Not Much to Report

I would love to be one of those people that says things like "I've been to busy to blog" or "We've just had so much going on!" but no. Not much to report from the Hendrickson house. Mostly, I am doing this post because someone left a stern comment!

I have been running like crazy trying to get ready for this insane race that is in 14 Days! Lincoln is getting beyond big and it feels wrong to even refer to him as a puppy.

The other day I got to spend some time with Neve and I just have to post this picture because we had a lot of fun playing with the Rummikub tiles!

Mike got older. I took him to a Jazz game for his Birthday. Thank you Dave for helping me choose between Cleveland and Phoenix. We ended up going to the Phoenix game, great game, great seats. Mike hates it when I ask strangers to take our picture, since it was his birthday I didn't argue with him and the pictures we ended up with (taking them ourselves which I normally HATE) turned out very memorable. Pick your favorite!





My other favorite part of the game was watching the people in front of us celebrate after every, yes EVERY basket made by the Jazz. I was ridiculously entertained by it. So entertained that I filmed it so you could all experience it too :) I was tempted to stick my hand out as it got closer to the end of the game, but didn't. Next time maybe?



I will be better about my blogging. At least I have this crazy race coming up so I will have a topic!

It's Coming!!

RAGNAR IS COMING!!

(If you have no idea what I am talking about - www.ragnarrelay.com - go check it out.)

Do you see my little runner countdown? Do you remember when it still had about 6 months left on it? YIKES I am feeling so many things - its like Owen Wilson in Armageddon "Great, I got that "excited/scared" feeling. Like 98% excited, 2% scared. Or maybe it's more - It could be two - it could be 98% scared, 2% excited but that's what makes it so intense, it's so - confused. I can't really figure it out."
I know these are hard to see, but I thought I would let you know what I am in for - Here is my first leg of running - 6 miles, category Hard

Second leg of running - 3.3 miles, category Moderate
Third leg of running - 6.4 miles, category Hard

WISH ME LUCK!! And for those that haven't heard, Keith is now running with the "all female until now Poison running through my veins" team and his running? Well it makes me feel better about mine :) Good luck to us all!

All the better to see you with my dear

Last Monday Mike got lasik eye surgery. He has been wanting to do it for a VERY long time and they were able to fit him in before Christmas. He is so glad that he did it and I was surprised how easy the recovery was. Some drops, a few rules and he was back at work on Wednesday - WOW! Technology is fabulous - don't you think?

Here is what he looked like when I picked him up on Monday. I pulled up to the curb and he just stood there and stared at me trying to decide who I was (that freaked me out a little) but being blurry after the surgery is normal (he said).

Here is what Mike described as the worst part of the recovery. These very beautiful and stylish eye shields that he has to sleep with for a week. Mike is not a back sleeper so this has been horrible for him!



and for those of you that are as fascinated as I was with the whole process - Here is Mikes actual surgery! They give a copy to all the patients, which I thought was pretty cool. A few parts are hard to watch if have issues with eyes and it is a little long, but very interesting.
Mike says that if you are thinking about it - DO IT! He is very happy and we both think it was completely worth it.

Celebrations!

Tuesday December 1st was our 5 year anniversary! Can you believe that we made it to 5 years? Yeah for us because marriage is not the easiest thing (especially if you are married to me!) I wouldn't trade a single day of it though, and I would say "I do" all over again. Hopefully we can honor the legacy of December 1st :)

As much as we LOVE Flemings we decided to do something a little different and go to Christophers (big stretch huh? we love steak!) It was fabulous and our server was great.

Beautiful flowers that Mike got me. I always think I am not a flower gal, but then love them so much when I have them. Guess I am pretty girly huh?

I always knew that I wanted a 5 year band to go with my wedding ring. Sorry that the picture sucks and you have to look at my sausage fingers, but I love it!! I was VERY excited to finally have it and have looked down at my hand about a million times since we picked it up.
Thanks for 5 great years bebo! I love you!

Monday November 30th was Remi's 10th Birthday! Whoa, Old man! We decided to try the birthday cookie again and made him share with Lincoln this year!

The video is not as entertaining as before, but it cracks me up that he keeps trying to take it away from Lincoln. It was a super fun week - now we are just counting down to Christmas and Mike's birthday!

November Rocked!

November has been a super fun and eventful month at our house! First off I turned the big 3-0!! Wow, I am officially an adult now - yeah! Below is a picture from our big night that was taken by the driver (named Frank) that Mike hired to take us around town (that was pretty cool!)

Here is a picture of me, Mike and our nephew Logan. We took him to Play! a video game symphony at Abravanel Hall - it was super fun and I am pretty sure he loved it too :)

Thanksgiving Morning I participated in my first 5K Race. I was REALLY nervous about, well everything. How many people would be there? What if I couldn't do it? How different is outside running then a treadmill? The list goes on and on, but I won't subject you to my crazy.
Anyway - I LOVED IT! Turns out that being outside with a MASSIVE group of people is totally my style. I am already looking forward to my next race!

Also, I decided to give cooking Thanksgiving dinner a try this year. WOW it was a lot of work, but some yummy results. I am most proud of my apple pie. Yes I am putting pictures of food on my blog, oh well, that is me now. The crust was ridiculously hard for me and I had to roll it out about a million times, but it was quite delicious!


It looks very simple, but took a very long time to get to eating part. I guess that is what Thanksgiving is all about right?

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

More Family Pictures

This picture makes me smile, I am going to title it "Life with a puppy"
This picture it totally Remi's personality, I love it!

Thanks again Ashley - You rock!

Happy Halloween!

Keith and Allie were nice enough to let me spend Halloween with their family in Vegas (and Mike was nice enough to hand out candy while I was gone!) We had a Great time (as usual) and I am already looking forward to next time!

Hannah and Nick were waiting for a pony ride and not interested in looking at the camera :)
Master pumpkin carvers hard at work

I sure do love this cute family!

This is one of my favorite pictures because it is not posed, just a lot of love!

We went to a Halloween party Friday night. Here is the end of a "mummy" game we played - we almost won!

Is it just me or does it look like Keith and I just wanted to go on this ride? (Hannah and Nick are with us in case you were wondering!)

Oh man - This guy did not do very well in the haunted house!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween like we did!