Almost three weeks...

Well we got some cute pictures taken, Jan(my sister-in-law) came up from St. George and paid us a visit and took some pictures of Anastasia. I'll put up some pictures that she took and then pretty soon we will have more to put up as she grows more.









I can't believe how fast time has gone since she was born. It still seems like I just had her yesterday, she is a wonderful baby. She never cries and just is a sweet and happy baby all the time. We are so grateful for her, and to be able to be given such a wonderful gift. The whole pain of having her and going through labor wasn't that fun, but I'm very glad it is over and she is here.

Anastasia

She is finally here. Anastasia Chandler finally made it on October 30th. I know this is a short post, but here are the pictures that have been requested. Enjoy.

More will be posted later as the adventures continue.

Fun day at Lagoon

This past weekend we went to Lagoon and had a blast! Even though I couldn't really ride the rides, it was still fun to go and walk around and watch Daniel and Liz have alot of fun on the rides. I did go on some rides to try and attempt to get this baby out, but don't worry it didn't work! Lagoon is fun at this time because of Frightmares and seeing all the cool decorations and having it alot cooler when you walk around.



Here is all of us except for Mark because someone had to take the picture!

Here is Matthew and Nicole and Daniel and Liz.. It was amazing we got them all to hold still!

We were waiting to go on the Train

They had so much fun in the Boats!

We were waiting for another ride... We were getting pretty tired at this point!

Can you tell how excited Mark is to go on the Merry-go-round?



Now this is true excitement to be on the ride! haha

Nicole and Liz, Liz thought this was the coolest thing in the world!

So that is a few pictures from our fun day at Lagoon. It was alot of fun, I can 't wait to go back next season and go on the real rides and not all the little kid rides! Little kid rides are fun, but not as fun as all the roller coasters!

Dan and Laurens Wedding

I finally got some good pictures from the wedding. So I will get those on here. It was a beautiful day and we all loved it.

Cute little Anna, hanging out with us while we wait for them to come out!


The whole family without kids of course!

This is a another cute picture that i love of me and my favorite brothers!

I can't believe how big my family has gotten!!







I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! He is so Wonderful!

They think they are so tough! haha.




Dan thought he had his car hidden good enough, but he should know better! My brothers were out the WHOLE night looking for his car and sure enough they found it!

It was a wonderful day and we all had so much fun being together as a family and also welcoming Lauren into our crazy family!!

A few pictures before Nate left on his mission...

These were last two nights we had with Nate, I can't believe how fast time has already gone since Nate left! He gets to leave the MTC on the 13th and go out to EL Savador. We are very excited and he is also! So far Nate has loved being out and learning and now he is VERY excited to be leaving the MTC and getting out to the real world!

Saying his goodbyes to Jill and Lauren

All the Kids sure miss Uncle Nate

All the kids got to say goodbye to Nate on Sunday! They were very sad!
This is the night we set Nate apart as a Missionary, we all had dinner together and hung out like good old times!

Naughty Nate using a computer after he has been set apart! haha..

We were all hanging out watching the Olympics together

Well I guess not all of us were, Matt was nice enough to stay up with Nate so he didn't have to be alone



My Dad didn't want to stand outside with the rest of them and so he sat inside and worked on his computer at 11:30 at night.

It was such a fun night to go up with all my brothers and my Husband and just hang out all night. We didn't get home that night until about 1 am. My brothers just talked and talked and talked like they weren't going to see each other for a couple of years and they talked like they hadn't seen each other for a couple of years. It was so much fun, but at the same time I was so ready to go home and get to bed! Everytime I thought we were going to leave and go home my brothers would say okay lets go find Nate and they would move into another room and then talk for another hour. After that they would say again okay lets go, and you could probably guess what happend. They would go into another room together and just chat and chat! Even though I was very tired the next day, we had SO much fun just talking and talking! It was like old times when we were younger and would stay up all night talking to each other. I'm so very grateful for my brothers and my husband. I wouldn't be the same person without them! I love them all SO much! Even though being the only girl while growing up was very hard to be picked on all the time, I wouldn't change it. Families are wonderful!

My new post idea

My new post Idea is that every once in a while I am going to post one of my favorite talks for everyone to listen to. This one is one of my all time favorites. Elder Maxwell was one of my favorite speakers and this was his last talk. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think.

Our new favorite show to watch...

I just thought i would post something about this AWESOME show! Mark and I have been loving this show! The new season just started and so we are hooked! I don't know how many of you have seen this show, but you should give it a try and if you hate it then fine.. and if you love it then GREAT! It is on Tuesday nights at 7 on fox. So that is a weird post i know, but i thought i would share our new obsession with everyone and see if any of you either love this show or haven't seen it, then give it a try!

Utah vs USU Game

For those who aren't fimiliar with Utah State Football, we aren't very good. So going to this game we knew we were going to lose, and we were okay with it. We still had a blast and LOVE logan. Mark and I went up with my two brothers, Jim and his wife and kids and Dan and his wife. Jim decided to get us tickets in the Ute Section so Mark and I were the only blue in a sea of red. It was actually fun to be the only aggie fans in this ute section because they knew we were going to lose and didn't have any problem with us sitting there and every once in a while cheer for the aggies. So i'll just post some of the pictures that we took at the game...



Me, Lauren, Angela and Katrina.

Jim and Devin with Dan in the Background.

Mark and I. GO AGGIES!!

Dan and Lauren

Angela and Katrina

Cute little Devin

Logan wouldn't be the same without two of my best friends.. Malorie and of course Mark, Mal and I were roomies two years ago and she is still one of my best friends and so of course we had to be up there together to remember all the good times we had.. and who could forget Mark my true best friend, Logan wouldn't ever be the same without him. Some day Mark and I want to move to Logan and live there for a long time.. we don't know when that time will be, but we have it in our long term plans. As you can see in Mark's picture what i mean when were the only blue in a BIG sea of Red.

Kristi that picture of my belly is for you! I finally got one taken just for you and I told you that it isn't very big for being 7 1/2 months along!

Here is some one famous in the Ute crowd... If you don't know who she is, don't feel bad I didn't know either. This is Crazy Lady, you have no idea how crazy she really is. I guess she gets up and dances like crazy at every single basketball game and some of the football games and you have no idea how much the Ute fans cheer Crazy Lady. They almost cheer louder for Crazy lady then for the game that is going on, it is NUTS! If I had a video camera i would've recoreded her whole dance but all i had was my camera sorry. You'll have to go to a Ute game to experience the "Crazy Lady."

So that was our fun time up in Good old Logan, for any of you guys who haven't been in Logan before you need to go and just see how pretty it is up there. We love it and we had such a fun time up there with my two brothers and Mal. Some day Mark and I will get our dream long term goal of living up there!

Hirst Family Pictures

We had some family pictures done before my little brother left for his mission. He is gone now but i thought i would put some of the fun pictures that show the true side of my family!
In my family, I have 6 brothers and then me! Yes i know that is a lot of brothers, but they have been the best brothers that anyone could ask for! They tease and poke and play too much sometimes, but that is what makes them so much fun. Poor Mark had to marry into a family with all boys..... but luckily he fits in great!

So here is a great picture of me and all my brothers and of course our Lovely Parents Paul and Bonnie.

I'll start from the oldest and work my way down....

So the first picture is of Matt with his wife Gina and Jared, Andrew and Christian.

Then comes Mike and his wife Jill and Lauren, Josh, David and Sam.

Then Jeff and Heather with Isaac, Joey and cute little Anna

Then Jim and Angela with Katrina and Devin

Dan and Lauren are next, then Mark and I

Finally the Last one of the whole Gang is Nate, he is gone for Two years serving an LDS Mission in El Savador! We are very proud of him taking two years of his life to go and serve the Lord! We will miss him but we all are grateful for where he is! He is a cute little brother, isn't he?

So that is my Cute family all in an nutshell! They are all fun and i love them all!