I'm Gettin' Somethin' for Christmas...

There was an old, Christmas song that went something like this, "I'm gettin' nothin' for Christmas. Mommy and Daddy are mad. I'm gettin' nothin' for Christmas. 'Cause I ain't been nothing but bad."


Well, we can't say that all of us have been perfect this last year, or ever for that matter. But, we are blessed by God - first with Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer, and then with everything thing else.


Here are a few of the Christmas Eve and Day pictures of some of the material blessings we got from each other and from "Santa."



Cindy opened our home made gifts from our kids. One gift was a really neat, personalized Christmas ornament.



Joshua received a golf skill game - an automatic ball return putting green. It's up and ready to go in his room. He's already getting ready for the new season. Look out PGA. I'd say Tiger, but, well, 'nuf of that.


Erik actually received two hoody sweatshirts. This one of Wyoming University is one he likes the best because NO ONE else has one. He also like the great outdoors, particularly in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming.



Ben received an 'iHome" for his iPod. It's an alarm clock that will play the songs from his iPod. (For those of you, who like me, can be media discerned, and iPpod is a personal device that holds and plays music and other media).




Nick received a Star Wars video game he'd been really waiting for. Of course, he is sharing it willingly with all his siblings. Right, Nick!??



Katy received a musical soundtrack of "High School Musical - 3." I think she's memorized all the songs already.




Yup, Sam's a Hansen. He loves sports and needs to have a ball of his own. His older siblings figure that he could start as the point guard on the 5th - 6th grade basketball team already.


Here's the Hansen Circus playing with an oldie but goodie and NEW Alligator game. This was a game that Sam got from Mom and Dad. Ben, Erik and Josh had one of these in our SD days. Talk about a cool game. The goal is to push down on the alligator teeth, one by one, until the gator snaps down on you. He or she who gets snapped upon, loses. Sorry.



On Christmas morning, "Santa" had left some gifts to open. One of which was the Elf movie. I thought it was going to be really dumb. It was actually a neat movie. Check out the song on the side of our blog. It comes from the movie.


And now, for the Kids to say Merry Christmas to you!






Ah, let's try again.




Merry Christmas to you and Blessed New Year. May the grace and peace of God go with you all year long.