The Hensley's

Stormy Weather

2009-05-15T12:01:00.002-06:00

This is the first thing I seen when I came up from the basement.

I could not figure out where this black vent thing came from.

After going outside I figured out it was the bbq grill blown to the end of the
deck & blown over. This is the bottom of it.
Everything was next to the brick wall.
Then I seen my van & part of the yard:

This is our back yard.

Saturday Treasure Hunts

2009-05-07T05:27:00.006-06:00

The girls & I have been hunting for treasures.

We spotted this one before we left our road

Here's another treasure

A little town was having a city wide sale...
We did pretty well there.

Some plastic containers & books

Another book, binders & toys for the grandchildren (dd-11 says "hey, I'm still a child")

A big toy for the g'children although Sarah did take this one for a spin
a couple of times.
I guess I should let her take a few more...she did ask the man if he would
take less, which he did. We picked that up for $1.
The g'children are loving these moving, singing stuffed animals &
we have found several.

Some home pretties

Sandals, books, notepads, cd & a dvd that Sarah wanted, it is shrink wrapped brand new & she asked if they would take less...got that for $1 too.

I'm participating in Thrifty Thursday hosted by Leigh @ Tales From Bloggeritaville,
visit her to see her wonderful thrifty finds and a list of all the fellow thrifty gals posts.

May Flowers

2009-05-06T20:03:00.002-06:00

These little white flowers on a vine will

be dewberries.

Guess April showers really do bring May flowers.

Rhoda is hosting a garden party, click on widget at right
to go to her blog & check it out.

2009-03-17T07:09:00.002-06:00

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Crafty Tuesday

2009-03-10T21:59:00.004-06:00

Finally I found a craft I could do.
So perfect for me...easy :)
& uses stickers...one of my favorite things.
I was looking at my Christmas soaps thinking I could change that &
then I found this idea from this blog:

So I did this Valentine one:

Sarah & I made another one for her teacher's valentine card but
since we added the card & ribbon before the bus came we didn't get any pictures.
Now I made this one:

It's crafty Tuesday

My treasure chest

2009-03-09T23:54:00.003-06:00

Look what's coming down our road

Wow, that looks big

Look how long that is, lots & lots of room

Finally a place for all my "treasures"
Since we've moved here I have not had an attic that I could store stuff in,
nor a garage. I do have a partial basement. It is mostly finished with
some storage that was overflowing into the living areas.
We have an old dairy barn & a machine shed but those places we discovered
did not safely store my treasures.
Hopefully this new place will keep out the varmints, mud dabbers, animals & the
weather.
So far the only thing I need to be careful of is the heat.
That means no candles unless I want to melt the wax,
no pictures & I do wonder about wood, like furniture.

So that's what I've been up to lately in my spare time,
packing up & moving out.

Is it Spring?

2009-03-04T08:21:00.003-06:00

I guess not...

These were so beautiful in full bloom.
The temps had been in the 60's to 70's &
then the cold came back with some snow.

Well here's hoping these will bloom & last longer

Birthday celebrations

2009-02-19T01:57:00.005-06:00

We ended up taking our birthday girls to Lambert's
for their dinners...both on Sarah's day because
of other commitments.

Eldest daughter, her husband & baby??? Jack came too.
Guess you can't call a 3 year old a baby

Then we ended up going to Katy's favorite restaurant in town on her birthday
because we was headed to a basketball game out of town.
She brought along a school friend.

Lots of eating going on and we still need to schedule in a family dinner &
a birthday party with their friends.
Maybe after basketball....

Katy is a Teenager

2009-02-06T05:29:00.002-06:00

Sarah is Eleven

2009-02-04T04:40:00.003-06:00

What to do with sleet

2009-01-30T12:38:00.004-06:00

Country Snowmobile

Inauguration memories

2009-01-23T08:23:00.004-06:00

Well the day was as great as I imagined they would be.
The only regret I had...that I wasn't there,
but I found myself standing to watch the events.
Too important to sit I suppose, made me feel I was a part of it.

It was moving, found myself tearing up several times
& crying at other times, just so emotional.

I did watch everything...from beginning to almost the end.
Had to leave in the evening to go watch a basketball game.
Then found late, late I could watch the whole thing over :)
but alas I could not stay awake.

As you watched the crowd I was remembering the events we went
to through the campaign. The feeling of togetherness with the
people around you was so refreshing, the diversity of the people
was always so surprising and pleasing.
I've heard there was no incidents and that makes me proud.

I've been very impressed with the new presidents first days also.
I do think he's going to be good for this country.
A breath of fresh air, being open & explanatory
& I liked the greeting that Hillary got yesterday.
She seems to be in the right spot.

Well we certainly need to keep him & his family in our prayers.

Now back to my real world of chaos.

First Family

2009-01-20T16:21:00.001-06:00

I'm Excited

2009-01-19T23:39:00.002-06:00

I cannot wait 'til noon tomorrow.
I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning.
I tell my children all the time not to wish time away &
I am not doing that because I am relishing every moment
'til noon.
I've been watching anything to do with the inauguration
today.
I've told John my DH that I will be unavailable tomorrow as
I will be watching anything about the inauguration all day.

I am excited, I do have hope & I almost cannot wait for this
new chapter in our country.

Organizing party

2009-01-12T08:34:00.004-06:00

Thrifty Decor Chick is hosting an organizing party.
I am not organized, but I can copy ideas others have.
So I will be looking mostly.

I did copy this idea years ago & it's worked out great.

This hangs in our hall closet & is rotated seasonally.
although in this picture it is between seasons.

Thanks for checking my link,
hope to add more later.

2009-01-01T09:53:00.002-06:00

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Quick shot of the Hensley's

2008-12-29T07:50:00.001-06:00

12 days of Christmas

2008-12-24T01:52:00.000-06:00

On the twelve days of Christmas my dog brought to me:

One snowman latch-hook rug

2 cow skulls

3 bottles

4 shoes

FIVE assorted rugs, purse & a food tray

6 miscellanous treasures

7 pieces of the electrical cords to the Christmas lights

8 clothing items

9 pieces of an antenna wire

10 sticks

11 chew bones

12 times 12 pieces of the bottom half of the snowman rug

Isn't she lovely....

Happy Birthday

2008-12-17T13:34:00.002-06:00

Homer turned 15.
Time to get drivers permit...eeeeeek.

We took him out to eat at Lambert's.
Such a good place to eat & eat & eat.
His meal was free & they sent him home with some balloons & a big cinnamon roll.

Early Christmas present

2008-12-17T00:03:00.006-06:00

In October John & I went to Sam's.
I spied a cute Gingerbread tray set.
Price seemed right so I told darling husband that I
wanted that for Christmas.

We went our separate ways in the store & he grabbed one
& paid for it & hid it in the vehicle.
Then he hid it at the farm in the office.

I've mentioned it several times, right before Thanksgiving
we was there & they only had 3 left, then came Black Friday
so I've been fretting ever since worried they were all sold
out.

He said what do you think I did, went there without you & bought it???
Well that made me wonder did he???

So last Thursday night I was fretting about it again & said I'll just
have to buy one if they have any.

So he came over & took my hands & told me this story.
Friday I had to pick up Homer from basketball practice so John told
me to stop & get my present.

Funny because Thurs. I had to go in that office & get some folders
& my foot was right by the present & I didn't even see it.

Well I picked it up & opened it as soon as I got home.

We normally don't do a lot for each other for Christmas so I am
so impressed with him & so touched.

Well it's cuter than I remembered & I have it decorating my dining
room table.

p.s. will load pictures whenever I find the camera cable

Thanksgiving Weekend

2008-12-04T07:46:00.011-06:00

The darling children was out of school Wednesday
so we took the girls to Lambert's.

This place will feed you 'til absolutely explode:

Thanksgiving Day

The girls & I watched some of the Macy's parade.
I happened to catch the cheerleaders at the beginning.
Oh my...the ones in the back that did the standing on each other
& flips...they was good. Wow.

John put the Christmas lights on the fences with help from each child.

Time to set the table with our "china"

We had homemade pizza for lunch

John decided to burn the brush piles in the field & down at the river.

For dinner we had BBQ hamburgers & "grilled" potatoes.
Yes, it was warm enough to bbq outside.

Black Friday
For the first time in my adult life I went shopping on this day.
Katy went with me, we headed out late 5:30 a.m.
& I was shocked to see the parking lot of W'mart full.
We didn't have a list (long story involving DS) but we did manage to get a lot
of things that was on the list at home on the computer.

We came back home & helped the boys load up for them to go riding &
we headed back to town & did some more shopping with Sarah along too.
We did our annual tradition of eating at the tea garden & seeing their
place all decorated.

The turkeys get big in the country

Sunday morning

2008-11-30T09:26:00.001-06:00

It's snowing this morning.

Mom, I got us dinner....

2008-11-26T04:24:00.004-06:00

Barack Obama President Elect

2008-11-05T10:22:00.000-06:00

Election Day

2008-11-04T08:33:00.000-06:00

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2008-11-03T14:33:00.001-06:00

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Happy Birthday Chance

2008-10-21T22:57:00.000-06:00

Calvin Gene

2008-08-06T04:27:00.003-06:00

Born 8-5-08 at 3:35
9 # 10 oz.
23 in. long

Life

2008-08-05T03:40:00.004-06:00

I cannot believe I have been so negligent in posting this summer.

Well with life the natural order of things is birth & death.
So since I have posted about the death of my wonderful grandpa
I will now post about the births of my wonderful grandchildren.

On June 16 Graham Bryson was born.

and as I am typing this our oldest son has taken his wife to the hospital
who will be giving birth some time today.

Such sweetness.

James Charles Weaver

2008-07-20T15:41:00.005-06:00

Most everyone called him Jay
but to me his name was Grandpa.

Whom I adored & loved with all my heart.

He was a big man & every time he hugged me he would pick me up off my feet,
even after I was a grown woman.
You definately knew you had been hugged.

He spoiled all the woman in his life & made them all feel special.
His wife, daughter, grand-daughters, sisters & nieces, companion & her
family.

He enjoyed everything from the male world...
bowling, baseball, fishing, hunting, golfing.
If he wasn't doing something he was watching it on tv.

He seemed to make friends easily & keep them forever.

He will be missed immensely.
He passed away Sunday evening July 13, 2008.

Here is a link to his obituary:

http://obit.baue.com/obit-560288

Happy 4th

2008-07-01T14:32:00.001-06:00

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Nebraska trip (part 2)

2008-05-31T08:04:00.005-06:00

Homer rode Sat. & Sunday.

The first day he ended up in 2nd place but

Sunday he won 1st place.

He rode in the expert level.

This is the first time he's won .

Getting his first place medal.

I don't have any pictures of him riding in the event.

The first day he said I could not get to where he was riding &

the 2nd day I was riding a bike to follow him...

I had a camera but could not get any pictures.

This picture is from THE Pile...

we was at a quarry,

he is at the top.

Oh, I almost forgot he had a small accident Sun. while he was going to

another section. A rock was hiding in the grass & he fell on some gravel.

Poor kid, he hurt his elbow & side. He was pretty shaken up but went

back to racing after we patched him up & still ended up in first.

After the race he went to the van & went to sleep.

Nebraska trip (part 1)

2008-05-09T09:50:00.005-06:00

This past weekend we went to Nebraska for an event.

It was a success.
Everyone had a good time.

We picked the children up early at school & headed out.

DH got us a very nice hotel...it had an indoor pool & hot tub :)
He dropped us off & took the bikes to the event &
we went swimming.

Well the kids did...the water was too cold for me so I stayed in the hot tub.

Sat. we ate breakfast & headed out.

Katy & Sarah rode in the same group but had different lines.
They had to ride through each section 3 times &
than go through them backwards 3 times for Sunday's.

Katy went through them with only 2 dabs (touching the ground w/ a foot)
She ended up in first place.

Now for Sarah...She just started riding about 2 weeks prior...

She had a little bike but graduated to a bigger one about a week ago.

We just got her standing up & headed out of the yard... she also had

some little obstacles to go around & over in the yard.

I was concerned for her...everything so new to her,

but the people there was excellent. Helped each child immensely.

She started out ok, started doing poorly & wasn't too happy but

by the end she started doing great.

Wouldn't stand up though but finished her first event .

She ended up 7th for one day & 8th the next.

We noticed after the event she rode through the sections by herself...

standing up & doing it with no dabs.

Look what the river left behind

2008-04-29T07:34:00.002-06:00

Homer with his "catch"

After the river went down these was left behind in the fields, ditches & puddles.

Easy fishing, not so easy cleaning.

Quick update

2008-04-21T11:58:00.004-06:00

Goodness...how does time slip by so quickly???
It's been 3 weeks since i last posted...

We have been busy...
riding, school events, dinners, birthday party,
riding, out of town trip for dh & ds, meetings,
riding, children over for playtime, big boys over
for playtime (riding) ;) , 2 seperate cats having
litters, work, housework, cooking, etc. etc. &
of course more riding ;)

We've had lots of rain... comes in spurts.
River has been up several times.
will post pics of what that brought in a seperate post.

So now back to my daily life...
cleaning dishes, doing laundry & cooking.
Have some spaghetti sauce cooking in the crock pot right now.
Mmmm,
but i'm not sure what's for dinner.
I'd like to bbq some hamburgers, mmmmmmmmmmm.
Spag. sauce can be used for a lasagna recipe i want to make &
freeze.
We will see.
Either way we will eat ...
I have strawberries sliced & sugared in the fridge,
cool whip defrosting...
so we do know what's for dessert :)

TTFN

Beautiful Riders

2008-03-28T11:14:00.002-06:00

Sarah

Katy

My 2nd Day of riding lessons

2008-03-21T10:45:00.002-06:00

Flood

2008-03-19T11:52:00.002-06:00

Top picture is just a creek...usually dry

Bottom pic is the Pomme De Terre river.

If you click on the pics they should come up enlarged.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-23T23:57:00.000-06:00

We had a very quiet day...
watched the parade in the morning,
had a turkey on the front porch...

turkeys in the back yard ...

figures they would be so brave to come
when the hunter of the family was gone

The men-folk went riding their bikes
and us girls stayed home & worked on crafts.

It was a good day.

Sunday Precious Memories

2007-11-11T16:32:00.000-06:00

We had a revival at our church in October.
There was 4 souls saved.
We had a member from another sister church move his membership...
which happened to be my D-Fil.

Two of the save joined our church during the revival,
another one joined a sister church,
and this morning the 4th one joined our church.

So today they was baptized.
The other church joined us & another church came down too along with
members from other places & visitors too.

It was a blessed Sunday morning.

2007-08-31T22:18:00.000-06:00

I just read the May 27th post. It had such hope.
My d-mil was in rehab at the hospital.
She had been there 4 weeks.
As i read that i became teary eyed as tonight it has been
4 weeks since she passed away.

We had went on vacation the first of July & during that
week she had a relapse...she never was able to recover
from it. It wasn't another stroke or anything else...
just something that happens.

We do know that she had a salvation experience and
has passed on to a better place. She was ready
to go. We are greatly relieved for that but do miss her.

Here is a link of her obituary with a picture

http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=137553&fh_id=10801&s_id=AA1477B122EDD8EA58334A0FEA25935A

She was a good mother-in-law & grandma to my children.

Basketball games galore

2007-06-24T22:12:00.000-06:00

Oh dear. Looked at this Thurs. & was shocked to see it had been
a week since i had posted.

We just had a busy, busy, busy week.

Well i see by looking at the posts that i have lots of catching up to do.

Start w/ basketball i suppose...
Dd-11 had quite a few practices &
the first shoot-out was Sat. the 16th.
FIVE games in one day.
Wow... that is a lot!
They had quite a few girls so it wasn't left up to a few...
all played in all the games & the coach did very well switching them out.
That's a job all by itself.

They didn't win any :(
but they was playing some good teams & 7 on the team wasn't technically old
enough...so we was pleased they got in there & played hard.
Good practice for them.
They also didn't get slaughtered & that was a good thing too.
Fun to watch.

This Sat. they played just three games ;)
but they only had 9 players so they had to play more time in each game.
They was getting tired but still they dug in & played hard...very hard.
The first game they was ahead the whole game :)
but than lost it by one point at the very end :(
Again...it was young players (5th & 6th graders w/ a couple 8th graders)
playing against Jr. high & even some freshman players.
So we was pleased with their effort & know this will only make them
better players in the future.
They also didn't get slaughtered in these games which shows a lot of improvement.

We are so pleased how far these girls have improved since the beginning of this
year.
We're all looking forward to the next season.

Baby in the pool

2007-06-14T21:20:00.000-06:00

D-dil took Baby Chance to Whitewater

She said "My goal for the summer...

for Chance to like water"

Click on pic to get a bigger picture...

must see his little face.

bridge under River Pomme de Terre

2007-06-12T17:57:00.000-06:00

in the back of the picture you can see where the water looks white...that is where the bridge is

Athletic Daughter

2007-06-11T17:56:00.001-06:00

Today the coach called...the Jr. high/High school coach.
He had a request.
They needed another player for the Jr. high basketball team
for what they call a shoot-out.
Just a another word for tournament.
Most of you probably knew that.
I didn't.

My daughter wasn't home so we was anxious to tell her.
I thought she'd have that same horrified look that she
had when I told her she was going to be on the boys' team.
She didn't, she got this BIG smile on her face.

So she's off to basketball practices with the big girls.
Another girl in her class was there too.

She'll do fine & we are looking forward to watching the games.

A full week

2007-06-10T23:52:00.000-06:00

Another week has gone by.

In case you have never heard this:

Time Flies

Just speeds right by ya

We've had a busy one...

Monday we took a truck up to Spfd. to get worked on,

than ds & dd-11 had a baseball game.

Tues. we went & got the truck, did a little shopping w/ the girls,

had baseball practice, dh had a church meeting.

Wed. we got up bright & early & went to Six Flags.

That was fun.

It was the first time for dd-9 & she was tall enought to be able

to ride any ride she wanted & she wanted to ride every ride!

There wasn't a one that made her scared.

(oh she just informed me that Mr. Freeze scared her when

she was standing in line & could see how fast it was going,

but she got on any way)

There was many that made me nauseous

& made my head feel like it was going to explode.

Even the Screaming Eagel & the Runaway mine train :(

I used to ride those over & over & over again.

Dh did talk me into riding THE BOSS w/ him...

that was scary because he said it gave him a headache...
he never gets headaches...

he said it was longer, faster & bigger than the Screaming eagle...

eeek...i didn't need to be trapped longer!

I got on it & it was great...

than since there was no line we did it again...

& again...

They had this little passageway you could cut through

without having to go back to the entrance...

the walk alone would have discouraged any third & more times.

Well we rode that enough to make DS & I queasy,

the girls rode it a few more times.

We left just before 8 p.m.,

I think the kids were asleep before we got to the next town.

We stopped and got them some food (?) from McD's but not one

of them woke up good enough to eat it all. Some more than others.

Cute...glad they had a good time.

Thurs. we (or maybe that was just me ) re-couped all day,

than had a baseball game that night.

DS played this time with his hurt hand but another player

found he did have a broken arm so he is out for good.

DS did get a hit & a run & dd-11 walked & got a run. :)

There team got several more & they was able to win. Yipppeee.

Fri. I re-couped some more,

went to town that evening for dinner out.

Went & visited D-mil.

Sat. the boys went riding, they had an extra rider who

happens to have a little girl in dd-9's class so she came

out to play. That was really nice for dd-9.

Unfortunately DS's hand is not healed enough for him to ride :(

Than dd-11 had a friend call & want her to come over,

so they came & got her.

When the boys got done they headed out for pizza,

than dd called & her family came out.

Than we had Church/business meeting.

Sunday we had Church,

than went to town for fast food &

went & visited D-mil.

D-fil got her up for a walk...

They looked like they was doing a dance together.

It was very sweet.

Well home again & than Church that night.

Wow... a busy, busy week.

Sorry this is so long...

Maybe i should try to post more than once in a while ;)

Summer baseball

2007-06-01T09:04:00.000-06:00

DS decided to play baseball this summer.
They had a few practices and than DD-11 decided to tag along.
The ball came rolling to her so she threw it back to the coach.
He said If you can throw like that you get in here & help us.
So she finally did go in after some reluctance at first.

Well than she tagged along to the next few practices...
she was hitting better than a lot of the boys, catching better &
could hustle after the ball better than some.

DS also likes to ride a trials bike out in the woods so on a
riding trip he had a mishap w/ a rock...
his wrist got hurt...still not sure exactly the extent of it
but he had a temporary cast on his arm.

Well the coach really worked w/ dd than...several seemed
to have injuries or wasn't showing up for practice.
He decided he was going to see if he could put her on the
team.
They okayed it so she is now a member of the BOYS Little League!

WOW

well when i first told her she had a horrified look on her face
but that didn't last long.

Her brother wasn't pleased about the whole situation
which is probably somewhat natural.

They had their first game last night.
Unfortunately i could not go because younger sister was ill
and they lost 12-1 :(

Guess who got the one ?

Yep...the only girl.
She got on base by a walk & than stole 2nd & 3rd...
well they overthrew the ball so the coach told her to run home.
They tried to throw her out but she beat them :)

Wish i could have been there...sounded exciting.

I'm here

2007-05-27T23:13:00.000-06:00

Well i'm back :)

A few of you have wondered.

After my April post my D-MIL (darling mother in law) had a stroke.
She is coming along great.
She is still in the hospital...it's been 4 weeks. She will be released to a
skilled nursing home soon.
She has come a long way but still has a ways to go.
She will be moving to a home by us so we will be able to visit her more
often.

I just couldn't seem to blog about the daily chit-chat of my life &
since i still don't know what i want this blog to be about or how open
i want it to be i just blanked out.

I've seen these birthday tickers on another woman's posts in a yahoo
group & finally decided to check the site out.
I really like them. Got a kick out of 'em & can't wait to share them w/
my d-children & my older dd & d-dil's for our sweet grandbabies.
Whom i am hearing of more baby wanna-be's for 2008 :)
Maybe some sweet little grand-daughters ;)
Since we have the boys already :)

Well that's all for tonight...
i'm sure i'll have to figure out how to put these tickers somewhere else
but for now it's good enough ;)

My children's birthday tickers

2007-05-27T22:53:00.000-06:00

Snowing in April

2007-04-22T21:34:00.000-06:00

It's a Sunday evening & all is quiet.

Everyone is in bed.

Wanted to pick up where i left off...

Saturday April 14th we woke up to snow.

Just a bit but than as the morning went on it started

coming down in big flakes.

It was so cold we all stayed inside.

By noon it was all gone & over with.

Dh & I started a new blog for his Observed Trials.

Than in the aft. dh & ds went to an auction down the road.

Later we went & picked up the girls that had spent Fri. night

at the grandparents.

We spent a few hours over there just visiting. Very nice.

That's all for tonight...

will try to post more tomorrow...

2007-04-17T22:39:00.000-06:00

Haven't continued the last post because of the sad news of
the Virginia Tech. school shootings.

It's such a tragedy...all i can think of is all the families
that was at home wondering about their children...
not being close enough to get right to the school...
not knowing for such a long time how their loved one was.

I know when i watched the planes fly into the WTC buildings
all i wanted to do was run right up to the school & gather my
little children to me.

So i can only imagine the parents & loved ones of these children
wanting to get there as fast as possible & some just not able to
at all. So sad.

Thoughts & prayers for all involved,
brenda

Another week in the Hensley household

2007-04-16T07:43:00.000-06:00

Wow, it's been a week since my last post...

how does that happen??? Time speeds by...

Monday dh & ds went into town with us when we went to gymnastics.

Grandsons Houston & Porter were there....sweet little boys.

Than we called the eldest ds to see if they wanted to go out to eat with us,

which they did so we got to see Baby Chance again :)

Wed. the children only had 1/2 day of school & dd-11 had bsktball prac.

Afterwards dd-9 & I went to town. We got her glasses adjusted & than

made an appt. for her to get an exam from the dr.

Thurs. i worked in the a.m. for dh & that evening took dd-9 to her appt.

Dd-11 did go that time.

Dd-9 had a bit of good news & a bit of bad...her sight in her lazy eye is still

improving which is really good...She started at 20/200 & is now about 20/60

but bad for her point of view she still has to wear her patch a couple of hours

each night BUT he did prescribe ;) that she do some of that with video games

He said how many dr.'s will tell ya that.

Fri. we had a birthday party to go to for G'son baby Porter.

He turned 1 year young that day.

This is right after he dug into his cake.
He sure was liking it too.

We had to leave a bit early :(
b/c dd-11 had a bsktball game.
She did really good...she said the basket was her best-friend tonight
& it was ... she got 4 baskets :)

Well i better end here...this is getting long & i have more to report...
will post soon the rest of the story ;)

Easter weekend

2007-04-09T11:20:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone.

Had a good weekend.

Children was out of school Fri. Dh & ds-13 went riding on their trial bikes
& us girls stayed home & basically did nothing :/ Just a quiet day at home.
It was a cold day & had even snowed before noon.

DD-11 had 2 basketball games Fri. night...They won one & lost one.
It is so much fun to watch &
to see how much they are improving with each game.

Sat. morning the boys went riding again. Eldest ds went with them too.

I took the girls to the town Easter egg hunt.
It was very cold, no snow thankfully...seen on the news where some children
had to dig in the snow to find Easter eggs...not here.
There wasn't very many children there...my girls got close to a 100 eggs.
Seen a little boy fill up his bucket & quit, lol...he just didn't have any more room.
It was nice for them to have enough children it felt like a race but not get trampled.

We went to a cafe & than shopping for a bit & headed home :)

Sat. evening i was privileged with babysitting my youngest grandchild.
Baby Chance, 5 month young.
He wasn't too happy waking up to find mommy & daddy was gone
but he did get calmed down & I had some fun with him.
He's so sweet & loveable.

Sunday I didn't get to go to Church because dd-11 had woke up with a stomachache
but it finally cleared up enough that we was able to go to D-mil & fil's house for Easter
dinner with all our children & grandchildren.
She had a feast of course.
Some of us ate too much but oh it was soooo good.

Well off I go to start another week....

Baby Jack at Grandma's

2007-04-07T21:47:00.000-06:00

Jack loves the kitty cat

The cats love Jack

Sleeping w/ the dogs ;)

A month at the Hensley's

2007-04-06T22:36:00.000-06:00

I have a dear friend who has been nagging me about my so-called blog
She seems to think if you have one you should post
What a concept ;)

We've had a busy month since i last posted.
Lots of running for the children... gymnastics, basketball practices & games,
birthday party, fun night at school, art show at school, class parties.....

DH, DD-11, middle & youngest ds went on a float trip... a long one...
river was up so the going was good...
one canoe tipped over...water was cold but not too cold that they didn't
jump in to swim around. The young ones that is...not DH ;)

Trips to the big city ;)
Met for the 4th year w/ a group of internet friends...That was fun.

The pleasure of babysitting wonderful grandchildren :)
They are so sweet & growing fast.
Baby Jack came out to play at grammy's...he was here for about 6 hours.
He was a very good boy.
Will try to post pic's later.

Well for someone who likes to drag a story out i sure have condensed this
month's happenings.
See ya next month
unless my friend nags me so much i have to come back sooner :)

Sweet grandbabies

2007-03-02T21:07:00.000-06:00

Testing the blogging world

2007-03-02T18:31:00.000-06:00

Good Evening to the world

First post in a blog world

It's a Fri. evening.

Just bought a herd of cattle so Dh & Ds are milking tonight.

Had a good day...
Had the privilege of babysitting two of my wonderful grandbabies.

Did some errand running afterwards,
made a homemade pizza for dh & took it to the farm.

We've been pretty busy this week w/ basketball games, practices,
gymnastics, & on & on.
Well off i go to enjoy an evening at home.