The Anderson Way of Life

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Riley's 9!

On August 28, our Riley-man turned 9!

Our Riley....
He's our little man, that is growing up way too fast.
He's our quiet one and also our sensitive one.
He's an excellent big brother, and a HUGE help!
He's a our little thinker, and also our biggest tease.
He's becoming a little gentleman.
He's such a blessing.
My life changed forever the day he was born.
It's amazing how over just 9 years, how many times
I have seen into eternity because I have looked at Riley.
We are so blessed to call him our son.

Please time... slow down.
I'm not ready for my little boy to grow all the way up.

Boyd DID turn 6!

Boyd really DID turn 6 on July 29th!

Our Boyd....Bobo....Boyd-O!

He is such a little man, a little Jeffery.

He Loves Dad and tries so hard to be like him.

He is a sweetie! He is tenderhearted and yet a little sneaky too.

He's our little cleaner, and more like his
Mother than we want to admit.

He has made our family so very special and we're so
happy he's ours forever!

2011 Anderson Family Reunion Campout

We love camping! We were so so happy to go up camping this year! We went to the Anderson's traditional camping spot. We had a wonderful time and made lots of great memories!

McCoy's first camping trip! He LOVED it!

The Anderson Boys!

Driving to the rim!

Food and Puzzles, two main parts of camping!

A favorite part of every camping trip, sitting around

the camp fire in the evening.

Marshmallows, hot chocolate, funny stories, scary stories....

the best time of the day!

We took a day trip and went to Fossil Creek in Strawberry...It also just happened to be Boyd's 6th Birthday. We were so excited that Josh, Sara, and even more cousins decided to meet us there from Flagstaff.

After a day at the creek, we went back to camp to celebrate Boyd's birthday with a sad pinata. I'm afraid we let our Mexico cousins down.

And of course when we're camping,

we try our best to keep the boys clean....

Needless to say that we love camping,

especially when there's so many cousins!

We can't wait until time...this is a typical family picture!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

This Summer...Part 2...Misc.

This Summer...I fell more in love with my guys!

I love Raising my Boys:

"You are home to him. When he learns to walk, he will wobble a few feet away from you and then come back, then wobble away a little farther and then come back. When he tries something new, he will look for your proud smile. When he learns to read, he will repeat the same book to you twenty times in a row, because you're the only one who will listen that many times. When he plays his sport, he will search for your face in the stands. When he is sick, he will call you. When he really messes up, he will call you. When he is grown and strong and tough and big and he feels like crying, he will come to you; because a man can cry in front of his mother without feeling self-conscious. Even when he grows up and has a new woman in his life and gets a new home, you are still his mother; home base, the ever constant, like the sun. Know that in your heart and everything else will fall into place."

-Anonymous

"Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero." Marc Brown

here's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother." Astrid Alauda
"Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!" Anonymous

"A boy is the only thing God can use to make a man."
Anonymous

"What are little boys made of?
Baseballs, bats and little league teams
Faith and Hope and Missionary dreams."
Anonymous

"Example is an important characteristic of a boy’s life." President Spencer W. Kimball

"Mothers of little boys work from son up til son down"

"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware. The tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered around the house, the piles of laundry lying around to be tackled, will disappear all too soon. And, you will to your surprise, miss them profoundly." President Thomas S. Monson

"No other success can compensate for failure in the home."

"The greatest work you will ever do will be within the walls of your home."

"Motherhood is about raising & celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be, and that if you're lucky he just might be the teacher that turns you into the person you're supposed to be." - Joan Ryan

"You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read...You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever become acquainted with." -Dickens