Finn Tiger gets a name and a blessing

Halloween 2011

Pumpkin Carving has got the be the most "patience trying" holiday tradition ever. No one can seem to get all the guts out by themselves...then the design they want is too intricate for the little pumpkin carving kit...then they mess up and can't fix it....Atleast this year there were no tears over any of it!

Trick or treating this year was a hit. They all came home with entirely too much candy! (Ironic that Jett has a dentist appt later this afternoon....been complaining all weekend of his teeth hurting...)

o happy day

a kids greatest day...get checked out of school early...eat at Wendy's with your cousins...go to a pumpkin patch....play in a hay maze...visit a fire station....eat endless cotton candy...watch a helicopter land 30 feet away from you...watch a JV football game...eat pizza for dinner...only bummer came when I made them shower and do their homework.

My life

This is what I do...I go to football games. I make babies. (and I'm not complaining) I've told Tyler many times....he really is lucky, you know....that I actually LIKE football.

From the garden

We have a magnificent black berry bush in our garden. And since Duce LOVES cobblers of any kind, he went out a picked a bunch for our dessert tonight. We aer coupling it with blueberry pomegranate ice cream....YUM!

Ace sure enjoyed his dessert!

summer heat wave

We are experiencing a bit of late summer heat wave. Provo broke a record of 101 degrees yesterday. Ace and his cuzzy, Hazel, are doing thier best to stay cool....

School Year 2011-2012

Its back to school time for the Andersons and the kids were rippin' and roarin' to go. Although I do enjoy the laziness of summer mornings, I do like the routine that school time brings our family...namely for bathing and teeth brushing. Duce confessed to me the other day that he couldn't remember when the last he brushed his teeth in the morning was and I'm pretty sure there are only so many times I can count the hose on the trampoline as a bath, right?! Josie doesn't start until next week but was super excited to do her practice walk to school with the big kids. With only Tee and Ace at home for half the day....I will be able to get so much done!

JETT 3rd grade

DUCE 4th grade

AVERY 2nd grade

Can you tell Jo is excited?!

going private

We're going private....not that too many people look at this anyway, but if you want an "invite" leave a message or email me.....

Birthday boy

Duce turned 10 years old last week. And we celebrated ALL WEEK...lunches, shopping, dinners....but for the official birthday dinner, he was debating between Golden corral ("They have unlimited desserts") and Red Lobster ("they have unlimited biscuits." He finally settled on Red Lobster, so we invited the JN Munns family down to celebrate. We left the little kids with a babysitter and took Anna with us. When we were all stuffed on coconut shrimp, alotta colada and cheddar bay biscuits, we came to watch the fireworks show put on by Duce.

All he wanted for his birthday were fireworks. So fireworks he got!

And what's a birthday without some spankin's! He was a good sport and actually insisted that everyone do it...including Ace.

BYU football camp

The boys went to camp this week at BYU (perk of their dad working the camps) and loved every bit of it...their sessions were held on the field of Lavell Edwards Stadium. Thursday was the last day and they waited around to get a picture with Cosmo!

Garden of Erika

Ahh, the Garden of Erika....well...actaully....of Roland. Tyler's dad has been SO amazing, prepping and racking and pruning and planting. Our garden is going to kick everyone elses in the tomatoes! Today we planted potatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkin, and red bell pepper. Early this week, Roland put in 4 blackberry starts. Soon the tomatoes, corn, peas, beets, beans, carrots, strawberry starts, zucchini, and squash will go it. I can't wait!

My mouth is already watering at the idea of a tomato sandwich on wicked white stick to the roof of your mouth bread with mayo and salt and pepper. Heaven.

Ace in the yard

Today was a gloriously warm day in Utah, so we spent most of it outside. Even Ace got his swimsuit on to splash in the runoff from the car getting washed.

I wish fat rolls looked that adorable on me.