Heather's Henhouse

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

ordinary or extrordinary

Isn't ordinary life, really extraordinary, once you sit back and look?

Random day for school and they matched.

They were both pretty excited about it.

Ordinary, can be extraordinary in the eyes of a child.

Got our roof done.

Amish = ordinary, a century later extraordinary.

Out with Santa's chimney, in with a new one.

Some day, this might be extra ordinary. : )

Showing God's love to our neighbors by taking them cookies.

Is God's love ordinary or extraordinary?

A father's love, reading a book to his kids

Used to be ordinary, now adays it's extraordinary. Kind of sad.

Mckenzie learning to ride a bike without training wheels.

Learning to ride a bike = ordinary or extraordinary?

Adopting the neighborhood kid = ordinary or extraordinary?

Being a mom = ordinary or extraordinary?

Loving God because he loved us first = ordinary or extraordinary?

My kids riding the bus = ordinary or extraordinary?

Packing school lunch = ordinary or extraordinary?

Reading a paper book = ordinary or extraordinary?

Living in W'loo = ordinary or extraordinary?

Eating 5 servings of fruits/veggies a day = ordinary or extraordinary?

Exercising because I want to = ordinary or extraordinary?

Diluting my beef with black beans = ordinary or extraordinary?

Heather = ordinary or extraordinary?

You?

Thursday, September 26, 2013

goofin' around

Always goofin' around.... that's my Harlie.

What do you think, is she just like her mom or her dad?

This silly footstool will be hard to ever get rid of someday, one that folds up would be much more practical. All of our kids have used it for snacks or the occasionally lunch. Sometimes when I'm working in the kitchen I have them eat here so we can still keep each other company. Ali's sure not complaining!

Shh... don't tell Wendell you saw this. He was in shock when I took his pictures and INSISTED that I not show it to any friends or grandparents. I'm just jealous that I don't have one for myself.

Big brother giving his sis a ride.

Showing her the ropes.

Any guesses at who this is?

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

almost caught up

I'm almost caught up from the summer... such a relief! I have at least 2 more posts coming up. Then I can take 'blog' off my to do list. Yeah!!

Now that the kids are in school, I can actually get something done!!

Kids at school is such a love hate relationship. I love them, I hate to see them go but I love my time at home too. It's so peaceful and quiet. I can complete a thought, talk on the phone, eat lunch when I'm hungry. When they're all in school I think life will begin to be more 'reasonable'.

I look forward to that day but I also feel guilty for that relief. I always said I wanted to be a grandma... not so much a mom. Don't get me wrong, I love it but it is exhausting 24/7 kid centered life.

I feel like I can get some selfish 'me' time back when the kids are at school; something I truly miss.

First Day of School 2013

First ya gotta get new clothes and shoes.. these shoes light up!

Thanks Big Grandma and Grandpa!

Wendell walking to the bus stop

(Harlie didn't start school until the next week)

with our friend Mckenzie.

I thinks someone is NOT happy she doesn't get to go too.

Here's the bus crowd.

So handsome!

Getting on the bus...

with his good friend Timothy.

Home now and relaxing.

Getting his Wii fix in.

He's a gamer, like his dad.

Harlie's first day of school.

Alert and ready!

We have to drive Harlie to school so usually

Wendell rides along (in the morning).

Getting to work right away.

In the back ground you can see Wendell trying to keep Ali contained : )

This does not really look tasty but it was good. I send the kids lunch most days and tried something different here (they usually take leftovers). These are homemade breadsticks (that I didn't let rise long enough) and then hamburger balls. I made little bite size balls so they could dip it in the spaghetti/pizza sauce. Then some veggies to top it off. Yum, Yum!