Get READY!

One of my Christmas gifts was a new fancy camera from my wonderful hubby! I hope you all realize the monster he has created and the millions of pictures you will now have to endure looking at. I have always wanted a camera that I could do more with, especially with all the memorable moments with the kids. Well, I am so excited to learn and use this new camera. I have a lot to learn with all the different settings and such! Here are some of my favorite pictures so far!!

Eric's Wedding Ring


Elizabeth in action


My Boys


Beautiful roses from my thoughtful husband!

Merry Christmas!

This time last year we were just adjusting to our newest family member and here we are a whole year later with three walking and almost three talking children! What a blessing this year has been. As always it has had its ups and downs but definitely more ups! Christmas truly took on a magical feeling. We found this to be the first year that Santa's story was really grasped by our oldest. He was so excited for Santa and Ella just fed off his excitement. We can't wait till Elizabeth jumps into the mix in a couple of years! We also adopted a new tradition of "The Elf on the Shelf". "Heart", the elf, kept a watchful eye on the Hensley children the last couple of weeks before Christmas. ;) And gave Mommy and Daddy quite a bargaining chip with behavior as there were many reminders of "What is Heart going to tell Santa?". (If you aren't familiar with the Elf on the Shelf book/elf, it is an elf from the North Pole that reports to Santa each night and then reappears in the morning in some different spot in the house. It is too cute!)

Christmas morning was crazy chaotic fun but we wouldn't have had it any other way! The kids unwrapped and Mom and Dad put toys together feverishly. We played, laughed, napped and ate all day! PERFECT!! Merry Christmas Everyone! We love you all!

Christmas Eve! (Sorry no pictures of handsome Andrew. He was not in any mood for pictures.)


Santa Came! (Skye doesn't seem excited.)

Waiting to go see what Santa brought! (Although Mommy and Daddy have a sneaking suspicion that two little people were up exploring in the family room for a little bit before they came to get us!)

On to the presents...




Stella made us matching Scottie aprons! We LOVE them!



Truly a little kid at heart!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

Our littlest miracle turned one on December 1st. How incredibly special it is that our little Elizabeth has her birthday on her Papa Gray's actual birthday and Papa Hensley's is three days later! What a lucky girl! We were able to make the trip to Ohio (yes, 20 hours in the car...went surprsingly well) to celebrate her birthday and Thanksgiving with our family in Ohio. It really is the first time many on my side of the family got to meet Elizabeth. We had such a wonderful time and we will cherish those memories always! I only need to say one thing...she LOVED her cake!




Our lucky little girl got to celebrate again with Grandma and Papa Hensley who came down the following weekend. We had so much fun with them and as always we were so sad to see them go. Thank you so much for coming down. We LOVED every minute of it! P.S. Grandma..Andrew counted three airplanes today. He says he is winning. ;)