Wrestling

Derrick decided to have Justin try wrestling this year. He started going to the practice in November and had his first tornament in Spanish Fork on Dec 12th. He wasn't to thrilled about the whole wrestling thing, but he was super excited because his best friend Titus was coming to watch him wrestle and then we were going to spend the day at there house while be were down that direction.

It didn't take him long to figure out that if he got pinned it was all over. LOL. He did fight alittle, but not with as much determination and we were kind of hoping for.

It's a good thing they gave all the young kids participation medals, because in his mind that made the whole thing worth it.
His next tournament was at Brighton High School. It started out being quite an ordeal because they didn't get the email the coach had sent days before letting them know who was coming. So they didn't know any of the people from Tooele would be there. We spent most of the morning waiting for them to arrange brackets for our kids to wrestle in. Justin spent his time sleeping so when it was finally time for him to wrestle (3 hours later) he was ownry, to make matters worse the first kid he had to wrestle was bigger then him and way more experienced. Plus he hurt his finger during the match. I felt so bad standing on the side lines watching him cry and not being able to do anything for him. I was so proud at how hard he kept trying through it all. He didn't just roll over and let himself get pinned, he kept trying.

On his 2nd match he started to cry before he even got on the mat because he was affraid he was going to get hurt again. After a little pep talk I finally talked him into giving it another try, which he did and he wrestled his heart out. He did so good, but still ended up getting pinned. But he TRIED and thats all we wanted.


His 3rd match for of the day was another kid from Tooele and once again was pinned. But once again he kept trying. The participation medal once again got him excited to try again.

He wrestled last Saturday up in Heber, which he was excited about because Grandma & Grandpa H. would be there to watch him and we would be spending the weekend at their house.

And once again even though he lost all 3 matches the medal made it worth it.

Unfortunatly, I forgot my camera at this one and I forgot to get the pictures from grandma before we left. So those will have to come later.

He is suppose to have 2 more tournaments and then the big brawl, but we decided we put him through enough for one season and would throw in the towel a little early. Expecially since we've kind of got alot going on anyways. We need our saturdays.

Logan is pretty excited that he gets to start in the fall so hopefully we can get Justin a little more motivated by then. Logan was his brothers #1 fan. He would yell from the stands "try to stand up Justin", "get off your back", "good job justin" or even "do some push-ups while you're waiting" (I think he saw another kid doing them). What a good little coach. He was also the first one there to give him a high five and tell him good job when he came back to sit down.

I hope Justin see's how much his little brother loves and admires him. I hope he always understands the importance of being a good influence on him.

Maybe today will be the day...

that I can actually play catch up on my blog.... I have a feeling it's going to take longer then the time I have at the moment. But we shall see.

Here comes Santa Clause...

And we can hardly wait. I bought these flashing noses last year at the dollar store and the kids loved them.

They weren't much help getting the tree put up once they found them.. :)

Kristen gave the boys these Lego advent calendars last year, which they

were super excited about getting out and starting them all over again.

Justin wrote all the letters to Santa by himself.
Thanks for helping your brother and sister, Buddy.

Every year dad reads 'Twas the night before Christmas'
to the kids just before putting them to bed on Christmas Eve.
They were pretty excited about the Transform pj's,
well the boys were anyways, Allie was very excited about her new
princess jammies. I didn't realize she even knew who about the princess' yet.

As for pictures from Christmas morning and day, I don't have any. How sad is that? :( But I do have the whole thing on video. I was wrapped up in watching the kids and see how excited they were I didn't want to shut off the video footage to take still shots. I need another camera, is what I really need, but thats a whole other topic.

Anyways, Justin was super excited to get 2 of the 3 things off his list to santa, Bakugans (more specific - Maxis Dragonoid ), and the new Lego Indiana Jones 2 The adventure continues game for the Wii. He also received books, clothes, candy, a Ben 10 sticker book and plenty more.

Logan was fun to watch as he opened up his new RC Race Car, a Ben 10 game for the wii, clothes, a bumble bee transformer.

Then there was Allie, she was very entertaining this year. She gasped at every present she opened with amazement. 5 pairs of Princess Shoes, clothes, a new baby, 2 My little stuffed animals that talk and choo, necklaces, lip gloss, purses. She loved it all.

Derrick was lucky enough to get more drill bits to help him complete the task of finishing the last unfinished room in the house. Lucky him! Just what he was wanting i'm sure. But don't forget the socks, he did get new sock and a BYU hat from the kids. Santa must know what he likes though, because he did leave all shorts of goodies in his stocking.

This year I received Photoshop Elements, so I can start the attemp to scrapbook digitally now. I also received Wii Fit Plus, which I have been wanting. Along with a stocking full treats all for me!

I love Christmas and the special feeling that is brings. I love reflecting on the birth of the Savior and the life that he lived. I am so grateful for his humble birth and his atoning sacrifice. I don't need the presents or the goodies, but they sure mean alot more when I think about the gifts givin to the Savior, but more importantly the gifts givin to me from my Savior. I have a wonderful family and an amazing husband I get to share this life and all eternity with. I have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. I get to feel of his spirit when I need him and have it near to me at all times. I have been blessed with the most important presents in the world and thats all I need!

Merry Christmas!

Family Pictures

Thanks Kyle and Mel for helping us!

2009 Hendrickson's Annual TuRkEy ShOoT

Every year for Thanksgiving Derrick's family gets together for our Annualy Turkey Shoot. Each year are family is just alittle bit bigger as well. Needless to say we have ALOT of rules to try to keep everyone safe. With 11 Adults, 11 kids, 4 shotguns and 2 beebee guns plus the few extras, we definetly needed to all be cautious.

We always start off with everyone getting 10 warm up shots.
Derrick and I both started off GREAT getting 10/10, but when it came down to the actual contest, Derrick tied 10/10 again, but didn't hold up under pressure when the tiebreaker came around coming in for 2nd place at 4/5.

I must have also chocked under the same pressure because even though I did come in with 1st place, it was only with 8/10. I did receive a pocket knife as my award and proudly posed with it for the camera. I'm such a nerd!
The boys really enjoyed taking turns helping grandpa shoot the clay pigeons. That is when it wasn't there own turn to shoot the beebee guns.
After the actually contest the dads play some game where they get in a line and the one in front gets the 1st shot, but if he misses then it's free game and if someone else hits it, he goes to the back of the line. We have alot of fun doing this as a family and enjoy making these memories together.

My favorite part this year was that Allie slept in the car the ENTIRE time we were there so I didn't have to worry one little bit about her. What a relief. I've always loved nap time!
After we went back and enjoyed our wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner as a family. We got to work on our Annual Hendrickson Service Project. For the past 5 years we've been taking new toys or making blankets to Primary Children's Medical Center for donations, but each year the parent do all the work and then just explain to the kids what and why we are doing it. This year we decided to do something different so they could experience more hands on. We bought enough food to make 50 sack lunches to donate to the community relief program for the homeless. So we organized all the food on a table and had an assembly line putting one of everything into each bag. Everyone from youngest to oldest helped.

GoOd WoRk TeAm!

The tallest snowman

We've ever made!

to bad it tipped over just hours later.

Oh, the tears that were shed. The sobbing,

the sobbing, sobbing, sobbing.

Poor, poor snowman!

HaPpY 4tH BiRtHdAy LoGaN!

Or should I say BEN 10!That was the theme for this little guys 4th birthday

"Ben 10 Alien Force".

This was also the first time for him to have a friend birthday party. So he was SUPER excited.

They first had a race to see who could drink Alien slim (Green Jello) the fastest.
Then they colored their spaceships (paper plates) so we could take them out on the driveway for a test run.
Then we opened presents and got ready for some cake and ice cream. He wanted an Omnitrix cake which is the watch that Ben 10 wears that turns him in different aliens so he can fight bad aliens. The figurine is, Swampfire, one of the many different aliens he turns into. My mom helped me, or should I say, my mom made this jacket for him at my request. It looks like the one Ben 10 is ALWAY wearing. He was SO excited, but it wasn't complete until he opened his very own omnitrix after dad got home from work. Justin can hardly wait until his birthday now, he is SO jealous of all the cool things Logan got. Luck for him, he's got such a nice little brother that shares everything he has with him, just so he'll play with him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!
Or should I say BEN 10 !