New York City

Last Tuesday and Wednesday Jeremy and I made our way to NYC for a quick overnight trip. It was our first time in the big apple and let me tell you it was pretty dang exciting! We ending up getting an explorer pass that allowed us to pick several different attractions that we wanted to see at a lower overall cost. Some of our adventures included Ripley's Believe it or Not (wasn't great--don't waste your money), Madame Tussauds wax museum (loved it), Top of the Rock (a view from the top of Rockefeller plaza), a cruise to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (loved it), and we also went to the American Museum of Natural History (more for kids really), central park, and ground zero. We were able to eat some great food during our trip, including our first New York slice, delicious hamburgers and shakes from the Shake Shack, a ginormous pastrami sandwich from Carnegie Deli, and of course Pinkberry.

Here are some picture of our trip.


Manhattan temple


I love Lucy


Me and the Biebs


Meeting the Clinton's--yee ha


Jer giving Big Poppa some gangsta love


Me and my BFF Kim K


Jeremy was starstruck by Nic Cage as you can see


Loved the architecture on all of the buildings



NYC skyline


King (queen actually)of the world on our cruise boat


Ground zero monument


Rebuilding the towers



So cool up close


This cute little couple took our picture at the top of Rockefeller Plaza and they wanted to get the background just right--bless their hearts


Top of the Rock



Central Park



Ripley's


Times Square at night. Jeremy was a little claustrophobic with all the action but I was soaking it all in.


Times Square (loved the mormon.org ad)


My first New York slice

Other then being completely exhausted by the end we had a great time! Can't wait to see what the city looks like in the fall.

More House Pictures

We are finally feeling settled into our home so I thought I would take a few more pictures to show an update of some of the things we have done.


Entry way


One of our guest bedrooms


Kitchen--not much different looking then before



Dining room


Living room--can't wait until it's cold enough to use the fireplace


Backyard--the metal thing is a firepit


Screened in deck


Another view of the front--I had to show you my cute, red, hanging plants

We are loving our new home, and we are loving New England!

Moving on up

Big news for the Hansen's, Jeremy has been transferred to Massachusetts for work which means that we have officially changed our residence to New England. Here are a few pictures of the house we just bought. It's a 1927, colonial style home. Isn't it charming?? We can't wait to begin this new adventure after living in Louisiana for almost 4 years. Our new location is about 1 1/2 hours from Boston and about 2 1/2 hours from New York. Anyone want to visit us now??

Baby Birds

A couple of weeks ago we found a bird's nest in our back yard with four tiny eggs inside. We initially thought that the mother had abandoned the nest because she never seemed to be around. Today, however, I discovered that the babies had arrived.


From this






To this

Birthday Weekend

My wonderful husband took me to Baton Rouge for the weekend to celebrate my birthday. Even though it's only one and a half hours away it was great just to be somewhere different. We had a great time, and here are a few reasons why...



Chinese food



Whole foods



Dessert food

What can I say, Roundy's love food!!



PeeWee, on the other hand, was less than thrilled about having to stay home.

Mom and Dad visit the bayou

It was a holiday miracle when we found this pinkberry in NOLA


Pinkberry rocks my world


Dad cooking up some steak sandwiches


Mom and Dad couldn't get enough of the seafood gumbo at Big Al's. Mom reminded us that gumbo means rice.


Dad and Jer getting ready for our helicopter ride


Jackson Square. We saw some freaky deaky mimes at this place


Check out this Mardi Gras mask we found in a shop in the French Quarter


Enjoying some delicious food at the Court of Two Sisters jazz brunch.


Dad with his brownie a la mode


Jeremy enjoying something amazing


Mom freshening up her lipstick after brunch


Thanks for coming Mom and Dad. We had a great time.

Happy Halloween