The Henry Family

I'm just sayin...

2011-02-14T10:30:00.000-08:00

Well, logging into my account I realize that it has been almost a year since my last post. I'd really love to be one of those moms who can blog everyday about my thoughts, events and feelings but let's me honest, some days I don't even get a shower. Between homeschooling, restaurants, dirty diapers, dishes, carpools, baseball and the general chaos all I can think about doing is falling into bed. I often times beat myself up for not taking more pictures...don't judge...most days I can't even find the camera. All I know is that we're happy, smiling, loving each other and loving the Lord. We're on this crazy track together and making memories. love you all of you

Happy Easter

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He is Risen...what a celebration

Easter 2010

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Here are the kids out in front of our cherry blossom tree. 5 of the 6 kids...Austin is in New Orleans on a mission trip

Easter

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twins

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the gang

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Sweet Reed

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our Christmas Eve Service

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Christmas

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my little angels

Cutest Cow in Georgia

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2009 Pumpkin Patch

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potty training

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We lost our first tooth!

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My sweet little baby, Skye (who actually isn't a baby since she's 6) just lost her first tooth a few minutes ago. It's been loose for over 2 weeks and she's been too afraid to pull it. Today it was so loose that her daddy put some baby orajel on it and bam...out! She is so excited and has just informed me the the tooth fairy doesn't give money anymore but toys???? Hmmmm...where did that come friend. After some checking, she's correct unfortunately. Don't know how the tooth fairy will pull that one off. I think the tooth fairy has had SUCH a long hard day and doesn't really feel like shopping but ANYTHING for my baby

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Summerfest

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Every year the Virginia Highlands area of Atlanta has summerfest. This is a great time of food, music, crafts and fun. We haven't been able to go much in the past but this year we figured we'd load the kids up and try it. We only had the little three since the girls were sharing some special time with their Petals (my mom). The twins made it pretty well but poor little Reed...so tired

Lily

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The pool party was a swimming birthday party for our twin friends Mary Paige and Piper. These sweet girls are friends of Skye's from school and their precious mama always includes Lily on things. Thanks, Whitney for making my sweet baby feel so welcome

Summertime Fun

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My sweet girls enjoyed a pool party. We love summertime

Tuckerd out

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Little dude just couldn't hang but oh, I just love that face

More sweet baby

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Love this little man

Reed

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Here is my sweet baby who's always happy and smiling for his mama

Kids at Easter

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River and Easter Bunny

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My sweet little boy LOVED the Easter Bunny

Petting Zoo

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Petting zoo at Easter

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Ready, set, hunt....

sweet sisters

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Skye and Lily out in front of our Cherry Blossom tree in our front yard

twins

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Brooke and River in their sweet Easter outfits after church

So sleepy!

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We've had a big day of Easter Egg hunts, church and dinner and now we're all pooped

Rushton Reed Henry

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Rushton Reed Henry arrived Friday January 16th, 2009 at 3:39 pm. He was 7 pound 4 oz and 19 1/4 inches long. He was born via c-section and is doing great. Despite a 4 day visit to NICU, Reed is doing great. He is breathing normally, eating wonderfully and is happy! He smiles and brings so much joy to our life. Thank you God for such another wonderful blesssing

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Brand new...this picture was taken by one of our great nurses before Steve even held him

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Lily is happier than anyone to have a new baby brother

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wow...this place is loud and people are bothering me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy's boy

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Steve wasn't allowed in the operating room this time due to some complications. For some reason, my epidural didn't work and they had to put me to sleep at the last minute. This is daddy right outside the OR minutes after Reed's arrival

My gang

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Here is most of my gang (minus Austin) enjoying a moment with new baby brother Reed

My grandaddy

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Today was Lily's 4th birthday and my granddaddy's 85. He has been very sick lately with both liver and pancreatic cancer so we wanted to make sure that their joint party at Chuck E Cheese was a fun success. I feel so very blessed to have had my grandadddy in my life all these years. Thank you GOD for allowing him to stay here for another birthday.

Chuck E Cheese

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Skye loved "helping" to open the presents as much as Lily loved getting them. The moon sand, Tinkerbell bubble bath and movie were the hits. She didn't really love the attention while blowing out her candles.

Lily turns 4

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My sweet little River LOVED Chuck E Cheese. This is actually very unusal for him, he's a shy guy but couldn't hold back his love and Brooke couldn't help but enjoy the icing!

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my sweet angels

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Twins are two-rific!!

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Tinkerbell at her finest!

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My hero

Happy Halloween

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Each year we go to my grandparents neighborhood for Halloween. They decorate golf carts, have parades, do sparklers and get tons of candy. This year we were blessed with a cowgirl, a tinkerbell, a princess, and superman. I love my gang

The Pumpkin Patch

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Every year it is a tradition at our house to go to Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dahlonega, Ga. It's about an hour away from our house but the kids love it. We make it a huge deal every year. We get up early, pack our bags and head out. It takes a little over an hour to get there. When we arrive, there are literally thousands of people there. We trek out to the patch and get a wheelbarrow for the kids to ride in. We have our kodak moments then start the hunt. We are very particular about our choices and everyone gets their own pumpkin. Then we head to the barn to pay. When you walk toward the barn, you start to smell the fresh pumpkin pies, breads and muffins they have baking. It's a tradition each year for us to get a piece of pie, popcorn and frozen lemonade. We then head home exhausted. After we arrive home, the kids and their daddy start carving as I start our tradition Thanksgiving feast. We start off the holiday season with this pre-Thanksgiving dinner of Turkey, dressing and all the fixins. We have our feast then roast pumpkin seeds to watch with the football game last night. I love our family traditions.

Sisters

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Skye and Lily have looked foward to the pumpkin patch for over a month. They ran up immediatley and posed for this picture

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Brooke was a bit overwhelmed

Mommy and us

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Here is one of the only pictures I have of me and the twins. I don't take too many pictures these days since I'm 7 months pregnant but I couldn't miss this sweet moment.

Having a blast

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River got tickled when he picked out his pumpkin

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Lily is guarding our pumpkins!

Lily Chillin out

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Lily fell asleep on the way and decided she rather participate in the wagon.

2008-08-23T16:21:00.002-07:00

My sweet babies turned 2 years old today. It certainly doesn't seem like 2 years ago that I was delivering them. I remember the day very clearly. I remember being nervous, I remember that the nurses couldn't the the IV in my arm and it took 4 sticks...ouch! I remember my sweet River was born first weighing 5.6 pounds then my sweet little Brooke was born weighing 6.15 pounds. I cried as much as they did. It was the most precious moment and I'm so very grateful that I got to experience it. The last 2 years have flown by and I've relished each and every moment and triumph. It's hard to believe we have another precious angel coming in just a few months. Happy Birthday Brooke and River

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Yummy Nemo birthday cake

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Brooke posing with her big sisters

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River opening presents from his Petals and Pops

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Brooke opening presents from her Nana and Papa

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Brooke enjoying cake

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River enjoying his birthday cake

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The big sisters posing together

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Here is Skye at her table. She is so very excited. No tears, just threw up her hand and said "bye, daddy!". Her daddy always takes her on the first day and they have their "special breakfast" at waffle house. On the last day of school she was already planning her special time with daddy

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Almost time, here she waiting out in front of her classroom ready to head in to her first day!

Ready and waiting

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Here is Skye out in front of her school again

Can't wait to go in

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Here she is out in front of the Village (that's what they call her building)

Arrived so early, they had to wait in daddy's car

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First Day of Kindergarten

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Today my baby started kindergarten. For most people, this can be a really sad and scary time but ours was WONDERFUL. Last year we made the tough decision to put Skye in private school for preschool. We were really torn since it was all day, VERY expensive and she was so little. So, we prayed about it and decided if she got admitted, we'd let her go. Well, she did and we did. Our experience was wonderful. She had sweet Mrs. Davis who was a true vetern of 24 years. She gave lots of hugs and praise and Skye loved it. The best part was she met her best friend, Angelica. They've been inseperable since and God blessed us again....Skye and Angelica are in the same class again this year. And....a little birdie told her new teacher (another Mrs. Davis) that they were best friends so they are in the same group, at the same table and their cubbies are next to each other. What a joy! That's one thing (of many) that I love about private school. They'll make these little accomodations. Anyway, instead of tears and anxiety, my sweet angel was thrilled about school, up early and couldn't wait to arrive. God is so good!

My whole gang

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Here we are....after many hours at the photo studio. Believe it or not, the photographer took 112 shots of all the kids and this is the ONLY one where everyone was looking....I can't imagine what next year will be like with another new blessing. God is so good

Austin

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My grown up young man. It's hard to believe he's a teenager....makes a mom feel old :-)

Sweet

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I got this picture in black and white and am going to frame it for my vanity...one of my favorties

Sisters

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I love this picture. My girls are so very close. They share a room, toys and a love for each other. I'm so happy to have little angels so close in age

Lily

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Lily bear....what else can you say

Skye

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My beautiful angel. Beautiful on the inside too!!

River

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My sweet little man. I have to admit that having a little boy wasn't on my list at first but wow what God had in store. He makes my heart smile everyday

Brooke

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Here's my little fireball....just like me at that age I'm told!

Finally!! A new post

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We've had such a busy and surprising summer that it's been a very long time since I've posted anything. Today we went and had some new pictures made off all the kids....whew...what an exhausting experience trying to get all 5 still! Just think, this time next year, we'll have one more too!

Summer's Here!

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It's hard to believe it's June already. Summer is in full swing at the Henry house. Skye and Lily are enjoying a week in Disney World with their Petals and Pops. Steve and I are working hard on our new business and have been incredibly blessed with the success. We started a real estate investment firm that God has chosen to bless incredibly. We are working day and night but having lots of fun.

River and Brooke are almost 2 now and are really enjoying the week alone with mommy. I'll post new pictures as soon as the girls get back!

Skye's Birthday

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Wow, we had a magical day! Skye turns 5 years old on Tuesday and today we had princess party and guess who showed up??? Cinderella herself. She had a coronation ceremony officially naming Skye "Princess for a day". She taught us how to curtsy, bow, wave like a princess and take a bow. She told us her story of how she lived in the castle with her evil stepmother and how she went to the ball. She taught us how to dance and then put make up on us! Unfortunately, Skye is still getting over the flu (we've all had it for over 3 weeks) so she wasn't doing much participating but we all still had a magical time

Yummy birthday princess cake

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Girls in the snow making snow balls, snow angels and chasing Buster....who LOVED the snow!!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

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In a bizzare yet nevertheless exciting event, it SNOWED in Georgia today. Rarely do we get a glimps of the white stuff but today we're getting over 3 inches. The timing was less than ideal being that today is Austin's 13th birthday. We unfortunately had to cancel his birthday party since the roads are already icing over. We went out for mexican food for lunch, sang happy birthday and had cake. After the "party" at lunch, we came home and played in the snow!!!

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sweet thing number 2!!

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My precious sweet thing...just look at that face :-)

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Lily blowing out her candle

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Skye enjoyed the party too!!

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My sweet granddaddy and Skye

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Me and my daddy opening presents

Family Party

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Lily got 2 parties this year. Her Tinkbell party with her friends on Saturday and her family party on Sunday afternoon. This party was very special to us as Jan. 5th is also my granddaddy's birthday. When it was time to choose my c-section date, I chose this date so that Lily and my granddaddy would have the same special day. He turned 84 and Lily turned 3. We all had cake and ice cream and presents. Yum!!

Lily turns 3 today

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My sweet Lily turned 3 years old on Sat. We searched and searched and decided that a Tinkerbell party would be best. She had 6 friends over for play, cake and ice cream. It was the girliest display I've seen in a while!! Icing, wrapping paper and great memories.

Our first date

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Steve and I have been doing lots of reading lately about raising girls. My mom got Steve a fabulous book for Christmas called "Inteviewing your daughters Dates". Obviously, it will be quite a while before any boys will be calling but we still want to be ready. One great piece of advice was for their daddy to start "dating" them early (at age 3 or 4). This way they can know what an appropriate date should do (open doors, pull out chairs, etc). So, we decided there was no time like the present. My sweet husband got tickets to the Nutcracker Ballet at the Fox Theater and decided to take his princesses on a date! They had a fabulous time and are learning so much! We love you daddy!

Christmas cookies

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My sweet girls and I like to bake together (and their daddy too). Here we are baking Christmas cookies for Skye's teacher!

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