Happy Birthday to Mindy!

Happy Birthday to Mindy! Mindy turned 16 a few days ago. She has many great qualities. She is enthusiastic, she is creative--constantly drawing and creating books, and she is diligent in getting her work done. This whole summer she has gotten up at 6:30am so she can get dressed and ready for the day on time. She has been working hard to learn how to sew and recently finished a dress with a zipper without much help from me. When we take hikes she goes without complaining and is usually out in front. When school went online for the pandemic, she worked really hard to get all of her assignments done and was the most diligent student at our house by far. School is not particularly easy for her but she works at it. She has enjoyed being in a play this summer through the SCERA and has enjoyed being in other plays. She loves to sing and has a good voice. We look forward to seeing what great things Mindy is going to do!

Age 1, at the Eagle's Nest

Getting ready for a salt mine tour in Berchtesgaden, Germany

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With her dad who shares her birthday at age 3

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Mindy in the musical "Annie", age 15

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Age 16 in the dress she sewed by herself!

Mindy's birthday presents are the things she loves: clean Regency era novels, Spiderman, sewing, pretty purse.

Performing in Moana, Jr.

We're glad Mindy is in our family!

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Visiting Susquehanna: The Priesthood Restoration Site

On our way home from Palmyra, we decided to go a couple of hours out of our way to visit the recently opened Priesthood Restoration Site along the Susquehanna River. This is where we believe that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the keys of the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist which gave them the authority to baptize. This site also has the restored Isaac and Elizabeth Hale home where Joseph and Emma lived for a year as well as the home where Joseph and Emma lived on their own. We spent a couple of hours there and I wouldn't have minded a few more minutes but we had a long way to go that night. It's a beautiful setting, very much in rural Pennsylvania. However, on the day we were there, cars at a racetrack nearby were detracting from the peace and quiet. I'm guessing that's not as big of a problem on weekdays. The Hale Family was quite well-off for their day so their home was probably nicely decorated with wallpaper and carpet. ...

Hansen Family Reunion 2026, Wednesday and Thursday

We had another Hansen Family Reunion at Bear Lake! In total, there were 93 of us there with 11 missing--our biggest yet! We enjoyed seeing everyone and catching up a little bit. Here are some pictures. My goal was to get a picture of everyone, so if you don't see a picture of yourself, keep scrolling. Also, more individuals coming on the post for Friday. Sorry for the weird angles on some of them. Michelle made dinner the first night, chicken and vegetables with Michelle's specialty--lots of sides and plenty of leftovers. After dinner and clean-up, we had a FHE lesson outside on the lawn with Melanie in charge of the lesson after a few raucous songs. The newest addition to the family, #103. On Thursday morning, Kent and Melanie chaired breakfast with eggs and sausage and plenty for everyone. The cook with his breakfast sandwich: After breakfast, some of the group went rock-climbing, courtesy of Everett, David, and Susanna while more people went on a hike--the Limber Pine Hike....

Nauvoo Pageant!

I have been a negligent blogger this last month. My reason is that we have been super busy. At the end of July, we went to the Nauvoo Pageant. We were able to participate once again in the Gold Cast like we did in 2007 and 2014. We picked up our daughter at the end of her cross country camp in Price, Utah on our way out of town. Then we drove to our friends' house in Golden, Colorado near Denver to stay the night. It was fun to reconnect if only briefly. The next night we were in Lawrence, Kansas, visiting my brother and sister-in-law and their family. That was also fun but short. We left the next morning, attending nearby church before taking off. We arrived in Nauvoo around 4pm with just enough time to have dinner at our cabin before going to our orientation at the pageant building. The next day we went to the pageant building to get our costumes and to learn how to do our hair in the 1840 styles. ...

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