"We are not babies!! Us is big boys!"

Today is a good day. I'm feeling very blessed that I get to stay home with these two hoodlums everyday!!! They are so cute!! Today we went shopping and they were actually VERY well behaved. I was looking through the clearance rack at Kmart and Ty treated me and the whole store to a whole verse of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He even had one lady come and tell him how cute it was and that he did a good job. When we went up to the cashier she kept telling me how cute they were.

Since they were so good while we went shopping I told them we could stop and get a drink at the gas station. Isn't that nice of me? It wasn't because I needed my diet dr pepper fix. Nu uh. It was because of how good they were at the store.

The cashier there couldn't get over how cute they were. She thought for sure they were twins. We got that a lot today. It doesnt help that I dress them alike.

I'm a pretty lucky mama!

(Would write more but Chase just fell into the toilet while going potty and he is pretty distraught about it)

First Day of School 2009

(better late then never)

Jentry started the 6th grade this year (sniff, sniff). This is her last year in Elementary. That makes me so sad. Somehow next year wont be the same with me following her around to each class taking her pictures on the first day of school. (that isn't weird, right? ;o) )



I was going to let the kids ride their bikes on the first day but Jentry was a little upset at that. She asked me how I was going to take her picture in front of her class if she walked. So I loaded up the boys and off we went.

So far 6th grade is going great. She is a little nervous about all of the homework...but I think she will make it through. She always does.

Brinley started 2nd grade this year!! She looooves her teacher because she is a "singing teacher" and they are learning lots of fun new songs! Her teacher is a really great teacher and I'm excited to see how much she learns this year!! She also likes that her teacher is a grandma!

2nd half of summer....

This will be another long post. But it is long over due. Summer is over and school has started. Much to my dismay! I love summer. And I love having my kiddos home!! They were ready to start school though and they are excited its here!!! So for your viewing pleasure....here is our 2nd half of summer!!! (I might be a little out of order but you will get the jist)

Bethany and Jeremy were married in the Mt Timpanogos Temple (what a great temple to be sealed in..wink wink)on July 17, 2009 It was ONE HOT DAY! I thought we might kill someone off in that heat...but we all survived..











On July 22nd or so Jentry went with her grandma and some of her cousins to South Dakota to see Mt Rushmore. She was very excited for this trip because this was "her state" in 5th grade. She had to do a states report on it so she got to see what South Dakota was really about!! These are some of her pictures.





They went to some museums along the way...





(stolen from Missy)

I was glad to finally get her back home!! She had been to her cousins sleeping over for a few days before her trip and then she went on her trip. I felt like she was gone forever. But I know she had a great time!!! I'm so glad she was able to go on this trip!

We did a lot of swimming this summer! After my first time getting burnt and not being able to walk properly for a few days I decided sun screen was my best friend and I actually got a pretty nice tan after that. Ty learned how to jump in the water and swim back to the side (with a life jacket) He was so proud of himself and he would always come up with the biggest smile and those long wet eyelashes. I loved it!! He is such a cute boy!! Chase would jump in the water too as long as I was holding his hand. Such big boys. Growing up way too quickly!! Brinley was a little fish. There was one moment where someone puked in the pool (right by us!! ACK!) so we had to go into the deep pool. I was wondering how I was going to do that with Brinley...I had my arms full with two boys. She was just fine. She swam around in it even though she couldn't touch the bottom! I was so proud of her!! Jentry, of course, swims really well too! I'm so glad my kiddos aren't scared of the water!

Drea got baptized!! Brinley is next! Wowzers!! I cant believe how old these kids are!




We went to Starvation






We went to the Utah County fair that is held at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds. We just went around and looked at the animals because Im too cheap to pay $3 a ride! Next year we will try to get tickets to the crash up derby! I bet we would love it. Ive only heard good things about it. It was going on while we were there and I thought this picture was so funny..all the men trying to catch a free peek at a car getting crushed.







Im hoping Im a better blogger now that the kids are in school. So stay tuned for more...FROM THE HENDRICKSEN CLAN!!!

I promise....

to blog in the next 24 hours. Stay tuned.

We have a GARDEN!!!

When we first planted our garden I didnt really think it would turn out. I thought we MIGHT get a few things from it...but I didnt expect it to really GROW!! Im so excited! We are about to pick our FIRST cucumber! We have two that are really close. We have lots of squash coming a long and lots of zuccini, raddishes and peppers!!! Next year Ill know not to get so many plants of the same thing and that we will need more room!

cucumbers...


Raddishs....

Tomatos.....


Zucchini....

Peppers.....

I've published my first book....

Ok not really, but kinda. I finally published my blog into a REAL book!! I'm so excited about this. My friend Tiffany had said something about how she had done this and I had been wanting to do it for awhile but didn't know how it would turn out or really even how to do it. So when she said where she got hers done (blurb.com) and that it turned out good I was on it!! I spent all day and ALL night (til 4 am) editing and going through my blog. It was so fun to go through all of my old posts and read about the boys' births again. I'm glad to have this in print...because though this blog is for family and friends to see what we are up to...its mostly a journal for me to keep of our family.

Our Summer so far!!

(loooong post, get a drink and a piece of pie, you are gonna be here for awhile!)
Is going way toooooo fast!!! I love having the kids home! They are big helpers and I love that we can just pick up and go do whatever we want, whenever we want and not have to be home if we don't want! (Hows that for good English. Maybe I need to go back to school!) We have had a lot happen so here goes....

First Ty came down one Sunday night right after I put him to bed telling me that he needed a band-aid for his foot. He has 100 excuses for getting out of bed before he finally goes to sleep each night so I just thought it was one of those. I was telling him he didnt need a band-aid unless he was bleeding as I was taking off his sock. I looked down and about fell out of my chair when I saw this...



At first I thought he was bit by a spider so I went up to his room and looked all through the covers. Didnt see anything and thought, if it is bad in the morning Ill take him in to the doctor. The next morning I totally forgot about it til about 11 am. I told him to come and show it to me and it was even worse. So I took him into the doctor. He said he thought it was probably a spider too. He thought probably a hobo spider because if it would have been a black widow he would have had seizures. (oh nice!) He marked it with a pen so we could tell if the swelling was going down with the antibiotic he gave him. That night he got even worse. And started going past the markings and up his leg. So I called after hours. The doctor that was on call said that what I was explaining didnt sound like a spider bite but sounded like MRSA. I about wet my pants. Ive watched Oprah and I know this isnt good!! ;-) So I freaked a little and started a google quest while Scott went and got another drug for him. Of course I see all the worst case's online. But it did say it was commonly mistaken for spider bites because it looks just like it. Luckily the combinations of meds worked and we got it under control. So I bleached the house and hopefully thats the last of that!! We are very very blessed that it wasnt as bad as it could have been!!!



My cousin (BFF), Mandy found out she is PREGNANT WITH TWINS!!! I am so excited! I get to have a baby and not be pregnant! Wahoo!! We are due December 26th but Im sure our twins will come sooner! I dont know how her husband feels about me taking one of these babies, but he will get over it... This makes baby three and four for her! I cant believe when we get together we will have EIGHT kids between the two of us. We are in for some fun times!!

Scotts brother Ben also got married this summer to a cute cute girl named Nicole. She's my competition you know. Shes the only other sister in law. But he couldnt have picked anyone better! They got married in the Salt Lake Temple



and Nicole looked beautiful!





I tried to get a cute picture of all the kids...but well...they werent co-operating. So after 100 pictures of them, this is the best I got. Nice.



But this one isnt so bad.



We took a trip to Yuba. Jentry went to fifth grade camp. (neither I have pictures of! Sorry!)



We went to Strawberry Days because my brother Todd was in the milking a cow part. I cant remember what it was called. He did it with his friend Ruger and my other cousin Chad. They did pretty good but still lost! ;-) We got drenched! It rained pretty good for awhile there. This is about the first week in the last few weeks that we havent had a down pour every night/day! It was starting to get very annoying!! I dont mind rain...but not EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!

We have been having swimming pool withdrawls so yesterday we decided to go to the pool even though it wasnt warm enough for it! We shivered a little but had a good time! I was so impressed that I didnt even wear sun screen and I couldnt see a sunburn on me! Well that soon changed...by the time I got in the car I could feel my whole body was burnt. Ive been waddling around all day because I can barely walk. My legs kill! Next time I wont forget the sun screen for myself!!!

Well thats our summer so far! We have many more adventures to go on, I hope!

RIP Snicks

Snickers Scott passed away peacefully, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at the age of 11. She was my brothers dog and a part of the family. The kids loved her and she didnt seem to mind them either. Last year she went in for some surgery and they found out it was cancer. They said she wouldnt last another year. And she didnt. Today I went with Todd to have her put down. It didnt quite go like I thought it would. I didnt know it happened so fast. We will miss her whenever we go to my parents house.

'Rockin' Taylor Swift Concert!

Well the big night finally arrived!!! Jentry has been (im)patiently waiting since she announced her 'Fearless Tour'. Right after school Jamie came and picked us up and off we went. We picked up Lexi in Bountiful. Boy Jamie and I are not good at navigating Salt Lake Streets. But we made it, after a few turn arounds. We then went to Crown Burger for dinner. Its right by the Energy Solutions and if you buy $14 in food there you get 'free parking'. Well it isnt hard to buy $14 in food there...a cheese burger meal is over $7. While we were there we heard that Kelli Pickler had canceled because she was sick. But rumors were that she had the same agent as Garth Brooks so he might come. We could only be so lucky. We ate and then walked over to the Arena. We found her tour bus and took a few pictures in front of it. The girls wanted a shirt so we stood in crazy lines to get one. It was so hot. A 14 or so year old girl was next to me and I heard her say something about who was going to be filling in for Kelly. She said it was Gloriana. I said.. Who is she? She gives me this "you are so old" look and says its not a she, its a band. Well excuse me. LOL Anyway we got their cute shirts and went and found our seats. Lucky us got to sit 3 rows from the very back. Jentry was freaking out because of the heights. When the girls in front of us stood up I told Jentry she could stand up too. She stood up but she was holding on for dear life to her seat. I told her she would be ok and that she wouldnt fall but she didnt believe me til about 3/4 of the way through the concert. I just love this picture of Shelbey! The girls were so excited when Taylor Swift finally came out. They sang all of her songs right a long with her and loved every minute of it. I think T.S. had 8 costume changes so the girls thought that was pretty cool. It was a little bit more rock and rollish then I thought it would be but it was still a GREAT concert. One thing that I thought was pretty funny is she likes to flip her hair around. Every song she was head banging too and flipping her hair. So when we got out of the concert I started flipping my hair around and I got in big trouble by Jentry, "DONT MAKE FUN OF HER!!!" Whoops. She ended the concert by "rain" falling on her. Jentry thought that was great. I think the girls had a great time and Im glad we were able to do this with just them! (while she will still do something with her old mom). Heres the old moms.

Coach Pitch!

I signed Brinley up for Coach Pitch this year. She was so super excited. We didnt do t-ball last year so this is her first experience in any sport. I didnt know how well she would do but she does GREAT! She is so funny when she is playing. She will get to a base and have to stop and wave at me. I tell her she needs to concentrate on the game but she is too worried about what is going on with us. Its very cute.

My parents took her to her last game and she got to be catcher. How cute!!!



The best part about going to the games is getting to chase two little boys around the whole time. (I hope you can hear my sarcasm)




Dont let this sweet picture fool you.

Golden Explorer

I am so proud of Jentry! She received a huge reward at school. Its called the Golden Explorer. When she first brought the note home from school with all of the requirements I LAUGHED! It seemed ridiculous, all the things that she would have to do to get it... Read 20 books off of a list, get 100% on all spelling, capitals, states, 5 min. times tables, five minute division, do a reflections project, not be absent for more then 10 days, and so on and on and on. I thought there is no way Im going to make her get this. So I set it aside....in the garbage can.

Half way through the year Jentry came home all excited and said that her teacher had called her and 4 other students back and said that they were the only ones in class that were on track to get the award. So she was gonna go for it. She still had a lot of books she had to read but she got hot and heavy on it and red a book every other day. Buuuuuut still, I didnt think she would make it. Im that supportive! But SHE DID IT! And I was so proud of her. She is too smart to be my kid!! Her BFF also got it so that made it even cooler!!! Way to go Jentry! Im so proud of you and all of your hard work. YOU ARE AWESOME! (yes she does read my blog, she likes to see what I say about her lol)