Montana Henshaws: May 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Time to Plant!

Each of the kids got their own garden spot to plant whatever they chose. They have so much fun checking their boxes each day for new activity. I am enjoying them being old enough to help in the garden!

Field Trip

A field trip to help the FWP stock a local fishing pond. Two hatchery trucks full of trout to release for locals to catch. So they load 5 or 6 trout with a little water into a garbage bag and send the kids hiking down the trail to the pond. Takes about 5 minutes at a good clip to get from one to another. The day was warm and sunny. After about 45 minutes the FWP guy was hollering at the kids to "hurry, hurry, hurry" because the "fish were getting stressed from the heat!" Could it be because a 10 year old had just jogged down a trail with them in a leaky garbage bag banging their heads together? Most of them did fine, but some came out belly up for a minute or two until their will to live had been restored.

Soccer Time

This year we have transitioned to competitive soccer. Brendan is playing in the U10 group of the Flathead Soccer Club and his team is known as the "Flathead Force". He is thrilled to be on a real team. They practice twice each week. They have played 4 games and are thus far undefeated. These pictures are from the first game against Whitefish. We are impressed with the coach who has done a great job teaching them footwork, passing and teamwork. We have a tournament in Kalispell next week and after that we travel to Missoula.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Mother's Day

3 reasons why I love Mother's Day

And here's another...

...and another...

Friday, May 11, 2012

My Best Friend's Wedding

On a perfect day at the end of March, two people I love finally tied the knot! It was a beautiful wedding with lots of friends and family. I had a great time not only seeing them so happy, but also seeing people I hadn't seen in 17 years!