Trinity Homecoming Parade

Hailey's cheer association joins Trinity High School for their homecoming parade. We rode in the back of the coach's truck, while our football boys rode in a trailer, behind the truck. Both Hailey and Harris had fun wearing their mum and garter and throwing out candy to the kids on the side of the road. Of course, Harris wanted to eat the candy, but he did an awesome job of throwing the candy out!
Getting ready to leave for the parade.

Lions Cheerleaders in the back of the truck.

Mommy got to ride, too!

Hailey & Harris in the back of the truck.

The kids all throwing out candy.

The kids when the parade was over. The sun went down and there were all so cold!

Junie B Jones

Hailey loves Junie B Jones books, and we both love going to plays. So when I saw that Junie B Jones was coming into town, I knew I had to take Hailey. William was going to keep Harris and I got tickets for Hailey and I. But of course, at the last minute, William got called out of town. Thankfully, Honey was able to save the day! Hailey and I were still able to go. It was a great play and we had a wonderful time together. What can be better than Hailey/Mommy time seeing a great play? And we can't wait for November... we are going to go see Santa Clause is Coming to Town!

Hailey with our tickets when we got to our seats!

After the intermission, they had all the kids with September/October birthdays to come up in front of the stage. Then they had the whole audience sing them Happy Birthday.

Hailey right after the show.

Hailey loves getting her picture made with the characters. Here she is with Junie B...

and with Junie B's best friend, 'That Grace'.

Junie B, Hailey and Mommy.

Mommy & Hailey leaving the play. What a great play!

Pumpkin Patch 09

My family loves the autumn season! We love going outside in the cool (not cold!) weather. And this was a great day for a pumpkin patch outing! The kids had fun going from pumpkin to pumpkin and Hailey was in a posing mood! Harris was even getting in on the posing fun! The best part was, I really didn't have to torture them to get these cute pictures! We hope you are enjoying this wonderful autumn season, too!
Happy Fall Ya'll!

Halloween Cookies

I love this time of year! Crisp, cool weather, hot cocoa, fires in the fire place, and of course... Cookies! Harris and I went shopping for Halloween cookies and he loved the ghosts! So after school, the kids and I sat on the floor to 'make' our cookies. We all had fun baking the cookies, and even more fun eating them!

Happy Early Halloween everyone!

Super Sweet Kids

I put a movie on for the kids and left the room to go check my email. In just a few short minutes, I realized that it was way to quiet in there. I went to check and see what kind of trouble these two might have gotten into. Instead of trouble, this is what I found...

Aren't they sweet?! I hope they always get along so well, and stay so sweet! I sure love these two kiddos!

Spirit Week

This week was Spirit Week with Hailey's cheer association. On Friday, all the kids were invited to go run the field at the Trinity High School football game. Hailey was very excited to this because she had done it last year. When we got there, we waited & waited on our team. No one showed up, not the cheerleaders or the football boys. It turns out our coaches cancelled that day, but didn't let us know. So the guys running security told me, that I could stand in as coach and take Hailey to run the field for all the Lions! So, we went and sat in the 'waiting stands' with all the other teams.

Then when we got down on the field, they started announcing teams. When they said the Lions, Hailey & I ran out by ourselves! I think Hailey felt extra special being with just Mommy and representing the whole Lion team.

Here is Hailey about to run through the tunnel...

Running out of the tunnel... (blurry!)

Hailey & I

The Trinity boys doing the Haka... Hailey got a little nervous at first... they were right in our faces, and they are very loud!

Our family, about to leave the field!

Then on Saturday, the coaches gave the girls glasses, painted on their arms & faces, and gave them tattoos. Hailey loved the glasses and wore them the whole game! Here she is with her friend Jenna.

After getting all 'spirited' up, the girls held up a banner for the boys to run through.

The coaches also told the girls that they would be giving away spirit sticks to the two girls who tried their best and were the loudest. Hailey was so excited! She cheered so loud, smiled so big and really did a great job! Doesn't she look like she has the most spirit?

Of course in my head, I'm thinking she should get the Spirit Stick just for running the field alone last night. Hailey and I were both soooo excited when her name was the first one announced! Way to Go, Hailey!

Today, we took Hailey out of school about noon and told her about William's dad. She asked a lot of questions, but overall she did great. Then to get in some much needed family time, we took the kids to the State Fair. The weather was great, the kids were in such good moods, and we had a great time! Here is a brief video of our day... enjoy!

William Edward Hennington Sr.

William Edward Hennington Sr., William's dad, died on Monday, Sept. 28th, 2009. We were told just 12 days before, that he had cancer. The doctors said he had about six months. The whole family was surprised that he went so quickly. He was 73 years old. William left for Odessa about 10:00 am that day and helped his family with all the arrangements. I flew out to meet him on Wednesday night. The funeral was Thursday morning at 9:00 am. The weather was so nice and the service was beautiful. Please keep William's family in your prayers.

William & I after the funeral