BJ & Sami Hendricks

The grandmas and great grandparents helped out...

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Grandma Hendricks

Grandma Dunham

Great Grandparents

I'm a glowworm...

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I had to wear a bili blandket which is a portable phototherapy device
for the treatment of neonatal jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia).

Baby's favorite american pastime

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Look at the bag under dads eyes...

Changing diapers...a way of life

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He peed on my face...

My First Thanksgiving

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I am a few minutes old warming myself under the heating lamp.

I am soo adorable...don't you agree!

yep...adorable...

sleeping...

sleeping

sleeping...

and sleeping...

We are a family

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My gas was catch on camera...

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We wanted to put our manchild's name on the wall...the theme is jungle animals.

Can you guess what each letter represents?

It's a Man child!

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Haha!! I forgot to tell you all what were having!!!

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And baby is...

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This is Bj and I waiting for our appointment to find out what baby was!! As you can tell we were very excited and it was also really early in the morning!! Sorry its a little blury...

Here is babies little profile!! Little head and nose!

And here is like a top view. With the little head and big belly... And you can see the heart( It is the little black spot on the chest.) Babies little fist is balled up next to the chin!!

And ... It's a man child!!

Me and the Beej...

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This was Bj's reward for finishing his first year of seminary!

I gave Bj a basket full of little things!

My rose from Bj. He gave me a pretty purple coat!

This was our Valentines date! We went a few days later because we both had to work that night!

Bj on the toilet in the jail at willimsburg

Our 2nd Anniversary. We went to Williamsburg... I was just a little prgnant.

Bj makes me Mickey Mouse pancakes... I think he should be the cook there and then we could live in Disneyland!!

The monster truck rally on the beach.

5 months and counting...

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Here are pics from the last 5 months.
This is the first ultra sound we did... Little blob and the yolk sac...

This is Bj's 5 month belly!

This was yesterday at the beach. Month five! Half way!! I broke down and bought a maternity swimsuit... my other one started riding up!!

This is month four... The day after I got back from AZ from moms Surgery.

This is month three. And I wasnt feeling sick any more. Luckily it was very mild any ways~

This is month two... Im in my Starbucks clothes...

This is when we first found out!

Sorry....

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This is for you Mrs. T~ As you all can probablly tell by now I am not very good at updating my blog! Im going to try and do better! Things have really settled into a routine here. Bj finished his first semester in Seminary and is almost done with his second semester. I'm still at Starbucks nad I am now a shift supervisor... I still really love my job. We were able to go home after Christmas and see the Family and My mom and Nana came out here for m birthday! Bj and I jsut celebrated our 2nd anniversary and we went to Williamsburg. That was just a quick update! Here's some pics!

Two Whole Months!

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Wow! The time got away fro me! i cant believe that it has been two months since I posted any tihng! Bj and I are here and settled!! We bought three couches and an ottoman for the apartment. The little couch, love seat, and ottoman are the ones we have in the living room right now... The big couch is living in the trailor... We are going to try and sell it but have not had time to work on that. The apartment is all put together and I really love it. The office is a little cluttered but Its better than what it was! Let's see... bj is working at Sam's Club in the meat department as a meat wrapper. He doesnt really enjoy it but it is a job and it helps! I got a promotion at work and am now a shift supervisor! I get keys and everything!!! I have been doing a lot of closes at work... its really the easiest shift as a supervisor... so my manager has given me a lot of them, plus it reawlly works best with Bj's work schedule! Bj's in the midst of school and really liking it. He stayed up all night thursday night because he had a paper due... I cant really think of any thing new... this last week had beautiful weather! It was cool and windy all week and then on thursday it rained all day! Then yesterday and today get rewally hot and muggy again. They say its suppose the rain again this weekend but we will see... looks like clear skies to me outside! The Lord has been really good to us these last few month! He has provided in ways that were not expected and he has shown us great love and kindness! Thanks for all your prayers! See you in a few weeks!! I will add pictures when bj gets home and can show me how! HEHEHE

We are moved in...

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On Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30pm we recieved the keys to our apartment and began moving in. It is a great feeling to finally have our own place to come home to at the end of the day. Here is stage 1 Here is stage 2 ...and well stage 3 is probably about a week out. We are making progress...slow progress though. However, we did sleep in our own bedroom the night we moved in with our own bed and sheets.

Blueberrie Picking

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This week we also got to go bluberrie picking with Mrs. Olson. It was a lot of fun! it took me a while to figure out which ones to pick. After you pick them they dont ripen any more so you have to make sure that you actually pick ones that are ready. If they are really ready they almost fall off of the branch. And I found that the best palce to pick them was at the bottom of the bush! It was a ton of fun. We also picked blackberries.

Hey all!

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Im sitting at Starbucks and I remembered that I have not blogged any thing in a really long time! Well since last time, Bj got a job and We got an apartment!!! We move in tommorow! I have not taken any pictures yet but we will tommorow and I will out them on! I cant wait! It is a two bedroom and its about 900 square feet! It will fit us well for a long time! Im hoping not to have to move until we leave to come home. we will see. Well we have still jsut been trying to keep ourselves busy! Went to the beach again this week and managed to sunburn myself again.. and I even put sun screen on! But its better now. We went to the Virginia Beach Aquarium this week too. It was really not worht the 23 dollars we paid to see it all but oh well now we know. We forgot to bring the camera with us... oops! The turtles were really cool though they were really big and beautiful and we touched the sting rays.

We have really enjoyed hanging out with the Olson's. They are a really neat couple and they take awsome care of their guests! Im a little sad to leave their house! We have been fed well!

Nothing Much going on...

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Hello everyone! I havent been on here the las t few days because there has not been much going on. We are still waiting to hear from HSBC. Bj is suppose to hear by the end of the day. Bj says He is ok weither or not he gets the job, and oddly enough I fel the same way. The Lord knows what we are going through and knows what is best for us. We wouldnt want to get stuck at a job that would be awful for Bj. So we wait. I dont start work until the 21st and I cant wait to start again! I miss it so much. We are at the Greenbrier mall right now. Im sitting next to the little kids play area.... its nothing compares to PV malls. lol! We did go to the beach yesterday and play football inthe ocean. That was pretty fun! The water was great and it was over cast. In sunburned my face and Bj burned his back. Well... I dont want to bore you all to death so fro now I will say adios and write some more when I have something fun to say!
P.S. We are working on something really cool for the blog! Cant wait to show it to you all!

It looks Ferocious!!

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After My interviewe was over yesterday we decided to head to the beach. It is only about 10 minutes from my store!! Super sweet! It is the Sandbridge beach and it is not as crowded as the Virginia beach. We stopped at walmart and bought some dollar flip flops(we were still in interview clothes and had not thought to bring our swimming sutff...) we get out there and the sky starts looking very dark and the clouds are coming very quickly... we park and start walking down to the beach. We noticed that a lot of people were leaving and we asked the life guard(there were only three on duty for the ENTIRE beach!) if they were making people leave. He looked up at the clouds that were coming towrard us very quickly and said, " Yeah... It looks FEROCIOUS!!!" So that was our new word for the day!! We took a few picutres and then headed out, it rained on us all the way home!

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My new home!

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Here is my new store!!! It is about ten minutes from the beach! Can you believe that? I went in today and had an "interview" so Lisa, the manager, could get to know me. I start on the 21st! It is a little farther away than we wanted. It will take about 25 minutes to get there from where we are living now... but no biggy.

The Lord is good! BJ had his first interview today with HSBC and he has another one tommorow at two. He's not sure how he feels about the job and is not sure if its going to be something he is strong at, but the Lord knows Bj and his heart and is not giing to give him a job he cant handle!

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Here is a picture of the beach for my mother in-law...

no people just sand and ocean...

This is a less crowded beach in a community called Sandbridge

about 45 minutes for the place we are staying right now.

Exciting News...Well at least it has the potential to be...

2008-07-07T13:48:00.000-07:00

Today started like the rest of our days here... we woke up, had breakfast with the Olson's, and then tried to think of things to do to keep us busy today. Then my BJ got a call from a man at HSBC' which is a company out here that a lot of the seminary students work at. Its a collection agency where you call and make people make their payments. Does not sound to exciting but it is a job. LOL!! So he did a phone interview and THEN they set up an interview for tommorow at 12 30! Prasie the LORD!!!!! And then I got a call from two managers out here saying that they are trying to finda store for me hear. I called my DM to see what was going on andhe said he talked to the DM out hear and I will have astore in the next few days!! This last week has really shown me how doubtful I can be! All the Lord asks me to do is trust Him... and He always pulls through! Well thats our news... pray for BJ tommorow at his interview!

2008-07-06T18:03:00.000-07:00

Hey all... Its Sami! I think its time i officially take over the blog from my hubby! He's getting a little tired of it. I think its mostly because the conection here is a little slow so he gets tired of waiting to put the posts on. Things here are good. Church this morning was great. It was our first sunday morning in the beach area! The chruch is between 700 and 900 people! I was a little shocked! I thought it was about 300 people! Boy was I wrong! It has been raining all day today... its been wonderful! Well... I lvoe you all! Kisses to my Emmy!

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We are gone to the beach I and Sami done (Thanx Mrs. Tuten for the grammer lessin).

These pictures are from the July 4th and the beach was fairly

crowded. When we left the beach at 2:30pm there was a huge

amount of traffic coming to the beach. Virginia Beach shoots off

fireworks just off shore for all that are on the beach.

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Welcome to our new home. The place we

are staying at is 20 minutes from the beach.

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Our new home...

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This is Colonel somebody...he was very in character. He would not
let me shake his hand or pretty much even touch him. He called
George Washington a trator. I wanted to tell him I was related to
Washington, but he had a sword.

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Here Sami is in front of the governors mansion in Colonial

Williamsburg...a very historic site. It is pretty humid in this picture.

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Saturday night we got lost in downtown Richmond. We missed our exit because of traffic and I did not want to swerve across two lanes with a trailer... So 45 minutes later we got back on the road, however I was sick of driving at this point and we spent the night in Williamsburg. Next to the hotel was this gas station, where we bought our dinner. The gas station attendant was barricaded behind a wall of plexiglass an inch thick. The picture is of this y2k shelter the next morning.

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Day 7...sorry its soo late

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This is the look out at Clingmans Dome

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This is from one of the highest points in the smokey mountains on the TN side. This is call Clingmans Dome, elevation 6643'.

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Friday morning we drove up the Smokey Mountains

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Day 5 is done & now we have Day 6

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Here is a video of Sam and I on the Thunderhead in Dollywood

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We are now in a town called Pigeon Forge...home of Dollywood.

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Day 4 is done and Day 5 beginnings

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On our way to see Grambo...only we took no picture...

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Elvis' awards...

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Top:
there is shag carpet on the hallway walls

Right:
This is the pool room (has a pool table), the wall matches the ceiling, matches the couch.

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The is called the jungle...decorated by Elvis...weird

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We are on our way to Graceland. I can't wait to see the King.

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And still more road...

Leaving Little Rock and heading for Memphis to meet Grandbo and the King.

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This concludes Day 3 and beginnings Day 4

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The second restaurant was Cock of the Walk, which served cajun food...

the highlight is fried catfish and fried pickles.

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The hightlights of this day were experiencing two restaurants: the first was the Pigout Palace...

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This is us leaving Oklahoma City on our way to Little Rock...

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This ends Day 2 and beginnings Day 3

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More ugly road!

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This is called Catilac Ranch at mile marker 62 1/2 just west of Amarillo, TX...bring your own paint and you can have a blast.

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I must add that before we got to Roswell I learned an
important lesson...if you look to the horizon, up over that
hill...somewhere we ran out of gas.

Yes I am serious. This stretch of forsaken highway is more
than 100 miles long and nothing until Roswell. I forgot that
my truck is only getting 9 miles to the gallon...

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This was the only redeeming part of the museum.

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Bring your reading glasses because there is a lot of

articles, documents, and afidavids...I was'nt a believer

before, but now I am!

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Welcome to the International UFO Museum in Roswell, NM. This research center is "state of the art."

http://www.roswellufomuseum.com/

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Roswell 95 miles...checking off the bucket list.

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I like to call this picture...more road.

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The end of Day 1 and the beginning of Day 2

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More road...

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More gas...at this point I've been getting about 12 miles to the gallon.

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ON I 40 entering New Mexico.

Here we are staying with Sam's uncle Bobby and anut

Dorothy in Albuquerque...unfortunately we got no picture with them.

It's Me!

2008-06-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! i havent had the chance the blog anything yet... I miss you all especially you nicky and little emmy! the drive has been great so far, but then again im not the one actually driving... im the lucky one in the passenger seat. we have had many adventures including a clsoe encounter with the third kind in Roswell. Blog more later! love you all!!!

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We are at the meteor crater outside of Flag...

check this off the bucket list.

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The first of many fuel stops :(

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About a little more than an hour into our trip on I17 we hit traffic. Here we are completely stop on the hill up to Camp Verde. The Good news is that it is hard to crash, flip a trailer, or fish tail when your not moving.

2008-06-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

Day 1 of our adventure was fast. The Truck pulled just fine...the last pull into Flagstaff was the hardest of the whole trip Monday. Thank you to all the advice on how to drive a truck and trailer...with all that wisdom in my head I feel like a professional truck driver.