End of 2009 catch up.

I thought I had better bring you all up to speed with the on goings of Our Little Coastie Family if I want to stay in good terms with our loyal blog followers (my father in law, my momma, and momma in law to be specific :) ). Here is a condensed 2009 re cap beginning over the summer. Then I can feel somewhat caught up and redeemed. :) And one of my 2010 resolutions is to keep this place current with lots of snapshots of our sweet babies. Especially since we will not be living near family soon. Yep, I will make that official announcement in this post as well! So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride...

June 21st our baby girl turned TWO! The birthday theme: Tinkerbell. Her favorite. We celebrated with lots of friends, good food, sunshine, and swimming!
Our summer was full of camping, four wheeler riding, sunshine, and swimming. (see a pattern? lol)

On August 3rd We celebrated 7 years of marital bliss! 7 down, a lifetime to go... :)

On August 11th our littleman turned FIVE! He was so happy to finally be five because this meant he could finally go to Kindergarten! We celebrated by going to the children's waterpark, and having his birthday party at Oops Alley. A local bowling alley and arcade. This was the first year that he really had and opinion of where he wanted to have his party.

Our Boy started Kindergarten. Such a bittersweet time. He is positively excelling and is one of the advanced students in his class, despite being the youngest! We are so proud of him and his hard work and behavior in class. Sometimes he is a little to smart for his britches though. :)


Then Soccer season came in full force. GO STALLIONS!!! Garrett was so much more advanced this year versus last. AND Brandon coached his team. So fun to see my boys on the field together!

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch/corn maze/sunflower fields. The kids always have a blast. Check out the dress Avery is wearing. I sewed it myself! With some hand holding from Jeannine and my mother in law!

November came and we gave thanks. This is "Thundercloud". Garrett's native american name for class. He decided that we all should have names so I was "Dancing River" Avery was "Little Squirrel" and Daddy was "Chief Many Henderson's" I don't know where the kid comes up with this stuff but he cracks us up! November also brought.... ORDERS! The Henderson's are heading to Pine Bluff Arkansas. Brandon will be aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Kanawah. A 75' river tender. And because I know you are wondering, YES the Coast Guard IS in Arkansas. They have rivers to tend to... The Arkansas, White, and Mississippi rivers. Brandon will report for duty January 18th.

Then the highlight of our year... our family trip to DISNEY WORLD!!! The kids were in heaven. From the moment we set foot on the first Monorail train Garrett was determined he wanted one. Santa did bring him one for the record. Avery was in princess awe the entire time. We spent 4 days in the parks and had an absolute blast! Here are just a few snaps from that trip. I think it might require a post of it's own...








And with the exception of our Christmas festivities and events I believe this pretty much brings ya'll up to speed! 2009 was a wonderfully FUN year for us and we are really looking forward to all of the new beginnings and changes and exciting things that 2010 has in store for us! We are so very blessed and life is sweet!

Garrett and Avery's messages from Santa. Really cool stuff!!

(Click on the links to view their messages!)

Garrett's:
http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/a3bb94771ea3456b062576ea5104d6d8

Avery's:
http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/ab77490256b3bcd83376f43defc9fd9f

We did this last year and it was so cool then, but this year its even better! The kidlets are fascinated by it and we have watched it so many times I have lost count! Garrett beams when he says that he has been behaving in school, and Avery keeps wanting to watch "That Christmas again!!!" lol Enjoy!

Merry Christmas from our Family to yours!!! Buoy's Dancing Debut!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

June 4th 2009

OUR LITTLEMAN GRADUATED FROM PRE K!

(I am going to be getting our blog up to date over the next few days so sit tight and enjoy the ride. I have so much to catch ya'll up on and it's time to get this place movin' again! I have adorable kids for you to watch grow :D )

What a happy yet bittersweet day to see your baby boy graduate PreK. The emotions were running high for this momma... we had made so many great friends and memories. The countless play dates at pickup time were some of our happiest times throughout the school year. The thought of not seeing our friends everyday was sad... knowing that this graduation signified growth, and the fact that we would be going our separate ways. Some of our dear friends were moving off (the downside to having friends in the military and living in an area full of military families... Miss you Sara!) and all of us who were staying were going to be starting different schools at the end of the summer. The kids were ADORABLE that night. The theme: "Cruising into Kindergarten". Boys were dressed in Hawaiian shirts, shorts, and flip flops, and the girls wore sundresses. They recited things they had learned, and sang songs for us. A beautiful slideshow set to "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus and The Tarzan song "You'll be in my heart" left not a dry eye in the room. So many happy pictures of great times at Kids Discovery Milton! To our friends, who really feel more like family, Thank you for making this such a special year for us and for touching our lives. To Ms. Amy, and Ms. Allison Thank you for being the most wonderful preschool teachers we could have ever asked for! You gave Garrett the tools to succeed in Kindergarten, and as I write this over four months after graduation, he is one of the top students in his Kindergarten class and his teacher is thoroughly amazed at how advanced he is especially for being the youngest in his class. We have been blessed by you all!

Do you Tooty Ta?

" A tooty ta! A tooty ta! A tooty ta ta!"

Just one of the fun PreK memories and songs that we will be singing for years to come!

Our little Coastie Brats!

We celebrated Coast Guard day last week! Our two babies LOVE to play and pretend they are "Coast Guard"! Avery runs around everyday pointing at daddy's shirt and saying "U S Coast Guard" She is one smart little cookie! Garrett wants to be just like his daddy when he grows up and it melts my heart! :)

I hope to catch everyone up soon on our summer so far. I have so many events to blog about. Garrett's preschool graduation, Avery's 2nd birthday (yes, she's two... sniffle), Camping trips, etc... And on Tuesday our baby boy will be a toddler no more. He's turning FIVE. Somebody hold me...

Hope your summer has been full of sunshine and happiness!

"Our little Coastie Family" by Garrett

Be still my heart... Garrett's interpretation of our family. Love how Avery and I have long hair and batting eyelashes. And I adore how he put the heart sticker on it because "we love eachudder".

I wonder where they get it?

A Mom's Eye View.

Simultaneously I hear two little voices:

Garrett: "Momma! Can I take your picture?" Avery: "Cheeeeeezzzzzzzzzzze!"

(Love how Avery's camera is backward in two of the shots :D)

I bet you can't tell who they get this from either?

Goofy kids.