Halloween '10

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON THEME

Back in August Courtney came to me and told me that she wanted to be Astrid from

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON for Halloween this year.

I knew that it was going to be difficult but knowing that it was going to be one of the last costumes that she will probably want to do I wanted to make it special for her.

So my idea process started to kick in.

But for the past several Halloweens we have done a family theme and so I started to think about how we were going to make what Courtney wanted to be and a family theme to come together.

So this is what I came up with....

It has been a lot of fun coming up with this costume.  A lot of our ward goes all out when it comes to Halloween... so we were excited to get

THE MOST CREATIVE FAMILY AWARD!!!

This was the third year in a row that we have won an award!

(SO THE THINKING BEGINS FOR NEXT YEAR....hmmmmm, what to do, what to do)

Cameron as the father... STOICK, Hiccup's dad.

We wanted to him to look as authentic as he could. 

I think he turned out fantastic



This picture looks awesome.  This was right at the beginning of trick-r-treating 

 Here was the famous Astrid costume.  Those are real skulls and spikes on her shirt!!

I had no idea how to do her shirt and she wanted it to look as close to her shirt as possible.  So the sewing machine was dusted off and the sewing began.  I just tore fabric and sewed them onto a shirt really messy!

She even did her hair just like the cartoon!

Then Derek was Hiccup.  He wasn't sold on the idea at first but as soon as I told him that he got to wear a wig he was all over it.  If you compare Derek and the cartoon character Hiccup... they are practically identical.

 THEN YOU CANT FORGET ABOUT THE
DRAGON!!!!

I have to admit that I think he is the cutest dragon ever!!!!

 Then we were told that in the book (Didn't know about the books) there was a mom... so I am pretty sure that she looked just like this!!  WINK WINK

MOM Viking and her little dragon!

 Here is the picture of Cole's very first door that we went trick-r-treating at!

He was great for about the first 7 doors and then he was done!

Cole and his obscession

COLE....

LOVES the Neighbors cat.

If you look close and into the bushes you can see a black and white cat that Cole chased all morning.

Here he was talking to the cat his Cole's language trying to convince him to come from out of the bushes and come and play with him.

Giving the cat just a little encouragement!

Now being sweet didn't work he went to a more forceful action...

TELL THAT CAT EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO!!

The cat made a run for it and Cole went just as fast after him.

I am really hoping that one day this cat gives Cole the time of day that he deserves!!!

OH.... there he goes!

GOOD KITTY KITTY.

That just made his day!!!

Courtney 10th Grade

COURTNEY PAIGE HENKE

September 2011

Sophomore Year

When did she grow up... I know I say that all the time, but holy cow...

I love this girl!!!

THINGS ABOUT COURTNEY...

** LOVES TEXTING FRIENDS (is on her phone all the time)

** LOVES TO READ .. She got a Kindle for her 15th birthday... you think that

                                       thing was glued to her hands

** LOVES HER FRIENDS..she is a great friend and has A LOT of them

** LOVES PLAYING WITH HER HAIR... she finds all sorts of fun and

                                        creative things to do with it.

** LOVES HER FAMILY... she is the best BIG sister two brothers could ask for.

** LOVES TO LAUGH.. and make people laugh.

** LOVES MUSIC... she knows any song that is on the radio.  She takes after

                                      her father.

** LOVES BLING BLING... as you can tell in the pic she loves accessories!!

** HATES SPIDERS

** HATES HAMBURGER... with the family switching to turkey she has been

                                     very happy.  She LOVES TURKEY

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT COURTNEY

She is gorgeous inside and out... she is a great help around the house...I love our talks that we have about school, friends, church, BOYS... yes boys!!!  I love that she trusts me enough to just come upstairs when I am cooking dinner and chit chat.  I love the testimony that she has of Jesus Christ and the way she shows that testimony through her actions.  I am so excited to watch this gorgeous girl continue to make right choices and these choices she makes marks the path of the rest of her life.

I LOVE YOU COURTNEY!!!

The Little Things...

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT....

We had corn on the cob one night and Cole wanted in on the fun... so he took over my piece of corn and the rest is history!!!

The picture on the bottom left corner to Cole letting us know how good it was...

"YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"

Monkey See Monkey Do...

***HOGLE ZOO***

So we decided to FINALLY take Cole to the Zoo. 

He is obsessed with animals... any kind of animal brings a smile to his face.

I can't believe that it took us this long to get him to the Zoo.

This is the only good picture we have of Cole in his stroller because once he realized that there was ANIMALS EVERYWHERE...

he wanted OUT!

I would say one of his favorites... a

KITTY KITTY

I wish that this pictures had sound attached to them because in this picture you would hear...

AWWWWWWWWWW

WWWOOOWWW

DA DA... LOOK!!!

AWWWWWWWW

(I think this was the camels)

The expressions on his face was priceless....

The littlest things brings the giggles and smiles from this guy!

MONKEY SEE... MONKEY DO...

He loved the monkeys!  He would try to get them to talk to him.

HEEE HEEE WHOO WHOO HEEE HEEE.

Then he watched a Chimpanzee pick his nose so then he thought he had too... it was hilarious!!!

All Derek wanted to see was a Hippo... so this Rhinoceros was the closest thing he got to it.

We were a little disappointed that there wasn't that many animals. 

The whole middle part of the Zoo was under construction to welcome in the summer of 2012.. THE POLAR BEARS!!!

9.11.11

10th Anniversary

SEPTEMBER 11th

MAYBE NEVER FORGET!!!

SOMEDAY COLE WILL UNDERSTAND!

18 Months = NURSERY

IT IS SOME ONE'S FIRST DAY OF
NURSERY!!!!

Well the 1st day didn't go so well... he didn't get his nap in before Church and so that explains the rest of the day!

BUT...

The 2nd week was so much better... he had a blast and even colored a picture of Jesus!

I think mom is more excited about this milestone than he is!!!

Someone is 18 months...

Cole @ 18 months old..

HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH DAPPER DAN.

So no picture with him this go around!

This is the only picture I got with some sort of a smile!!

This was how all the other pictures looked like!!!

He wasn't very happy!!

Did not want the camera in his face today!!!

"Oh life is soooo hard, tell me all about it!" 

And this is a great picture of what Cole is doing these days...

He is into everything!!!

 ALL ABOUT COLE... 18 months!
*LOVES to laugh
*LOVES to tell us stories
*LOVES animals
        *** Puppies... ruff ruff
        *** Kitties... eow eow
        *** Horsies... aaaaaaaa
        *** Birdies... tweee tweee
*LOVES to be outside
*LOVES to run
*LOVES Gogurts
*LOVES to be tickled
*LOVES to climb on everything
*LOVES to play with Derek and Dad
*LOVES to steal his dad's drinks.  Cameron cant have a drink without Cole taking it over
*LOVES to try and put his shoes on
*LOVES to read books
*LOVES to brush his teeth, but if mom tries... OH HEAVEN HELP US ALL!!!
*LOVES to play on the laptop... he thinks he is working so hard
*LOVES to dance
*LOVES to wave to everyone who passes by our house or drives past when he is out on a run with mom
*HATES bedtime, whenever we tell him it is bedtime he pulls the funniest face and scrunches up his nose and then shakes his head.
*HATES to change his diaper
*HATES the store unless he can run around free as a bird!
*HATES his face washed

Like Father...Like SONS....

SUMMERTIME FUN

Derek has really started to take after his dad when in comes to skateboarding.  But Derek isn't the only Henke son that loves the skateboard!!!

(I KNOW I KNOW... not the safest thing to do... but sure is cute.  I guess I know what Cole wants for Christmas... A HELMET)

Look at that grumpy guss face... you wouldn't think he was having fun or anything!

He was mastering a KICK FLIP!!!!

Our Little Drummer BOY...

Ladies and Gentlemen....

We have ourselves a

ROCK STAR in the HOUSE!!!!!

Don't mind the wardrobe... He hasn't got himself a Fashion Consultant/adviser yet... AND.. it was almost this little rock stars bedtime!

Look at the pure excitement in his face!!!

AND look closely.... yes you see it right, there are 4 count them 4 drum sticks!!!

Has anyone ever heard of a drumming duet...

well we have one here!!!

"I see BUBBA... I see!!!

He wanted to make sure I was watching his every move!

His first drumming lesson from dad!!!

Still didn't have enough after about 30 minutes of drumming!

LOOK AT THOSE LEGS... I COULD JUST EAT THEM UP!!!

Oh the concentration...

Here is a little video I put together with a little bit of RUSH...

I would have to say this is only the beginning of this little guy and his drumming.

HE LOVES IT!!!