The Hinkle family

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Times to remember

So Nate and I are alone again this weekend. Derrick took some friends from North Carolina to Dubious, WY to fish and to check on the progress of our cabin. Yesterday turned out to be a very busy day with lots of errands to run as well as a trip to Sheridan for a Walmart run. Nate and I got back around his usual bedtime and still had to eat and put groceries away. The house was a mess, not a place to sit at the table, so we just sat down on the floor and shared an Arby's sandwich. Right as we sat down I realized that it was really hot so I thought I'd take Nate's shirt off to cool him down and it was really tight getting it over his head. He was even desperately trying to help me get it off. For some reason that gave us both a bad case of the giggles that would not stop! From there he started being silly, waving to me as he walked away backwards. We were laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes! And I realized, that it was the first time we laughed together spontaneously as mother and son, as friends. Usually when we laugh one of us is trying to be funny, usually I am trying to make him laugh. Anyways, it was such a sweet moment! One that I will always cherish.
Today Nate and I went to his first parade. He love it in spite of the fact that it went on forever! I think it was an hour long! But he got to see fire trucks and ambulances, horses and cows, big trucks etc. but I had to laugh because the thing he got the most excited and loud about was a guy walking past us on the sidewalk with a dog. You would of thought they were the spotlight feature in the parade. Little did Nate know they weren't even in the parade! So cute.
I'm sorry that I don't have any pictures of us at the parade but as usual I was in a hurry getting out the door and forgot the camera. Oh well.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Here's a smile to brighten your day!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Nate at 16 months

I was remembering back to the "photo shoots" I used to have with Nate. It was so easy when he was little. I would just prop him up on a pillow and start snapping. Now its a little more difficult; mainly because I can't get him to stay in one place for more than two seconds! I realized that I haven't been taking many pictures of him lately so today I snapped some while he watched a movie. The movie helped to keep him in one place, but I could hardly get him to look at me. Oh well. They are still cute. So here he is at 16 months.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

My weekend

I had the most wonderful weekend away. Talina and I spent the weekend in Rapid City at the Hills Alive 2008 outdoor music festival. She came down Friday night and we left Saturday morning. Derrick was sweet and babysat Nate for me so we could have a girl's weekend away. We got to enjoy artists like Brandon Heath, Tree63, Superchick, Matthew West, Mandisa, TobyMac, Switchfoot along with some excellent speakers. The best part is that its free!

The weather was hot but not near as hot as past Hills Alive that I have been to. We also crammed into our weekend a shopping trip to the mall and a visit to Bear Country. I had told Talina about our visit there earlier this spring and so she really wanted to experience it. I had my camera this time which was fun. We got home around 2:00 am Monday morning so I'm still catching up with my sleep. Here are some pictures of the fun...

Enjoying the time together

The beautiful, one and only, Talina

Superchick

TobyMac & band

Mandisa (I love her!)

Switchfoot

Bear Country, USA

The baby bears are so cute!

These were taken from the car,

with the windows up tight, of course!

I love this shot

Arctic wolf

Reindeer

Elk

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Pretty flowers!

Every year I look forward to the beautiful flowers to start appearing in my yard. My favorite is by far the peonies. I love peonies not only for their vibrant colors and sweet aroma but they remind me of the ones in my wedding bouquet. Peonies were my flower of choice for my bouquet but if I remember right they were quite expensive so we decided against them. However, my mom did not give up on my desire and discovered some growing in a yard across town and bravely asked if we could cut some to have in my wedding (we did sort of know the people). The morning of the wedding my mom went across town and hand picked them and added them to my bouquet... needless to say they are very special to me. So imagine my delight when I discovered two big flower beds full of peonies in our yard when we moved to our house!
Here is my first bouquet of the year (the daisies are left over from the flowers Derrick gave to me for our anniversary); thought I'd share the beauty.