ANDERSON FAMILY

A trip to Richfield

We love taking trips to Richfield whenever we get the chance. Grandma had all kind of fun treats to make and Halie LOVES to make just about anything! Halie and her Great-Grandpa Kyhl dipped pretzels in white chocolate together! They make quite the team! We also have a new little cousin Collin. He is so darling and Halie loves nothing more than holding babies. We enjoyed getting to cuddle with Collin!

My First Niece!

After the long wait, Brooklyn is here! Brooklyn was born

October 23rd and weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and 20 1/2 inches!

I must say that it was love at first sight! She is such a darling little thing. Because of the scare with the swine flu I was not able to go in and see her:( It was very hard and yet if it keeps her healthy than it is worth it. I can't wait to hold her and smell her and kiss her cheeks! I am so happy that she is here and is healthy and that her mom is doing great as well! Congratulations Nat and Rob! She is beautiful!

Brooklyn's first bow!

(of many to come I am sure!)

Simply precious!

The proud parents! So happy to have her in their arms!

Down on the Farm

Nothin' like hangin' down on the farm on a hot summer day! My kids LOVE to go to the petting farm at Thanksgiving Point. They love to feed the animals, ride the hay ride, the ponies, and play in the little town they have set up! They found the little jail house and so I couldn't resist this picture...

I think that I need one of these for those "hard" days! ;)

Halie is at that little girl stage where she LOVES horses. So she was thrilled to see that they had a little baby horse and that it was right at the fence so that she could pet it! I think that Grady just liked that there was something there that was his size! The goats are always fun because they like to eat!!! We always have to stop and give the goats some corn and I was surprised that Grady was not scared of them at all! He would put his hand right into their mouths to make sure that the corn was in there!

After the pony rides we were so hot that we decided to head out and get a popsicle to help us cool down! We had a great time and will probably go again, and again, and again if my kids have any say! It really is so fun to watch them discover new things!

Orem Days, Strawberry Days, and the 4th of July!

Orem Days!

So this year we went over to Orem days to see Jed's younger brother who was doing a food booth with his buddy. Hey it was dinner and I didn't have to make dinner!:) Anyway so we of course had to ride some rides, eat dinner, and then the parade came through! It was great fun, wonderful food, and very muddy! It was so muddy that my poor kids had mud all in between their toes and they did not like that very much, but not bad enough to not ride some rides. This was Grady's first time EVER riding on an amusement park ride, and he was hooked after the first one. He threw the biggest fit that he has ever thrown in his entire life when I took him off of that ride! His face as he rode the carousel says it all! He loves to "wide!" Thanks to Pacos we had some amazing chicken quesadillas! And then to cap it all of they were handing out pirated tattoos during the parade that they kids thought were so great!

Strawberry Days!!!

This is one of our favorite weeks in the entire summer. There are so many fun things to see, do, and eat! We love to go to the carnival that comes to town. This year we were so excited to have Grandma and Grandpa Anderson to come with us! Grandma and Grandpa took Halie and Gavin on the ferris wheel. I was not so sure that my kids would even ride it... but they did and they LOVED IT! Jed took Halie and Gavin to play some games and then we took the kids around to ride some more rides. Grady loves to ride ANYTHING! He is always asking for a "wide." We also love to attend Huck Finn Days during the week. Halie was able to get her face painted by the Rodeo Royalty and she gets so excited to see their crowns! We rode the ponies and did the doughnut walk! Grady devoured his doughnut in no time flat! Our last festivity of the week was the Strawberry Days Rodeo! We had a great time and even though the kids lost it and were bored half way through they enjoyed playing in the rocks at the bottom of the stands! It was a great week!

The 4th of July!!!

We had a fun fourth. I have a great friend that invited us to come to her parents home and have a BBQ with them. We also had a great time at the annual Fourth of July parade in Provo! Halie and Gavin had a great time with the snaps at the parade and we wore poor little Grady right out! It was hot on top of all the running around we did. The kids also got to go on a four wheeler ride to see, and feed some horses! This was Halie's favorite part of the day!

Uploading pictures

Hey I have been trying to post for a while and am having a hard time getting my pictures to upload. Is anyone else having this problem? I am just trying to figure out what the problem is, if it is me or my computer! I will catch up on all my posts as soon as I can get my pictures to upload!

T-Ball

Our years of sports with our boys has officially begun!!! Jed and I (especially Jed) has been waiting for his boys to start playing sports and the time has now arrived! Gavin just finished his first season of T-Ball. The first game or two were a little rough. Gavin can be very shy in front of a lot of people and then when he doesn't eat he is not very good at cooperating. (He gets that from his mother.) Anyway, after he knew what to expect and what was going to happen he was in! He of course loved to bat and hit the ball as far as he possibly can. He is also a great pitcher too. Gavin has quite the arm and can through the ball fairly far, fast, and with good aim as well. I loved it when he would be on first base and would throw the ball to home plate and the shock on the coach on the opposing team's face when the ball not only made it to him but wasn't too far off to one side or the other. We are so proud of Gav and his good sportsmanship! We love you buddy and enjoyed watching you play and look forward to MANY more sports games to come!!!