Virginia Is For Hansons

When a picture captures every emotion that you simply can not put into words, magic happens.  Happy 17th, sweet girl.   

3/3 Hanson littles have now started school and in typical Henry style, this was the first day of school picture I got from him. Now it's memorialized forever...LOL Senior Year  University of Alabama  Class Of 2025

 2 out 3 Hanson (not so little) littles have started school! Woodson High School  Class of 2026 

That cheesy grin. Takes me back to his first day of kindergarten at Incirlik. I promise just yesterday that big, cheesy grin was a 5 year old with a back pack that was too big for him and brand new sneakers. I cried that first day of kindergarten at the bus stop. I probably cried every first day of school after that day too.  No, nothing has changed. I cried this week when he sent me this.  Go do great things, Moose. Those high schoolers of yours have no idea just how lucky they are.  Smoky Hill High School  Aurora, Colorado 

  Love, Mom

In the last 20 years we've vacationed with the Shirley's throughout the world. Hawaii, Texas, Colorado, Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Costa Rica.  Alaska 2024 did not disappoint.  Mount Rainier  flying into Seattle  Friday morning in Seattle Embarkation!  Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas  Tad's gift for all the boys... the official start of vacation  Dinner 1 - SHanson party of 11 Day and night at sea  Bigs and littles first breakfast together squeezed into one room \ Trivia Bionic Bar was a favorite of the Bigs  Juneau  Mount Roberts hike  Skagway Jordi and the boys hiked Upper Dewey Lake...   ...and Jennie and I took the girls to the top of a glacier to dog sled...via a helicopter! Jennie, Ella and Grace took off first  Cara, Viv and I followed the dog camp below  back to town for wine and more crab legs  White out for the evening... ...stalking the kids at the bar... Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier  Day and night at sea  Victoria, British Columbia  (my favorite