pretty much the best weekend ever!

Tina and I went to surprise Terra for her birthday. Thanks to her awesome husband who arranged everything, we had a great time.


This is in the car before we got to the house.
Terra had no idea. It was perfect.
The first night we went to see Wicked in downtown Indy
The next day we drove to Chicago- one of the coolest cities. This is the view from our hotel.
This is awesome stain glass at the culture center.We saw Mary Poppins- which was great.

Some other highlights? The drunk guy on the elevator asking to go on a boat ride with him. An old Bertha waitress who ask aggressively- "you ready to order yet" after we had been there 30 seconds. Eating liquid nitrogen ice cream. It was pretty much the best weekend ever!

Christmas is comming the Goose is getting FAT

Christmas Week was awesome!!

My brothers were all home (they decided to stay home after Gpa Bob’s funeral).
Monday Dec. 22 was the annual Hafen Christmas P A R T Y.

Maissie decided she wanted to sing a solo (Jingle Bells)


Ok, so she got a little stage fright and needed some help, but it was still super cute.

Some how I missed pictures of the trombone song by my Mom, Arthur, Sam and my Dad.

Tues. Dec. 23 we ate at Lindo Michuacan (sp?) only like my favorite place to eat. Then we went to watch the fountains.

Wed. Dec. 24 we had a surprise visit from Auntie Em, Mario, Ben and Oreo who were on their way to Utah.

We ate Tamales YUM, and went to see the lights at Ethel Ms.

Christmas Day was super fun. We got these awesome wiggle/coaster cars. My Grandma Kathryn, Aunt Donna and Uncle Ross came for dinner.

Maissie had a blast opening presents. She didn't care whose name was on the gift, she opened all she could. Jens was mostly observing. Maybe she is thinking of strategies for next year?

After the funeral

After the funeral we went to temple square to freeze our butts off oh see the lights too.

Sam made friends with the bag piper. He takes a good pix.

We just happened to be there on the anniversary of when my dad purposed to my mom at the flag pole. Too sweet. This is them telling the story.

After I could no longer feel my toes we went to eat at a super yummy place- Lamb something or other, but it was GOO-OOD.

Grandpa Bob's Funeral in SLC

We went to Gpa Bob's funeral in SLC on the most snowy weekend EVER!! We left on Thurs. afternoon and luckily had no prob. getting there.


Friday we went to the funeral home. I was so happy everyone cooperated and we were there on time (small miracle). The service was very nice. My parents played a duet, Arthur played the trombone and my mom accompanied him in Ave Maria. I do have to say that Maissie was a little confused about the urn. We told her that we were going to the funeral, and she asked if he would be in a box like Gma Posey. We told her it would be a smaller box (he was cremated) to which she replied "I don't think Grandpa would fit in a small box."


From the time we got the funeral home to the time we left to the cemetery it snowed like 50 feet- ok, so I didn't have a ruler, but it was a lot. So much we had a crapper of a time getting to the cemetery. Poor Mark was driver and slipped all over the place. I really hope I can get a picture from my mom's camera to show how hard it was snowing.

We got stuck trying to get out of the cemetery. About 6 people were pushing the car that was going no where. Finally with Marks mad skills, and help pushing we got out.



After the service we went on an adventure to find good food. We ended up at a Mexican cafe that was super. A big shout out to Los Lemones- they came to the service and were a huge help with the girls.
It was nice to hear stories and memories about Grandpa Bob. We are going to miss him.

Good Bye G. Gpa Bob

My Grandpa Bob was taken off life support today. This picture was taken yesterday in the hospital. His heart and lungs were no longer working and the machines were keeping him alive. He was very coherent, and alert yesterday. It was his decision when and how to turn off the machines.

I am grateful we were able to spend time with him yesterday. I will never be able to eat ice cream, cake or brownies without thinking of him. He always had to get the perfect ratio of ice cream to brownie/cake. If the amount was off, he would keep adding until it was just right. I am relieved to know he will have no more pain, and I hope he is at peace.

Shitty Shots Vol 2

You may remember me talking about shitty shots. Well, turns out I still haven't learned for Mark to take them. MJ got 4. And I failed to realize that now she is older, she knows what is going on, and the shots are not just given as a surprise- but rather there is much build up, and it took an hour (yes, an hour, and anyone to talked to me on the phone during that hour can attest) to calm down and stop the screaming.

And now would be a great time to give a shout out to one of my BFs Carolyn, who I had many conversations with this week, mostly about puke, poo, red spots etc.

P A R T YYYY?? Because Jens and Logan turned 1!

So in case you missed it- we had the party of the year, if not the century. And I may say it was AWESOME. Here are some pix highlights.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Chevy's

Benefits of a big family? Sometimes they do really cool things, and invite you to go.

So my cousin Kristen arranged a tour for the kids at Chevy's. It was super. They played with play dough, ate yummy stuff, checked out the kitchen- and all for free.