Alan, Tiffany, Cley, Grace & Faith Hancock

Mothers Day

2010-05-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

We had nice mothers day, played with the kids at the park with a nice lunch. We also found time to take a picture of Tiff with the kids. She is a great mom to all of us!

Easter

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Tiffs Birthday

2010-03-31T13:40:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago Tiff had her 29th birthday. Wow!!! We had a great day, her mom and dad came over and watched the kids so that we could go on a snowmobile ride at Daniel's Summit and have a much needed night away at The Homestead Bed and Breakfast.

Look at her carving turns! The ol' gal rides pretty good! (she is going to kill me when she reads that) HA!!!!

1st Birthday!!!

2010-02-19T20:57:00.000-08:00

I'm always late on my posts but I think that everyone expects it now. ONE YEAR!!!! How did that happen? It only feels like a month or two has gone by but it has been a year! Ok, I'll get over it but by that time they will be three and Cley will be starting school. We have to slow down and enjoy their second year before it slips away from us.

We had a great party with some friends, family, and CAKE! Gotta love cake! The girls did, they ate those little heart shaped cakes like it was the last cake they would ever have again in their lives. I didn't think they would be able to eat much, but they almost ate every bit of those little cakes! Which by the way they weren't that little! Cley got in on the action too, he had a little cake of his own and he had to slip in on a picture or two and a present or two because to him a birthday for someone is a birthday for everyone. It's like Christmas! Ha!

We hope you enjoy the pictures and please leave a comment, we always enjoy them.

2010-01-23T17:25:00.000-08:00

Its been a while! So here is a bunch of pictures that start at the end of 2009 until sometime last summer. We had no idea how busy we would be with twins! Cley's vocabulary has grown like crazy and he is not afraid to use it! We didn't think he would ever start to talk but now he never shuts up! The girls have four or five teeth now and Grace is crawling, Faith just rolls around on the floor to get to where she wants to go. Tiff is as good and so am I. We hope you haven't forgotten about us and we hope you enjoy the pictures.

A little ride with Cley.

Merry Christmas! The first Christmas for the girls.

Random days, I just thought these are cute and you can see some teeth!

Bath time in the sink.

We went to Zion National Park with Great-Grandma T.

A little fun at the carnival.

Cley caught his first fish.

We will see you when we can find time. Happy 2010!

A LITTLE LATE!

2009-08-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

Im a little late on this post! This was the 4th of July, we went swimming and lit fireworks in the street. The girls got new swim suits from their Aunt Cathy and Cley played with sparklers for the first time. If it was up to him we would do fireworks every night!

Photos of the kids

2009-07-08T18:53:00.000-07:00

We decided to get out the black cloth and the lights. Here is what we came up with, we hope you like them.

Growing!!!

2009-06-07T21:33:00.000-07:00

The girls are growing!!! We can't believe how big they are getting! They are not as big as other babies that are the same age but to us they are huge. They are very alert now and Faith is the talker. She will lay there making noise and sing until she falls asleep or gets some attention. Grace on the other hand is more interested in eating, she doesn't make as much noise until she is hungry and then she politely lets us know by screaming at the top of her lungs like the cat does when he gets stuck in the screen door. She can pretty much wake up the neighborhood!

Im still amazed with Tiff, she is a great mom who juggles a lot around here baby sitting all of us. I'm just as dependent on here as the kids are, although she might say that I am one of the kids. She works hard and we play hard! Anyway here are some pics that you might like, they are sure getting beautiful!!!

Just had a quiet minute...

2009-05-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I know we don't get to this very often, but I have a quiet minute while all the kids are sleeping, so I thought I would put a quick update on our blog. We are currently in Colorado taking wedding pictures. We are staying with Al's brother, Phil, while we are here, which has been fun because he hadn't seen the girls yet. He is really enjoying them! It has been really nice to get away for a few days.

The girls are really starting to smile now. It is so much fun to see their gummy smiles when we talk to them! They are also cooing a lot. They both are also starting to suck on their fists. This may be just the beginning of thumbsuckers, like Cley. Grace loves the swing and Faith loves the Boppy pillow. They both traveled really well during our nine hour trip here. We were grateful that they slept most of the way. They slept through the night last Saturday. I felt so good on Sunday. They are doing really well since then. We are so blessed to have such fun little ones (we call them our little "Chicklets")!!!

Cley is talking up a storm. Everyday he surprises us with new words. It is so fun to see how his little brain works. He has been playing in the sandbox here and loves it. We are going to have to get one of those. His new favorite movie is Winnie the Pooh, which his "Ma" (Al's mom) brought when she came for Easter. He calls my mom "Moe." We have no idea where these names came from. He tends to make up his own names for people, like his little cousin, Abigail. He calls her "Abba." Speaking of Abigail, Tessa and Brian came to visit us last week. It was good to see them. Tessa is expecting again! We are so excited for them. We are rooting for twin boys!!!

Here are a few pics you all might enjoy!

LIFE IS FULL!

2009-04-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

Life is full and busy these days. It seems like we spend the majority of our time cleaning up poop and baby spit up! It's ok though because we can't get enough of these girls, no matter how bad they may smell. I still can't believe we have twins, it's kinda crazy to think that Tiff was pregnant with both babies at on time (I think she is supper woman!), not to mention the fact that she is able to feed both of them at on time!

Every one asks how Cley is doing and how he is handling the arrival of two new sisters. Well, he just thinks it's great! He cant stop hugging and kissing them and he always wants to hold them. If we're not paying attention he will go and scoop one right of the couch for his turn to hold her.

It's a lot of fun having twins and a lot of work. They are a huge blessing and we can't remember what life was like with out them, nor do we want to! Life is now to chaotic to go back to quiet and simple (I say that because all three of my kids are crying in the background as I type and Tiff is blow drying her hair and the dish washer and the washer and dryer are running at the same time). Life is good!!! I think I will turn the TV on for a little background noise!

HOUSE FULL OF KIDS!!!

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visitors

2009-03-02T19:39:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of some of our guests. If you came to visit and we didn't take a picture and we didn't post it, SORRY!

Sorry!

2009-02-27T17:56:00.000-08:00

We are sorry that we haven't posted in a while but we have been a little busy lately. I know that is no excuse for some of you (Goojah Mama) but we are sticking to our story!

Today I decided to do it a little different, only because we don't have any recent pictures. I thought some of you might be interested in how the names of our children came about. All of the names are Biblical, they're just not actual names of people in the Bible. Instead we chose conceptual names.

Cley, should be spelled clay but Tiff got creative and threw an "e" in there to confuse everyone and to cause him grief the rest of his life because no one spells it right. We got his name out of Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You are our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. Our hope for our children is that they will be moldable and teachable by our Lord.

Grace & Faith, not so complicated with the spelling but still important. Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. This passage is of great importance to us because it explains in plain words how our salvation works. Saved by grace, nothing we could earn, completely free to us. Other parts of the Bible refer to our salvation as a free gift, Romans 6:23, what an awesome gift! Through faith, our faith is in Jesus alone, being the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Sounds cliché I know but that is what the Bible teaches and that is what we believe. Besides, there is no possible way I could ever earn or repay the debt of my sin. I am simply in too deep!

By the way, our children are a blessing to us from God and we are so grateful to have them in our lives. Some of you know that we lost our first two pregnancies to miscarriage. That was a very difficult time in our lives! Our first pregnancy was twins and that was a hard loss. The second was a single baby and we lost that one early too. But, the Lord is good and he replaced all that was lost and we have comfort in knowing that they are in His care.

I know I don't typically write too much about our lives, but that just might change!

More pics coming soon!

FUN!!!

2009-02-14T15:34:00.001-08:00

We hope everyone enjoys these pictures because it was a lot of fun taking them! We think they are the most beautiful girls we have ever laid eyes on. (We are not bias or anything)

UPDATE

2009-02-11T19:05:00.000-08:00

Just a little update. We are home!!! We got home last night about 8:00 pm but it felt like mid night. It feels so good to be home! Funny thing, we are more tired here than at the hospital, probably because there are no nurses that stay up all night to take care of them while we sleep. There should be though!!! No problem though both Grandmas are here to help. It's a good thing there are two babies, one for each of them! Otherwise I would have to put up a boxing ring in the front yard and lock them both out of the house so we could have some peace and quiet!!! JUST KIDDING!!!

2009-02-10T10:44:00.000-08:00

How do you like black & white?

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These girls are so cute, I just can't stop taking pictures of them!!!

2009-02-09T14:04:00.000-08:00

The next two posts have pictures of the babies together and we thought it would be fun for those of you who are following the blog to guess and argue with each other about who is who! Use the comments section below each post for your guess and arguments.

GUESS WHO!!!

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WHO AM I?

GUESS WHO!!!

2009-02-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

WHO AM I?

CLEY LOVES HIS SISTER

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2009-02-08T10:44:00.000-08:00

GOOD NEWS!!! Faith is out of the NICU and doing great! She is in our room and I had the opportunity to take some fun pics of her, so enjoy! She is so beautiful!!!

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If you see the letter A or a purple bow its Grace, the letter B or a pink bow its Faith.

2009-02-06T11:08:00.000-08:00

This is Grace, or is it Faith?!?! I CANT REMEMBER! BOTH!!

2009-02-06T10:30:00.000-08:00

OK everyone has been after us to update our blog, so here we go. The last five or six months have been crazy to say the least, and we haven't had time to mess with this blog. We are going to do our best to stay on top of it a little better in the future.

We have big news! TWINS!!!! Yesterday morning Tiffany's water broke around 10 am as I was on my way to go snowmobiling. No problem though, I just turned around and headed home to welcome our new babies to our family. What an exciting day! When we arrived at the hospital things moved fast, our delivering doctor ordered an ultrasound to check the position of the babies. One baby was head down (Grace) and the other was breech laying across the top with her head up (Faith). Off to c-section we go!

Grace was born first, she was 5 lb 15 oz. and then came little Faith tipping the scale at 5 lb even, both were 18 inches long. Beautiful girls!!! I can't believe it! Im sure everyone wants me to shut up and post some pictures, so here they are, Faith & Grace Hancock!

WATERMELON

2008-07-20T18:01:00.000-07:00

Stay out of Tiff and Cley's way when they are having their watermelon!!! It has been hot lately so Cley and Tiff had a watermelon party in the front yard. FUN!!

2008-07-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

4th of July

2008-07-06T15:12:00.000-07:00

We had a great time for the weekend of the 4th. We went to the parade where Cley got enough candy for a lifetime of cavities. Later that night Mt. Pleasant city put on a fireworks show where we had front row seats. It was a nice show! This year was cool because Cley was able to get into the parade and the fireworks where he just sits mesmerized by the explosions and lights.

By the way it was HOT!!! Tiff couldn't eat that Popsicle fast enough!

Sign Language

2008-07-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

Cley loves to play at the park play ground. We took the picture of him pointing at the sign language because he won't speak verbally but he knows about twenty signs. Sign language is better than grunting!!!

Random Pictures

2008-07-01T08:34:00.000-07:00

Family Camp

2008-06-30T20:52:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to Family Camp with the Central Utah Bible Churches on Mt. Nebo (we camped in a tent). Cley did great but he played hard with the other kids and looked a little rough as we drove down the mountain.

Mt. Nebo is beautiful with all the wild flowers in bloom.

I LOVE WATER!!

2008-06-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here is Cley with his new "water wiggle." He enjoyed squirting Grandma and Mom. Looks like fun!!

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We hope our friends and family enjoy our blog. This is an easy way for everyone to see Cley grow and know what we are up to. Enjoy!