For many months I’ve been meaning to take photos of the schoolroom to show you guys but it just never seems to happen so when I snapped a few photos of the kids the other day I figured, "Perfect time to give them a glimpse at least."

So here’s the couple of shots from the other day!  These were taken from my desk.

That’s all for now!
IN HIM,

Aw….
It’s been so nice to relive such a special trip with you all.  I’m sad I don’t have anymore pictures to post.  This is the last of them.  These are from our cozy and SWEET hotel room!  My hubbie got a great hotel room with two bedrooms and a den.  It was a sweet suite!!  Pardon that….I couldn’t resist.

Here’s son #2 relaxing on the bed….

And here’s #3 son and baby girl watching TV…

Wow, that’s a big flash mom!!

Sweet bedroom feet…

And sweet PJ’s….

So that’s our relaxing and wonderful time in Hendersonville NC.  I’m sure you can’t enjoy it the way we did but thanks for humoring me!
IN HIM,

Any of you who have been following our family time in Hendersonville NC know that one day was filled with a trip to Hands On Children’s Gallery in downtown Hendersonville.  It was so much fun.  The kids got to practice being doctors and lawyers and such.

A crowd favorite was the stage, complete with high drama curtain and clothes to dress up in.  Baby girl had quite a few costume changes.

One

Two

Three

Big Brother was her wardrobe assistant and dance partner

While son #3 was entertained by son #2 with a puppet show

Then we moved onto shopping at the grocery store


Then we were off to the Ambulatory Medical Center for a little doctoring…
I’m wondering if this might be a mother’s dream?  All her kids in white doctor’s coats….

Good thing dummies can’t file malpractice suits because the one they doctored up got treated for all kinds of things that day!

Have a great weekend….

After the fun we had on Veteran’s Day downtown we sought out a local park.  It was a huge complex filled with baseball fields, bike trails, swing sets, and fields of fall colored grass. 

Resting in HIM,

Period costumes…




More from our hike…
A dear friend’s children….


IN HIM,

I’m a day or two late on my promise to post Veteran’s Day and Museum photos but here they are.
Day two of our trip to Hendersonville, NC consisted of a trip to the local museum, participating in the Veternan’s Day Celebration and looking at the Indian homes made by local 8th graders. And after all that a trip to the park.
It was fabulous!  The day ended up being great and packed with learning. I will post more photos of the day tomorrow but this is mainly of the museum.

This is outside the museum when we first arrived and realized it was Veteran’s Day

Once inside there was this spectacular quilt sewn in memory of Hendersonville and it’s rich history.

I enjoyed looking through the museum even more than the kids did.  They did find this particular artifact of particular interest though since the dice were SO small…

There was a section in the museum for each war.  It was interesting to see the present war on terror and Desert Storm.  I remember that very clearly.  I’m imagining that for some Vietnam, WW 2 and others are just as real to them.

This one reminded me of my dad since he is such a great cartoonist…

The youngest two check out the plane…

There was a neat poster about the Hendersonville Veterans…

And finally what we had originally come to see….
The replicas of the early Indian homes.  What a great job these kids did on the models they made. 

Tomorrow more from our day.
Now, time for bed!
IN HIM,

We’re back from Hendersonville and I promised photos to go along with my story.  So here goes.  (You will be seeing a lot of these in the next few days.)

Always in HIM,

It’s hard to believe our trip is almost over.  It’s been wonderful.  After a day at Chimney Rock Park on Monday we accidentally celebrated Veterans Day, Tuesday, in downtown Hendersonville.  We had planned to see the Indian Home Exhibit done by 8th graders and ended up getting treated to an entire Veteran’s Day celebration along with a visit to the local museum. 

We even got interviewed by the local news station and saw ourselves on TV at 5:30pm.  Way cool!!!  I’m still trying to get the link to show you guys but no luck yet.  Edited to say:  Try this link to view the video link.

Then we visited the Mass General Store and played at an awesome park.  We ate lunch downtown at a great little soda shop.  Absolutely the best hot dog I’ve ever eaten.

IN HIm alone,