Decided to do another BBQ party this year and it was really fun! Every time I do this (ha ha twice) I think oh my gosh this is so much work! but once the party starts that all melts away - I love seeing the kids happy and enjoying what there is to play with, I love watching people enjoy the food (since I stress and change the menu a million times) and I always realize what amazing friends we have and how much I love each one of them (aww tear) Here are some of the highlights.
The Deseret News 10K - Awesome!! I did this race last year (my first official 10K race) and fell in love. The course is really nice, there are tons of people (if you are the kind of runner that maybe sometimes gets lost......) and the last 2 miles (I think) are along the parade route so it is an extra boost of motivation and really makes you feel like "yeah thats right, I am doing this!"
This year I signed up with a bunch of people that are on the Ragnar team. (coming in October!) It really made me laugh when me, Lisa and Dave were walking together to the start line and April turned to Brent and said "those 3 will make up 90% of the volume in our Ragnar van" HA! (and pretty accurate...)
The starting line always makes me laugh because you have so many different kinds of people. There are the runners that need to "warm up" by running a few miles before they start (this will never make sense to me) the runners that are VERY nervous (and probably first time racers, I know, I've been there) the majority of people are sitting around talking waiting for everything to start (this is me and my friends typically) but I swear EVERY race I have ever done there is someone in typical street clothes. I am talking jeans and a regular shirt, umm what??? why? They have a bib number, they signed up, what the what???
We were finally ready to start and the large group of people were making their way through the starting gate. The "announcer" kept saying "please be careful, the mat has been flipped up, proceed with caution" and he would say it over and over. I kept thinking - great! I am going to fall because that is what I do. As we approached I was so focused on my feet that it wasn't until I was clear of the mat that I realized someone had fallen - I turned to make sure they were OK and saw that it was Lisa! April and I turned around to check on her - there was blood coming from her knees and it looked pretty painful. We went over to the side where she was sitting and she looked at us like we were crazy - go! she said, you're wasting time! Oh Lisa, you kill me! There wasn't anything we could do to help so we started our race.
My goal was to finish in under and hour which I did (just barely, but I'll take it) and like I said this is the best race every - I will do it EVERY year. If you have ever wanted to do a 10K this is a great one!
When I crossed the finish line I found Dave and then we found April. We were all wondering where Lisa was and how she was doing. We found her sitting with her parents, but she was red faced and sweaty - did she run??? She told us that she was sitting there and said to herself "this is dumb, I am fine and wasting time" so she got up and did the race - oh and BTW she finished before me and April!! She is AMAZING!
"Nick what would you like to do for your birthday?" I asked. "Ummm I wanna go to Subway and sleepover at your house, wait no, I want to make sandwiches at your house and sleepover."
Really? ummm OK (I thought to myself)
We went to Wal-Mart to pick out his sandwich stuff and we went down the craft isle while he picked out some things and kept saying "don't worry, I have a plan."
Oh and by the way -- this boys needs a dog! I think he picked a sleepover just so he could play with Remi and Lincoln :)
Decided to run the Westfest 5K this year. Dave, April and Norma were going to run it too and there was talk of "Team Hendrickson" shirts. Ummm no was all I thought, I am pretty sure they were kidding, but still.....no. Things have been going really well with running lately and working out with Jared has made me feel really strong. I was excited to see what I could push myself to. I was also excited because Clyde and Mike came to be supportive and I got a picture of me running!
Dave and April went to Hawaii and we got their kids for the weekend (did you know that 4 kids is a lot????) The Weeds were nice enough to suggest we all go riding and the kids were SO excited. We loaded everyone up (after some pre packaged outfit drama lol) and headed to 5 mile. We were about 1/2 way there when it started to rain and Mike looked at me like "really? this is a terrible idea" while I tried to distract the kids by playing 20 questions. (side note: playing 20 questions with Sam goes a little something like this -
me: Is it a person?
Sam: no
me: is it a place?
Sam: Do you need me to just tell you?)
We finally got to where we were going to set up camp and it looked like this -
This morning I got on a plane and flew to Arizona for an interview - pretty grown up huh? Yeah, I thought so too! I was a little nervous, only because I really really wanted this job and was so excited about the new company. We went to lunch and talked about the position and what I had been doing with Amsource. They seemed interested, but it was hard to tell. We went back to the office and then Gary (my would be boss) said well, I think thats it, so I will just take you to the airport. OK I thought, but it is about 3 hours before my flight that YOU booked (not a good sign right?) when he dropped me off he said "we'll let you know" and that was it. Once I was through security, I called Mike and said "I don't think that went very well" but then Gary was calling me on the other line so I switched over. he said "I thought it was pretty mean to leave you in suspense so I am calling to offer you the job" YEAH!!! I called Mike back and told him the good news, then got on the plane to fly home. I walked in the house to balloons, friends and CONGRATULATIONS!
