The Wedding Website is Up!!!

http://www.mywedding.com/natesandkatesforever/

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Hansen!!!!

This past weekend Nathan and I were in California for his little sister Loral's wedding! She looked absolutely stunning and the wedding was incredible! I had the chance to meet more of Nathan's wonderful family and we had so much fun all weekend long! Congrats Matt and Loral!The beautiful reception in Santa Barbara

Things We Have Learned About Bella

May 8th was the 6 month anniversary of Bella joining our little family! Here is some of what we have learned about our sweet little pup over the last 6 months!

Bella is a big fan of playing fetch at the dog park, but...

...is often distracted by stick and leaves.

She has not quite grasped the whole camera concept. She thinks it is yet another object that needs to be licked. She gets herself stuck in some pretty interesting places including underneath my hope chest and underneath her puppy stairs. She has yet to learn how to prevent this from happening.She LOVES her candy cane bone. She has been working on it since Christmas. There is only one small scrap left. I'm not quite sure what we're going to do when it's gone...She is also a big fan of puppy cupcakes from Sprinkles! She may look uncomfortable, but she's not!If you're eating, she's your new best friend!She likes to be a part of pretty much anything we're doing.

We have also discovered that Bella LOVES her grandparents! I need to get a video of her reaction upon reaching the front door of both the Ruggeri and Nelson households. She goes CRAZY!

Nathan, Bella, and I would also like to take this chance to wish our wonderful mothers a happy mother's day!! We love you both so very much!

And happy mother's day to all of the mothers out there! We hope that, at least today, you get the recognition you so very much deserve!

Long Overdue!!

In April, Nathan and I spent a fun weekend in Calgary with Peter and Anne! We wish we could have stayed longer, but we definitely took advantage of the little time we had! Peter and Anne were fabulous hosts and it was such a bummer to leave! That just means we'll have to make another trip up there (if the Mathews will have us, of course!) Here are a few pictures from our fun weekend!

The group at the top of the gondola in Banff!

It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

I'm a huge hockey fan and the Calgary Flames were in the playoffs. Although the games were in Chicago, the atmosphere in the city on game day was electric and so fun to be a part of! Peter and Anne took us to an INCREDIBLE sports bar in downtown Calgary called Flames Central. It is completely decked out in Calgary Flames logos, there is a huge big screen where everyone can watch the game, and everyone there was a Flames fan. Nathan and I bought Flames shirts so we could try and fit in!

Here is a video of Flames Central. Please excuse my singing. They used to play this song in between periods at Stars games growing up. They stopped playing it when the Stars moved to the American Airlines Center. Needless to say, I was VERY excited to hear it!

Thank you Peter and Anne for such a wonderful weekend and congratulations to you both on your big job news!!!!