Hey! It's Good to Be Back Home Again

Last weekend Todd and I drove up to Minneapolis for a nephew's wedding in the St. Paul Temple. Great to be in the "north" again and with family....can it get any better than that?
And we just returned today from a quick trip "home" to Fargo/Casselton for multiple reasons, depending on who you ask!

#1 reason: Garrett and Saryn's open house in Fargo

It gave Garrett an opportunity to show off his bride to his ND friends and ward family. Very graciously our good friends, the Kings, hosted the event, which we truly appreciate:-) It was soooo fun to see so many of our Casselton and Fargo friends. What did we do to deserve such good friends? Many friends and neighbors from Casselton as well as our ward family dropped by. Oh, what wonderful memories!

Tragically, we had such a good time that not ONE picture was taken by a Hendrickson. Bummer.

#2 reason: Marathons:-)

Yes, six Hendricksons ran the Fargo 1/2 Marathon (so far the BEST organized marathon we have EVER participated it...Go Fargo!) as an entire family....well, Julie, who is 9.1 months pregnant, was excused:-) We missed her and Brandon. Next year, right guys?!

But it was Saryn's first 1/2 and she rocked!

Here's a few pics with a disclaimer: It was raining for 1/2 the race and hence we all look like drowned cats. It added about 15 pounds to each of us (great excuse, huh!).

The prep:

The "hype-yourself-up dance" by Todd and Matt (to be posted on YouTube soon):


The "BEFORE" pic:
No during pictures, thank goodness, but here's a few "after" pictures:


We look lovely, I know.

#3 Reason: Casselton High School graduation open houses:

Another opportunity to roam the streets of that fine community, Casselton, and get re-acquainted with neighbor, after neighbor, after neighbor. We wrapped up the evening with the Christiansons, need I say more?

Final Fourth

The fourth Eagle Project by the fourth Hendrickson son has now been completed! Shout for joy!

It was quite the undertaking. Over 700 plants for the city of Lee's Summit---

...went in this rain guard:


Due to the sudden announcement of the ground breaking for the KC temple on the same morning, we were very concerned about losing a lot of volunteers. The city of LS let us move the time up by 1 hour, which made all the difference. We had over 40 people there and feel very blessed by the support. Such great friends.

And four hours later.....it was complete. Aching back, knees, too many donuts, big blisters (speaking personally on all accounts), we are thankful for everyone's help.

Job well done, Nathan.

This Is What It's All About

Not much time to update, but here's a quick wedding photo. What a great weekend!

Nathan in LOVE

Not THAT kind of love... (thank goodness)

Nathan's trying swing out on the tennis courts this year. He's having so much fun... Maybe too much?We got a kick out of his facial expressions.

And...
Maybe that's the secret to good tennis playing?! After the next picture, we wondered if he should be wearing a helmet....
That begs the question...who did he inherit his coordination from, Mom or Dad?

Provo NOT very welcoming

Apparently everyone in Provo BUT US knows that if you park in the wrong place, you get towed.

How do they expect you to see a little sign in the dark posted at the corner of the lot?

Don't they want out-of-towners to patronize the downtown area on a weekend?

I understand the problems that occur with students parking all over the place. However, it was CRAZY trying to FIND where they towed our car, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT for someone to come (all at 11:30 pm) and then to make it more painful, dish out $150.

I foresee an appeal coming their direction.

"Welcome to Provo"!

The Night We've Waited For

It's Monday night and that means Family Home Evenings at our house. After a great lesson by Nathan, here's the "game" portion....

....seeing who can stand on their head the longest.

Becky's attempt (so short Todd can't catch a picture):
The winner (again) is Todd...must be his flat head. Grandpa declined. Doesn't take much to entertain us!

In the News(paper)

Garrett's band, j.wride made the news. Here's a fun article about them in the BYU newspaper.