Saturday, January 9, 2010
Testing, Testing.....
..Anyone out there??? Gee you would think there would be sooo many as I haven't posted since what, July? :) Well, slowly but surely I am making my way back into the blogging world. I thought about just deleting this whole blog and starting from scratch except I couldn't figure out how to delete (go figure) so here I am re-vamping, changing...That's what the New Year is about right?
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Changes
Yes, I did say pictures last post and soon and as that was about 2 weeks ago you see no pictures. Well, that will happen sometime soon...lol.
When we moved into our house we had always said about 5 years would be good as it is our "starter" house but you know how that can go. You can say that but then find yourself there 20 years later! :) We will be in our house for 5 years the end of this month and guess what? We signed with a realtor today to sell our house! We honestly didn't come into this year expecting this to happen, not even thinking of it really but as life has a way of doing it brought change which can be good, bad or indifferent.
My parents are currently waiting for their mission call to serve a LDS mission and in the beginning of the year when they were talking about it they were concerned about what to do with their home and we were looking for a change and it ended up being one of those things that we had come to the same conclusion on our own that this is how it needs to be.
So after doing most of the projects on our home that never was done before we are almost ready to officially put the sign up. This next week is going to be high stress trying to getting everything in order but it should all pay off in the long run-we hope at least! :)
When we moved into our house we had always said about 5 years would be good as it is our "starter" house but you know how that can go. You can say that but then find yourself there 20 years later! :) We will be in our house for 5 years the end of this month and guess what? We signed with a realtor today to sell our house! We honestly didn't come into this year expecting this to happen, not even thinking of it really but as life has a way of doing it brought change which can be good, bad or indifferent.
My parents are currently waiting for their mission call to serve a LDS mission and in the beginning of the year when they were talking about it they were concerned about what to do with their home and we were looking for a change and it ended up being one of those things that we had come to the same conclusion on our own that this is how it needs to be.
So after doing most of the projects on our home that never was done before we are almost ready to officially put the sign up. This next week is going to be high stress trying to getting everything in order but it should all pay off in the long run-we hope at least! :)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
better late than never...
Well, seeing it has been about 5 months since I have added anything we'll see if anyone even looks at this anymore! :)
The last five months-The kids are done with school of course. Mackenzie turned 10 about 2 weeks ago and will be going into 5th grade. Mitchell will be going into second and my baby William will be going into kindergarten! hard to believe-no more pre-school! Of course may was busy filled with many school activities. Mackenzie did a Utah play, Mitchell performed an Opera and William graduated from pre-school.
I Promise I will begin adding pictures-I figured I needed to just get started back into this. Anyway-much more to come soon! bet you can't wait! LOL
The last five months-The kids are done with school of course. Mackenzie turned 10 about 2 weeks ago and will be going into 5th grade. Mitchell will be going into second and my baby William will be going into kindergarten! hard to believe-no more pre-school! Of course may was busy filled with many school activities. Mackenzie did a Utah play, Mitchell performed an Opera and William graduated from pre-school.
I Promise I will begin adding pictures-I figured I needed to just get started back into this. Anyway-much more to come soon! bet you can't wait! LOL
Saturday, January 31, 2009
William "Butch" Anderson
It seems like whenever I post something on here it always seems to have something about William. Not that the rest of us haven't done anything noteworthy-he's just the main humor in our lives at the moment...
So he comes home from preschool the other day with a cute book his teacher had made claiming him as the VIP for the day. It had pages all about him in it. Well, as I was looking through it I get to a page where the teacher has written his full name in apparently after asking him what it was. In colorful marker it says William Butch Anderson. No, Butch is not a family name nor a name we felt inclined to give our child.After picking myself off the floor from laughter I realized why she wrote that. For some reason all of my kids one time or another have gotten confused about their middle name with one of their siblings. Heck, Mitchell was Mitchell Diane for a while until we finally got it through his head Diane was his sisters middle name not his! :) Anyway William says when asked his middle name is Birch-which Is Mitchell's middle name (my maiden name). William doesn't say his R's so yes I could totally see after hearing Birch thinking it would be Butch when it is said with no R's. He has been known as Butch around here lately always with peals of laughter as we say it.
By the way, William's real middle name-Fredrik!:)
So he comes home from preschool the other day with a cute book his teacher had made claiming him as the VIP for the day. It had pages all about him in it. Well, as I was looking through it I get to a page where the teacher has written his full name in apparently after asking him what it was. In colorful marker it says William Butch Anderson. No, Butch is not a family name nor a name we felt inclined to give our child.After picking myself off the floor from laughter I realized why she wrote that. For some reason all of my kids one time or another have gotten confused about their middle name with one of their siblings. Heck, Mitchell was Mitchell Diane for a while until we finally got it through his head Diane was his sisters middle name not his! :) Anyway William says when asked his middle name is Birch-which Is Mitchell's middle name (my maiden name). William doesn't say his R's so yes I could totally see after hearing Birch thinking it would be Butch when it is said with no R's. He has been known as Butch around here lately always with peals of laughter as we say it.
By the way, William's real middle name-Fredrik!:)
Monday, January 12, 2009
What is Happening
It's what the 12th of January? Ok so as we are not too far into the New Year I thought I would share some things from the past year-especially as I never did Christmas cards-sorry! Never got put on my list so it never got done!
Anyway, as most of you know Kirk has been in school at the University of Phoenix on-line and had his first break in a year when he had his 2 week break during Christmas. He is majoring in Business Management and will have his Associates at the end of this July, take a couple week break and on to his Bachelor's. It's definitely a commitment of time and money but we both have felt very strongly this is what he is supposed to be doing and he is where he is supposed to be. He is still with Lowe's and that again is another one of those things that we seriously didn't think he would be there that long and thought of only as a temporary place but as a year is approaching we feel again that is where is supposed to be right now for all reasons not known to us at the moment. It's sure as heck , most definitely not for the money but we are blessed with the things we need. He is still over the elder's Quorum at church.
I still am working part-time for IRI which I love and works well with our schedules as I can basically work when I want to and I usually don't work over 10 hours a week. I am still the 2nd counselor in the young women's at church over tthe Beehives-which I love-but I actually am just starting with a new Presidency. Then with any other time I have I being a wife, mom etc... Life of course is not perfect but I am at peace and I have joy.
Mackenzie is 9 1/2 and in the 4th grade. She is doing well but we think is already starting to go through the teenage angst trying to figure out why she is feeling this way etc.. We love her and that she is our daughter. She is a lot of fun. Oh and did I mention how tall she is? She is 5'2" and now wears the same show size as me-size 9. yes, she definitely takes after Kirk's side!
Mitchell who is 7, is in 1st grade and enjoying school. He is in between soccer right now but still manages to exert all his energy somehow, somewhere! He turns 8 this October which is a big thing as he will be baptized. I can't believe how fast my son is growing up!( all my kids actually)
William is 4 and in pre-school. He will be 5 in July and will be in Kindergarten this fall. All my kids will be in school-what a different time in life that will be! As you can tell from the other posts, he is our entertainer and keeps us laughing a lot.
Anyway, as most of you know Kirk has been in school at the University of Phoenix on-line and had his first break in a year when he had his 2 week break during Christmas. He is majoring in Business Management and will have his Associates at the end of this July, take a couple week break and on to his Bachelor's. It's definitely a commitment of time and money but we both have felt very strongly this is what he is supposed to be doing and he is where he is supposed to be. He is still with Lowe's and that again is another one of those things that we seriously didn't think he would be there that long and thought of only as a temporary place but as a year is approaching we feel again that is where is supposed to be right now for all reasons not known to us at the moment. It's sure as heck , most definitely not for the money but we are blessed with the things we need. He is still over the elder's Quorum at church.
I still am working part-time for IRI which I love and works well with our schedules as I can basically work when I want to and I usually don't work over 10 hours a week. I am still the 2nd counselor in the young women's at church over tthe Beehives-which I love-but I actually am just starting with a new Presidency. Then with any other time I have I being a wife, mom etc... Life of course is not perfect but I am at peace and I have joy.
Mackenzie is 9 1/2 and in the 4th grade. She is doing well but we think is already starting to go through the teenage angst trying to figure out why she is feeling this way etc.. We love her and that she is our daughter. She is a lot of fun. Oh and did I mention how tall she is? She is 5'2" and now wears the same show size as me-size 9. yes, she definitely takes after Kirk's side!
Mitchell who is 7, is in 1st grade and enjoying school. He is in between soccer right now but still manages to exert all his energy somehow, somewhere! He turns 8 this October which is a big thing as he will be baptized. I can't believe how fast my son is growing up!( all my kids actually)
William is 4 and in pre-school. He will be 5 in July and will be in Kindergarten this fall. All my kids will be in school-what a different time in life that will be! As you can tell from the other posts, he is our entertainer and keeps us laughing a lot.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Season greetings!
Another Christmas has come and gone and we all hope that anyone who sees this had an enjoyable time with friends and family and felt the true spirit of the holiday.
We had a great time spending Christmas Eve with my parents by going to see "Bolt" in the theater and going to McGrath's for dinner and ending up at their house to open presents. Of course if was back home to open PJ's and on to bed, for the kids that is! Wrapping for Santa presents didn't take too long and the long awaited day came. After opening presents here and having an enjoyable relaxing morning, it was back to My parents for dinner. My sister Bettie and her family gave my parents a webcam for Christmas so Kirk got that hooked up on their end and Voila! modern technology at its finest! It was kind of strange seeing each other on the computer talking to each other as in person-although you are 1,000 miles away!
This weekend ends our Christmas celebrations with a big bang. We have Kirk's family party tomorrow from 10-2 and then we are going to stay at a hotel in salt lake thanks to Kirk's brother Kevin as he has ton of points through work. So as he and his family will be staying there also we will go to dinner and see the lights on Temple square. Sunday go to church and back to my parents (hope they won't be too sick of us! :)).
This time right after Christmas always makes me pause and think about the year that is ending and the year to come as with many other people I'm sure. I know I have been very blessed with a wonderful, loving, caring husband and 3 beautiful children and family and friends that are close by that the kids get to know and love also. Most of all I want to express my love and appreciation for my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. What a blessing it is to know I am truly a daughter of God! His hand is in my life every day through it all.
More to come with pictures
We had a great time spending Christmas Eve with my parents by going to see "Bolt" in the theater and going to McGrath's for dinner and ending up at their house to open presents. Of course if was back home to open PJ's and on to bed, for the kids that is! Wrapping for Santa presents didn't take too long and the long awaited day came. After opening presents here and having an enjoyable relaxing morning, it was back to My parents for dinner. My sister Bettie and her family gave my parents a webcam for Christmas so Kirk got that hooked up on their end and Voila! modern technology at its finest! It was kind of strange seeing each other on the computer talking to each other as in person-although you are 1,000 miles away!
This weekend ends our Christmas celebrations with a big bang. We have Kirk's family party tomorrow from 10-2 and then we are going to stay at a hotel in salt lake thanks to Kirk's brother Kevin as he has ton of points through work. So as he and his family will be staying there also we will go to dinner and see the lights on Temple square. Sunday go to church and back to my parents (hope they won't be too sick of us! :)).
This time right after Christmas always makes me pause and think about the year that is ending and the year to come as with many other people I'm sure. I know I have been very blessed with a wonderful, loving, caring husband and 3 beautiful children and family and friends that are close by that the kids get to know and love also. Most of all I want to express my love and appreciation for my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. What a blessing it is to know I am truly a daughter of God! His hand is in my life every day through it all.
More to come with pictures
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