Gingerbread Houses

OK... so they are not really gingerbread. Cameron wasn't feeling well the day of his preschool party so he missed making one at school so we made graham cracker houses at home. They had fun putting on the candy.

Frosty the Snowman

We finally got enough wet packing snow today to make a snowman. The kids had fun helping to build it.

Candy Cane Lane

A long standing Henderson tradition....the making of Candy Cane Cookies. The holiday would not be complete without them.

Winter Wonderland!

So we finally had our first big snow storm of the season. The kids decided that they wanted to go out and try to build a snowman this afternoon. Unfortunately, the snow was total powder and would not stick together so they had to improvise and find other ways to play in the snow.

Jorie, Cameron and Julia having fun in the snow!

Cameron's birthday cake made of snow!


Cameron wanted to go sledding so we found the sled and tried sledding down our tiny hill!

Ready Set Go!

Watch out here I come!

Whee!

It worked pretty good once they got a packed down trail. Next time we will find a bigger hill!

Deck the Halls!

Cameron has been counting down the days until we could put up the Christmas tree. As soon as breakfast was over Friday morning, the tree trimming began. As John and I struggled with the lights, Cameron and Jorie pulled everything else out of the totes.

There were only a few places where there were multiple ornaments on a branch.

Pose for a picture Cameron!

Mom and Jorie getting out the decorations.

Teamwork!

Putting up the lights outside!

Oh I am so much help!

Halloween 2009

Cameron Preparing for Halloween.

He made Tombstones to decorate.
We made one with his name on it and he wanted to pretend he was dead.

Carving Pumpkins!

Jorie's Pumpkins

Happy Face #1

Happy Face #2

Cameron's Pumpkins

Medusa

Scorpion

Jorie our little Ladybug!

Watch out for Cameron the Pirate!

Together ready to go Trick-or-treating!

One, Two, Three?

Cameron has been asking for another baby for over 6 months. In the spring he told the neighbor we were having another baby. He was making toys for the baby during one of my parents visits.

WELL..... he has finally convinced his Mom (and Dad) that it is time. We will have a new little Hutton in Mid-April. We are so excited, but Cameron and Jorie the most. Cameron has started telling everyone (much to my chagrin!)

A Quick Review of the last month....

Cameron started preschool the last week of August. He loves it. It is a different one than he went to last year but it is closer (only a few houses down the street). He has even walked there by himself a few times. He is getting so grown up and learning so much. The other night I was working on the computer and he was sitting at the desk next to me writing on a piece of paper. He asked me, "How do you spell 'A'? I responded,"It is just the letter A." He thought for a minute and then he said, "How do you spell 'L'?" I told him,"you don't spell L it is just the letter 'L'?" He didn't like this response. Again he asked, " How do you spell 'L'?" I gave him the same answer. By this point he was getting very frustrated with me and I a little with him. I tried to explain that letters are letters and you don't spell them like words. He then said to me..."Well I spelled the letter 'Y'!" And sure enough, on his paper it said "WHY". How do you argue with that?

In honor of my Grandmother's birthday the Peterson Family Reunion was held at the Harris Pond in Burley, ID. It is a fun man made pond at the Harris family's home. They have canoeing, a zip line, large swing, and pavillion that they allow groups to use for big activities. We had a great time playing in the water, riding the kiddie train, and gathering candy from the Candy Cannon!

This year was Cameron's First year in Soccer. It was your typical 4-5 year old soccer. The swarm that follows the ball. He had fun meeting new friends, running around the field, making grass angels and doing somersaults. He is a perfectionist...so if the ball didn't go where he wanted it to it was cause for major meltdown. We are going to try baseball next....not so much contact.

The Henderson Family

It was great to see everyone at Grandpa's Funeral. We were almost all there....we were missing about 20 in the picture.

Grandpa Reed

On Friday evening my grandfather, Reed Howey Henderson passed away. A wonderful Husband, Father and Grandfather. We will miss you Grandpa Reed.

Friday night at about 5:00 pm we got the call saying my grandfather had passed away. My dear sweet sensitive Cameron came and sat on my lap. As I explained to him that Grandpa Reed had died and had gone to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again, Cameron looked at me and said "But he will come back, Right?" I explained that we would see him again after we die. He started crying and said,"I will miss him".
"Me too my dear...me too."
And we sat and held each other and cried.
A tribute to a wonderful man, who lived a long fulfilling life.
We love you!

Our trip to the East Coast

We had a great time on our vacation. This was the kids first airplane ride. I was anxious to see how well they would travel. We were very pleasantly surprised. They were both angels on the ride. We had many comments from other passengers about their good behavior. I am proud of them.

The day after we arrived we took the kids to the trolley museum in Connecticut. We got to go for a ride in an old trolley and then see many old trolleys and fire engines. We were all still recovering from jet lag and Cameron kept asking to go back to the hotel to take a nap. (strange for a 4 year old who doesn't nap) I think staying in a hotel ranks in Cameron's top 5 activities of the entire vacation!

On Friday we spent the day in New York City.

We rode the train in from CT. Grand Central Station was amazing.

Above are a few of the sites we saw in New York City. John would have loved to go to the Late Show but we weren't there long enough and we had the kids.

It was our goal to see the temple while we were there. We were almost under it before we recognized it. We were able to go inside and upstairs where the chapel is for Sunday meetings and read about the opening of the temple.

Central Park was beautiful. I was surprised at how clean it was for as many people that visit daily. Do you recognize the Bethesda Fountain? It can be seen in many movies.


We went to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty. A New York Landmark you can't miss.Another on Cameron's list of favorites was Spiderman at Battery Park. He really could have cared less about the Statue of Liberty. While we were looking at the Statue of Liberty he kept asking if he could see Spiderman. I had no idea what he was talking about. Luckily his dad did, and took them over for a picture. We also got to see the Kalipso Tumblers (America's Got Talent Stars for those who are not fans of the show).

On our way to New Hampshire to the Lake House we took a slight detour to visit a Maple Syrup Farm and see the birthplace of the prophet Joseph Smith. We got to see how they tap the tree for the syrup and try to carry the heavy buckets through the tires to see what it would be like to carry buckets of sap through the snow and watched a movie about how they boil down the 30-40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

It was great to be able to visit one of the church history sites while we were there and to learn more about the life of the prophet.

We spent one night at my father-in-law's cousin's lake house. The kids got to go kayaking and play in the private beach.

On Tuesday, we went to Boston. Our first stop was the Boston Temple. It is fun for the kids to see all of the different temples.
In Boston we ate lunch in Boston Common, went on the Freedom Trail and learned more about the history of Boston and shopped at Quincey Market. The Carousel was another of Cameron's most memorable times.
At the end of our day in Boston we were invited to dinner at Reed and Doris Alexander's home with all of the extended family. It was fun to meet many of John's family.


On Wednesday before we boarded the plane to come home we made it to the beach. This too made Cameron's Top 5.Cameron and Jorie working on the sand castle and Cameron with the crab shell. It is a good thing he always prays that he won't get bitten by a lobster or a crab. We made it though the beach day safely.

On our way home we missed our flight from Georgia to Utah so we had to stay there overnight. This will be Cameron's number 1 memory. We missed our plane, but we got to stay in a really nice hotel and jump on the beds.

Jorie's Birthday

Jorie helping to make her Birthday Cake.

I had applied the white frosting and worked until it was smooth. I took what was left of the white frosting to color it for the stars and when I turned back around Jorie had made her mark!

The finished cake. A fancier birthday cake will be at her party when Grandma and Papa come to take the kids while John and I are at Girls Camp.

Jorie blowing a kiss!

Daddy led her out to her presents with her eyes closed. Surprise!


Video of her opening gifts.

Sidewalk chalk from Grandma and Grandpa Hutton

New jammies

Blowing out the candles!