Sunday, March 22, 2009

Mini Spring Break Vacation


Well AJ and I got to go on our mini vacation. We went to our home town and got to spend some much needed time with our families!! It was a great time we suprised both of our parents and my grandparents, we told them all that we were going to Reno!! We had a great time though and it jsut reminds me of how much I actually miss it there.....Yes it is a very small town but if AJ and I could have the jobs or atleast the pay that we do now and live there, we would be back there in a heart beat!! there are also a lot of downsides to living there as well; forone eveyone knows you and your business and two if you do not have one of the popular last names in town you may as well be a nobody....(no matter how smart or talented you are) your not going to get the scholarships/recognition. The picture above is looking at Elgin from the mountains.


Any ways that is it for my rant.....


While we were home my Grandfather (on my mom's side of the family) gave me two older film cameras, a vivitar and a pentx (the pentax used to be my great-great grandfathers camera) they both work perfectly, my grandfather also gave me a tripler (3x zoom lens) that fits both cameras. I am so excited about the cameras and learning how to use them so I can go out and get some great pictures, many of you may not know this but I have a huge passion for photography I have for almost 10 years and this just helps feed that passion even more and I can not wait to get out and take some photos along the scenic highway and get them developed to show them to my grandfather!


Well that is it for now, I have to get to bed, my vacation is over and I have to be back to work early tomorrow morning!

Thursday, March 19, 2009

About me

Well where to start....My name is Nikie Hansen formerly Thompson I am 23 and married to the best man ever A.J. Hansen. We have been married for 2 years and 9 months but we have been together for almost 7 years in July. We grew up in a small town in Eastern Oregon but moved across the state after Graduation and now live in the Portland area. Life has been really good for us! We don't have any kiddos yet but we are hoping and praying for one soon! We have been trying for 3 years and recently found out from my OB-GYN that I am not ovulating on my own so I will be starting fertility drugs next month so hopefully soon we will finally have our own little miracle!!!

In these tough economic times A.J. and I are both blessed to have very good stable jobs, him at Southwest Airlines as a Ramp Supervisor and I at Kaiser Permanente as a Medical Receptionist. His job allows us the freedom to fly and go where ever we want for free or very very cheap so we have been doing a lot of traveling and seeing the sights while we are able to!!

Today we are getting ready to head out on vacation for a few days, we are either going home to see our families or we are headed to Reno for a little "US" time...I'm not sure which we are doing yet but I need to go change over the laundry and get things ready to go!