Hevener Estate Sale

Duck, Duck, Duck...Goose!

Andrew showing off his cool glow rings.

Jonathan wanted me to take his picture, too.

Brittany, Darren and Ashley were trying to take jumping pictures. The boys wanted to get in on the action. They almost got it!

Josh taught Andrew how to "photo bomb." Thanks Josh!

Everybody jump! Andrew was a pro at this.

Time for smores around the fire pit.

Tanisha and Hannah were best buds! And Tanisha sealed the deal by giving Hannah her very own Dora sippy cup. BFFs!

Hannah helping Grandma work at the auction.

 

The boys got bored about .3 seconds after we got to the auction, so I bought the first toy up for bid - a build your own race track and had them put it together in round-bale feeder. Sort of like a cage for big kids.

They loved it, but then I had to buy some matchbox cars to drive on the track.

 

Hannah and Adam didn't know what to think about the auction and were much more interested in climbing on the Ranger with the speakers.

Chatting with Dave before the auction started.

Ashley trying to keep Hannah out of trouble.

On May 12, the Heveners had their estate sale, which is a funny thing to say since they aren't retiring, just moving to Florida and downsizing, which resulted in a fun day for us! We were all very tired at the end of the day, but we came home with some fun bargains - a beautiful quilt, an iJoy massage chair (best money we ever spent!), Grandma and Grandpa's Foosball Table and some other odds and ends including some toys, Christmas decorations, and scrapbooking tools.

Thursday night before the auction, we had a family gathering at Lynn and Sandra's house. So fun for everyone to get together and eat and talk until very late that night. It was a great weekend and fun to see the Hevener family again!

Christmas Eve

Hannah gingerly opening a gift.

Andrew got the fun game, Guess Who?, from the Eigstis

Andrew checking out his new Foosball Table game from Grandma and Grandpa.

Grandma helping Hannah open a gift.

New dishes for the big girl!

Aunt Sondra reading a new book to Hannah.

Jonathan testing out his new binoculars from Grandma and Grandpa

Hannah let Grandpa help her open her new baby doll. This was a big step for her. She's been kind of shy around grandpa lately.

Andrew, Luke and Aunt Sarah playing Guess Who?

Jonathan playing with his new Cars video coloring game from Luke and Adam.

He LOVED it!

Grandpa's surprise gift from Grandma - a new Henry gun. He was VERY surprised!

Grandpa and the babies - Adam wasn't too happy, and Hannah wasn't willing to have Grandpa only hold one baby. She was a little jealous!

We spent Christmas Eve day at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We usually just get together for the evening, but since it was a Saturday, we made a day of it! We had a yummy big lunch, quickly cleaned the dishes and then started opening presents. Everyone had a great time even though no one napped. And we were very tired.

The night before, Jonathan had started coughing and woke up late, around midnight, coughing and coughing. He finally coughed so hard that he threw up. We gave him some cough suppressant, took him outside to breathe in some cold winter air and put him back to bed. He woke up again, around 4 when the medicine wore off and again coughed until he threw up. This time the cough sounded like croup, so outside we went again. It was about 30 degrees, but I had my ND coat and Jonathan wrapped in a blanket. We looked at the moon and the stars for as long as we could stand the cold. He was such a brave little trooper. His cough still sounded horrible, so I dug in the medicine cabinet and found some leftover steroids from his last croup attack in October. So we gave him a dose, so water and a puke bucket and back to bed we all went. (Please note that I am a certified medical professional in the middle of the night and it's OK for me to drug my child as needed to sleep!) Ha!

In the morning, he had a mild, dry cough and no more croup sounding junk and no more puke! So we notified everyone that we were bringing germs and loaded up the car with kids and presents and had a great day even though we were tired!

Colorado - Day 3

Andrew and Annette displaying their Rush Hour game masterpieces.

This was the Railroad version of Rush Hour - HUGE hit with all the kids!
Andrew, Roxton and Tanisha strategizing

A serious meeting on the stairs - Victoria, Annette, Tiana and Courtney

more Grandpa time

Sunday afternoon we took a little walk up the mountain road to see what we could see.

There were A LOT of rocks the boys needed to collect.

Happy with his rock collection

Andrew told us there was a waterfall around the next corner, but we didn't believe him. (He had been on this walk before with Matt and Sarah.) Next time we'll listen to him.

It was amazing and rushing fast with all the melting snow.

a surprise pile of snow on the side of the road

We tried to get the boys to pose in front of the waterfall. All they wanted to do was throw rocks in the water.

Colorado - Day 2

Grandpa and Luke playing cards.

A little jealousy between the cousins and not enough Grandpa to go around.

This is Jonathan 5 minutes after a nap, 2 seconds before a family photo. We had all been napping after a VERY short night and got up in time to take family photos, so we all shared his sentiments.

The whole Nisly family.

Jonathan and Luke love each other. They hug all.the.time!

This is a beautiful rainbow we were blessed with after dinner on Saturday night.