A Hendry Visit...

My sister Brooke and her family, Tyler, Elle, and Tatem, came to visit us this past weekend. While Tyler and Joel were in Perio Courses, Brooke and I played! We took the kids to Middleton Place, Charlestown Landing, Historic Downtown, Angel Oak, 5 Guys, etc. One night we went to Disney on Ice. Another night our neighbors brought us some live crabs to cook, the highlight of the weekend, so we feel like the Hendry's got a true Charleston experience. Kimball, who's favorite foods are Oysters and Crabs, was in HEAVEN cracking open the crab legs and pulling out the meat. YO! Papa Miller would have been so proud.

The two Periodontists: we are so proud of you two. It's been a LONG road.
Now stop playing the Wii and bring home some bacon!

The two babies, who despite having similar genes from their mothers, look nothing alike to us. Tatem is quite a bit bigger than Tessa, and their head-shapes are so different. But aren't they beautiful? Elle and Clara had a great time together. The dynamic between our kids is probably more like siblings than cousins, so the fighting is pretty intense as well. That's how we know they really love each other!

Kimball is pretty excited to have another boy cousin. Now these two, they resemble each other a little bit more, don't you think?
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Before the pot...

After! Ready to eat. Where's the butter?

Good times! Thanks for visiting, guys. We had a blast.

Loving this face!

For the past couple of months, Tessa has been sharing her beautiful smile with us, all the time! We are LOVING this age (4 1/2 months) and wish we could freeze her in time. Kimball even got her to giggle out loud the other day. All you have to do is look at her and she is all grins.

His Tender Mercies

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Kimball found this great stick. He was totally excited. He was throwing it in the air, attempting to bring down some "witches hair," or Spanish Moss, at Middleton Place. You can guess what happened, the stick got stuck in the tree. What a disappointment, and any of you with 6 year old boys know the drama that comes with disappointing events. He cried and cried, he pled with daddy to put him on his shoulders to get it down (that only reached about half way). The stick was a goner. Joel and I started to walk away and turned to see Kimball kneeling in prayer. Oh dear. What now? Just as Kimball started to stand up, the once absent wind picked up and the stick fell out of the tree. Are you kidding me? Wow, Heavenly Father really does answer prayers, even the somewhat silly ones! I love this talk about the Lord's tender mercies. Thank you Kimball, for your sweet faith.

Happy Halloween!

Yes, I let him dress up, or should I say not dress at all, as Michael Phelps. Only because he's a hottie, but I'm not taking responsibility for the scarred 6 year old girls that ran away screaming at the sight of a grown man in a speedo! Our ward friends have a new found respect? for my husband. Now that is SCARY!

The "Last Chance"

We have a little problem in the evenings. It may have started years ago, so it's more like a bad habit that will never be broken. It's called the last chance. Kids are in bed, teeth are brushed, prayers are said, etc. and the kids complain that they are hungry. Oh MAN! If they were not so dang skinny, we might say NO WAY! but being the soft parents that we are, we ALWAYS give in. Man alive, we'll never learn.

Star Wars Party

Kimball's party was a Jedi Training Academy. All the young Padawans learned how to use the force, construct and use a light saber, etc. Their final battle was to conquer Darth Vader. The boys were very cute and VERY excited about the theme. One little guy had never seen any of the films, so the family rented episode IV to prepare. So glad we assisted in that conversion, bringing another youngling unto the knowledge of the force.
Can I just say that Costco makes a very good cake? In my attempt to "scale back" and make this as simple as possible, I ordered this baby and the kids LOVED it! No shame, right?

I love my husband...

These homemade light sabers turned out better in my head. The paint started chipping off almost immediately, so all of the boys were covered in colorful flakes. At least the soft pipe insulators didn't kill the Sith. Mental note, use pool "noodles" next time!