The Hansen Family

What would you tell your 22 year old self? I'm here to share with you what I would tell my 22 year old self. View my video over on Facebook: Renee Hansen Coaching or click below to view video. I'm Renee Hansen, I'm a wife, a mom of 3 kids with very busy full-throttle schedules, i work full-time outside the home and I hvae very little time to myself and I have figured out some ways to help organize my schedule. What would you tell yourself that you know now, that you wish you knew then? Fitness & Nutrition: I would tell myself first to focus on your fitness. Keep it up, you love it, it helps your stress. But, when you turn 32 and 37 you are going to need to focus on your nutrition. People keep telling you about nutrition and you wish you wouldn't have known more about nutrition when you were having some stomach problems. Get Your Schedule Organized: Next, if you think you are busy now, HA! you will get even more busy with three kids in...

Is your schedule running your life or are you running your schedule? Tips to organize your schedule and your life. You guys! I've finally cracked the code to organizing my day. Every morning I wake up and exercise (I'm sure you know that by now). But I've finally, finally figured out a pattern to make my day feel like I own it! Whew, what a great feeling!  Do you ever feel like your calendar is taking over your life? Do you sit in meetings thinking of all the things you need to get done or people you need to contact? Does your desk look like this... Do you find yourself thinking about all the things you might forget? Are you worried about trying to get so much done and not enough time? Are you constantly worried about forgetting something? Are you on your phone all the time checking email or your calendar, social media over and over and over again? Are you impatient and short with people, co-workers, your family, trying to get it all in? Do you make...

Dance recital tips and gift ideas! The girls dance recital was last weekend and I enjoy them so much. But I didn’t always… It’s a bitter sweet weekend for us as our oldest wants to take a break from dance. And I get it, it can be a long season, and she should be able to choose. I don’t want to force her to keep taking classes if she isn’t into it. Our youngest now wants to take a break too. Hmmm? That is a decision mommy and daddy may have to make. The girls danced so well, and received so many compliments. However, there was a time when I used to dread dance recital weekend. It was so stressful and LooooooOOOOOooooooong. Especially for a child under 6 years old. I have some tips in a past blog on how to survive dance recital here . Our oldest daughter wanted to do pinwheels this year as a gift. I thought that was a great idea. I feel we overload on sweets, it has nothing to do about being healthy, and I know that I have been focused on health lately....

One step at a time we are getting closer and closer to having Sidney's room done.  I'm still searching for a bookcase and I think I'm going to break down and go to Target. It just needs to be complete, and why are bookcases so hard to find? However, I did get her artwork hung on the wall. Although, it's still not complete. We need to hang her hooks so she can hang all her medals. Here is how I did this and all the measurements were perfect and easy to hang without putting multiple holes in the wall for each frame. I started by laying 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper on the floor and taping them all together. Then, Sidney and I tried different picture frame compositions and the above was the winner. Then, I traced the outer edge of each frame and measured where the nail should be. I taped it to the wall and MOST IMPORTANTLY I used a level to make sure the frames were straight. After adjusting the paper I hammered the nails into the spots I marked. Then I c...

NOTE: Just another quick shout out to all my sponsors. You are LOVED!  It is Spring Break in our neck of the woods and since I am gone I thought I would do a "throwback" post that is one of MY favorite projects. Have I mentioned lately that I love geometric patterns? I do, and they are starting to find their happy place in our home. I did this Quadrefoil wall art over a year ago, it was so simple and it makes a huge statement in our room.  It's even one of the pieces in our room board . (can you tell, I'm leading up to a BIG room reveal post soon?) I would love to enhance the quadrefoil art with some fabric down the road.  Just need to find the right fabric. Thinking this , this , this or this for a few, too many choices! Quadrefoil Throwback: I'm so excited that this project is finally finished! I found the tutorial online at: http://www.allthingsthrifty.com/2011/08/tutorial-quatrefoil-diy-decorative-wall.html This took me about three weeke...

NOTE: First and foremost, I want to give a quick shout out to my sponsors! Thank you so much for believing in my blog! Readers be prepared, some sponsors have donated giveaways , sign up to FOLLOW BY EMAIL so you don't miss a post with a free gift! Check out this month's sponsors in no particular order: Jody with Rodan & Fields ; Lyla's Boutique ; Betsy with Thirty-One ; Design Your Dwelling . Now let's enhance those photos you have. You know the 1,000's of photos you take of your kids and never do anything with? Am I right? Out of all of the pictures, look for the one that is natural. They could be crying, playing, maybe not looking at the camera, but it reminds you of their personality. That is the picture you want to enhance. I love taking pictures and I love editing them to look better.  People ask me all the time, "you need to teach me how to fix my photos." Today is the day peeps.  I am going to do a little Photoshop training for you. Some...

We are still decorating our living room. This room continues to be the focus of our decorating lately.  I've even updated our living room, room board here . We are still deciding what color to paint or maybe even what wallpaper to put on the back of the bookcases. It's a work in progress and I will update you all soon, on what we have added. I'm starting small first by adding little touches to the side table by the stairs. I knew I wanted to create this map art project when I first pinned it on Pinterest. It's a really easy project that you can do with kids too! The materials you will need for the Map Art project are: Shadow box Map (or printed Google maps) Scissors Pencil Scrapbooking tape White paper (optional) Here is the Pin-spiration: I cannot find the original source, if you know where it is from, please pass along. To start, purchase a shadow box frame that will fit in the space you want to display your Map Art project. I chose an 8 x 10 wh...