The Henson Family Blog

The semi truck delivered our moving boxes this morning. Here they are! Now we just have to get busy filling them up.

My brother, Tim, graduated from the Alaska State Troopers this week. I know that he and Cindy are looking forward to being together again after many long weeks apart. Congratulations, Tim, on a job well done!

CVS has some great sales this week and here's what I got:

Transaction #1:

Lucky Charms: 2 x $3.34
Nature's Valley Granola Bars: $3.33
Cinnamon Toast Crunch: 2 x $3.33
Honey Nut Cheerios: $3.34

Coupons Used:

$3 off $15 CVS coupon
$0.55 GM cereal
$1.00 any 2 GM cereal
$1.00 any 2 GM cereal
$0.60 GM cereal
$0.65 GM cereal

Used $6.98 and $5.00 ECB (Extra Care Bucks)
Paid $1.22 OOP (out of pocket)
Earned $10 ECB

Transaction #2:

Reeses Big Cup (filler item): $0.50
Dove Shampoo and Conditioner: $4.99 (bought 2; Buy One, Get One Free)
Brut deodorant: $3.39
Nivea for Men Shaving Gel: 2 x $3.99
Nivea for Men Body Wash: $4.99
Old Spice Body Wash (travel size): $1.49

Coupons Used:
$1.00 off Old Spice Body Wash
$1.00 off any Brut product
$2.00 off any Nivea product
$3.00 off $15 CVS purchase
$3.00 off any 2 body washes (CVS coupon)
$3.00 off any 2 Dove hair products
$4.00 off any 2 Nivea shaving creams

Used $5 ECB
Paid $0.18 OOP
Earned $3 (Brut) and $5 (Nivea) ECBs

Transaction #3:

Atkins bar: $1.00
Schick Quattro Trimmer: $9.49
CVS bandages: $1.99
Sobe water: 2 x $1.49

Coupons Used:
$3 off $15 CVS purchase
$1 off Atkins bar
BOGO Sobe water ($1.49)
$3 off Schick razor

Used $6.97 ECB
Paid $0.20 OOP
Earned $1.99 (bandages), $5 (Schick razor) ECBs

Totals paid out of pocket (after figuring in loss/gain in ECBs): $2.05

We have found our new home! It is located in Port Ludlow, Washington and is absolutely beautiful. We are looking forward to the extra room (it's twice as big as our 3-bedroom apartment). Garth will have a nice room for his office and the kids even have a playroom (not to mention the green grass outside!). Here are a few pictures...of course, we will update the blog with our own pictures once we get moved in.

Here's the front of the house:

This is the room right inside the front door. We have plans to make this a music room where I can possibly teach piano and/or voice lessons.

Here's the living room.

Here's the dining room and kitchen.

This will be Benjamin's room.

This is Sarah's and Rachel's room. Sarah is very excited to be able to share a room with Rachel.

Here's the master bedroom.

And last, but certainly not least...is the playroom.

Whenever we have company, it seems we make a trip to Niagara Falls which is great because we love it! Every time, we do something a little different. Today we went with "Uncle Dan" and "Auntie Liz" and had a great time.

Here are some pictures we took outside of the Guinness Museum.

This week we enjoyed a visit from "Uncle Dan" and "Auntie Liz". They helped me out a lot with the kids so that I could concentrate on packing. We also enjoyed a trip to Niagara Falls and did some yard saling. Here's some pictures that we took before they left this morning.

I am so thankful for a great husband and how he is such a wonderful father to our 3 children. Happy Father's Day, Garth!

Rachel is 6 months old (as of Saturday). I look back and wonder where the time has gone. Great Grandpa and Grandma Norton bought her this dress. In fact, all the granddaughters have matching dresses...it's just too bad they can't be together to wear them at the same time!

Garth and I left the kids with Mom and Dad Henson on Thursday evening and went on a date. On our way home, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts to have a cup of coffee and talk for a few more minutes. It was about 45 minutes before the Dunkin Donuts closed and on our way out, the employees loaded us up with all the leftover bagels and doughnuts. We've enjoyed these things for breakfast the last few days!

We took Garth's parents to see the African Lion Safari yesterday in Ontario, Canada. We saw many baby animals and since we drove through the Safari with our own car, even had some visitors to the windows!

Here are some of the monkeys we saw!

We enjoyed having "Nana and Papa" here for a visit this past week. We did many fun things together but also just enjoyed sitting around and catching up on each others' lives. The kids loved all the extra attention. We are off to New Jersey this weekend for Joseph's (Garth's brother) ordination so we will enjoy more family time then as well.

Garth and Benjamin enjoyed some "father-son" time out at the grill on Saturday, too!