Christmas Cookies and Sunday Campouts

Earlier this week, Henry and I made Gingerbread men. They were supposed to be for hanging on our Christmas tree, but we were having so much fun, I forgot to poke a hole in the cookies so we could hang them up.

Last night we had fun building a tent in our family room. We discovered that we have the perfect tent chairs. They're nice and tall, so it was mansion tent for Henry.

He discovered the fun that can be had with a flashlight and making faces or shapes with your hands.

He also had to bring in his singing snowman.

If you can't tell, we have a lot of fun. I do realize, however, that we need to take pictures of things besides Henry Happenings. Maybe we should just rename our blog. Sorry. Honestly, this blog is largely for me and making sure I document somethings occasionally.

He is getting sick of me being on the computer again. See y'all later!

Thanksgiving 2010

We were able to go to Oregon for Thanksgiving. We left the Saturday before Thanksgiving and met Emily and Ian in Jerome, then drove all together to Eugene. We made it a straight shot and got there in the wee hours of the morning. It was a nice to spend a whole week with my everyone, including Grandmother! We even met up with Ian's whole family (minus the two smallest) to see the new Harry Potter. It was fun!

Before we make it to Christmas, here are some pictures from Thanksgiving. We didn't get many, but it was nice to be home for the week.

While we were home, Mama gave Henry his 1st haircut. It was just a trim, but here are some pictures.

We did it while he was asleep.

He continued on his nap while Grandmother watched. Isn't that sweet?

The table before the Turkey was brought over.

You have now seen every picture I took over Thanksgiving. We should have taken pictures of our drive home. It was awful. I think parts of the drive actually qualified as blizzard conditions, but most of it absolutely qualified as stressful. Thankfully, Emily and Ian were in the back seat with Henry. That made the whole drive a bazillion times less stressful. Thanks for entertaining him! It was sad to have to drop them off at their car at Grandma and Grandpas house. Luckily Henry did fine the rest of the drive. I-84 was closed in Idaho, so we decided to play it safe and stay in Pocatello Sunday night and not risk an icy pass + angry baby. It was a smart move. Monday morning we took it easy and left the hotel about 10:30. The sun was up, the roads weren't icy, and we made it home just fine.

Down sides of the trip:
- Driving home

(Some) Plus sides of the trip:
- Seeing my whole family, including grandparents (Grandma & Grandpa Dixon AND Grandmother).
- Spending the week relaxing and enjoying family.
- Going to see Harry Potter and it being an event. (We snuck in lots of candy. Mama even brought ice cream for the whole crowd. :D )
- Yummy Thanksgiving Dinner
- Carpooling with Emily and Ian.
- Making it home safely.

I know there are things I am forgetting, but Henry is sick of me being on the computer. I'm not even going to proofread. Sorry. More fun post-Thanksgiving pictures later. Happy Sunday!