The Happy Haynies

Sunday, May 29, 2011

I am planting the front yard section by section.
This is the top right section which I planted 4 weeks ago.

This is the rest of the top of the front yard...
not cultivated yet.

Four weeks later (today) the top is growing and I have the next section planted

With each planting I have to dig out stumps, ivy vines, grass, weeds.
Then I run a cultivator over it and removed more rocks, vines and weeds.
Takes me at least a good days work to do a 10 x 10 section.
Whew I have a whole lot of work to do!!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Last Two Weeks

The last few months these 2 brothers have become buddies.
I guess now Davis is old enough to be interesting to Chase
And Davis thinks the world revolves around Chase
kinda cute...

Love the Zombie expressions...

My Dad and Mom came for a visit this past week.
Not for any reason other than to visit.

It's not an easy trip...1200 miles to be exact.
It takes two long days of traveling to get to Tulsa from Utah.

I am so thankful they come
because we don't get many visitors especially family
to come see us.
And you never know what next year will bring...

We celebrated Grandpa's 86th birthday on Tuesday.

He said he couldn't really remember any birthday's growing up.
He didn't think that he had birthday cakes or parties...

So we did it right!!
Starting with a birthday feast of enchiladas, salad and corn.

And we made "gluten free" cupcakes.
They were surprising delicious!!
Very moist!

And had the tradional birthday song with blowing out of candles!

Here is the 3 headed fat lady...
hahahah
(silly girls)

Yesterday was Chase's last soccer game

Mighty proud of his medal...

We got word last night that Grandpa and Grandma made it home safely. But not after they travelled through rain and even a snow storm in Colorado!!
Who would think that in May it would snow????

Again it was so good to see my mom and dad
and visit with them.
Like I said before you never know what the next year will bring
and with the passing of Lavor's father
you never know when the last time you will see loved ones...

Some of the highlights were:
Grandpa's birthday
putting puzzles together
going to the OKC temple
painting the bathroom
having dad get my piano "unstuck"
and just plain visiting!
:)

hey, does anyone know what these are?

We found them on our grill...

some kind of spider eggs I think..

If you have any idea let me know...

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Pictures Of My Mom

How much I love you I can't say:
It's more than words can hold.
You're all at once my rich, red clay,
My potter and my mold.

Yours the words that shaped my voice,
The spirit within mine.
Yours the will that shaped my choice,
My fortune, and my sign.

How lucky I was to have had you
At the core of me!
Wise and good, you always knew
Just what I could be.

And so I came to be someone
Whom I could be proud of.
For this I give my swollen sum
Of gratitude and love.

Mission Farewell to London, England, 10/27/1997

Flowers I sent to my parents on my birthday March 1998

July 7, 1998

At Susan's cabin July 25, 1906

Mom and Grandma McRae at Henry's Lake Aug 1991

Mom and Dad January 2005

Graduation Day Aug 1982
Master of Education

Grandma reading to her grandkids, Kate and Kevin
October 9, 1991

Picnic with Grandma
August 3, 1999

July 22, 1999

Christmas in London

In the mountains
August 2000

Sacred Grove, Easter Sunday
April 11, 2004

Love you
Mom!!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Thankful!!!

So very thankful today for the safety of our familes in Huntsville and Madison from the storms that caused so much destruction and heartache to those people that live there. I'm sure it's been a week they will remember always! It is just testament that we all have a Savior that we can rely on at all times especially those times of trials.

Also very thankful for the 'hopeful recovery' of Carly's sister-in-law, Melissa. Carly brought us news on Friday that her sister-in-law was in very critical condition after delivering her twin sons. She had a very rare incidence occur called Amniotic Fluid Embolism during the delivery with a mortality rate of 90%. Through prayers, fasting, priesthood prayers and I am sure a willingness on her part to remain with her young family she is recovering "optimistically causiously" as put by her father-in-law, Gary Adams. So very thankful for this good news and we wish her and her family the best...it touched our hearts and again lets us know of the eternal love our Savior has for us and how well he knows each of us.