Virginia Visit

I had a very enjoyable visit up to Virginia to visit with Josh, Deborah, and family. The kids and Deborah were all super excited about Joshua arriving home from Kuwait. Deborah was packed and ready to head off on their private anniversary vacation up to New York.

Jonas, Maddie and Eliza & Wyatt and I had our own special time (including a day of skipping school). Jonas decided we "needed to have a little extra time to sleep" and reset the alarm clock for 10:30 am or something! By the time we woke up we were late and it was an early release day.....so..., oh well!! We had a fun day instead.

The kids each had grown so much! Especially Wyatt, since I had seen them in February. Maddie had developed a special talent of climbing the door frame with her toes and fingers! What a little monkey!! She could climb up in no time flat. I should have recorded it!!

Eliza is in preschool and really loves it! The pumpkin picture is of their pumpkin patch. Jonas is an expert at video games! Watch out, all of you uncles!

Cousins At The Beach!

Cousins At The Beach!

During Jenny and Destiny's visit during September & October 2009 , they were able to make a few visits to the beach together. Here are a few of the pictures. Jack & Destiny were so cute together, and Jeffy made a fun big cousin toting Destiny around on his shoulders. Jessa as always takes very good care of Destiny and Jack. Enjoy these pix!

Z Gets caught by Paparazzi

Hey, so one day when Z runs for public office some guy will drag this photo from obscurity to talk about Zack's political leanings. hehehe. But, mind you, this political statement is late, after the fact and decisions have been made. But yeah for Z for standing up and demanding accountability! :)

(He is in Photos 3 & 4 of 9)

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Christmas Exchange!

Christmas Exchange List

(The random drawing was conducted by mom and Jenny a couple weeks ago. But since they are slackers I thought I would go ahead and post the list.)
First Name buys for---->
Josh-----------> Jenna
Deborah------->Jon
Jenna---------> Jacob
Jonny---------> Deborah
Jenny---------> Will (Joey)
Will -----------> Josh
Jacob----------> Zack
Sam-----------> Natalie
Zack----------> Sam
Natalie--------> Jenny

Kiddos Exchange
Jeffrey<---------> Jonas
Jessalyn <------->Maddie
Destiny<--------->Eliza
Jack<------------>Wyatt

Uncle John has passed away.

My Uncle John Hensley passed away last Wednesday. He was almost 86 years old. He was a WWII veteran, having served in Europe during the war.

I credit him in part with teaching me to work on cars, (a skill that I've passed on to my sons).

For those too far away to attend the funeral, you can post a note to the family at elmridge.mem.com. You can also read the obituary there.

Of special note to Jonas is that Uncle John's middle name was also Sherman, same as yours.

This picture of him is a reminder of what my Grandpa Chester Hensley looked like when I was a boy, except he had less hair than this picture of Uncle John. Just in case you ever wondered what Great Grandpa Hensley looked like. We Hensleys have a special look.