Two Little Hensons

Daddy headed out of town with some friends to play golf. They had a great time. While he was gone, we relaxed, read books, went to Kona Ice with the Brazells, and saw Boss Baby.We finished planting our garden! AC and I went to math night at the IGA while Charlie was at football practice. On our last day of spring break we went to the State museum with Granny, Aunt Bekah, Gracie, Colton, and Jordan. It was so fun!

Last Friday we celebrated Devin’s 34th birthday! Whew! I’ll just relish these last few days of being 32 while he’s 34…haha! We enjoyed dinner at Flight Deck. AC even made his birthday cake.

Saturday we went to Charlie’s football game. After the game we played at the park, ate lunch, then the girls went to a baby shower while the boys went to the world long drive competition. After that, Charlie went to Nathan’s birthday party at the  Fireflies game while AC went to play with SA so Devin and I could go out to dinner for his birthday. 🙂 Oh, and Charlie lost another tooth!Well I think we’re caught up on the lives of these two little Hensons. What kind of fun can we think of next? 🙂

We enjoyed reading our Bible stories each day the week of Easter leading up to Easter Sunday. Church was wonderful Sunday morning!

Some other fun things we did over Easter weekend included a playdate with some the Broadwells, Leviners, and Whittingtons,

lunch at Granny and Papa’s with the Brazells, Pa, Meme, and Papa,

and lunch at Nana and Grandpa’s with the Bonesteels and Boyds. 

We’ve had a wonderful spring break so far! Well, Friday night didn’t give us a good start to spring break. AC woke up in the middle of the night and threw up. 😦 She threw up 3 more times by 10:30am. After that she didn’t throw up again and no one else got sick! Whew! So, on Saturday we had plans to go watch SA and Carson play soccer, but AC and I stayed home and the boys went. After soccer, Charlie came home for a bit then headed to Reece’s birthday party. Devin went to play golf. AC and I stayed home all day to let her rest and recover. Sunday was better so we headed to church. She was still tired after church so the boys went to lunch with the Broadwells and the girls headed home for a nap. After nap, we went to Lowes to get all of the seeds for our garden and tomato plants. Then we came home, watch the Masters, and had breakfast for supper. Monday morning we got up bright and early and headed to Patrick, SC to visit PawPaw and Grandma. We had a wonderful day full of kayaking, a late lunch, horseback riding, dirt bike riding, golf cart exploring(the dog even joined us!), and more. It was so much fun! Tuesday morning AC and I baked some goodies to take to our friends at Oakleaf while Charlie did a little plotting to get daddy back after his April Fool’s joke. 🙂 That afternoon we went to Oakleaf to visit the residents, read the Easter story, sing some songs, and eat some goodies. Afterwards we went home, ate supper on the back porch, and pulled weeds and prepped our garden! Wednesday we started the day by visiting Pa. They played checkers, colored, set up obstacle courses, ate ice cream sandwiches, and played outside on the pogo stick. After that, we headed downtown Columbia to Finlay park with Aunt Caity, Parker, Grayson, and their friend Natalie for a picnic lunch. The kids had fun running around play with the soccer ball, football, and sidewalk chalk.  That evening, I had a great dinner out with some friends while Daddy and the kids grabbed dinner and played putt-putt. Thursday morning Aunt Melanie picked up the kiddos and took them to a park they haven’t been to before downtown near her apartment. They had a lot of fun. I met them for lunch at Meme and Big Papa’s house. They love playing outside, gathering the chicken’s eggs, feeding the fish, and now that the garden is planted, they like to inspect to see what’s popping up. They even found a squirrel skull that meme helped them clean! Ha ha! Thursday evening we planted our flowers and even found a little snake while daddy was cutting the grass! This spring break has been more of a staycation for us…and we have thoroughly enjoyed it! Now we’re in full Easter mode celebrating our Savior!

S p R i N g   B r E a K  is here!!! We are so excited about this much needed break. And since AC’s gym is moving, we seriously have no obligations…no school, no gymnastics, no football…it will be glorious!

Here are some pictures they had taken at school as well as their class picture. 🙂 Love love love!

They had their school skate night last night and had so much fun! There were 174 kids there! (We were the first there since I’m PTA president and had to be there a few minutes early to make sure all was well…that’s why no other kids are on the floor with them  yet! Ha!)

And here are some pictures of my favorite boys after football. Y’all, I know I’m his momma so I’m totally partial, but this kid is good. He’s playing quarterback and doing a wonderful job. His first game, first play of the game, other team had the ball, he pulled the kid’s flag. Second play of the game he caught an interception and ran for a touchdown! Their team is 3-0. And to top it off, he is such a great teammate. He is so encouraging and I love to see that! Can’t wait to see him play more this season! 

In the summer of 2013 Anna Claire and her friend Sarah Ann took a few gymnastics classes at a gym in our town. AC really enjoyed it. That gym closed that fall. In May of 2014 when AC finished 4 year old preschool, she started taking a gymnastics class one day a week. She really enjoyed it so she continued through kindergarten. In first grade she was on the pre-team. This year in second grade she has competed level 2. Gymnastics has been so wonderful for Anna Claire. I can not begin to say all the wonderful things about gymnastics, but here are a few…1. These girls are strong! (I mean have you ever pulled yourself up a rope without using your legs? Or flipped yourself over a bar? Can you do a handstand?) 2. They have a good work ethic. (They practice many days/hours a week. And honestly they don’t really complain about all the conditioning. It’s crazy! {there is one thing…splits on the panel mat…that makes AC cry. 😉 }) 3. They are disciplined…(gymnastics can be dangerous if you don’t take it seriously and listen to your coaches). 4. It is rewarding! To see these girls work hard and successfully meet a goal is so exciting! 5. Friendships. While these girls compete individually in each event, they work together as a team. They encourage each other and celebrate victories with each other. It is such a joy to watch them!

Here are some pictures from AC’s state meet last Friday. She had her personal best scores: 9.075 floor, 9.025 vault-7th place, 9.5 bars-2nd place, 8.675 beam, and 8th all around.

Warm up:Floor:Vault:Bars: {Anna Claire fell twice on bars during warm-up. We were all praying in the stands that she would do well when it was time to compete. I love this first picture of her coach talking with her. She got to bars and nailed it! We were overjoyed!}Beam:Love this group! Thankful for Coach Anna Claire, Coach Veronica, and Coach Kristen. 🙂 Dinner at CiCi’s after the meet.Way to go EMPIRE!!