March Madness :)

March Madness for the Hansens began with celebrating Adams Birthday! On the Friday before his birthday, Adam got together with"the guys" and had a game night complete with Guitar Hero, pizza, and "Battlefield"! I love guys nights because it in turn means "GIRLS night"!!! Most of the ladies were working or had other plans so cute Kari and I went out on the town :) We first went to Zuppas which for all you out-of-towners is a gourmet soup & salad place which is totally out of this world! All natural and fresh ingredients!!! My current favorite is their Summer Chicken Salad...which consists of lots of lettuce, plump cranberries, grilled chicken, crushed cashews, juicy grapes, and sliced strawberries!!! Talk about delish! We then went and saw a movie and got our sinful sweet.... i.e. Cold Stone. The best part was just getting to talk and laugh :) I am so very grateful to girl friends and sisters and for the strength and beauty they bring into my life!

Many of you have heard the stories of our lovely vehicles...broken speedometers, smoking stearing wheels, demonic locks that lock on their own, and so on. Well luckily for us the time has come to say farwell to our little Nissan Maxima and hello to our new Infiniti G35!!!

I graduate May 2nd and am absolutely ELATED about my graduation gift from Adam (and well...myself!!! he he!!! we all know the best gifts are the ones you choose!!!) Adam is the best though and I am so grateful for all the hard work he does that allows us to do so many things! We are so grateful to finally own a car that drives amazingly and will allow us to go visit Adams family in Arizona and my family in Colorado much more often! Not to mention our trip to CALIFORNIA :)

Although it is a relief to have a new car, purchasing cars has never been a particularly favorite past time, nor is selling a car! However our little maxi sold in just 3 days so I feel very much relieved :)

This past week ontop of the car purchasing has been SPRING BREAK!!! Which is great minus the intensely horrible food poisoning my sisters Jacque and Shelli, and I received on Monday eve. This is as the Spanish would say, "no bueno". I have never before experienced food poisoning and can't remember a time I have been so violently ill. I am so grateful for my loving husband who stayed up with me all night on Monday and Tuesday and took care of me! He's the bestest! Many of my silly friends believed I was prego...let me put you all at rest...I'M NOT!!! :) And I believe the nausea I have experienced this past week has cured my desire for babies at present. I admire the many mothers that have endured the many months of nausea and morning sickness! You are rockstars and I don't know how you do it!

Now on a more serious note...

The reason for the season.

Dear friends as this Easter approaches I wanted to let you all know of my love for our Savior. Spring is such an amazing time of year and with it comes the celebration of the most important act of the Saviors life. This morning I was reading one of President Hinkley's talks and have enclosed his ending remarks published this March.

"We know not all that lies ahead of us. We live in a world of uncertainty. For some, there will be great accomplishment. For others, disappointment. For some, much of rejoicing and gladness, good health, and gracious living. For others, perhaps sickness and a measure of sorrow. We do not know. But one thing we do know. Like the Polar Star in the heavens, regardless of what the future holds, there stands the Redeemer of the world, the Son of God, certain and sure as the anchor of our immortal lives. He is the rock of our salvation, our strength, our comfort, the very focus of our faith.
In sunshine and in shadow we look to Him, and He is there to assure and smile upon us.
He is the central focus of our worship. He is the Son of the living God, the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten in the flesh. He is “risen from the dead, … the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). He is the Lord who shall come again “to reign on the earth over his people” (D&C 76:63; see also Micah 4:7; Revelation 11:15).
None so great has ever walked the earth. None other has made a comparable sacrifice or granted a comparable blessing. He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the world. I believe in Him. I declare His divinity without equivocation or compromise. I love Him. I speak the name of Jesus Christ in reverence and wonder. He is our King, our Lord, our Master, the living Christ, who stands on the right hand of His Father. He lives! He lives, resplendent and wonderful, the living Son of the living God. " ---President Gordon B. Hinkley (We Testify of Christ, Mar. 08).

I truly know that our Redeemer LIVES! He is truly the reason for the season and I wish you all a very Happy Easter!