Hannah's Blessing Day

Hannah Lee Anderson was given her name and a blessing in the Shaker Heights Ward of the Kirtland Ohio Stake on Sunday, May 4th 2008.

Thank you, Jenny, for the beautiful crocheted blanket you made for Hannah! It looked perfect with her gown! What a special gift from her Aunt Jenny!

Hannah wore a beautiful white gown that I fell in love with 7 years ago, when I was pregnant with Andrew. When I found out I was pregnant with a girl this time, I went to the Ebay store to buy the gown only to find that this one was no longer available. I emailed the gownmaker and asked her if there was any way she would make one for me. She said that the fabric was discontinued, but she might have enough left to make just one more. She did! And Hanah looked like an angel in it!

We were so blessed to have Nana, Papa, and Aunt Danielle there with us! (So sorry about the stomach flu when you got here!)

Thank you for making Hannah's special day even better!

Happy Birthday Kody!

Kody was born on April 26th, 1985. He was born about 2 weeks after Dad graduated from BYU.

This is Kody and Dr. Moore.

Kody weighted in at 9lbs. He was a big boy!

Kody is all dressed up for his first day of Kindergarten picture. He is 5 years old.
Kody still likes to wear pink!

Here is Kody and the girl that played Clara in the Nutcracker. They are ready to greet all of the guests at the Nutcracker Party before the show. Kody was Fritz in the Nutcracker with Summer and Danielle, two years in a row. He did a GREAT job, and love it (but he will tell you that he didn't like it).

Kody getting a tan on Papa's boat.

Kody started wrestling in eighth grade for Sunset Jr. High. Kody lettered in wrestling as a sophomore. He continued to wrestled through his Junior year at Northridge High School.

Kody and Dad went on a high adventure when Kody was a senior in high school. Check out Kody's pack, he is caring some of Dads stuff too.

Kody started taking some firefighting classes through Northridge High School. He decided that he wanted to become a firefighter. Kody graduated from Northridge High School in 2004.

Kody and Brooke started dates when Brooke was still in high school. Kody asked her to marry him on Easter Sunday, 2006. They where married September 15th, 2006 in the Logan Temple.

Happy Birthday Kody! I hope that you enjoy your special day. We love you very much and we are so very proud of you.

Today sucked...... I worked from 6 a.m. till midnight yesterday. On the way home, I remembered that I had a 6:30 a.m. lecture. I wasn't going to go, but I felt I should attend (especially since I didn't go to the one last week) because it might help me with some study questions I've been working on. That being the case, I woke up early with less than 5 hours of sleep so I could drive to work on my day off for a 30 minute lecture that turned out to be of very little value. On the way home, this happened:

Luckily, the other driver was not injured, and I received only a minor abrasion on my forehead. Because it was 8 a.m., the sun was directly in line with the stop light, and I couldn't see that the light had changed. It was one of those moments that seemed to pass in slow motion - one of those where you brace yourself for the oncoming tragedy, just hoping that everyone will be okay.

On the plus side, noone was injured, the police were very friendly and didn't issue a citation, and our insurance company was very easy to work with (they even had an the appraisal guy out to our hourse within three hours of the accident).

On the negative side, I get to look forward to paying the $250 deductible and watching our rates double. FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Logan!

Name: Logan Mac Anderson
Age: 3
Nursery Teachers: Brother and Sister Tuttle

Best Friends: Gavin Shupe, Brigham Weight, Ruby and George Tugeau

Favorite Foods: Spaghetti-O's, cold cereal, and milk

Favorite Sayings: "NO!" "I can't!" and "Because yes!"

Favorite Activity: Throwing clean, folded laundry around the room when Mommy isn't looking, playing on the playground, and watching his big brother play PlayStation

Favorite Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Favorite Movie: Ratatouille

Favorite TV show: Backyardagins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Favorite Color: Blue

Do you feel different now that you're three? "NO! I'm two!"

Logan is our little firecracker! He sure keeps us on our toes! He is a fun, rough and tumble little brother for Andrew and a gentle, affectionate big brother for Hannah. He brings so much energy, love, and laughter to our family! We love you, Logan!

Tyson informed me the other day that on Tuesday it will be one year since we went on our cruise. Wow! That year flew by. So, I thought that I would blog about some of my favorite memories from our cruise. Here they are in no particular order.

1. Sightseeing in San Francisco. That is one of the coolest cities I've seen. Very fun!
2. Playing Phase 10 on the ship. Who was it that won most of the time? Oh that's right. It was me!!

3. The desserts! Yes, there were 7 of us and there are 14 desserts on that table. YUM!

4. The beautiful beach and ocean.

5. Zihuatanejo was my favorite port it was so much fun.
6. Parasailing with Danno. We were SO scared, but it was so fun.

7. Sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge.

8. Watching the old beater car pull us into Mazatlan.
9. Swimming with the dolphins.
10. Our waiter! "You want another one?"