It's A Girl!!!

We had our Ultrasound today. I guess I'm getting used to them, because this is the first time I could actually see the lips and some of the other weird things they look at. I really enjoyed it.

Well, we found out that it is a girl, so Kyler and Kaylee are excited. I'm pretty sure that we will name her Evelyn Marie. I've had that name picked out since before we found out Kenyon is a boy, so since we still like it after 2+ years I doubt we will change our minds.

Evelyn is waving "Hi" to everyone.

Either she is ready to defend herself from her older siblings, or she wants to get out really bad.
This is just a cute picture of her foot.

They also moved my due date up one week, so now the official day is August 30, 2008.

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

On Sunday, April 6th, my brother, Kendall, showed up for Sunday dinner with kites for all of the kids. He had a Mickey & Minnie one for Kaylee, a Cars one for Kyler, and an old Spiderman one for Kenyon to drag around. We tried flying them at my mom's and dad's but the wind wasn't cooperating very well. Kaylee was able to get her's to fly long enough to get some pictures.

After the afternoon Conference session, we drove to Gunnison, where it always seems to be windy, and let them try again. Kyler did much better with more wind. After we got his in the air, it didn't come back down until we brought it down to go home.

Thanks Kendall for a fun filled Sunday afternoon!

Yard Work

Now that spring is finally here, we are getting some yard work done. Russell rented a tractor last week, during his and the kids' Spring Break, and got our top soil spread out. The kids really had fun "driving" the tractor with him.

Then Saturday, we spent most of the afternoon raking the back yard. The kids had fun using their own tools, and Kenyon had a ball putting rocks in the wheel barrow. We hope to plant some grass by this weekend, but I guess that depends on the weather (we got about 2 inches of snow yesterday, and since it was so cold it took most of today for it to melt).

Egg Decorating

I finally found my connector to download my pictures from my phone, so now I can post pictures again. We decorated Easter Eggs with my family, and some of Charlotte's friends, on Sunday March 16. Kenyon slept through the whole thing, but Kyler and Kaylee had lots of fun.

I don't know where she gets it from, but the only color Kaylee wanted to use was pink, so she had four pink Easter Eggs. Sometimes I wonder if she does it just to bug me, but that is what kids are supposed to do right?

Kyler had almost as much fun organizing his eggs as he did coloring them, that I know he gets from me.

Big News!

Well I guess I will make it official and post it on our blog. We are expecting another baby! My current due date is September 6, but I expect it to be moved up when we have the ultrasound. All of the other kids were moved up and then came early, which was good since I was having contractions for weeks to a month before. Anyway, I'm expecting that it will in late August. I am feeling pretty good now, but for a couple months there I wasn't doing too great. I'm glad that part is over. Anyway, we are pretty excited, especially Kyler and Kaylee. I'm sure Kenyon will enjoy having a baby around too (see the previous posts of him and Rylie). I'm hoping it's a girl because I have a girl name (Evelyn Marie, Evelyn is my mom's middle name and Marie is Russell's grandma's name) and Kaylee needs a little sister, but I'm not convinced it's a girl. We will keep you updated with news as it comes.

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Our 6th Annual Trip To The Car Show

We have gone to the car show every year since Kyler was 1, so when he saw the commercials for it on TV he asked if we were going. Of course we had to go, so we went last Saturday. The kids love being able to see all of the cars and truck and to be able to climb in and out of them all they want. Here are some pictures of the fun they had:

Kaylee trying out the Corvette and Hummer.

Kaylee and Kenyon having fun pushing all of the buttons.

Kenyon thought it was really neat to "drive" all the different cars and trucks.

Kyler having fun just hanging around.

Kyler and Kaylee thought it was neat to go under the Hummer, but they would not hold still long enough to get a decent picture. Kenyon would not go anywhere near it.

The Mayan

We have tried several times to make it into the Mayan to eat. Most of the attempts failed because of 2 hour waiting lists, but one failed due to remodeling. Well we finally made it in last weekend, and we only had to wait 1 hour for it to open. The kids really liked it and want to go back. It was pretty neat and the food was pretty good and not too expensive either, so I'm sure we will be back.

Kyler Lost His First Tooth

Kyler finally lost his first tooth on January 12, 2008.

He was excited about it and looks pretty good without it.

Family Pictures

We had Henningson Family pictures taken December 26, 2007. They turned out pretty good. The last time we took pictures was 2 years and 5 babies ago.

Charlotte (my sister), Bryan (Dale B's son), Dalliam (Dale B's daughter), Kyler (my son), Kaylee (my daughter), Russell (my husband), Wendy (me), Kenyon (my son), Dale (my dad), Rebekah (Jenny's daughter), Kay (my mom), Rylie (Kendall's daughter), Dale B (my brother), Jonathan (Dale B's son), Lilliam (Dale B's wife), Elizabeth (Jenny's daughter), Randy (Jenny's husband), Alan (Jenny's son), Jenny (my sister), Joshua (Jenny's son), Sheri (Kendall's wife), Kendall (my brother), Braxton (Kendall's son).

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Kaylee (age 3), Kenyon (age 18 months), Kyler (age 6)

Christmas Day

Kyler and Kaylee had fun playing with their Christmas...

...And their cousins' Christmas, too.

Elizabeth, Kyler, Alan, Kaylee, & Joshua playing a game at Grandma Henningson's on Christmas Day. (Elizabeth, Alan, & Joshua are my sister Jenny's kids and they came from Wisconsin to have Christmas with the Henningsons.)

Kenyon Loves Babies

Kenyon has decided that he loves babies and dolls. I'm sure it comes from Kendall & Sheri's new baby Rylie. He loves to hold her whenever someone will let him, and pouts when we take her away.

Since we won't let him hold her all the time he has taken over some of Kaylee's dolls and loves to carry them around. It is so fun to watch.

Christmas Eve in Our New House

We finished the house enough to move into it on Friday, December 21, 2007. Thanks to my dad and Kendall for helping so much at the end to make it possible, and thanks to mom and Sheri for letting them help us. We still have the basement to finish and a few little details upstairs, but it is so nice to be in our own home again.

We had the Henningson Christmas Eve Party at our house and it was a lot of fun. We had 23 people there and I think everyone had a great time.

Here is a picture of us in front of our new fire place ready to go to bed in our new Christmas PJs.