Famous and growing up

Check out this cutie!

The other day I picked up a JBLM guidebook 2010, and started flipping through the pages. In reading, I realized Christian doesn't need a car seat anymore, uh....where have I been? I still thought he was 5. Anyways, so I continued flipping, and what do I find? A picture of my very own Ashlee at the Thrift shop. She has chubby cheeks and looks so little. It was just last year.

Betty Crocker in the Kitchen

The other day Ashlee was home sick from school. So I decided to catch up on some recipes that I've been wanting to try. They turned out so yummy, that I thought I'd share them with you. Just click on the picture and it will take you to the website with the recipe!

Pumpkin Pie Bread

Granola Bars. Rande even loved these- he HATES coconut! Next time I'm going to try some other ingredients, just look at some suggestions on the recipe

I made these for Halloween, something fun for the kids. They were really good, and SO SUPER easy! Maybe keep it in mind for next year, or even Thanksgiving?

HEALTHY muffins! I pulled this recipe off of one of my favorite sites; Eat Better America. They are really yummy, made with whole wheat flour, and yes there are chocolate chips in them.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins - HEALTHIFIED!

Fall Festivities

Our 4th annual trip to Schilter Family Farm in Nisqually, WA. It was a beautiful day and the pumpkins were ripe. Here are a few pictures from our adventure, as well as Halloween.

Trying to find the "perfect pumpkin"
Ashlee brought her camera to take pictures of the cute little pumpkins

Trying to man the wheel barrow

Carmel Apples, SO good!

Daddy's favorite

We went trick or treating around our neighborhood for a change this year. The kids made out REALLY well, so if you are low on sugar, just let me know and I'll send you some. Christian was Anakin Skywalker and Ashlee was Padme. I realize they are brother and sister, and it may be kind of weird, but they ARE 5 and 8 and I thought it was cute.

Anakin (his mask was kind of creepy)

Padme with ATTITUDE

In HIS Time

A couple posts ago I mentioned that God was speaking to us. Well, let me share with you what God has in store for the Henderson family.

Rande's unit returned from Afghanistan in July. They are already set to deploy AGAIN to Afghanistan in 1 1/2years. MAJOR YUCK!

We started talking about the possibility of Rande going to Ranger Training Battalion (RTB) to be a Ranger Instructor (RI). Rande has wanted to do this since 2008, upon his return from Ranger school. We were going to wait until next spring/summer then contact RTB, so Rande could fulfill his time as a Platoon Sergeant. However, God ALWAYS has other plans, and his timing is more perfect than ours.

A few weeks ago Rande received an email saying he would be receiving orders to RTB. A couple of days after that, he received his "official - unofficial" orders with a report date and location. We are to report to Fort Benning, Georgia in July of 2011.

I'm excited about this journey, and yet at the same time, scared. It is so far away from "home" and family, a completely different culture than what we have experienced. The heat -YUCK! nasty bugs, making new friends, and the list could go on. But so many times God has shown me how much he loves us and will take care of us. Where he goes, I go. He has blessed us with so much more than we could ever imagine here in Washington.

So please keep our family in your prayers. It is still several months away, but it's amazing how quickly time flies.

Saturday morning fishing

On Saturday morning, Rande surprised Christian and took him fishing for a little "father/son" time. They weren't able to catch anything worth keeping, but had fun. Well, until the duck hunters kicked them out. But like Rande said "don't bring a fishing pole to a gun fight".

1st Day of School

So I"m only a month 1/2 late, but here are the pictures of the kids first day of school. I can't believe our baby girl is in Kindergarten and Chrisitan is a 3rd grader! It seriously seems like yesterday HE was going to Kindergarten.

This year was a big change for Christian. He was at Evergreen for 3 years, but we decided to change schools and attend the school that was closer to home. So far so good, great teachers, and the best part is recess if you ask Christian. They are able to go outside everyday (even rainy days) because they have a covered area. At Evergreen they had to stay inside and watch a movie.

On the first day, Christian was very confident, and eager to make new friends. Ashlee on the other hand was extremely shy and scared. However, she is definitely made quite a few friends already and loves school.

all ready with new backpacks and clothes

our big Kindergartner

3rd grade, already?

Not so sure about this

always sure, and acting big and confident

"mommy, stay with me"

I will follow

Bad, bad, blogger am I. Rande has been home for what, 3 months? As you can tell, things have been crazy busy. We were on leave for a months or so, school started, activities started....phew! It's been nice though to be a complete family again and go through the craziness TOGETHER.
Recently God has been really speaking to us and leading our family into a new direction. I remember when God had been speaking to Rande and I back in 2006 about joining the ARMY. I remember being extremely opposed to any type of change. However, when God has a plan for your life, he will work on our hearts and speak to us in any way.
Since coming to Ft. Lewis, we have had ups and down, and grown quite a bit in our relationship with God. I realize now the ARMY doesn't decide where we go next, but that GOD is ultimately in control and he issues our orders.
This song (above) has been speaking to me lately. Listen to it and I will blog later on what God has been saying to us.