Pumpkin Walk

In North Logan there is a pumpkin walk.  Biggest bonus - it is FREE.  There are several displays where creative people put their talent to work.  There was a Madagascar 3 display & I thought the way that they made Melman the giraffe was awesome!  I also loved the killer bunnies & the cute tree where someone had the genius idea to paint little pumpkins red so that they looked like apples.  It reminded me of the scene from the Wizard of Oz - but alas - the display was just an apple orchard.  Caleb loves to chill on the front of the stroller.  Notice - the girls aren't in it.  I'm glad we brought it for Caleb!

 I'm pretty sure I make a fabulous Harry Potter..... & we already knew that Casey was incredible.

 I love Caleb's little hands in these pictures.  You can see one through Jessie's face & then right under in chin in the Genie picture.  Taylor looks like she is singing to the bird in the Snow White picture & Rylee is our Ariel.

 Casey managed to get a fabulous deer this year!  It was only about an hour into opening morning & this beauty happened to be about 50 yards off of the road they were traveling.  I can't believe how freaking skinny Casey is in this picture!

Annual Anderson Family Picnic

This year we went CrAzY and met at Tony Grove for our annual fall picnic.  It sucks that you can't take a stroller all the way around the lake - but I guess all my kids will be able to walk it themselves before I know it.  One year we took Caleb & the stroller when he was little, and I ended up packing the stroller all the way & Casey packed Caleb.  Thank goodness for my super strength!

This digital picture era is amazing & exhausting at the same time.  We have SO many pictures of every event & we are all so freaking fabulous it is so hard to choose which pictures to use!  Between my camera, Ashley's, my mom's & Angela's - we ended up with 141 pictures.  Holy Hannah.

 

Little Eva earned a nickname on this trip.  Whenever some would say, "Where's Eva?"  I would say, "Who?  Eva Jensen?"  Angela adores her (as does everyone else...Angela is just a Eva hog!!  j/k)  Angela held her most of the time...fed her candy...& took her for a little walk.  Boys are strange...the main event of the picnic was catching chipmunks.  Griffen is holding one in MY Rubbermaid container in the picture below.  I think Milky Way was the chipmunks favorite food.  Can't boys just sit & enjoy the scenery?  Take a little walk?  I guess I will never understand.   

 My Grandma & Grandpa Hunsaker were able to drive up & enjoy the day with us.  I like to see them sit & relax....but it sucks when they are sitting there enjoying themselves & my Grandma's chair decides to collapse.  Whoopsie!  Derrick was the first one to the scene to help her up & my Grandpa was in his chair still & said, "I'm glad it was you & not me!"  It freaking cracked me up.  He didn't ask if she was OK...if she needed help...what happened...he was just glad it wasn't him that fell.  I'm glad she didn't break a hip!  She's one tough cookie.  My Grandpa brought his harmonica & that is always fun to listen to.  Elder Anderson also came on the picnic.  Shades & everything!

 My Grandma brought a bowl full of candy & Caleb was in HEAVEN.  He LOVED the witch hand coming out of the middle of the bowl & LOVED eating the skittles.  He also did a bit of fishing with a stick - he was unsuccessful this trip though.  He entertained everyone with a bit of singing.  It was pretty cute.  Little Deuce Coupe was his song of choice.

 Little Miss Taylor & Rylee spent the majority of the time at the waters edge....& eventually in the water (that happened on Casey's watch, not mine!)  I'm glad I brought an extra set of clothes!  Every time Taylor would throw a rock in she would turn around to see if someone was close by to give a high five to.  She really gets into it!  Swings her arm all the way back & smacks your hand.  She loses her balance almost every time.

 The fall picnic is one of my favorite traditions.  I love all of the traditions that we keep going & I am excited to have my children grow up with the same ones.

18 Months!

I cannot believe that I have 18 month old twins!  I can't imagine not having either one of them.  They are into EVERYTHING!  They are both such a joy to have.  Their 18 month Dr Appointment was a joke - so I don't have their growth stats, but we'll get all caught up with that at their 2 year appointment.

Taylor:  She is such a sweet & sensitive little girl.  She loves to give great big hugs & even grunts when she squeezes ya.  She loves her baby dolls that she has in her crib.  She loves to eat fruit, yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, pizza,  waffles, lasagna, garlic bread, and macaroni & cheese.  She thinks it is fantastic to empty the drawers & the cupboards in the kitchen.  She doesn't say a whole lot yet but she can understand things (get your shoes....put your drink away....let's eat....let's go bye-bye)  Taylor also LOVES to play dress up.  She is always trying to put on Caleb's or Casey's or my shoes & she is almost always wearing a necklace.  It's darling.

Both girls LOVE bath time.  They have started blowing bubbles in the water even.  Too cute!  They love to play outside & they love the Baby Einstein movies just as much as their brother did when he was little.  They also like to watch the movies Tangled & Despicable Me.  They both love books & have just started to color.  They love to run around with Caleb.  They can both bang on their chest & make a gorilla sound.  I love it.

 Rylee:  She is a swee, funny & feisty little girl.  She loves blankets!  She likes to drape them over her shoulders & lay them out on the floor.  She loves to comb her hair & mine.  She loves to eat garlic bread, macaroni & cheese, cheese sticks, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, pizza, applesauce, & toast with peanut butter.  She isn't saying a whole lot either, but her very favorite word is "NO" and she always uses it correctly.  She can also follow directions really well like her sister.  She can also howl like a wolf & it is one of the cutest things I've ever seen.  Rylee can jibber jabber all day long!  While she jabbers she acts like it is the most important thing in the world & maintains eye contact the entire time.  It's adorable.

The last 18 months have been exhausting, but I wouldn't have had it any other way.  Watching these girls grow is a joy.

My fabulous cousin Amber captured some beautiful pictures yet again!  We went to Daybreak for these ones.  THANKS AMBER!

Freeze Fall Picnic

I was totally bummed that I didn't get the opportunity to celebrate National Toasted Marshmallow Day this year.  It happened to fall on a night when Casey was working & I wasn't about to tackle loading up my children with roasting sticks & then head off to start a fire.  That would've been a diaster just waiting to happen!

On a whim one Sunday in September I called Casey's family (except for Shelby...he lives in Price & I don't think he would've made the drive for a hot dog & mallow) and we headed off to Second Dam for a little dinner.  It happened to be the 20 year aniversary of Mona's dad's death.  It wasn't a celebration...but a little get together for fall & for his memory.  Mona has said that her dad loved watching the leaves fall in to the river this time of year.  I can't imagine losing a parent at this stage in life.  It would be very difficult.  I have a lump in my throat just typing this!  (I'm a pansy)

Caleb LOVES his cousins Logan & Nathanael.  I think he might even drive them a bit crazy because he follows them everywhere and talks & talks & talks their ears off.  It was a beautiful fall evening.  The kids were all well behaved & my mallow was fabulous.

Say Cheese!

We had Anderson family pictures taken this summer.  They turned out really nice! 

 

 

 

Ev'ry day I'm Chuffilin'

My family has discovered someone fabulous.  Juanito Bandito.  He is awesome.  We saw Who shot Juanito Bandio last summer at the Pickleville Playhouse in Bear Lake & we just HAD to get tickets to another show that they did this summer.  The Hanging of El Bandito.  Dylan missed out last year because he was in St. George for school - but he got to enjoy it this summer before he left for his mission.  I got to sit next to him & he didn't stop laughing.  Casey also missed it last year and he thought it was pretty funny.  He even said that he'd go again!  I also had to keep checking on Blake & Griffen throughout the play- they were cracking up through most of the show.

We went & ate at Cooper's after the show & it was delicious.  Ashley was so excited for her hamburger.  They were huge.  All of the food that was ordered looked really good.

Jordon has managed to miss the show both summers in a row.  Hopefully next year they do another show & he can jump on the fun bus & join us.  Mona babysat Caleb, Taylor & Rylee so that Casey & I could get away.  She is such a trooper!  It was funny - when we got home she said, "I'm really sorry...but I drank 2 Pepsi's out of your fridge."  It cracked me up.  The caffeine is surely needed most days for me!  Another funny thing is on our way into Logan canyon Casey & I stopped at Smith's in Logan for a drink.  When he parked he said, "What do you want me to get you....oh wait!!!  You get to come in with me!"  We are so use to one of us sitting in the car with the kids.  It was fabulous to get away for a day.  We also discovered pralines & cream fudge at La Beaus Too - I can't wait until next summer to go and get some more!