Christmas Exchange List

person below .... gives to ...... person below

Bryce ................................... Jennifer

Dena ................................... Kimberly

Aaron .................................. Rachelle

Sarah .................................. Kristen

Keith .................................... Bryce

Rachelle ............................... Aaron

Todd .................................... Sarah

Kristen ................................. Dena

Kimberly ............................... Todd

Jennifer ................................ Keith

Some Anderson Archive Photos

I have been going through our collection of family photos, trying to get them back into some semblance of order!  It’s like climbing into a time machine that transports me back to when I was younger, full of energy and you kids were still little and funny!  Not that you aren’t funny anymore, but you know what I mean; for instance, I present for your enjoyment, Exhibit A:

Photos taken by Aunt Tricia of Taylor, Kimberly and Todd at Sea World in May of 1991. 

ENJOY!

 

 

 

 

 

Mom

Graduation Fun

 

I have been wanting to post something to commemorate the college graduation of not one but two of our children in April. Kimberly graduated from BYU-I this month but chose to not attend the graduation ceremony, but instead traveled to St. Louis with some friends for a convention on the same weekend.  Todd graduated from UVU this month and we were able to go up for his ceremonies and help celebrate.  Grandma Anderson came a few days early and was able to come to the festivities as well as Mommer and Popper.  We all had a great time and enjoyed the visit.  But wait!  There's more!  Then we all loaded up and drove to Las Vegas for Jordan and Trevor's  wedding open house.  We were able to pick up Jennifer in Cedar City on our way through, so she was able to share part of the fun.  Here are a few pictures to commemorate the events:

Happy graduate...

and happier spouse.

 Grads and Grands

 

We were able to rent a house in Las Vegas for two nights for about the same as a bunch of motel rooms, and it turned out to be great.  We had a lot of fun staying together, playing pool, cooking and eating together and enjoying each others company.  (Sorry about the couches and futon, though, for those of you involved.)

Hanging out at the open house

Lots of Andersons



Thanks to all of you who were able to come and be there - sorry to those of you who couldn't make it.  Maybe next time.  Thanks again and love to all!

 

Sad News

I'm not sure if anyone else knows or not but apparently 3 of the 4 Blakes died within the last two months.  Johnny and James died back in January (not sure how) and Marlene died this past Monday night.  That's all I know for now, I just thought I should keep everyone up to date.

Rowan's birthday cake smash

By the time we finally gave Rowan his birthday cake, he'd been sitting in his highchair anticipating food for quite some time, all the while having an annoying crown forced onto his head over and over and about a million and a half pictures taken of him.

Poor guy. All he wanted was to be fed!

(Thanks for the video, Dad!)

A Christmas Tradition

For those of you who don't know, Keith and I have been giving each other gag gifts since we were little. It all started with Keith giving me a large box as an extra gift with nothing but a nasty potato in it. One particular highlight was at Mom and Dad's where I was presented with a delightfully wrapped deer's leg. A few years later he gave me a toy deer with a peg leg. So this year I gave him a little something in return...