Halloween 2010

This halloween was a little colder than previous halloween's. Eric and I took the kids to the Bear River City trunk-or-treat. It started sprinkling half way through and I think because of the weather there weren't as many people there. Afterwards we went to Grandma & Grandpa Hendricksons for trick-or-treat and to visit for a little bit. Then we went to my parents house for soup and dirt pudding. My dad just got back from a hunting trip with a friend in Alaska, so we got to here all his stories about the bears. I am so glad he is back safe. I was so worried the whole time he was gone. Now all the guys of the family are getting ready to go hunting for elk for 10 days. They all look forward to this hunt every year. This is about the only hunt Eric goes on every year. He is yet to bring anything home, maybe this will be the lucky year.

Here are some photos from last night's halloween adventures.

Summer 2010

It is hard to believe that Summer is half over. We have been really busy. The first of July we enjoyed the Hendrickson family reunion at Lyman Lake. Me and the kids went. I think there was about 70 of the Grandpa & Grandpa Hendrickson family that came. It was really nice to see everyone. Then we came home long enough to do laundry and pack again to go camping with brother-in-law Cody. Cody & Lexi have a nice trailer that they let us stay in with them. That made it a lot easier. We had a lot of fun hanging out with them and their friends. There was probably about 50 people that camped with us. Parker ended up getting a fever Saturday night and had it all through the night. We laid in the trailer most of Sunday morning, which was kind of nice, because it ended up raining and snowing. He wouldn't eat anything all day Sunday and by Sunday night I was ready to take him to the ER. Right before I wanted to leave Eric got him to eat. He felt much better once he ate. I also started feeling sick. I had a bad sore throat and cough. It ended up lasting two weeks. I hate being sick in the summer. For the fourth, we went to Eric's friends house, Tyler. He had a BBQ and we watched the Hyrum fireworks.

Parker was suppose to have his tonsils out on July 14th, but the day before Dr. Bennion called and said he needed to cancel the surgery. The anesthesoligist didn't feel comfortable doing the surgery because of Parker's genetic disorder. I was a little disappointed, but understood his concerns. They referred us to Primary Children's. We don't have an appointment until the middle of August and then we will decide what to do.

This week, I work four days and then Eric's mom, Mary, and cousin Camille are coming to visit Thursday night. I am hoping I can talk Eric into going to Bear World on Friday and then we have the 24th of July festivities at the Bear River City park. I am planning on running the 5k. Saturday night we are going to have a BBQ with Sallie and then go to the Preston fireworks.

The kids have enjoyed playing outside with the neighbor kids. Riding their bikes, running through the sprinklers and just enjoying the outdoors. It sure is nice when the weather is nice. It's a little hot, but we at least get outside for a couple of hours a day.

Well that is a summer so far. It will be over before we know it.

Spring is Here.

I am so happy that spring is here. It has been absolutely beautiful the past few days. This weekend the kids could not get enough of being outside. Both Maisie and Parker spent hours outside jumping on the tramp, riding their bikes, and Parker playing with his tractors trying to fix his "tire". He would tell me, "Mom, I fix my tire". He is all boy.

Maisie helped me plant my starter plants for my garden. She loves to help.

I love this time of year, but soon we will be complaining of the heat. But not now, I am ready for the warmth and just enjoying the outdoors.

New Photos of Kids

Thanks to Amanda Laing Photography, I got some wonderful pictures of my kids. She did an awesome job. I really do have some cute kids. I am a little bias, but that's okay, I can be when there my own flesh and blood.

Parker's 3rd Birthday

It is hard to believe that my baby is three. Parker turned 3 on Saturday. We celebrated by inviting my family over for a BBQ. Parker loved all the attention and has been talking about his birthday for over 3 weeks. He kept wanting to hold his birthday. I don't think he quite understood exactly what a birthday is. He would hold out is hand and say, "I wanna hold the birthday". It was too dang cute. Here are some pictures from his party.

1st day of 1st Grade

Maisie was so excited to go back to school. She is loving 1st grade. She is making new friends and loves her new teacher. She says the stuff they are doing right now is way to easy. I think they are just refreshing what they learned last year. Here are some pictures from the first day. She is all grown up.

Trip to Discovery Gateway

Some of the family decided to make a trip to Salt Lake to visit Discovery Gateway. We got a late start when Shanna blew a tire on the freeway. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Good thing Jarom decided to come along so he could change the tire. It took us awhile to find someone that carried the size of tire, but we finally found one and were on our way. Can I just tell you I hate Salt Lake? The Gateway parking lot was so confusing to me. Shanna and I were so lost, when we came out of the parking lot. It took us a little bit to figure out where we needed to go. The kids had fun and that's all that matters.

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