The Henderson Family Chronicles

Highlights from the year, including some Facebook posts: 1/2017 Emmy was Baptized and Nate was ordained a deacon. It was lovely to have so many friends and family there! Also, after 18 years of perfect driving, I got pulled over for the first time. Apparently the light was a little too close to red when I skated through. Took a long time to slow my heart! Near the end of the month, the kids and I went with Heather and Alan to Emmett to visit the Vickery farm and help with baby piglets!   4/19/17 Eavesdropping on my twelve year old son and his buddy, with no context: "How do you eat pizza?" "Did you know you can buy a funky eel?" "I just did it because I have so much money that I don't know what to do with it." "Hey, shhh...shhhh... stop talking for a minute!" "I have a pink flowerpot, but you don't have to buy it." "Yes! Yes! I will show you how to do more!" Late April/May We got to visit the Idaho Falls Temple open h...

  Highlights from the year, and a few posts from Facebook -  2/2016 We put our first home on the market, with hopes of a better neighborhood and being closer to Andrew's work 2/29/16 My sweet Andrew is working day shifts Monday and Tuesday. If you need me I'll be going back to bed after the kids leave, vacuuming, cleaning my bathroom, changing my sheets, practicing the piano and my choir music, doing the dishes while dancing and singing loudly, getting showered and doing my hair in my own bathroom, and opening and closing the garage door a million times just for fun. Ah, the things you other stay at home moms take for granted! 4/2016 Fell in love with a new Author, Julie Klassen, and read every one of her books over a two week period 5/2016 Sold our house, bought a new one, and moved in right near Andrew's Birthday. We were SO excited! Also - Another Choralaires concert - one of the few with Janna, Mom, Heather, and me. 6/11/16 I feel like I'm trying to sleep in the zoo...

I took the year off of blogging. Not intentionally. Why? Let's be honest. It was like 80% Laziness, and 20% Other Worthless Excuses (nothing happening, etc). The year was fairly uneventful. Very little changed. I'm okay with that. Not every year needs to be an emotional roller coaster. Early in the year my maternal grandmother had the flu and a health decline and ended up first in the hospital, and then moved to an assisted living apartment instead of going back to her own place. It was a good move for her, she needed it, but it was an EXTREMELY stressful time for my mom, and then for me as I helped mom. Now she's still kicking, perhaps even thriving, in true Thelma fashion (much to my poor mom's dismay). Andrew is still  working at the Hospital, and loving it. He is on several committees and now often works as a charge nurse. He still loves working nights, and I am great with it as long as his schedule stays pretty regular. He's also still training in Martia...

I love AhHa moments: I am a planner. I plan and plan, list, design, organize, dream...But rarely carry out my plans. I always end up feeling like once I get my plan out of my head, It's gone, and I feel no more pressure to do something about it. And because of the kind of person I am, I feel guilt over all of my abandoned idea babies, just not enough to pick them back up. Today, in my research (and planning and designing and listmaking) on resolutions, I came across this on Oprah's website:     "April 22: Start a garden journal. Plot out your veggies and flowers. List the tools you need to purchase. Draw your fantasy layout in colored pencil. Press inspirational flowers between the pages (using a heavy dictionary). And should you happen to forget to plant anything at all, consider this notebook your celebration of spring." And suddenly (AhHa!) I don't feel bad about my billions of "dream homes" I've designed, and put in a stack, or the busine...

Family Pics 2014 - By My talented sister, Janna Long

Well - My blogging goal this year did NOT go well. Life goes on,and so will my blogging. Here's what we've been up to since I the last time I blogged: Andrew's Storm Camp went well, he enjoyed his time away and we had a blast, but everyone was glad when it was over. Andrew has continued with his Tae Kwon Do, and just recently advanced to his blue belt. He loves it and we love cheering him on. I had an appointment in August with a plastic surgeon to talk about a reduction to help with my back pain. Insurance approved it as medically necessary, but even with insurance it was still a $3000-$4000 project, and put on a back burner, for some day down the road. Em started Kindergarten and Nate started 4th grade. I have no idea how that happened. Weren't they just babies? Nate is thriving in his class. This is the first year he hasn't brought home mountains of homework because he was to busy living in Nathanland in class to get anything done. He's more foc...

I am hot. No, not like that. Like burning up. Rule #1 if this darn house-selling business ever wraps up: The new house WILL have A/C. I was so mean yesterday, and it's all because I feel so lousy. Nate had a friend over today. He didn't want to tell me he was getting a migraine from too much heat/dehydration, because he didn't want his friend sent home, so he let it get really bad. He finally told me about 3 minutes before barfing all over the bottom 5 stairs. Because (say it with me!) Barf is what we do at our house! So I thought I'd give an update as I sit here trying not to die. 1-Trip to Yellowstone We went to Yellowstone with Andrew's family last month. We got to stay for a whole week. The weather was dreamy (65-72, occasional afternoon thundershowers). We got to see the park 4 days, and we did Beauty and the Beast at Playmill. It was Em's first play, and the first time at Playmill for both of them. We swam every day at the condo. It was a great trip. ...