Two Little Hensons

Thursday evening we headed to St. Stephens to watch Parker’s preschool graduation. 🙂 Those little ones did a great job!Friday, the PTA purchased 800 cupcakes for all of our students, teachers, and staff at OGES as well as 30 balloons to decorate the cafeteria tables. It was a sweet treat for our school on the last full day of school. 🙂 That night we had our first swim of the season at Caroline’s super fun end of the year party!Saturday, Cortney and I ran in a 5k. The kids and I then headed to Lifeway to register for our summer reading .Sunday we headed to Isle of Palms with the Broadwells. It was a beautiful day! We always have such fun together. 🙂 So thankful for their friendship.Then we headed downtown for dinner. 🙂 After dinner we walked through the market then headed to different candy stores. 🙂 They like the one in the middle of the market and we like the one at the end. We like this one because we love the homemade pralines and the kids like watching them make the goodies like caramel covered apples and chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels! Monday morning AC and I made a homemade pound cake. Since we got back so late from the beach, we all just hopped in bed, so I spent most of my day washing the towels and swim suits in addition to everyone’s bedding because it was sandy! Devin had to work that morning but got off early at 11:30, picked up the kids, took them to lunch, and then the zoo so I could cook. My mom, dad, Melanie, her friend Nicholas, and Pa came over for supper. We enjoyed our time together. I’m so thankful for those who gave their lives fighting for our country.Today the kids had a party at school. They played fun minute-to-win-it style games and had a yummy brunch of chick-fil-a chicken minis, donuts, grapes, oranges, yogurt, and chex mix! We have been blessed with wonderful teachers…Mrs. Trish when they were 2, Mrs. Dorothy & Mrs. Elizabeth when they were 3, Mrs. Ninette & Mrs. Kelly when they were 4, Mrs. Morrow and Mrs. Parker in kindergarten, Mrs. Howell in first grade, and now Mrs. Stone in second grade. She has been a great teacher and the kids have had a fantastic year!! We are SO thankful for her!I snapped this picture this afternoon while he was reading to me while I was folding clothes. Love love love!So tomorrow is the last day of second grade. I can not believe it! Now on for some summer fun!!

I can not believe these precious little ones are finishing second grade next week! Love them!!!

And I can’t believe it has been 4 years since Roscoe died. 😦 

And a few new things…Tuesday they had Kid’s Choice Awards in their class. The kids were the announcers and it was so cute! Charlie got the “most athletic” award and AC got the “love of learning” award. Wednesday was career day. Aunt Spencer came and talked about music therapy. The kids were so happy to have her!

The kids had a great time at field day this year…car wash water relay, dizzy bat, big shirt relay, home run derby, noodle tag, hoola hoop obstacle, pizza delivery race, basketball competition, back to back ball squeeze, tug of war, dance party, and popsicles! So fun! Charlie’s football team made it to the second round of playoffs on Thursday. They came up 6 points short of making it to the final championship, but Charlie did a great job! Friday night we went out to dinner with my Pa, mom, dad, Uncle Randy, and Aunt Eva to celebrate Pa’s 81st birthday. We had a wonderful time celebrating with him! 🙂 Afterwards, since we were downtown in the Vista, Devin and I walked with the kids to Kaminsky’s. AC, our little sweet tooth, was in heaven! {speaking of sweet tooth…this child has lost 2 teeth in 3 days!} It’s so neat to walk around with them because they took it all in…stopping to listen to people on the street playing music, watching people, etc.Saturday morning we went to watch sweet Carson play tee-ball. 🙂 Charlie was so proud of him!After that we headed to Harbison to get new shoes and eat lunch at the mall. That afternoon and evening we watched some of Anna Claire’s friends in their dance recital and ballet. It was so good! 🙂 Sunday, has been a great day…church then a day at home. Glorious! Now on to the last full week of second grade…bittersweet.

One Saturday night, AC asked me to text Mrs. Cortney before bed so that she and SA could plan to match at church. 😉 I love their friendship!And we can’t leave out the boys! 😉 We had a great time at Literacy Night at their school!!May 5 was 5 years since Ma passed away. The kids picked out these flowers to put on her grave.AC has once again tagged along to all of Charlie’s games this season. One day she will hopefully enjoy and understand the game, but for now, she plays with other girls, colors, reads, does gymnastics, and eats snacks on the sidelines.I’m so proud of my boy! They made it to the second round of the playoffs and we play that game tonight!

Look at my cute man running with me before church the other week! 😉 Speaking of church…We are busting at the seams! Praise the Lord for what he is doing in Lexington. This right here is a picture of over FIFTY 3 and 4 year olds!Anna Claire and Charlie earned a limo ride to lunch at Chick-fil-A. They had a blast!!C is doing his rookie dribblers again. And I can’t say enough good things about this program! Not only is he learning so much, they pray at the end of practice and are so encouraging. I love it!We love our time with our senior adult friends. 🙂 When AC is at gymnastics, I get some special time with this cutie!Let’s see what other fun we will have in May 2017…

This past week has been so fun! We celebrated my birthday and Mother’s Day. We started last Sunday by having our family over for dinner. We had a great time! Wednesday was my actual birthday. I started the day with a 3.33 mile run on my 33rd birthday. 😉 We had dinner at my parents’ house. I love this crazy crew! Thursday started off with Muffins for Moms at the kids’ school. That night, Rebekah, Melanie, Daddy, and I took Momma out to dinner for Mother’s Day at Al’s Upstairs. While we did that, Devin took the kids to dinner then to play at the river. Friday, the kids spent the night with their cousin’s at granny and papa’s house while Devin and I went to dinner with Spencer and Brandon. Y’all, we played this new game…well, new to us. It’s called Code Names. I need to get it so I can practice. 😉 Really though, it’s a lot of fun. Saturday morning we went to Charlie’s football game then some of my sweet friends and I went out for ice cream and pedicures!That night Devin and the kids took me out for dinner! We sure do love Japanese food. During the middle of the night, AC wasn’t feeling well. We had all planned to go to church together on Mother’s Day, but Devin and Charlie went while I took Anna Claire to the doctor. I’m so glad that she is much much better now! She did brush her hair and come outside with Charlie and me to take a picture on Mother’s Day. 🙂 (you’d never be able to tell she had a temp of 103.8!) And her sweet granny and papa brought her a get well balloon and some cranberry juice. We also went to eat lunch with the Hensons which was super yummy but had to get our girl back home so I didn’t get any pictures!Being their Mommy brings me SO much joy and I truly treasure my time with them!!