Claire Claire and All Her Hair!

Claire Claire, we love her hair.
It's big, it's crazy-it's everywhere.
Whatever we do, where ever we go,
her hair is there and it's sure to grow.
It's curly, it's fine--she looks like Einstein!
It's sticking straight up, or it's bedhead again.
Whatever the case she's sure to win.
Our hearts that is, with her locks so sweet.
They're more fun to play with than even her feet!
From dred locks to braids, to wigs and more.
There's always another hair style in store.
We hope you'll enjoy these original pics.
Of our crazy haired cutie,(the girls and Mitch.)

Hannah Montana move over! Your competition has arrived!

Claire 7 months The curly do.

7 months the not-quite-s0-curly do.

Claire 6 1/2 months The straight do.

Sporting a mohawk at 5 1/2 months

The mohawk profile- a must.

I'm feeling gooooooooood! Hey, ya think Willi Wonka has a need for an extra Oompa Loompa?

The curly do. 6 1/2 months

4 months The mad scientist do!

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

It's the great stare down. Claire usually wins.

3 months Major bed head going on here.

3 months

Claire and mommy.

The Alfalfa look! 2 1/2 months

Cuddling with big sis.

Curly on top straight on sides look. One month old.

A few weeks old -the spikey look

Performances Recitals Galore!

December was a busy month for us with dance recitals for McKenna and Meghan and a "Celebration" performance for McKenna.

This is a picture of the kids on Santa's lap following their dance recital.




This is the kids with their cousin, Hailey, Brandon and Celia's oldest waiting to sit on Santa's lap.



Kenna sporting her new Minnie Hat.



My little divas, striking a pose right before the recital began.

Mitch, Kenna and Meg right before McKenna's singing/performing group, "Celebration" did a number at the festival of trees in SLC.

McKenna thoroughly enjoys performing and really loved her sparkly red outfit this time!

Making Brownies

One day, Mitchell and I were home and I had a million and one things to do, but he was bored, and in order to keep him off of the Wii or computer he needs "activity". So, the "to do" list got put away and we made chocolate layered mint brownies together. It was one of those few times that I actually stopped running long enough to savor the moment. It was actually a lot of fun and we had a ball! I need to do stuff like that more often.

Mitch, stirring the frosting.


Can you tell he loves chocolate?!

Christmas 2008

Okay, so I'm finally getting around to posting some Christmas pictures! It was a great holiday. We just stayed home and enjoyed all the snow that dumped on us all during the break!

The kids in our family room Christmas Eve showing off their new p.j.'s


We went to Bob and Jennifer's for Christmas Eve and saw all the UT cousins along with the Robertsons. It was great. We really enjoy having family nearby.


We got together with Hans' family on New Years Eve too. We had a party at our house. It was a lot of fun. G-ma and G-pa H. were here. Bob, Jen and kids, Dawneen, Mike and kids made it. Julie and Brown and kids were even here from Guatemala! We set the clocks back two hours & watched the ball drop on T.V. on the East Coast-Actually, I don't think anyone was watching, but we did set the clocks back. At 10:00p.m., we all (okay, mostly the little kids)ran outside banging pots and pans and screaming "Happy New Year" at the top of our lungs. (Our neighbors just love us!) It was a great time.

McKenna, (cousin) Hannah, and Meghan playing dress-up

I refurbished an old barbie doll house my mom made for me and Amber when we were little for the girls this Christmas. They loved it! It wasn't entirely finished Christmas morning (in this pic) but I gave the girls all the assessories to finish it off and they helped me complete the decorations. What fun!


Hans and Claire Christmas Eve at Bob and Jen's. Claire was 6 months here.

Disney Land

R2H took their employees to Disney Land for the Christmas party this year. It was a lot of fun! Our kids are at such perfect ages to really enjoy it. (Except Claire, she was teething and I ended up in the hotel with her much of the time). It was still a ton of fun though.

We went to an early morning character breakfast with Minnie before the park opened. It was so much fun! All of the characters came to us for pictures, the food was great, and we got into the park at 7am.! We'll definitely be doing that again.

Confession- I wasn't looking forward to this trip too much, being that the last time we went to Disney Land, I got pneumonia, went into premature labor with Claire, and ended up in the hospital for a week! But this time was different. I guess it was like getting back up on the horse after being bucked off, and this last ride was better than the first.






Mitch and McKenna sleeping in the same position. Too funny!

My expectations were low, and I was pleasantly surprised. Even though I spent the better part of 2 days in the hotel with Claire, it wasn't all bad. I ordered room service, read a good book and relaxed while Claire slept. That's what I call a vacation! One night Grandma and Grandpa Hendershot stayed with the kids at the hotel while Hans & I went to the park alone. THAT was FUN! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! The park wasn't croweded at all, and we went on a few thrill rides over and over. I must say it is hard to argue with the statment, "Disney is the happiest place on earth."

The Polar Express

The Heber Valley Railroad (the old Heber Creeper) has a Polar Express ride it offers during the holiday season. We've wanted to take the kids ever since we moved to UT and this was the year we finally made it. Boy, were the kids excited! Grandma Sherri was there with us, which made it even more special.


The kids all wore their pajamas, and brought their new stuffed animals from Meggie's Build-a-Bear birthday party. The train is old fashioned and looks an awful lot like the Polar Express in the book (or movie). We were all issued tickets which we were told we needed to hang onto to present to the conductor when he came by.








Once the train got going, the elves on board served us hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, which was the perfect treat. When we got to the end of our route "The North Pole", we saw Santa outside in the snow, waving at the train and saw a little village of tiny houses all lit up. I guess that was Santa and Mrs. Clause's workshop village where the Elves live. The kids were looking out the windows with anticipation for quite sometime, before they finally spotted Santa.

Once we turned around to head home, Santa came on board! He stopped and talked to each of the children, and they got to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

Kenna wanted a doll house.






Meghan wanted a Cinderella doll with a crown that lights up.


Mitchell wanted the Wii games Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart, and a Nintendo D.S. Yoshi game. Santa seemed a little confused as Mitchell rattled off his wish list at mach speed. It did sound a lot like Greek.

Then a narrator passed out books of the Polar Express and read by lantern light on the way home. The kids were spellbound! Us adults, just marveled at their animation and sheer joy. What a magical evening it was! And an experience we will never forget; one that made this Christmas season come to life!