The Henry Family Blog: Weekend retreat, haircut, and tortoises!

Dr. Isaiah!

We babysat Eli a few weeks ago and the boys had fun with spiky hair in the bath tub!

The boys at SpratNet for dinner last Thursday

Finally got both of them to look at me and smile!

Sunset from SpratNet

We had a very busy weekend last weekend! Our church group had a retreat weekend called Real Life/Real Impact sponsored by CVM (Christian Veterinary Mission). CVM sponsors these retreats at several U.S. vet schools and for the past few years has been sending speakers and providing meals for Ross students too! It was a great weekend! We had several great speakers talk on various subjects and they all were able to tell us their life experiences, about mission trips they have been on, and how you can incorporate your faith into daily veterinary practice. We were invited to dinner at SpratNet on Thursday, dinner was provided Friday, breakfast Saturday morning was a potluck, lunch and dinner were provided Saturday, and on Sunday after church, a brunch was provided at Jasmine's restaurant which is at the Frigate Bay Resort where we meet for church! Isaiah LOVED getting to spend all that time with Eli! They loved playing and getting dirty and running around like crazy boys!

Ethan, Autum, Chelsea, and Josh during their Sudan presentation

for the Real Life/Real Impact weekend

Isaiah, Eli, and Jen doing some reading during the Sudan group presentation

The boys really enjoyed playing with the diggers in the dirt!!!

Eli's dirt face

My dirt muffin

This week has been a pretty normal week for us. Josh has been SOAP-ing every morning which leaves Isaiah and I a bit lonely as we get ready for school or one of our lazy days. Josh may have to start SOAP-ing more since he doesn't have a partner and his 7th semester partners sometimes SOAP alone and some of the 7th semester professors aren't happy about that. I'm praying that doesn't mean that Josh will have to SOAP twice a day, everyday just because he was unfortunate to be the one person in his class that didn't get a partner because of a mistake when they wrote down his height!!! We definitely feel like we're seeing him a bit less this semester and don't need anything else to take up more of his time! He has been working really hard with SOAP-ing and studying for his mid-terms that will happen in a few weeks. In July, he also has most of his surgical procedures for his surgery class, so that will definitely keep him busy as well!

Isaiah has been doing so AMAZING with school drop off lately. For the past 2 weeks (so the past 6 drop offs) he has practically run into the room and over to play while I put his stuff away and then is busy playing when I leave. There has been no crying and this Mommy is SO happy about that! I know that the crying when I left was harder on me than on him and I would worry for hours after that he was still upset and/or not having a good day and I feel so much better leaving him happy and playing with the other kids!!! He's also doing great with going to the potty like a big boy. I've had to reinstate a reward system, only on school days, to get him to actually go tell his teachers when he has to go. Since promising he can have M&M's when we get home if his pants are dry I don't think we've had any accidents at school, so I'm hoping that will continue. All in all, Isaiah is getting to be a really sweet, caring, and hilarious kid! We are loving this stage (aside from the sometimes temper tantrums) where he is so funny out of the blue and so sweet too. He now gives me a good night kiss and then turns my head to give me another kiss on the cheek! Also, when we tell him our plan for the next couple of hours, etc., he'll respond by saying, "That sounds like a gweat idea!" He really does keep us entertained!

Isaiah and Eli running around and playing during our retreat weekend.

Running to come see Mommy.

Cutie pie!

Buddies!

Sharing some gummies at the end of the evening.

Our only other big news is that Isaiah got a new haircut yesterday. His haircut from over break was pretty much grown out and with the weather getting ever warmer here and Isaiah being a really sweaty little boy anyway, the longer hair was just too much! So, I took him on campus to see Noel (his wife is a professor at Ross and he has a room in the dorms set up like a salon/barbershop) yesterday before we went to swim. He wasn't too sure about Noel at first, but ended up being really good and sitting still for his hair cut. We're really pleased with it! It's a lot shorter on the sides and a little shorter on the top which will hopefully help Isaiah feel cooler and more comfortable! Here are some pictures of his new 'do!