Happy Thanksgiving!!!

The Underwoods started Thanksgiving Day off with a cool run. Blake and Hunter are in the front here with red head bands and black shirts. Dave is in the crowd behind Hunter.

Dave and Hunter finish their first Mile. They opted for the two mile run.Blake finished his five mile with a smile.

Team Underwood finished with the following: Dave - 4th place in the 2 mile 40-49 year male.

Hunter - 10th place in the 2 mile 13 and under male.

Blake - 2nd place in the 5 mile 13 and under male.

We won two pies and three medals. Dave got out of making dessert this year.

Where is Amy? Saving up her energy. The first mall opens at midnight!

Living History Farms Race 2009

So I (Adam)finished off the running season with the exciting Living History Farms Cross Country Race (though the season isn't done, but what is a running season anyway, stay tuned for the big one coming up). It has been over 20 years since I last ran this race and it has changed a lot. This time I wasn't a high school cross country runner with the flu. Also, I vaguely remember climbing fences and maybe crossing a creek on some stepping stones, but that's as wild as it got. Here is this year's course map. Nowadays it's known for drawing people from all over the country (maybe even other countries), many of whom dress up in costumes and don't actually run.	Adam finishing the race.
Before	After
I kept my costume to a minimum, you might recognize the shirt from The Office. Dwight Schrute wore a similar one in the 5K Fun Run For The Cure.
	The run is billed as the largest cross country race in the U.S. with over 7000 register racers. I made the mistake of starting at the end of the huge crowd so I spent most of my time passing walkers and "non-racers".
It was a really foggy day making for a cold, wet race. Oh, and did I mention it was 40 degrees out? It really was a messy experience with 8-creek crossings where the water was at least knee high (see the video below). We don't have any pictures of me in the back part of the course, but here are some pictures from the Des Moines Register. It really was a fun time, but I just wish I could have run the whole thing, in the end I believe I walked about half a mile just for the bottlenecks.
I didn't make this video but it shows you a great example of the experience, you might get motion sickness from watching it.
Here is a video of one of the creek crossings.

Blake's Latest

Blake's latest is basketball. He is the fuzzy one in the middle in the white shirt. We don't have any great photos on this sport yet. We have a few more games to get it right. He is loving basketball just like every sport he tries. He still says baseball and wrestling are his "real" sports though.



Lately, Hunter and Blake have become die hard Vikings fans. Great news for us, but how they became fans was Brett Favre.

This was a little difficult for those of us that have been around for a while. I had to hang a Brett Favre posters on their bedroom wall today. One of their Christmas wishes is to have a Brett Favre jersey. Blake even decorated his Turkey at school to look like Brett Favre. He didn't win the turkey decorating contest, but if the kids were voting he would have. Brett Favre is a Viking, Brett Favre is a Viking. Some day maybe it will sink in.

Good Morning, Florida!

Allen says this beautiful red sky rising promises rain.

A New Jerdee on the Way!

We have fantastic news! We (Kim and Adam) are expecting a new addition around May 21, 2010.

Our first checkup went well. We were entertained when the baby was moving around a lot during the ultrasound; the heartrate was about 162 bpm. We will pass along more details in January when we learn more.

Magnolia Landings

Virg treated Becky and Allen to lunch at Magnolia Landing's Clubhouse on Becky's 67th Friday-the-13th birthday. It was a beautiful day and his guests enjoyed Virg's tour around his new digs--he has an extremely affordable golf club membership for the next year as well as FREE use of the course for the rest of this year. Needless to say, he's thrilled. Here he's checking in for the next tee-time while Becky and Al visit the locker rooms and enjoy the lobby. They call Virg "Mr. Rolfsrud" when he enters the lobby. :)

Happy Birthday Mom, Nana, Becky!

Hope you're enjoying the good life!