My Daddy

Well, its been a year. Memorial Day will never be the same for me! Not much else to say except it hurts and I hate it. Why lie? I miss him sooooo bad and don't have words to make you understand b/c you can't. However, I have been working on a scrapbook of my daddy from the beginning to the end and I picked out some of my favorites and TRIED to show you. I took the music off my blog so you could hear the music on my video, so make sure your speaker is on. I am thankful for the years I had with him. He was a wonderful father and I do have peace that he is in Heaven. I thank God today and everyday for the many blessings I have in my life, My Husband, My Children, My Mother, My Sister, My Friends and Family, and powerful Church Family. I don't know where I would be without them! So thank you from the bottom of my hurting heart for being in my life!!!! MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!

Thank you for watching my video! :)

MY DADDY- WITH ME ALWAYS
Michael Alvin Hendrickson
February 9, 1953-May 29, 2007

WIPIN IT OUT!!!!!!!!!

Well its hot and we been doing nothing but getting cool with icecream and water! :) Our nice

neighbors gave Noah a slip n slide and boy does he love it! We play on it

everyday! Emmie loves it as well and is a doll to watch! Its like a water land in our yard

but Nate is getting over it! :) Ha!

Soaking up the sun before it gets too hot! Not much going on with us... just kiddos and kiddos! Emmie cut three teeth this past week on top. She now has 6! Wow!

She has been walking this month a ton and I can now say Noah beat her by a month...

but she's prettier, so there! :) Ha! Emmie also got her first

ear infection this past week that was a double wammy, so

we on antibiotics for that. Noah is eating me out of house

and home! Funny story, we had grilled chicken, salad, broccoli and

some SURPRISE MASHED POTATOES! You make

them with cauliflower! If you haven't tried, you must!

They are yummy! 4 cups cauliflower florets steamed

Then you can blend or I used my mixer and mix 2 tbsp

fat free 1/2 and 1/2 and 2 tbsp. of butter spray and your kiddos

will lap them up and think they are mashed potatoes! Noah was beggin for

more broccoli and "potatoes" Now that's what I 'm talkin bout! :) Well

that's all for now. Here are some pics of US! :) Girlfriends!

Slippin and a Slidin
Bouncy Ball
WIPEOUT!!!
This is soooo fun!!!!!!!!!

Good till the last drop

Amazed
Lil Miss Sunshine
Pretty
Goober
Eating popsicles together

This is for you Shara! MESSY!!! :)
Sleeping Beauty on her Daddy
What ya think of this here dirt?
Cutie Pie

It's Good to be Noah & Emmie Lou's Mother!

Its good to be a Mother! Its good to be Noah and

Emmie Lou's Mother! I do feel like I have way more

than I deserve! Mother's Day was special ...but so

is everyday. I HAVE been BLESSED! :) It's a Happy Mother's Day!
Going to church :)


Emmie's 1st Fudgesicle! MMMM!

This was just soo fun to watch!

She attacked me to get that popsicle!

She wanted it all to herself!

Sunny and Hot!
Emmie is wearing MY bathing suit! It has little fish on it.

I wore it at 18mths... It is a Size 12 mths? Emmie is a chunk!
Time for a Snowcone! Noah had Blueberry and
Camille had Wedding Cake....

Strawberries and Cream!
Holding it like a big girl!
"Oh Mama, this is sooo good!"
"All done with mine!"

Then he had the nerve to bite off Emmie's!
Chubby cheeks, chubby knees

A true Chocolate Delight! :)

"See ya'll next time!"

Nutty Buddy

Hello all.... just a quick update with some pics from this past week or two... samo mo jo round here... kids, ice cream, playin, messes? Need I go on? :) It's what we do.... so now...for the pics... Love and Hugs! Happy Girl
Digging with forks in the dirt???
Mashed Pototoes! MMMMM!!
BIG BITE!
Noah's peeking out of his new playhouse!
"Can I come in please?"
Just chillin on his porch
"Don't come in here with that camera"
"Get Me outta here Mama!"

Pushups...member those?
Lil Miss Orange loves them!
Swirly "E" and big bows!
ok this pic is topping my FAVORITES!!!!!!!

She's like, "Daddy, I got the measurin tape for ya"

Spaghetti good!

One eyed monster peeking out of a huge box that had

patio furniture in it. We kept the box for over a week b/c it was

sooo fun!

Sweet Cheeks!
Belly Laughing so hard at each other...
I wanna nother!
Until next time..... Go have yourself a Nutty Buddy! :)
It will make you feel like you are a kid again! :)

LOVE

You know LOVE is really great.... I decided I really do love a lot of stuff...so I decided to write about it so when I am not feeling so lovely...I can reflect! :)

1. I love PINK!!
2. I love flowers...all of them are pretty ...but gerber daisies, tulips and roses are my tops
3. I love coffee! I could drink it ALL day! I love BUSTELLA. It is expresso coffee that my 2nd set of parents introduced us to! Thanks Bill and Kaye! :)
4. I love clean sheets
5. I love getting ready to take a nice hot bath and having to pick all the dinosaurs and BOY stuff out of my big tub!!
6. I love to open the blinds first thing in the morning and let the sunshine in and see the birds and trees.... and FLOWERS!
7. I love looking at my kid's blue eyes!
8. I love pretty picture frames.
9. I love big sunglasses!
10. I love dinner time when we all sit at the table and Noah says the blessing!
11. I love to cuddle.
12. I love hugs
13. I love cards!
14. I love rhinestones on anything!
15. I love my blog! Thanks Shara! :)
16. I love how I feel AFTER I have worked out.
17. I love chips and salsa.
18. I love to shop online.
19. I love to dance with my kids.
20. I love my hubby's scruff! HOT!!!
21. I love funny sarcasm!
22. I love the smell of BLEACH!
23. I love it when my boys love my cookin... and "ummm" the whole meal!
24. I love it when Noah tells me I am a beautiful princess.
25. I love that my hubby makes me laugh everyday!
26. I love the strongness of a sister's love
27. I love to make people laugh!!!
28. I love black and white photos!
29. I love running!
30. I love those forever friends!
31. I love the smell of my kids first thing in the morning... sweet and a little hint of pee pee diaper.
32. I love to dress Emmie Lou!
33. I love lipgloss and mascara!
34. I love starbucks!
35. I love ordering in.
36. I love pillowtop mattresses! Good invention!
37. I love pregnant bellies!
38. I love having babies! Hopefully more to come! :)
39. I love my hair girl! She rocks!
40. I love to get a massage and facial.... true bliss
41. I love my Daddy
42. I love that my sister is pregnant!
43. I love that my mom is one of my best friends!
44. I love family time
45. I love my wedding ring!
46. I love body wash from bath and body!
47. I love candles! My favorite is Bird of Paradise by Circle E Candles
48. I love Celebrity with my girls! I love to get cookies and strawberry cake!
49. I love to swing my kids!
50. I love picnics
51. I love the old church songs I use to sing growing up!
52. I love to scrapbook
53. I love a clean house!
54. I love eyelash curlers!
55. I love spring!
56. I love Emmie's hairbows!
57. I love the quilts my grandmother made for my wedding and for Emmie Lou b/c she has her name.
58. I love eating food from my Daddy's garden that was so perfectly beautiful before he died. Thanks Mom for bringing it on the plane all the way to Texas.
59. I love living in Texas!
60. I love going to the carwash
61. I love getting packages from Tennessee, even if they are for the kiddos... its fun!
62. I love lamps.
63. I love the windows open.
64. I love it that we hung our clothes on the clothesline growing up. Nothing like stiff underwear! :) Thanks mom!
65. I love being happy!
66. I love waking up to Noah dressed up like a fireman/pirate at 8 am at my bedside....
67. I love pedicures!
68. I love cherry sprites from Sonic
69. I love chickfila
70. I love a hint of a suntan
71. I love it when I can hear Noah's s-l-o-w accent
72. I love it that growing up, we called it a "hosepipe" not a waterhose
73. I love that Special K Protein Water...
74. I love peanut m&ms
75. I love fun dishes
77. I love the kleenexes with lotion in them
78. I love lotion
79. I love houseshoes...
80. I love naps
81. I love to wear Nathan's white tshirts.. they are really soft and smell like him
82. I love reality tv
83. I love a good fire in the fireplace
84. I love to laugh
85. I love to make and take "Teenager's Delight" aka tator tot casserole...Noah's favorite!
86. I love country food
87. I hearing the ice cream man b/c it makes me remember when I was a kid
88. I love that my first car was '87 Monte Carlo SS black with a red pin stripe... my daddy found it and we went together to get it. All the guys in school would clean my wheels during their shop class b/c they liked my car! Ha!!!!
89. I love that my Daddy called me "Chickie" and my sister was "Duper Dan"... why? don't know..but I think every kid needs a good nickname!
90. I love surprises!
91. I love purses!
92. I love that I have 15 platters b/c my mom worked at JC Penney
93. I love that she shops PINK TICKET! Lots of things I have STILL has that PINK TICKET on them...b/c they mark it down so much that I don't want t remove all 5 tags from each item!
94. I love shopping with my sister and mom
95. I love that my mom use to always throw her arm over my lap if she slammed on her breaks!
96. I love God's grace and that I know him.
97. I love that I LOVE my inlaws and the whole gang!
98. I love that Nate and me have been together for 14 years...almost 1/2 our lives... its the best! He's the best!
99. I love country music now.
100. I love that I could go on and on with things I love but will stop b/c 100 is a big #. I love all of you who read all of these things! :)

LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fun Times

Here are a few pics of a birthday party we went to. They have all these cool things and stations for the kids to play on... It was a ton of fun! Noah could have stayed all day! Several pics his face is blood red and you can see the sweat!

This is one of the funniest pics! This is Camille eating pizza. The piece is so big...you can't see her face... Me and Nate thought it looked funny! :)

Real Boys play with Dinosaurs! ROAR!!!
Just practicing our modeling pose :)
Blue Slushy at the park! I only got 2 good pics but had to share... went to meet some friends at a park.... of coarse...Noah had to potty when it was time to walk out the door and I mean LONG POTTY! Took forever! So then...stopped at Sonic for a grilled cheese and a blue slushy for Noah.... so we were almost an hour late!!!!! (Trait inherited! MOTHER) So I guess we were there 15 min. and clouds rolled in...looked like it was going to rain... drop or two fell... ALL of my friends and their kids ran for their cars.... as Noah and Emmie continue to swing and I push them thinking....We are staying... and this rain is going to have to come and get us! Well.... I have to share... it turned out to be one of the sweetest parks I have ever been to! Trees everywhere... perfect weather and the NICEST people! I met a mom with 4 kids and told her I wanted 4 but whew, after watching her run around.... I asked her,"How do you do it?" She said, "JESUS" She then proceeded to tell me that she actually had 7 KIDS! I asked again... HOW DO YOU DO IT! She again told me JESUS! Well, duh.... he's the only one that could keep a woman sane and able to take care of 7! She was very uplifting and encouraging... only 32! But her spirits were amazing! Really had an impression on me... felt like she was put in my path..... and then.... this other sweet mom and 2 girls...came over to show us the BABY bird that fell out of the tree... she was taking it home to take care of it! She had done it before!..she knew all about birds... and how to feed them. There is a special mix you can feed them through a syringe. She said her girls were very attached to animals and didn't want to hurt anything on God's planet. Did you know, Mommy birds eat and throwup the liquid into their babies mouths? That is how they feed them! No Nursing...just throwing up! WOW! ok so then she proceeds to tell me her 2 of 3 girls can't go to school b/c they have an immune disorder...like their organs are shutting down and all this. She too, was so encouraging and her spirit about her life and these kids... was just beautiful... and the way she held that baby bird in her shirt... just too much for me! So needless to say it ended up being a "Perfect Park Day" I probably wouldn't have talked so in depth with these moms if my friends were still there. 

Pretty Park, Pretty girl

I think he got my MOUTH!!! :) Which...I got from MY MOTHER! Ha!

Knawin on a pizza crust! Thanks MeeMaw for introducing me to that while you were here!

Sparkle in her eyes.... She loves some pizza crust!

Baby Loves Veggies

Time to shop MaMa

Last year Nate got us a Hibiscus sp? I could check to see but I am in a hurry... Anyway.. He got us one and every day I was soo excited to see the new flower that bloomed. Some days there would be none. But only 1 or 2 at a time. It didn't make it till this summer...sooo Nate upgraded us and got a $15 one and... SHAZAM! Yesterday it had 9 Blooms! I was so happy when I looked out yesterday morning! :) I love me some pink flowers! Thanks Hubby! :)

Noah is telling them they have TOO MUCH STUFF. He is the cashier..... and they are putting a lot on the counter! Guess he wouldn't be able to handle Walmart!!!

Say Cheese!

Happy Birthday Blake!

Ummm, Chocolate is Yum!