Taino: Sneak Peak

I felt a gravatation towards Sarah the first day that I met her. I'm not sure what it is, nature I guess, that draws new mothers to each other. Sarah is one of my supervisors for my "day job" for Clark County School District. I remember sitting in her office on the first day of work, and simply wanting to ask her about her little girl (who was about 4 months old at the time, and my Hudson was about 9 months old). I wanted to know everything about her, and her newfound motherhood, but I had to refrain due to the fact that we were supposed to be WORKING!!

Anyhow, I quickly got ripped away from Sarah due to other schools needing more attention, and so I never got to hear any daily stories about little Paige. So, it seems that the karma gods knew about my bitterness, and they decided to repay me. Sarah contacted me a couple weeks ago and wanted to schedule a photo shoot!! Finally, I get to talk baby-talk with Sarah!!

So... here's to a bright future of discussions about poop and throw up... Cheers!!

Here's your sneak peak, Sarah. I hope to have the rest done soon!

A Little Snack

A Hendricks Thanksgiving... what a sight. We've got too many people shoved into one house, air matresses blown up in random rooms, screaming babies who are trying to keep up with the big kids, the big kids have a video game blaring in the other room, a football game is also blaring on the tv in the living room, Mom's in the kitchen cooking something...anything, I'm of course taking pictures of all these things going on, Jason's making fun of someone, Lauri's baking, Kerri's laughing... always laughing, Melinda is just laid back... nothing really phases her, Fraser's in the kitchen drinking a beer... cooking... watching tv...etc... this is his favorite holiday, Scott's watching the game on the couch with Dad (both of them are snoozing away during some point of the game), Alison's texting... always texting.


Amongst all of these things that are happening within one snapshot of the day, there is also (at some point during the weekend), boys wrestling in the middle of the living room, too many beers being consumed by Jason and Fraser, Jodi and Melinda then crack a bottle of wine, the babies are crying because they can't get their naps, the kids are arguing about who beat who in whichever video game, a broken bone occurs, Jason has to slap everyone on the ass... at least once... just to see them grimace, one of the married couples gets into a fight, or maybe all of the married couples get into a fight... etc .... etc.... etc...


At the end of our 3-4 days together we are exhausted. We're all a few pounds heavier, and we've all fallen asleep on the couch at least two or three times during the weekend, but somehow we are still exhausted. We all go our separate ways (after several tears, of course, mostly Mom's tears) and we all swear on the trip home that this is just too much. We'll just stay home next year... that never happens.


Within all the chaos, yelling, and broken bones there are fabulous moments, tons of laughter, and priceless memories. My family wouldn't be who they are without this chaos. And to be honest with you... Iwouldn't change a thing.


I love you guys. Here's a little snack to hold you over until Christmas.