Thanksgiving 2009

We have A LOT to be thankful for this year! What a great Thanksgiving we had! We had dinner up at Scotts parents house. For the last couple of years his mom has placed five kernals of corn by our plates to remind us how much we have to be thankful for.


"The year following the first Thanksgiving brought greater hardship than the first. During the Starving Time, according to tradition, the Pilgrims had only a daily ration of five kernels of corn apiece. Still, they did not give in to bitterness, but trusted their Lord."
It was amazing to look at the spread of food we had/have! How greatful I am for a healthy family, a warm home, a working car, The Gospel, friends, family, food, the list could go on and on and on!!



We then took a trip down to see my grandparents. First stop was my grandma and grandpa Scotts and then Grandma Haywards for dessert! It makes for a long day but I love it!!

Jentrys First Duet

Jentry and Rachel did GREAT on their duet together. There was a few missed keys but who noticed? Only them! Im so proud of her! She is doing GREAT at piano. Scott and I always laugh because she will play the piano non stop some days if we let her. We have to tell her to quit playing. Theres no forcing her to practice or begging her to get her piano work done! She does it without me saying anything to her!! Way to go Jentry!

Jentrys School Pic.

This one makes me sad! Look how old she looks! GAH!!!

(I will get caught up on my blogging. I have a few fun things to share, I think..)

Trick or Treat!!

(Taylor Swift, a dead bride, and two Incredible Hulks)



What a great day for Trick or Treating! I love when Halloween is (semi) warm!! And I also love it when Mom and Dad come and take the kids around!! We had a great halloween!! The kids did a little trick or treating with eachother..



And then Jentry got kidnapped by some friends. So grandma took Brinley around and my dad and Scott took the two Incredible Hulks around. Chase loved to check out his loot!



Then we had some visitors show up...who other then Wolverine and Snow White with a preggo pumpkin. Mandy was about to POP with her twins here!! Mom thought she had her beat. Silly her!

Pumpkin Carving.

We arent much for pumpkin carving. Some of our neighbors really go out... but we are excited to get a smiley face that looks like a smiley face out of our pumpkins. This year we didnt disappoint. We got 4 whole faces! We are so proud!!

This is how it goes... First we all get a picture with our pumpkin...we want to remember how they were...nice, round, pretty, delicious...







Then we use a sharpie and make sure our faces are just right. We dont wanna mess these babies up! Then dad helps us carve them!



Then we marvel at our work. Dont be jealous. We can teach you how to carve pumpkins just like the Hendricksens!!





Then its time for a little halloween cookie making. That goes off without a hitch too!



After they are baked we find out we have no red food coloring to make orange frosting. So yellow will have to do!



We make sure to get just the right amount of frosting on! Look at that cookie...what could be better then frosting with a little bit of cookie? NOTHING!

Pick a Pumpkin!

This year we decided to try something new. I saw on one of my neighbors blogs that there was a pumpkin patch around here where the kids could go pick a pumpkin out for themselves. Sounds much funner then going over to Maceys and looking for one! So off we went! It was such a pretty night for pumpkin picking! It was the week before Halloween so most of the pumpkins had been picked over pretty good but we still found some good ones!! I used my neighbors advice and told them they could get a pumpkin as long as they could carry it themselves. Hence, Chases pumpkin!!


There was a little hay bale maze they could play in (ON) and the kids had a great time!



I think we will be going here every year!!