Couldn’t resist the Wondershop Christmas pajamas this year… and the obligatory mama’s bed photos that ensued. Happy Christmas to you!
Catching Up
The fall. The summer. Lots of photos. Here they are. Figured I needed to cram this in before Christmas. Ha!
Logan and me at Trail and Janell’s wedding. Logan was honored to be Trail’s best man! 
NINJA! 
We got to enjoy a Halloween cookie decorating kit from my talented friend, Kassie Cote! 
Oh the concentration. 
Game night with Uno Moo! 
Good times with my fellow Waldos at school! 
Carving! 
Daycare Halloween Party with Emily! 
Evie was so excited to be Rapunzel. All that hair growing paid off! And we bought an extension… that actually looked pretty real! 
This is just what Olan wanted to be… a ghost with a sheet over his head. 
Celebrated dad’s birthday on Halloween, since mom’s knee replacement was around his real birthday! A very spooooky cake! 
We had a glow dance candy hunt party after trick or treating – it was a smashing good time! 
We all got a little festive! 
Evie and Mama at the school parade! 
My first book fair! 
Olan loves his dinos at Emily’s! 
Fall fun at Emily’s! 
Daycare fun! 
Our makeshift ‘thankful tree” 
The kids’ first time at Daimaru! The loudness of the fire explosions were not appreciated, but they came out liking the experience. 
Logan saved up his own money over a long time to finally buy his dream bike! So proud of him! 
Okay. The Pokemon craze has struck the Henry house. Evie is entranced. 
We painted our house one day this summer. It was the single hottest day of the year. For shizzle. Thank you to Trail and Janell for sacrificing your time to help! We are forever indebted. 
The kids got to help by painting the shed! 
The finished product! No longer do we own a dusty rose colored home! We got our gray on instead! New shutters, new door color, new address numbers. And all the weird bushes are replaced with new ones! So thankful the outside projects are OVER! 
We got to ride the Abilene train this fall! Olan absolutely thought it was the best thing ever! 
The horn left our children a little skittish. Loud noises. Sigh. 
Posing on the train! 
My girl and me on the train! 
Great Grandpa Robinson came for a visit! 
Taking a fake ride in Grandpa Henry’s classic car at the Relay for Life! 
Forts. Superheroes. Real deal. 
Some Jeep action and ice cream one fall evening! 
This was the breakthrough summer for Evie’s swimming skills. She made such great progress with Brielle! And then there’s Olan. Maybe next year, buddy! Our little ‘fraidy cat. 
Our Grow Group went out on the Marty Bender trail! Love these folks! 
Evie got to help Ayden celebrate his birthday at Rolling Hills! They had a blast! 
Olan meeting some dinosaurs during the birthday party! 
Grandma and Grandpa’s little pool was so fun this summer! 
Swimtastic! 
It’s fall. There are leaves. And we MUST keep all of them. 
Singin’ in the rain! 
This signifies the end of my schooling. Master’s Degree earned. Board passed. Thai food eaten. BOOM. 
My sweet family brought me some treats to celebrate the end of my schooling too! 
Grandpa Henry’s birthday party! 
Cute girl 3D printed a cool mailable dino project with daddy! 
Vroooom! 
Hiking at Indian Rock! 
Cousin time at Marty Bender! That was so fun. Some much appreciated time together with Megan! 
And the little cousins had fun too! Nothing like reading Dog Man in a tree. 
IIIIIICE CREEEAAAMM! 
Library stripe is DONE! Thanks Luisa and Lindsey! 
Sisters in Masks. 
Evie got to break into her ice cream shop craft she got for her birthday from Aunt Holly and Uncle Ray! 
Enjoying Sonic after a bike ride! 
My first library class ever! Even had Silas as one of my first students. 🙂 
Way too much garden okra this summer. Holy cow. 
Evie learned how to ride a bike with no training wheels this summer! And Olan knows how to pedal… whoop! We are so proud! 
Cute little guy. 
Sweet Evie Lynn! 
Got to drive the Jeep around for my birthday! Haven’t driven a manual vehicle in a really long time. Still got it! 
Cuties picking out a pumpkin at the Salina Homes event! Thank you so much, Dan! 
Aww. Stockebrand / Peters / Henry gathering on a strangely warm fall evening. Love these folks to bits. 
Our annual birthday shopping trip started off in Hesston at The Perk! 
Sweet Potato Fries at Bricktown in Wichita. 
Thai food in Wichita. Oh so good!
New-Fashioned Hymns: O Come, All Ye Faithful
Christmas songs sometimes get overlooked. For a long time, I got a little bit annoyed by singing them during the Christmas season at church. See my 2014 post… it’s not a new problem. Same old words sung so many times. Blerg. But you guys, over the years, my tune has changed. I don’t dread this season of singing anymore. That’s because if I really think about the words I’m singing, it doesn’t take long for me to get overwhelmed. The power of Jesus’ selfless act of joining us on the earth as a baby, born to die for me… it just gets me. I can’t help but adore Him for his sacrifice. So a new-fashioned hymn has been born, because this song has some power in its lyrics. It spurs JOY inside me, even in the midst of a crazy life.
O come, all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, o come ye, to Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the king of angels
To everyone who continues the faith walk:
Come here! Be filled with joy! We are victorious!
Remember what you’ve heard has happened in David’s city?
Feast your eyes on the promise:
A baby above all others; the king has arrived!
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Draw near and delight in him
Come close and cherish him
Fall in and fall for him
This is the Christ, our Lord!
Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above
Glory to God
All glory in the highest
Everyone sing praise!
Get rowdy!
Hear the deafening crowd in heaven!
God is renowned and takes the cake,
His splendor cannot be amplified any further.
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Draw near and delight in him
Come close and cherish him
Fall in and fall for him
This is the Christ, our Lord!
Yea, Lord we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus, to thee be all glory given
Word of the Father,
Now in flesh appearing
With our own eyes, we can see you.
Now joy fills our hearts!
We esteem this baby above all, because
What God has said
Has come true: Jesus is here with us!
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
O come, let us adore him
Christ the Lord
Draw near and delight in him
Come close and cherish him
Fall in and fall for him
This is the Christ, our Lord!
