St. George Temple

St. George Utah Temple

I wanted to make sure since we were in St. George to see the LDS Temple that is there.

I have made it a point that wherever we go as a family if there is a Temple close that we make sure that we stop by and see it!

This one has always been one of my favorite!!

SO GORGEOUS!

When we drove up on it Derek said...

"WOW, that looks like a castle"

Jeanne Allen's Baptism

Seeing an amazing women

JEANNE ALLEN

Get baptised!!!

Jeanne was the person on my mission that we called "Mamma".  Not only did I call her that but every missionary that served in her area did.

She took care of each and every one of us like we were her all children.

I will always remember the Christmas I spent away from home... she made it so special.  She made it so much easier for us to be away from out loved ones!!!

When I think of my mission and the memories that I had there she is in a lot of them.

Clinton, CT was one of my most favorite areas...

After I came home just shortly after she moved her family to Hurricane, UT.  It is so sad that once life got started again, school, husbands and kids you just loss touch with people you love.

Last April (I think) Jeanne met an amazing man and with this man came an amazing journey for the both of them.  They got married in October and through hard work and faith, they entered the waters of baptism yesterday.

So a lot of the missionaries that served in that area came down to witness this amazing miracle.

Here is a picture of the me, Jeanne (Mamma) and Sue...

SISTER THOMAS!!!

LOVE THIS GIRL!!!

She is hilarious and it doesn't matter how long it goes from us getting together it just seems like days have past!!!!

My Little HAM...

WHAT A HAM!!!!!!

This kid cracks me up... he his hilarious!  I really need to get some video of him in action.

Do you see that green hat in the above picture.

He has not taken this hat off!!!  He wears this hat everywhere.  It actually is a Halloween bucket but it is his hat!

Then when you add the stick horse to the picture it makes it even more hilarious!!!

 He thinks he is funny... I hope that in the years to come he  can continue to laugh at himself!!!

Here he is watching football with his hat on!!

Just lately when there is football or basketball on the TV he will stop dead in his tracks.

I don't know where he has learned it but when he sees these sports he will start to yell at the television "GO GO GO GO GO....YEAH!!!!"

Yesterday when we were at Walmart we walked by the electronics and football was on all the TV's and he was all...

"Ma, Ma, MOM... look, GO GO GO GO GO on TB (that is what he calls TV...TB)

He was so excited!

I really think he is going to be all over sports!

So we got the Kinect for Christmas and he thinks he is all over that game.

Here is Cameron doing WIPEOUT and Cole right in front doing exactly what dad does!!!

This is just him jumping and squatting on the game!!!

He is pretty good if you ask me!!!!

Much Needed Las Vegas Getaway...

MICHAEL JACKSON

THE IMMoRTAL

WORLD TOUR

CIRQUE Du SOLEIL

When I heard that there was a Micheal Jackson Cirque show at Vegas and I told Cameron that I really wanted to see it.  So we were planning on going later on in the year. 

Then we heard that the last day that it was in Vegas was December 27th.  So we started to make a plan and make it come together.

We asked my mom if she would come down from Idaho to watch Cole and she jumped at the chance.

We invited some friends and the trip was planned!

Here is just a video of some of the show.... this doesn't show it justice.
I am a big fan of Micheal Jackson... so I KNEW that I was going to love the show.
 Cameron not so much of a fan.... BUT, he loved it too!
It was that good.
Who cant sit and watch a Tribute to Micheal Jackson and not get into the music and the dancing!!!
WOW



IGNORE THIS ONE... I CANT GET IT TO DELETE OFF!!!!
If you want to see just still pictures of the show... then you will like it!

Here are a couple of pictures of the stage and theatre...

SO AWESOME!

If you haven't had a chance to see a Cirque show... I would say it is a

MUST SEE

Before we went to the show we went out to dinner at a

Wolfgang Puck Restaurant...

YUMMY YUMMY

The next day we wanted to hit a All-You-Can-Eat Buffet!!!

So we hit the Internet and wanted to go to one that was top ranked!!

The Wynn was ranked in the top 3 and so we headed over there to eat.

We knew it was going to be a little pricey but when we got to the register the total about took my breath away!

I have never had a dinner that was that much.  It isn't usually that much but because it was a Holiday week they up ed the price $20 a person!!

OUCH...

BUT OH SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!

The crab legs were cut for us... all the work was taken away!

Cameron was amazed at the Prime Rib.

That night we got tickets for the

PENN & TELLER SHOW.

We are still talking about the magic that they did.   Their show is all about showing you behind the trick.. showing you how it was done.

But since they are sooooo good and show fast with the hand we walked away more confused than if they just did the trick.

I am sure that was the point!!!

We thought it was way cool when we come out of the show and there was

 PENN AND TELLER taking pictures with the fans.

The cool thing is that we finally got to hear Teller talk. 
WHO KNEW!!!!

Christmas Day 2011

Christmas Morning at

THE HENKE'S

Last year for Christmas we did a family cruise so there really wasn't very many gifts... so this year I wanted it to be different... so I WRAPPED EVERYTHING!!!!

The kids eyes when they came downstairs was priceless!!!

Usually Santa doesn't wrap his gifts to the kids but he did this year... everything except Cole's and the Kinect that we left us all set up downstairs!

Cameron for the first time EVER surprised me.... he was so sneaky when it came to getting me presents this year.

I was shocked when I opened up a Kindle Fire, Shark Steamer ( I have wanted one forever) a coat and a trip to Vegas to see Michael Jackson Cirque Show!!!

I was so spoiled!!!

Courtney's big present was a Netbook... she was so excited!!!  It was fun to finally get something for her that she had NO IDEA about.  Lets just say we scored on Black Friday!!!

 Derek has wanted this K'nex Roller coaster kit for years.... but we told him that as soon as he could set it up by himself and maintain it without the help from dad that he could get it.

So this was the year... He stayed up the night we got back from Idaho until it was totally set up.  Then he couldn't wait for all of us to wake up the next morning to show it how it worked.

He has BIG BIG plans in the future to buy all the rides!!!

The way that this kids mind works in amazing!

HE HAS A BIG FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM!!!!

Since we had to drag Cole out of bed it took him a little bit to get into the mode of opening presents... but once he realized that there was cool stuff under that paper he was all over it!

Once we got all the presents opened up and played with a little bit, we got ready and then hit to road to spend some time at Grandma Blacks!!!

This is what Grandmas most...

ALL HER GRAND KIDS!!!!

Courtney and Derek have a hard time because all the kids are so much younger than they are but they are good sports about it!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!!!

I can't believe how fast this year went... it will just seem like yesterday when I am blogging about Christmas 2012.

Christmas Eve '11

CHRISTMAS EVE '11

This year was our year to have Courtney and Derek for Christmas.  So we get them Christmas Eve night.

So we spent the night with Cameron's family with dinner, and gifts from Grandma Fisher.

After the celebration there we headed home to spend some time together.

One of our traditions like many others is to open one present that night... and of course you can guess what that present is....

(LOVE THIS PICTURE OF THE KIDS)

After opening presents we found a cute gift that Cole's babysitter gave him.

It was reindeer food...

there was a cute poem that talked about going outside and sprinkling this food on the lawn.  We always remember to give cookies and milk for Santa but we always forget about the reindeer and they get hungry too!!

SOOOOO CUTE!

Cole had a blast spreading it all over!!

 Here he was calling for the Reindeer!!!

Telling them to come here...

He says... "meer, meer... and motions with his hand!

Then they came in and got their P.J's on.

I have never seen Derek so excited before.

After they went to bed a couple of minutes later he comes downstairs telling us his stomach felt weird.  We were afraid that he was getting sick but he just said that it felt like butterflies flying around.

We chuckled a little and told him to get back to bed that he was just excited  for the morning.

Then  about 11:00pm he woke up again and we told him to grab a sleeping bag and sleep in our room... and from there every hour on the hour he asked us if it was time to wake up and see what got for Christmas!!!



It was a GRINCH kind of night

Couple of GRINCH'S....

It was our friends Christmas party last night and instead of wearing a couple of UGLY sweaters we decided to go as Grinch's.

The night was a lot of fun!

I would say the best part was the food, friends and WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS!

There were some real crazy ones this year!!!

One of the ones that we did was we bought a box of chocolates and we opened them up... stuck our finger in a couple of the cream filled ones and ate all the Carmel ones!

LOVED IT!!!

We came home with a

HANGOVER VEGAS Shirt for Cameron

and 43D Black and White UGLY bras!!!

Cameron sure had a lot of fun with them!!!

We are so blessed to live in a neighbor like we do surrounded be some of our very best friend!!!

Like Father like son....

This kid is hilarious....

It is amazing how much Cole is learning.

Just the other day after work we got home and Cole wanted to relax..

There was no changing his mind.

He made sure he got all the blankets he wanted and he climbed right into dad's most favorite spot in the whole house.

After about 5 minutes of getting this little man situated... (NO EXAGGERATION)

He was ready for the "T.B."

Now up until this time he has showed no interested in the TV.  But this night was different.

He wanted his pillow (blanket behind his head) and his other two blankets in the exact position as what he thought they should be.

Then I decided to put on Toy Story 3 to see if that would catch his attention.

Well my plan worked...

HE LOVED IT!

This was the first time EVER... that he stayed still for more than 2 minutes.

He actually laid in this position for over 45 minutes!

He wouldn't even more for dad when he got home... that was his SPOT.

HE IS HILARIOUS!!!

Countdown to Christmas... Day 1





What one year does in the eyes of a child...

SANTA CLAUS 2010

vs.

SANTA CLAUS 2011

Here is Cole with Santa Claus 2010...

and....

Here he is this year.!!!

I wish he still had the amazement in his eyes, but I am sure that will come back in the years to come.

 I hope!!!

I am surprised that I even got him on his lap..

what a kid does for candy!