Life with the Anderson's

Most days we are pretty much AWESOME... heroic to say the least!

Other days... well, we're down right messy!

Some days we get a little silly.

I'll admit it... we even play with our food.

The majority of the time we are outdoorsy.

Especially when it's snowy!

Maybe even a little fishy sometimes.

We tend to get a little noisy.
On the rare occasion you might even find us sumo wrestling.

We're not afraid to show our muscles.

After a long day there isn't a problem a little chocolate pudding can't solve.

When we get the time, we kick back and relax...

..and watch a sunset or two ..or three.

Christmas 2011

This was the first time we stayed at home for Christmas. It was nice not to have to pack, load everything and everyone and then travel... very peaceful.

Remington got a MP3 player.

Santa gave Josh a Nerf gun.

Boston soaked up the magic by eating his candy and opening presents at the same time.

My good looking boys getting ready for Church and not wanting to let go of their finger lights.

We also celebrated the season by having our first annual gingerbread nativity party.

Halloween

It's a little late but... Halloween was a treat!

Pumpkins galore!

Jedi missionaries and Jedi bats

My Knight in shining Armour

..And, of course, the cRaZy old cat lady herself

Joke of the day

Remington made up his first joke yesterday...


Why did the cat cross the road?

-Because the chicken was squawking in his face!

Cheese Car

Yesterday we were at a farmer's market and found someone selling goat cheeses. Ryan loves to eat cheese. So, he gave into temptation and bought a tub of garlic rosemary goat cheese. Of course, Boston volunteered to be in charge of carrying it. We call Boston the Hambino because he is our only child that likes to eat meat (or anything for that matter). So it wasn't a big surprise that he wanted to get his hands on the food.
When we were a few blocks from home we caught Boston opening the tub trying to sneak a taste. We told him he had to keep it closed so it wouldn't spill all over the car. Then Remington said with a worried tone, "Yeah, if it spilled in the car, everyone would call it the cheese car and laugh at us."
Ryan and I laughed the rest of the way home. Just think how horrified our children would be if all their friends made fun of them for riding in a cheese car.

Crickets!

This weekend we took our camper trailer out to Mineral Mountain. We started up the dirt road and soon we could see little dark spots on the road. I didn't think anything of it for a while. Then I realized they were mormon crickets. I started having flash backs of girls camp those many years ago. Crickets dive bombing your hair from the trees. Crickets crawling up your pant legs while you walk. Crickets creeping and screeching all around you. I started to shudder.
Despite my fears and feeble attempts at talking my husband into driving an extra hour to another campground, we set up camp. The boys started a search for crickets and watched them for a while. Then Dad pointed out to the boys that if they touched the crickets, they would screech and run away. That was the beginning of the greatest game ever! The boys walked from cricket to cricket poking each and watching them scream and hop. Lucky for me I got to sit in my camp chair and when a cricket came too close for comfort I would call out and the boys would come and scare them away.
The rest of the trip was enjoyable. Josh actually slept in his own sleeping bag ...most of the time. Boston had his usual episode of sleep talking and bossing Remington in his sleep. We hiked up the mountain looking for quarts crystals without much luck. Then we happened upon a geologist who spent an hour showing us how and where to dig. We found lots of rocks that the boys thought looked "so cool." They ended up with all their pockets filled with rocks and they walked all the way back to the truck tugging at their pants trying to keep them up.

What is your treasure?

This past weekend we went to Grandpas house and Remington's dreams came true! Dad and Grandpa built him a real treasure chest.

There is something so exciting about having a secret under lock and key! Both Remington and Boston have been finding special little items to put in their treasure chests only to doubt the value and remove it an hour later.

So we decided to learn the value of a treasure.
First... the pirate loot!!! Oh, they were so excited to have MONEY in their treasure chests! Just think of all the CHOCOLATE that could buy me! Oops.. I mean, think of all the candy and toys they could have!

Then we opened up another treasure. Our family! The Savior Jesus Christ! The Temple! Scriptures! Our family Memories!

They were more curious about this treasure than the money and shiny jewelry. They immediately discovered the difference in value. Our family and the gospel of Jesus Christ are definitely a treasure to keep safe and secure. Whereas, the money, though exciting, is something that would be used and would soon be gone.

Since they were struggling to find something worthy of keeping for a long period of time, we gave them each a special journal to draw and record memories. They couldn't wait to start drawing and were coming up with ideas of special moments to record, starting first with watching dad and grandpa make them their treasure chests.

Now, quietly the treasures sit nestled carefully under their beds as they sleep, keeping the time they have spent with their family safe.