Guys and Sports

John had a soccer game tonight and the boys and I went for just a little bit. It was somewhat comical to watch from the side because the other team was killing Johns team and yet they were whining and complaining about everything! At one point there was kind of a disagreement and a lot of people were yelling and Caleb looked at me and said,
C: "Whats going on Mom."
Mom: "They are kind of mad and are trying to figure it out."
C: "Are the Daddies being nice?"
Mom: "Well, no not really but they might get a time out from the referee if they don't work it out and start talking nice."
Caleb then proceeded to give me this mischievous smile and cover his mouth like "ohhhh" as if he had never heard of something so funny as a daddy in time out.

Seriously though, I'm so glad John is mostly normal in sports. Competitive enough to be a man but he doesn't totally lose control of himself. One of the guys on his team totally lost it and was swearing up a storm and when his wife tried to tell him to knock it off, he started swearing at her. He really is the nicest guy...just don't mess with him in sports. I guess I shouldn't rag on guys to much...I have been to the Roberts Crafts Clearance center and seen normal woman become animals!

On a sadder note....Our little Davis got a cold on the camping trip and it is in his chest. I took him to the Dr today because his cough is so bad that he cant stop coughing to the point where he cant breath. Its also made him throw up a couple of times. I was totally prepared for another ER visit and a second kid with asthma but so far so good. I don't think I could handle a second kid with asthma!!!! I'm counting my blessings!

Mouth of Babes

Conversation with John and Caleb on the way home from Church

John to Caleb: "Did your teacher teach you about Jesus today?"

Caleb: "Yeah"

John: "What did she tell you?"

Caleb: "Be Quiet!"

*In his teachers defense she has between 5-8 boys (no girls) that are between the age of 4-5. Shes looks like shes about 18 and she comes every week with a smile on her face and Caleb loves her!

Camping!

Friday night we took off to see how the boys would do camping. We had a blast (until it was time to go to sleep that is)! Zions is beautiful and the campground was awesome. Best of all its only like a half hour from our house. We had foil dinners, smores, sat around the campfire, and in the morning had pancakes, hot cocoa, and strawberries. Caleb loved it and was so excited to sleep in the tent we didn't have to fight him at bedtime. He unloaded the car for us into the tent and set his bed all up.
Davis is at a hard age because hes still a little clumsy and him running around the fire scared us a little. So this is how he ended up enjoying the fire. He also didn't want to go to sleep. He finally ended up with us but since it was cold he would dive over the pillows and get out of the covers so we finally let him cry for 15 mins at 1:00 in the morning until he fell asleep in his pack-n-play. We were surprised by how cold it got at night.
Doesn't Davis look like hes having a blast! He has the best faces when he gets into trouble or when hes sad. I'm so glad we were finally able to kind of catch it on camera!
Caleb's sweet bed head from falling asleep on the way!

See cant you tell we had a lot of fun from these faces! We learned A LOT about camping with kids and look forward to a fun campfire filled summer!

Tagged

What is my name? Lisa Ann Henderson

How long have we been married? Almost 6 years

How long did we date? About 5 months from first date to wedding day

How old am I? 29 years old

Who said I love you first? I waited until he said it but I wanted to first, John wouldn't say it until we knew we were getting married.

Who is taller? John

Who sings better? John

Who is smarter? Depends on the subject but the longer time goes on hes getting smarter.

Who's temper is worse? Hmmm...that's hard but we are both getting better

Who pays the bills? I do

Who does the laundry? I do

Who cooks dinner? I do unless its been a bad day and then John whips up some yummy potatoes or pancakes.

Who drives when we are together? John, hes a much better driver than me

Who is more stubborn? We still are arguing over that :)

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Me

Who's parents do you see more? Probably mine, they are retired and have more time.

Who has more friends? We both have good friends but I am better at staying in touch.

Who wears the pants in the family? Going to quote Annie on this one: "It's definitely equal. We have our own roles and responsibilities but when it comes to decision-making we always come to a decision together." I am pretty persuasive though!

Who eats more sweets? Johns idea of a sweet is an apple and I have yet to experience that feeling that something is "too rich." Although if there is leftover sweets John wakes up and eats them during the night. Seriously its so funny, his resistance is down in the middle of the night!

Who mows the lawn? We have rocks and sand

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.

Who asked who out first? John asked me and some friends over for dinner and thanks to his brother Chris we actually had something to eat. He calls that our first date but 3 girls 1 boy isn't the right math to me (well, maybe now that we are in southern Utah). I count our first date as the night he asked me to come to his soccer game.

Who kissed who first? He moved in before I knew what was happening!

What is my favorite thing about him? Oh, where to begin... Mostly that he has a lot of integrity and the best heart ever. Hes doesn't feel the need to be macho or swear to fit in, especially in construction. He really looks out for others feelings. He also is the best Dad in the world and always sees the best in me, even when I don't see it.

I tag Mark &Lisa and Brian &Kate ( I want to hear both sides of the story) although something tells me Brian will roll his eyes at this. He may surprise me though!

Very interesting....

The polygamist are framing a house here in our neighborhood. Two days ago they didn't show up for work until like 5:00 pm and worked for an hour. Yesterday they didn't show up at all. Last night as I went by the house its not done but all their stuff is gone; tools, trailers, cords. They leave those every night usually. Kind of makes you wonder what they are doing in Hildale & Colorado City right about now....

And yes, it is the same company and crew that built our house and is run by the Jessop family.

Conference Feelings

I just felt that I needed to take a moment and just write a few of my thoughts about Conference this weekend because my heart is bursting right now. It was such a testimony builder to see President Monson take his place as Prophet of this church. I loved Elder Hollands remarks about the change in President Monson and just wanted to shout Amen while he was speaking! I know that President Monson is the new Prophet and he directly answered some of the things that I have been struggling/pondering over for the last month or so. His talk was so wonderful and then to hear him talk about his sweet wife at the end was so endearing.

That last afternoon session was so uplifting for me and like President Monson said there were just so many wonderful thoughts and ideas presented. Both of our children were sleeping (Yes, Caleb who does not nap fell asleep)! I really needed this session just to uplift my heart and give me the strength that I have needed to keep moving forward, progressing with a good attitude.

I love this church. I love the brethren that lead it. There is nothing that makes me happier than to hear the words that the Lord and our Father in Heaven have for me to hear. I feel so uplifted and grateful for the blessing of being able to listen and watch without distraction and really just absorb everything I heard. I cant wait for the talks to be available next Thursday so that I can review and really internalise the things that I heard today. It was such a wonderful day and I feel so blessed!

Calebs Big Boy Bike

We got Caleb a big boy bike today. He was so excited and was even more excited about his Diego helmet. For those of you who know Caleb that's huge because he hates anything new and different that you wear. He picket out his bike all by himself and when we went out to ride it for the first time it was pretty hard for him. His first bike was one form Costco that has a handle bar that I could push when he got tired and its kind of make him lazy. He started to push but then would relax and push back hitting the breaks. He was getting so frustrated. Finally he leaned over and said, "I think this bike is out of gas!"

We went to the park today just to get out of the house and it was amazing as I sat back to see how different my children are. There was a special ed class on a field trip with their 6th grade buddies so it was pretty busy. As we pulled up Caleb yelled "Friends!" He jumped out of the car and ran up to who ever was closest. I tried to explain to him that it was a school class and that they couldn't really play with him but that didn't stop him from trying! The special ed kids didn't get Caleb trying to play with them and the poor 6th grade buddies were trying to ignore Caleb so they could interact with their buddies. It never phased Caleb. He just kept trying and playing and it never occurred to him that no one was playing with him back.

Davis on the other hand found the stairs and climbed them. I had to hold his hand the first time he went across the bridge to the little slide and then down the little slide. Davis' routine did not deviate at all! He went down the slide, back up the stairs, across the bride, down the slide.... He didn't see anyone else, did not talk to anyone else, did not want me to show him other slides. It was as if the other people did not exist. He would say "Whee" across the bridge and down the slide just to himself. He was completely in a world of his own and not interested in anyone or anything else. He didn't even look over to see if I was watching or encouraging.




Davis did actually go into s swing today. In the past he has hated them and acts like a cat that has been thrown in the air. His arms fly out stiff with all his fingers spread out trying to grab onto anything he can. He looks pretty cozy today though doesn't he!

Housekeeping

When we moved into our new house it was amazing because it was like the ultra clean freak Lisa came out. I was a bit like Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter with having to go to bed every night with my kitchen sparkling. Its been great. I even turned over a new leaf and laundry is getting put away the same day it was washed which for me was a great accomplishment. I had many explanations for this new freakishly clean house:
-I built his house myself and knew how much work I had put into it
-Our house was too pretty and new to get dirty
-We finally have enough room for all of our stuff and everything is so organised and has a place
-I was having more trouble sleeping at night and this gave me something to do
-I was growing up and starting to worry more about neatness

After the last couple of days I have finally come to the real root of it....no Internet! Our poor house hasn't been this dirty since it was being built. I'm going to have to find some moderation here!

Easter week

Brian, Kate, and fam came to visit during their spring break and we had a blast. Caleb is in some serious withdrawal from having his cousins around and Davis is glad to have his house back to being a little more calm. He likes things a little quieter. In fact when they all left (including Caleb) Davis did the happy dance all day laughing and running around the house. We then all went to CA for a thing for my Aunt and so we could pick Caleb up. All in all it was a great week. Here are some photos of the highlights!


Our good friends the Hickens came up and brought some toys for the boys to play on. The best part of living in the middle of no where is that they could just take off from our front porch and go in any direction. After dinner the little kiddos got a chance to go for a ride and they all loved it!

Uncle John took all the kids on the long board while we were out for a walk.


Easter! We make some cute kiddos in this family!