Two Little Hensons

Monday was a beautiful day!  Seriously…almost 70 degrees.  We spent so much time playing outside and it was wonderful!

The next day we had an early release from school because we were expecting SNOW!  Well, the snow didn’t come until later than we expected, but we woke up Wednesday morning to a little over 3 inches of fresh, clean, bright white snow!  Over the past 48 hours we have spent a lot of time playing in this cold, white snow!  Snow angels, snowman, snowball fights, sledding, pretending to be Iceman and Wolverine, snow castles, running and playing, snow cream, hot chocolate, hats, gloves, coats, and scarves…It has been wonderful!  Here are some pictures from our fun time!

A couple weeks ago we headed to the beach for a weekend retreat with our church.  It was C.O.L.D. but we had a wonderful time!  The first night we had dinner with 2 other families then joined everyone for karaoke, cornhole, and games. We were split in to teams for games the next day.  There were relay races…tug of war, crab walking…
kick ball…
We had some relaxing time in our hotel room.
Fun at the pool and on the beach. This was the view from dinner Saturday night.  Beautiful huh?  Then we played bingo.  Charlie won a prize! 🙂 The next morning we had a worship service together then headed to Broadway at the Beach with Nana and Grandpa before heading home. We had a great time and are so thankful for our church who put this great time of fellowship together. 🙂 

Other things we’ve done recently…Monkey Joes with Parker and Aunt Caity  Aunt Spencer made these fun hats for us 🙂  Thank you!  The kids were playing in the backyard and Charlie wanted Anna Claire to sword fight with him.  This is the stick she got for her sword!  ha ha! 🙂  Charlie has recently really gotten in to playing with army men.  This is a totally new world for me…but we’re having fun!

We hosted a shower for our friend Carolyn.  We can’t wait to meet baby Emma!

Last but not least, I saw this picture and it made me think of fun times with my grandparents and also how my parents and Devin’s parents are now with our little ones.  🙂 

Brrr…it has been a little chilly here this week.  One morning we didn’t have power for about 2 hours and it got a little cold so we went to the library then to hang out with Grandpa and warm up a little bit.  Then we came home, snuggled on the couch and watched one of the movies we picked out. 🙂  AC loves dressing up right now and the other night she said she was cold so she got dressed for bed.  Devin has been teaching the kids to play chess.  They are doing a great job especially being four years old. Here they are pretending to be spies. So funny!! One afternoon we really wanted to get outside so we bundled up and let the kids play for awhile.  Today it was raining but they wanted to play outside…so we let them.  

A few other things….last Friday we had a playdate with the Leviners and Broadwells. And last Saturday Mr. John and Mrs. Kim watched Anna Claire, Charlie, Sarah Ann, Reece, and Carson so we could go out to a yummy dinner and the bookstore.  

Next week we will be completely back on our normal schedule with school and dance and work and church…and registering Charlie for spring ball.  We are ready for a super fun 2014…and for a little bit of warmer weather. 🙂

Welcome 2014!  A few days before the new year Devin ran another 5k and the kids and I headed out to cheer him on! So proud of him. 🙂  That night Granny and Papa came over for dinner and to see all the fun things the kiddos got for Christmas. 🙂

On New Year’s Eve the kiddos had a sleepover with Nana and Grandpa.  They went bowling and out to eat.  Then they did sparklers and pop-its to ring in the new year.  So fun!  Mommy and Daddy went out to eat with their friends, watched football, played guitar, snacked, made a diaper cake for a friend’s shower, and even planned our CRUISE for the summer!  So thankful for our sweet friends. 🙂 

The next day we had lunch with the Hensons and mommy ate plenty of collards. 😉  We also cheered on our Gamecocks!!!  Yay!  Here’s a picture of the kiddos and their cousin playing in the playroom at Nana’s.  

Today we headed to HiWire.  Aunt Spencer took the kids there for their Christmas present.  It was SO MUCH FUN!  It’s basically a huge trampoline where you can jump, play basketball, dodge ball, tight rope walk, and jump from a really high platform or from a trampoline into a foam pit.  🙂

We can’t wait to enjoy 2014 together! 🙂  Happy New Year friends!