::family shots::

In November we got together with a friend who did a family photo shoot for us. Unfortunately we had a limited window of time to do it in, and the light was super bad. So a lot of the pictures didn't turn out the way I wanted them to. We're going to redo the session at some point here when it's not so darn cold. But a few of them were cute, so I wanted to show you all.
We found a gorgeous house with big wooden gates and blue doors in their courtyard wall. The people there were kind enough to let us use their place as a backdrop. It made me want to go home and paint all our doors blue!




Sweet little boys:


That Sandy sure does love his brother!





And after the blue door house we went down to the railyard to try to get a few shots with the trains. But the boys were pretty much worn out by then. And it was windy and cold. And Max was hungry.
So we'll have to redo those too--but at least you can see what a cool setting it is there!



So there ya go!
I used a couple of the photos for our Christmas card and it turned out fun. I'll post it here later for those of you who might not've got one! (Or for those of you I sent them out to and then got them back later for various reasons!)

::some family photos::

We posed for a few quick photos before we all split off to go to our respective houses. I set my camera up on the tripod and we went for it with the timer.
I think my favorite pictures though, are the ones before anybody is quite ready. The test ones. Like this one.

It's just funny. And I'm not in it, which is a plus for me of course.

But here's the real one. I think it turned out cute, except for Max's strange arm situation.

A bunch of cute people with a BUNCH of cute little boys.

And the other best thing--this is a tradition adopted from my family. The Silly One.

Not sure why it turned out so dark, but oh well.
It's hilarious to me because it looks like both Sultan and Sandy are pretending like they don't know the rest of us. Everybody else is on board though.

It was a really fun weekend. We missed the Kelly & Lechelle family though. It would be fun if they were in these silly photos with their own two little boys!!

More St George report to come though, I just haven't gotten that far yet.

::family::

Today I'm in UT for a quick quick little visit.

I thought these pictures turned out great, besides the fact that Kris is missing. It happens a lot so we're resigned to it by now.

Silliness.

::another day in san diego::

We went to Sea World on friday morning and it was pretty fun. We did have a problem though. They've added a bunch of rides, probably 5 or 6 big ones and some smaller ones. This was all Max could think about. I made the mistake of looking at the website with him before the trip to get him excited, and he spied the rides. That was all he could think about from that moment on--and this did not change when we actually got to the park.
We had "breakfast with Shamu" in which you have a breakfast buffet, eat right next to one of the whale tanks and see a few cool whale tricks up close. That was fun and I'm glad we did it because it was the only whale exposure we got the whole day.
After breakfast I was ready to head to the Shamu show, but Max was dying to go on the big roller coaster, so we went over there. Kris and Max went on that, and Max loved it, so I got in line with him to do it again. But of course the ride broke down, so we were stuck in line for quite a while for no reason--these Sea World guys are not too good at their ride management it turns out.

Anyway, after that we got stuck heading over to another ride, and it got hotter and more crowded. We finally made it to the Sea Lion and Seal show which was fun. Then when we tried to see the actual seals afterwards the area was so crowded it was impossible and we just had to push on. Finally Kris and I got tired of the crowds and after seeing the sharks and a few other things we hauled our boys out and took them back to the condo for some rest.

It was not great management of the Sea World trip, I'd do it differently if I was doing it again. And the Manta Ray area was closed because (of course) they're adding a big ride to it.
I think Sea World should stick with the animal stuff. It's what they do best.

But anyway, we liked this cool Shamu car.


The best part of the day happened after everybody get a little rest. We were able to get together with Kris's old roommate/mission companion Blake and his wife Brooke for dinner. It was just a weird coincidence that we both happened to be out here at the same time. They recommended a delicious Thai restaurant that we really enjoyed (all of us with refined tastes, anyway.)
Kris got fried rice that actually came inside half a pineapple. Pretty fancy, right?


After we ate Blake & Brooke took us down to a beautiful park on the coast to look at tidepools and seals. There were quite a few sea anemones in the little pools, but Max wasn't quite brave enough to stick his finger in them to make the them close.

Baby Evie was though.

Max however, was brave enough to go out to the very tip of the rocks we were out and wish that a wave would carry him out to sea. Weird kid.

It was an amazing view and a lovely sunset. And Max did not get carried away, happily.

It was prettymuch too dark to see the seals by the time we got to them, but the good company and fun conversation made up for it.
It was a really fun night--thanks Blake & Brooke for taking the trouble to meet up with us!
And Blake has a reputation in our family for taking good pictures (he took the photo that ended up being in our wedding invitation) so he took one of all of us on the rocks. I like it.

::happy easter pt 3::

We couldn't seem to get one where everybody looked good at once. But that's the beauty of having little kiddos, right?




Little kids making bunny faces that is....
I can't believe the baby put up with the bunny ears for so long. That's pretty amazing.
Thanks for taking the pictures Kathy. At least one of us looked cute in each, and we can't ask for much more than that!

::Happy Easter pt 2::

With Kris's mom. It was so fun to get to spend Easter with her.




I had to post this last one because of Max's face. Evidently he was working hard on making a "bunny face" with his longest front tooth stuck out over his bottom lip. It seems to have been a lot of hard work.

::hendricks family photos part 1::

While we were out in Laaaaava Hot Springs I took a bunch of family pictures. I think we all had a good time doing it, and most of the photos have turned out adorable. Here are a few, and I'll show you some more later.

::he made it::

Kris is here!

He made it. We're glad he's here with us. Now we're up in Lava Hot Springs with his family having fun.

More later!

::fathers day::

Just a quick father's day report. We had a good day--I'm hoping Kris felt special!
We had some fun gifts for him, including a new church shirt. The poor guy hasn't gotten new clothes for a long time, since he wears scrubs most of the time these days.

The best gift Kris got though was an awesome tie that Max made in primary at church. It's adorable.

Sultan found it very interesting, especially the feathers. He had to make sure it wasn't going to attack anybody.

I really enjoyed seeing Max singing the father's day songs in sacrament meeting. It was super cute the way he kept looking over at us, all proud of himself.

We had a super yummy dinner of watermelon and chicken roll-ups and relaxed together all afternoon while it rained.
If only we could get some sun, a rainy afternoon would be a welcome change. Maybe someday.

We sure love the daddy of this house!!