brief overview of what we have been up to since we have been back to Hawaii. Doug has been busy with soccer and school and is currently getting a black belt certification through six sigma - a business managing thing- at nights for two weeks. Candice, my sister-in-law, is out here this semester which makes Hawaii a lot more fun for me, because we have just been hanging out at the beach and catching up on gossip girls online...since we don't have the CW out here. Doug and I just got back from a long trip in Bay Area, Doug because he was on his mainland soccer trip, and me to support Doug and to see my cute little new nephew, Baby Owen Wayne Kaenel (1 month) for the first time! I love him so much already and miss him everyday I am out here! Well before I go on and on about how amazing my nephew is, because trust me I will...I'll introduce the pictures. Coming up you will see: many of pictures of baby Owen from my trip, Doug making friends wherever he goes (a stray dog at the beach), Goalie-in-action, My Birthday Dinner at Turtle Bay, me and Candice after losing a battle with the ocean - it was a good fight though, and Dinner with Doug's parents and Hannah after a game against San Francisco Academy of Art. It was such a fun trip and so good to see everyone. Doug's parents are such saints to make Sunday dinner for the whole soccer team, year after year! I don't know how they do it, but it was delicious, and everyone enjoyed themselves. And seeing how it is Doug's last year, hopefully it is their last year as well!

Summer Champ!

Well we are back in Hawaii after spending 4 months in Maryland/Washington D.C. Doug was there Selling security for Platinum Protection, and he did amazing!!! He killed it! He worked hard all day 6 days a week and it paid off - He doubled his best summer in sells. Right before we left the owners of the company even met with him and asked him to manage next year. I am so proud of him and am so thankful for all his hard work. It really amazes me sometimes all the things he is capable of doing. It blows me away! I am so thankful to have him as my husband.

New York New York!!!

I know its been a while since I have updated my blog, but that is seriously because nothing interesting has been happening at all this last month. But that all changed last weekend! Doug and I took a weekend getaway to New York for our 1 year anniversary. I can't believe it has already been 1 whole year- but I feel like I love him even more with all his corks and stubbornness. Living together, while difficult for both of us at times I'm sure - has just made me feel that much luckier I have to share my life with...Anyways, this last weekend we went to New York and saw Wicked on Sunday. I was dying to see it, and thanks to Doug's love of theater he ended up really liking it too. The music, the acting, and the story all so amazing!! We got in Saturday night to our Time Square hotel that we got for a really good deal on priceline. Unfortunately what we didn't know about priceline, was that you couldn't guarantee the room type. So our first night of our anniversary was spent in a room with 2 single beds. It wasn't what we expected but it couldn't keep us down, we walked around time square and took in the city. The next morning we took a cab to Ground Zero which was reverencing, sad, and patriotic all at the same time. I couldn't believe that the two tallest buildings, once American monuments stood in the now mile wide rubble. It made that traggic day all the more real....Next we walked over to the Financial District, where we saw wall st, the New York Stock Exchange, The Trump Tower, and the place where George Washington stood when he took the oath as the 1st president of the United states. We ended that tour in Canal st, and then headed straight to Wicked. Which again soooo great!! We had the most fabulous anniversary dinner at Del Frisco's, a restaurant recommended by his parents - p.s. Thank you!- It was delicious! and we ended our night walking through time square like 2 kids in a candy shop, and once we even did stop in a candy shop and filled up on all the sweet treats we could to bring back to our room (which thank goodness had been upgraded to a King for our last night). Not only was it a great way to celebrate our 1 year, but it was the first time we had really gotten away from the office. I felt like we actually got to talk and have real conversations with each other, and it was so nice - I felt like "Oh yeah, I know you!! I do like you!!!" Anyways I know this is long so I'll end with it was a wonderful weekend and I feel blessed to have already spent a year married to Doug Hansen.