Anderson's in Arizona

Halloween and Disneyland

2008-12-18T16:51:00.000-08:00

I know it's kind of late for Halloween, but I figured since I'm posting that I might as well include a few pics from Halloween. So here are just a few of the kids.

Here we have Cooper, Calder, Kennedy, and Hillary with Pluto.

Here are the Grand kids with Grandma, and Grandpa in the sleigh.

As always we had a great time at Disneyland. We were able to visit both parks, and go on almost all of the rides. At least all of the rides we wanted to. We spent two full day's there, and had great weather. All of the men wore shorts both day's, well except for Grandpa. And it wasn't until the second night that we even thought about putting on a light jacket. Of course again this was for the men. The women wore jackets, and sweaters the whole time even though the temps at times were in the high 70's. Actually Suzanne did really well. She toughed out the 70 degree weather with the men. :) But all in all it was great. No rain unlike last year at this same time. So we were all dry which makes the experience even that much better.

On Saturday we all met up at Newport beach. The kids took there shoes off to walk in the sand, and it wasn't long before they were in the water getting wet from the waves. We ate lunch at a local pizza joint, and then we all went out for Cupcakes at Sprinkles. In case some of you are not familiar with Sprinkles cupcakes, they are about $4.00 a piece. They are pretty good, but not at that price. After that we all headed back to Ethan and Heathers new apartment in Irvine to hang out and visit. We ended up eating burgers from In and Out Burgers. These are some of my favorite burgers. After a night of visiting we headed back to our hotels and tried to get a good nights sleep so that we could all drive, and fly home on Sunday.

All in all we had a great time and visit. We will take some more pictures here at Christmas, and I will do my best to get them up on a blog. I still need to take some lessons on how to use this website better. I know it would be nice if I could figure out how to put in a nice Christmas background, and place the pictures better. Oh well I guess at least I'm getting something put up for a change.

We hope that you all have a great Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

Love the Anderson's.

November/December update

2008-12-05T22:23:00.000-08:00

So here we are into December, and how the time flies by. I know I promised more blogs, and I'm just a slacker. What can I say.

So November was good. It flew by right after Halloween. And since I'm at work writing this, you won't be getting any Halloween pictures on this particular post. Sorry. :(

So I was told in November that at the start of December I would be moving from the Tempe plant where I have been for one month short of nine years over to the Chandler plant. Then during my Performance Management review with my boss right at the end of November, he told me to just keep coming and working here at Tempe for now. So in short I'm glad that either way I still have a job. If they want, or need me to go to Chandler I'll do that, but I was glad to hear that I was going to stay here for now in Tempe.

As for Brittney, her job is about the same. believe it or not people are still buying homes. So that's good. So she is still quite busy.

Cooper and Kennedy are just growing up so fast it's crazy. It seems just like yesterday that we were starting on this crazy journey of having kids, and being parents. Now cooper is close to six, and right after that Kennedy will be four. There really great kids, even though I swear there deaf at times. I guess they just have selective hearing. I think I was that way at times, so I better not get to upset about it.

Next week were leaving to go over to California, and meet all of Brittney's siblings, and her parents for a few day's of fun at Disneyland. The kids are getting an early Christmas present. Then by the time we get back, my parents and sister will be down for Christmas at our house. I can't tell you how much were looking forward to that. It should be a good time, and we pray that dads health will be good while he is here.

Before you know it, it will be 2009, and there will be some new things happening here in the United States. People here decided that they wanted change, and I think in some way's there going to get it. I really don't feel like it will be positive change, and will pretty much bet my life on it that the things we experience in the next few years won't be very good. But with that being said I am going to have a positive attitude, and be supportive and hopeful that we actually can have some good change. As for right now I just don't see it coming. But from what I hear it sounds as though Canada is going through some hard times as well, and people are trying to make a change there. I feel that this is a bit of the sign of the times, but don't want to speculate to much.

I'll try and get some pictures up in the next post. And if I don't get another post up before Christmas, I hope you all have a great one, and a Happy new year.

Take care, Love the Anderson's

I've been told.

2008-10-31T10:03:00.001-07:00

Ok I was told by my mom and others that I'm not blogging. The sad thing is I really don't even have an excuse for it either. Well other than just being lazy and not taking the time. So I'm putting up this small post to let you all know that I will TRY and make a better effort to get some blogging done. I also need to update our page. I don't really know how to, so I'll have to figure that out. And I need to put up some new updated pictures. I'll get some of the kids in there Halloween costumes. Hopefully they get put on here before Christmas.

Ok there's your update. I promise to blog again soon. Sooner than a couple of months anyway.

Later, The Anderson's.

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-04T18:35:00.001-07:00

So it's been a while since we posted anything. But I wanted to just say Happy 4th of July. And to wish our beautiful Kennedy a late Happy 3rd Birthday. We celebrated her 3rd birthday this last Saturday on the 28th of June.

We went to the movies really early in the morning, and saw the Disney movie Wall-e. It was good. The kids really seemed to enjoy it. Uncle Dave came with us to also celebrate the Birthday and see the movie.

Later in the evening we went out to eat at the Texas Road House. Uncle Dave also came for that. Who would want to miss out on having a steak. Just so you know in case anyone was wondering. Uncle Dave came, because his family was on vacation up in Canada seeing Grandpa, and Grandma Anderson. So thats why just Uncle Dave came, and no other Aunts or cousins.

Anyway I know I need to be better at blogging so that we can keep you all up to date as to what is going on. I don't have any pictures to show you from Kennedy's birthday, but we will try to put some up with the next blog.

We hope all is well with everyone, and as for us theres not much to update on. Were getting through the summer heat, and looking forward to getting Cooper into Kindergarten this fall.

Take care, Love the Anderson's.

Happy Late Birthday Cooper.

2008-04-23T16:33:00.001-07:00

So happy late Birthday to Cooper. He is now five years old believe it or not. So first of all for those of you who don't know Cooper turned five on April 11th. I know I'm way late on the post for this blog. But in my defense we knew we were going to go to Disneyland, and so I knew I would have some pictures to post. Thats why I waited.

On Coopers actual birthday, Brittney and I ditched him so that we could go see Bon Jovi in concert here in Phoenix. Actually Brittney's work had a suite, and is was a work function for Brittney so we had to go, but didn't feel to bad about it. My brother Dave came over with his two boys, and they just played all night with Cooper and Kennedy. Thanks Dave again for helping out. So anyway we left that weekend and went over to California to hit the two parks for a couple of days. How funny was it that on our first day there it was just over 100 degrees. The next day was only about 95 degrees. You would think that living in Arizona it would be no big deal, but let me tell you that so far this year we have only had maybe three or four days just over 90 degrees. So it was quite hot for the two days we were there. The day we left to come home the high was suppose to be in the low 70's. But whatever we had fun, and the kids had fun as you can see from the pictures.

Theres Kennedy with Pluto, and Minnie Mouse.

Heres Cooper with Mr Toad. I think I heard someone say that this is grandpa Nelsons favorite Disney movie, and one of his favorite rides. Cooper is trying his best to pull the sword from the stone. Below was Coopers favorite part. We went to the Jedi Academy, and there was a small malfunction. They didn't explain, but instead the characters came out for pictures. So in a way it was even better. Of course what would have helped is if dad had turned on the flash.

Cooper got to have his picture with the Evil Darth Vader and a couple of Storm Troopers. Then he got to stand with the Jedi Knights. There was actually one more picture of Cooper with Darth Maul, but it didn't turn out. Darth Maul if you remember has a black head with horns, and dark red streaks on his face. So without the flash, it didn't turn out. Cooper got to have breakfast in the park for part of his birthday. So we thought we would show you the Mickey Mouse pancakes. The last picture is of Cooper on Friday the 18th of April. One week after his actual birthday. Thats when we had his birthday party at the park. The boy to Coopers left is his best friend, and cousin Reece.

So anyway the blog was a long time coming, and I'm sorry it took so long. But none the less we are all doing great. For an update, Cooper is still in PreSchool, and loving it. He's also still playing soccer. Kennedy is just loving life. That is when she's happy. Which is most of the time. She is still two. Terrible two's. In June she will already be three years old. Brittney is still as busy as ever with the Boy Scouts, and her work as a loan processor/officer. As for me. Things don't seem to change to much. Work is about the same, and as a family were doing great.

Next month we will be heading up to Utah for a wedding, and to see family. Brittney's family all live there, and my parents, and sister will be coming up to Utah as well for the wedding. It's still possible that my oldest brother and his family might make it up as well. Last year we were in Utah for the Salt Lake City marathon, and 1/2 marathon. This year we opted out. With Brittney having surgery on both of her feet, and I'm just plain out of shape, we bagged it for this year. Brittney is trying to talk me into doing the P.F. Change Phoenix 1/2 marathon in January of 2009. Maybe, well see.

Anyway I've made this blog long enough, and probably lost most of you half way through. We hope you are all doing well in your own lives, and think of you all and pray for you all that you can all be blessed in all of your endeavors.

Take care, Love the Anderson's.

April Fools

2008-04-01T18:49:00.000-07:00

And you all thought I was going to actually write something worth reading. Nope not today. But I hope you all have a great April Fools Day.

Love, The Anderson's

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

2008-03-17T10:30:00.000-07:00

So another month has gone by. I'm at work, and have some down time since my two co-workers are gone for today. One has the whole week off for Spring Break, and the other is at a Funeral. So I thought I would take the opportunity to write something new.

Since I last wrote, not a lot has changed to be honest. The only real updates are Cooper has started a new season of soccer. Spring season. Kennedy is still just as cute as ever. And I know I need to get some more pictures up so that everyone can see how much there changing from day to day. As for Brittney, well she had the second surgery of two on her left foot this time. Brittney was diagnosed with Planter Faciaites. I'm sure I didn't spell that correctly, but I'm not going to take the time to look it up. Basically both of the tendons on the bottom of her feet are tight, and overlapping some. So the Dr. makes two little incisions on each side of her heals, and goes in to loosen up the tendons. Anyway her right foot is done, and pretty much healed so the Dr. went ahead and worked on the left foot. The left foot was in worse shape, so it's taking longer to heal, and she feels worse. But she's a trooper, and just getting through it. Being the mom, and having two kids, they still want her to do everything. She's been pretty good to take care of them, and appease them as much as possible. For some reason dad can't do the same things mom can. So unfortunately for her she has to still cater to them somewhat.

This last week Brittney's brother Ethan and his wife Heather came out to visit us. It was great to see them. Ethan just graduated from Penn State with a law degree. He took the bar in Utah a couple of weeks ago, and came to Arizona to see if there were any available jobs here. We would love for him to find a job here, and then take the bar in Arizona as well. If we can get him to move here, that would take a lot of pressure off of me from all of my in-laws trying to make me feel guilty for taking Brittney out of Utah. Although it was her choice, and I think she likes it here. Well sometimes.

As for me, there really isn't anything new. I did get to go golfing twice last week since Ethan was in town so that was good. I don't get to go as much now that my dad doesn't make it down. That, and he just doesn't have the strength anyway. Brittney's mom is going to come down this week, and be here for Easter Sunday. So were looking forward to that.

Other than that, I just wanted to say Happy St. Patrick's Day, and give a shout out to Erin on her Birthday. I don't call all you guys, and girls that I grew up with anymore, so I thought that this would work ok. Since I know Erin and Larita always read our blog, and are always good to leave a comment.

Anyway I hope you all are doing well, and that life is treating you good.

Take care,

Love the Anderson's.

Slacking

2008-02-17T14:53:00.001-08:00

So here we are more than halfway through February, and I'm just a big slacker. Actually we have been pretty busy. Well at least here and there. Thats my excuse for not blogging as much, and I'm sticking to it.

As for an update on this month, I can't really think of to much as it is. Kennedy is just growing up so fast. She can carry on a conversation with the best of them. Sometimes she can carry on a conversation even with herself. And sometimes you just have no idea what she is talking about, but it's always important to her. So we listen, and try to figure it all out.

Now Cooper he is another story. He is still in pre-school, and just loves it. He always has fun things to show us that he has made. That and he's so proud of them whatever they may be. He is still playing soccer every Saturday as well as practices twice a week Tuesday's and Thursday's. So that takes up a lot of our time.

Brittney Started a new job in the new year. I can't remember if I mentioned that in the last blog. She has a lot more driving to do to get to work than her old job, but she seems to be handling it well. Her new job is basically the same as the old one, just with a different company. The three other girls she works with all came from the old company, so there all familiar with each other, and seem to get along well.

As for me nothing to new. Work is about the same. I will be learning some new things this year that will pertain to my job. Which is a good thing. They will be things that I can always add to my resume. As for now thats about it. Our church callings are going well. The kids are pretty happy and healthy. As long as they feel they are getting what they want. Which in my opinion is way to much. But other than that we can't complain.

Our taxes are done, and we will be getting a refund. Or in other words we paid to much last year, and are just getting the money back that we over paid. Either way it's nice to get some money to pay for a few things.

Well theres not to much else to say. I hope you all are doing great in your own lives. And working to achieve whatever goals you have set for 2008. There are only ten more months to do so.

Take care all, and keep in touch. Love the Anderson's.

A new Year.

2008-01-28T16:51:00.001-08:00

Wow I almost missed the whole month of January. Time goes by so fast. I just haven't taken the time to write up any new posts, and to be honest don't have a lot of time right now. But I thought I had better write up something.

As for the start of the new year, our family went over to California to bring in 2008. My parents, and my sister, and two brothers were all there as well. We all stayed in Whittier California, and on New Years day we went to Pasadena to the Rose Bowl Parade. It was actually a lot of fun. We got up really early in the morning, and headed on down to try and find a spot. We found a good area, and some of the people there were nice enough to let the kids go right up to the front and sit on the curb.

The next day Brittney, Cooper and myself took my sister, brother in law and nephew to Disneyland again. I know we just went, but we had to go again. My mother, and sister in law watched Kennedy, so we didn't have to deal with her. Thank you all again who watched and took care of her. It was a nice break from changing diapers for a day.

The next day everyone said there goodbye's and we all headed to our perspective homes. Some up to Canada, and the rest back to Arizona. We had a great Christmas, and a great time in California. The time always goes by so fast. But we were sure glad that Mom, Dad, Karen and David could make it down to see us.

As for what we have been up to lately well Brittney started a new job with a new Mortgage company after being with the old one for ten and a half years. Cooper is still in preschool, and playing soccer. He scored his first goal a couple of Saturdays ago, and another one this last Saturday. So he's doing really well. Kennedy just loves to play with her dolls and sing. As for myself, I'm still working for Freescale Semiconductor.

Well thats your lot of updates for now. I will try and get a post up here in February with some pictures of the kids.

We hope you are all doing well, and enjoyed your Christmas cards, and or letters we received.

Take care all, and we will blog again soon. Love the Anderson's.

To the end of 2007.

2007-12-30T09:56:00.000-08:00

So I will do my best to make this a short blog. I thought I should try and get one more blog in before the end of December let alone 2007. So here it is.

I'm not going to do a big sum up of the year. Although it was a good year. We survived, and made out just fine with lots of new things. The kids are healthy, and we are all alive. Best yet we just celebrated the birth of Christ, which is most important. He is the center of our lives, and we try to do our best to always remember that.

We had the honor of having Mom, and Dad, Karen, and David, and Kip and Susan all down here in Arizona for Christmas. As you may or may not know my other brother Dave, and his wife JoLynn also live here, so we were all together. It was quite special as I don't know if Dad will want to make the trip again. Anyway we are going to leave this afternoon for California. We are going over to go to the Rose bowl parade, and to see some of Susan's family as well. It also looks we will make it to Disneyland once again.

I know we just went, but we are looking forward to going with my sister Karen, and her husband David who has never been to Disneyland. So all in all we the Anderson's in Arizona wish you all a Happy New 2008.

We will be blogging at you all again in the new year. (2008) Love the Anderson's.

And for those so called friends of mine that went to Utah for the holiday's, and never got back to me after I invited you down to Arizona. The offer still stands any time.

The kids first trip to Disneyland. (2007)

2007-12-05T19:51:00.001-08:00

So we made it back from Disneyland. The happiest place on earth. You know I was thinking about that phrase on the way over to California, and I thought to myself I wonder how happy it will really be with the kids. But to be honest they were actually really good. Especially considering it rained almost all of our second day there.

Our first day was Thursday the 29Th of November. It was actually the perfect day. Sunny, no wind, and warm. About 75 'C. The bad part was I forgot to plug the digital camera in the night before, so we didn't get any pictures on Thursday. On Friday the 30Th of November it rained almost all day. We had the camera, but the pictures didn't turn out as great. Oh well at least we got some.

Brittney's parents Dan, and April flew out to spend some time with us, and to help with the kids so that we could all experience the rides we wanted to. Thanks for coming Mom, and Dad. It was way better to have you there. Plus I think they really enjoyed being there. Brittney's mom April went on everything. She just loves the rides. As for Brittney's dad, he likes some, but not all. Well just leave it at that. Cooper absolutely loved it at Disneyland. He went on every ride at Disneyland except for Indiana Jones. And that's only because he wasn't tall enough. As for the California adventure park he went on all the rides there that he could as well. I was quite impressed that he did so well. Although his first time on Space Mountain did shake up his nerves a little bit. When it was over he had just a couple of tears, but after about an hour of going on other rides he was ready for another trip on Space Mountain. He even went on the Hollywood Tower of Terror over at California Adventure park. If any of you are familiar with that ride you know that's pretty good for a four year old. He liked it so much we went on it again.

As for Kennedy, she loved the rides as well. Of course she couldn't go on much, but we soon found out that her favorite ride was the Pirates of the Caribbean. We had to go on that ride a few times, and after every time she wouldn't stop singing the song. Yo ho ho ho a pirates life for me. But with a two year old voice and pronunciation.

For the Adults we just took turns watching Kennedy, and getting fast passes so that the Adult that missed out could go on the ride right away. All in all it was a great trip. Thursday was awesome, and Friday was great, except for the rain. In hind site if we knew it was going to rain all day, and that hard we would have skipped Friday and gone on Saturday. It wasn't busy at the park at all. The longest line we waited in was the Nemo submarine voyage. That took about 40 minutes. Other than that I bet we only waited for maybe 20 minutes on some rides. Most of the time it was maybe 5 to 10 minutes. So just remember that the end of November, and the very beginning of December is a great time to visit Disneyland.

Here are a few pictures from the trip. Note that they were all taken on the wet chilly Friday that it rained. Well at least the pictures inside Disneyland were taken on Friday.

So here we are in Toon Town with Mickey Mouse. It was actually more like Ghost Town with the rain, and the fact that we had passes to get into Toon Town an hour before the general public. You can see in the picture that the camera was wet, and it made Mickey's colors run. Oh well.

Here we have Brittney, Cooper, and Kennedy hanging out with Goofy.

Here's Kennedy is all wrapped up so she wouldn't get cold. As you can see the cold didn't dampen her spirits. Or the rain for that matter.

This was taken on Saturday at Newport Beach. It took some convincing, but we finally got Cooper to get somewhat close to the really tame Pelican.

Grandpa, and Grandma Nelson with Cooper, and Kennedy out on the pier. There were a lot of nice waves that day. Although it was pretty chilly out there on the pier in the wind.

And lastly we have the two kids hanging with R2-D2 made out of Lego. Cooper just loves all of the Star Wars movies, and was amazed at how big R2-D2 was.

Well that was our trip in a nutshell. I know this was a long blog. But on the other hand you can't say I didn't take some time and put a little effort into writing it up, and adding a few pictures. Maybe over time I will get a little better at it, and it won't take me so long to figure out how I want it to look every time. Whatever as long as I get a blog posted every once and a while right?

We sure had fun, and I'm sure the kids will be wanting to do it again next year. If any of you are planning on going at any time let us know. Were only a six hour drive a way, and if you want some company we can always try to fit it in our schedule. That is if you want us tagging along.

Take care all and I hope to blog at you all again soon. Probably after Christmas though. Just being honest. It is a busy time of year right now, and so well see when I get my next blog up.

Love the Anderson's

Vacation Time

2007-11-27T16:05:00.001-08:00

Ok so this is going to be a quick blog to just say hi, and Happy late Thanks Giving. We had a nice Thanks Giving here in Arizona. On Wednesday night Kip (brother), and his family drove down from Kingman, Arizona where they live. Britteny and I dropped Cooper and Kennedy off at my brother Dave's house to play with there cousins, and the Adults went out to eat for my birthday.

We ended up going to the Texas Roadhouse. Brittney and I really like that place, and rarely ever go because it's so busy. Well that and eating out is expensive. Anyway we had a good time, went back home and watched Live Free or Die Hard, and then went to bed.

On Thursday morning Kip and I got up early and met Dave for some flag football with Dave's ward. After that I pretty much skipped out on the breakfast that was planned at my brother Dave's sister in laws house. I felt as though I needed to watch the Green Bay Packer game. I did go over at halftime though, and then watched the rest of the game at Dave's house. Just in case you didn't know, Green Bay won.

After that the kids went swimming. Yes we can still swim in Arizona at this time of year. Mind you my brother Dave's new house has a heater on there pool. After the kids were done swimming we all headed to our house for the traditional Turkey Dinner. It was gooood. We hung out and visited, called Mom and Dad, and Played Guitar Hero on the X-Box.

Kip, and Susan left around 7:00pm, and Dave and JoLynn left soon after. It was a great Thanks Giving, and were just gratefull to have good friends, and family.

As for this week Brittney the kids and I are leaving tomorrow afternoon to head over to Southern California. Were taking the kids to Disneyland for an early Christmas. Well be going on Thursday, and Friday. We have park hopper passes, so we can go to either Disney parks, or just one for the day. You know whatever we feel like doing I guess. Brittney's parents are going to fly out, and go with us to the park for the two days. On Saturday were just going to hang in California at either the beach or whatever. Well take lots of pictures, and I'm sure at some point I will put up a Disneyland blog. Hopefully it will be sooner than later unlike the Halloween blog.

Anyway that's the big update. Hope you all are doing well. Well blog at you all again soon. Love the Anderson's.

Happy Halloween

2007-11-14T17:45:00.000-08:00

Ok I know it's about time, but after looking at the pictures I'm not sure I want to even put them up on the blog. But I guess since I talked about it, I don't really have a choice. That is unless I want to read complaints in the comments section.

So lets start with the kids. Here are Cooper and Kennedy. As you can see, and if your familiar at all with Nintendo, Cooper is Mario. Kennedy got dressed up as Tinker Bell.

This picture is of Kennedy, and Devin. She is our faithful baby sitter. The kids just love her, and are always happy to have her come over and play. As it turned out they both dressed up the same.

So this is Brittney as the Wicked witch. I know the original plan was for her to be the scare crow, but that just didn't work out with the allotment of costumes we had on hand to get. So after a long discussion about being the Lion or the Tin man which none of those ideas really appealed, Brittney decided that the witch would be better.

And as for me I decided to actually go through with being Dorothy even after getting the plus size Dorothy costume. It was pretty tight. As I put my arms though the arm sleeves they pretty much ripped out at the seams. But all in all it was fun even if I did make Dorothy look as though she was pregnant.

And finally here is both the Witch and Dorothy side by side as friends.

Over all it was a fun Halloween. The adults had fun at the adult party, and the kids had fun going around the neighborhood. I think the best part was when Cooper decided he was done and wanted to head back home after only ten or so houses. But being the good Dad I am I had the kids go to a few more houses. They didn't hardly have enough candy. So after a few more houses, and a few more pleas to go home we made it a night after being out for maybe 45 minutes if that. I hope you all had a great Halloween, and for you Canadians a great Thanks Giving. For the Americans I hope your Thanks Giving next week is great. May you all eat enough Turkey to make you want to have a long nap. Take care until we blog at you all again. Love the Anderson's.

Happy Veterans Day.

2007-11-11T19:25:00.001-08:00

Ok so I know it's been a long time. Actually I think thats how I'm going to start out all of my blogs from now on. We have just been busy. I promise. After Halloween there has actually been a lot going on. Brittney is busy with her work, kids, and church calling. Thomas has been busy with work, and Hunting. I had to work last weekend after actually taking Friday the 2nd of November off of work to go hunting for Deer. After working the weekend, (Saturday and Sunday)and helping with the kids, and Coopers soccer practices Thomas took Thursday and Friday off from work to continue Hunting.

Thomas went Hunting the last Four days. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But only after going to Sacrament meeting first. I wasn't going to go today, but today was the last day, and I hadn't really seen much all week. Deer that is. Nothing today as well. So in short I know I need to get the Halloween pictures up. I will do my best to get them downloaded this week, and a new post up talking a little bit about Halloween and some upcoming events.

Other than that I hope you all had a great Veterans day, and remember to support the Veterans, and the current troops. Again take care, and well blog at you all later. Love the Anderson's.

It's fall time.

2007-10-20T15:26:00.002-07:00

Well here we are well into October. I really need to get this blog thing down. Meaning I need to try and find a little more time to write. Of course I think I have said that before, and to be honest I don't see it changing any time soon. So were getting close to Halloween, and the kids are getting excited. Cooper has decided to be Mario from the popular nintendo games. Brittney had a sister from our ward sew him up a costume. It turned out pretty good. Kennedy is going to be a fairy princess. Actually I think it's really suppose to be tinkerbell. Brittney and I are going to an adult Halloween party again this year. We are invited to one that some friends of ours in our ward have every year. So this year we decided to go as Dorothy and the scare crow form the Wizard of Oz. The twist is that I'm going to be Dorothy. So well see how that turns out. I may post some pictures later on a Halloween blog.

So anyway this is just a quick little update. Hope you all are well. Love the Anderson's.

Halo 3

2007-09-25T16:29:00.000-07:00

Long anticipated Halo 3 is out. It came out today the 25th of September, 2007. For those of you who maybe don't know what I'm talking about, it's a video game that you play on Microsoft's X-Box 360. It is the final game in a trilogy of Halo games. Hence the 3. Anyway I know for probably almost everybody that reads this blog you could care less, but as for me I was pretty excited. So excited I stayed up last night, and left the house at 11:45pm to go to walmart. At walmart I got in line of about thirty people, and at midnight they started selling the game.

After getting my copy, I grabbed a couple of grocery's, and then proceeded home to play for about an hour. I didn't get to bed until 1:30am. Not to bad, since in my younger years I probably would have stayed up until about four or five am, and would have only given myself one or two hours of sleep. I didn't do to bad getting up. I think I only hit the snooze button about four times. Of course if you talk to Brittney, she'll tell you it was more than that. I even made it to work on time. With about two minutes to spare.

So anyway enough about me and my video games. The kids are doing great. Kennedy is just growing up, and her hair is starting to really fill out, and get longer. She has such fine hair, but as she gets older and older I'm sure it will continue to look better and better. As for Cooper, he is also just growing up. We signed him up for soccer, and he starts in a couple of weeks. This Saturday he has his first meet and greet I guess you could call it where the kids will get divided up into teams, and get there little t-shirt jersey's. I will post some pictures in a later blog. Brittney is just busy as ever with the cub scouts. She is gone to a lot of pack meetings, and leadership meetings.

Other than that I can't think of to much else to report on. You know just the normal stuff. Work, and church, and bills. Hope you all are doing great, and your all welcome to leave us comments on any particular blog. Not just Larita, and Erin, although I'm glad they always leave something. That way I know the blog is being read.

Take care all, and well blog at you again soon. Love, The Anderson's.

30 Day's later.

2007-09-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

Ok so it's been a while since I blogged. I always have time to get on the computer, and read the other blogs. I just don't ever feel like I have time to blog, or have anything to blog about. I don't get to go to fancy baseball games with my kids, or fly around the country and visit places like New York. So my blogs can be pretty boring. I guess the truth is, and the point of blogging is to at least tell whats going on, no matter how boring right. That and maybe just to share some thoughts.

So anyway I will tell you all this. Since there are so many that read this blog, and maybe that will pick up someday. Life is pretty good. Not a lot going on per say, but we have jobs, and all of life's essentials. Plus the gospel which is most important it keeps us in line. Or should I say it keeps my wife in line, and then she keeps me in line.

On another note I think I finally have things in order in my life to strive for that goal of what I have always wanted to do, or be in life. The main reason I moved to the United States was to achieve the dream of working in Law Enforcement.

I now have my citizenship which was the first main step. I have gotten myself on a better diet, and work out schedule which I have been needing to do for a while. So I have now taken the steps to start taking the tests with some of the different departments (city's) around the valley here in Arizona.

Just last weekend I went on a ride along with a friend of mine that I served with in the Massachusetts, Boston Mission. He grew up here in Chandler Arizona, and works for the Phoenix Police Department. His twin brother ironically works for the Mesa Police Department where I live. Anyway I went out with him just to get the feeling of it again, and to make sure that this is really what I want to do. And to go through the process. I do by the way.

The process can take up to six months, and that is without going through the academy which is usually 18 weeks itself. So if every thing goes smoothly I'm hoping to find a city here in the valley, and east valley for that matter in the next six months. So thats about the newest news I have, and trust me I will keep you all apprised of what happens and the process as it all unfolds.

I promise to try and be better at getting out more than one blog a month. There is no reason I can't try and do something at least every week. But I'm not making any promises either. I don't really have any new pictures to share. Sorry about that. There was a request to put up some pictures of me from when I lived in California. You know I do still have all of those pictures, but there on slides. So I will someday have to figure out how to transfer them over to the computer.

They make you a little depressed to look at them though. I had hair, and was still quite skinny. Now everything has gone to pot. Literally. Pot belly. Anyway since they were a request I still may follow through with it someday.

I hope you all are well, and I will blog at you again soon. Love the Anderson's.

Halfway through August

2007-08-15T23:29:00.000-07:00

So I realized that today is the 15th already, and I haven't blogged yet this month. So I decided I had better put something down. To tell you the truth there is to much to tell. Of course I'm sure I can think of something. My niece got married this last weekend. My sister Karen's daughter Kristy. Kristy and her husband Justin were sealed in the DC temple. Thats were Justin grew up. There around the capital.

Brittney and I didn't get a chance to make it, but Mom went as well as my brother Kip and his wife Susan. Well and of course Karen and her husband David and her two boy's John, and Brian. Kristy's older sister Jen went also with her husband Luke. So as for my side of the family thats all that was able to make it. From what I heard though it sounds as though we really missed out.

As for here in Arizona well it's just plain hot and humid. We are in the monsoon season right now so every so often in the evenings we will get some rain showers. They last anywhere from 15 minutes to maybe two hours if were lucky to get that much rain. But when they do come there is always a lot of lightning, and thunder. There can also be some really high winds. We will sometimes get what are called micro bursts. These are really strong and fast winds that come straight down, and can actually cause quite a bit of damage. Anyway the monsoon season typically lasts from July to end of September. So at worst three months.

Cooper is going to Pre School again this year. But this year he gets to go for three hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. He seems to be really liking it more this year than last, and is doing quite well according to miss Michelle. (his teacher) Kennedy is doing well, and she just loves to play at day care. Brittney is always busy being the Committee Cub Chair. That and she works full time. She really loves her job as a loan processor and does it well. Although with how the housing market is right now she is always nervous she will lose her job. Even though she knows she won't. As for me well my work is the same. Just busy making up Ultra Pure Water so that the Fabs and Labs can keep making chips and wafers.

The only really other news I can think of is Brittney and I went to a concert this last Monday night the 13th. My ears are still ringing. I should have brought some ear plugs. We went and saw a great Canadian band called Nickelback. Before they came out they had Puddle Of Mudd, and Daughtry. You now the guy from American Idol. Everyone was really good.

Well this short blog has turned into a long blog. The only other thing I wanted to mention is that we have got our Fantasy Football league set up, and we will be conducting the draft this Sunday night. So no calls please from 9:15 pm eastern to about 11:00 pm eastern. Looking forward to another football season. As for now Brittney and I are planning to try and go to another Green Bay Packer Football game again this season. If we make it, that will be five seasons in a row that we have been able to see the Packers play a game. So with all that said I will sign off for now, and blog at you all later. Take care. with love from the Anderson's in Arizona.

Back from Canada

2007-07-31T18:12:00.000-07:00

Well we had a good trip home. Spent a lot of time with family, and it was even nice and hot. At times I thought I had not even left Arizona. We really missed that air conditioning.

After all of the festivities in Barnwell we headed up north to Mountain View/Waterton area. We thought it might be a bit cooler, but it actually wasn't that much cooler. I added a few pictures. Theres the family on the four wheeled bike in Waterton. Cooper riding his own horse. He did really well. And on the way home we stopped at Lagoon in Utah.

So all in all the trip was great. We did a lot of driving. We put about 3400 miles on Brittney's van. I had the great opportunity to go to the Cardston clinic. I got eaten alive by mosquitoes in barnwell. Then when we were up in the Waterton area I got bit on my wrist by something. Whatever it was caused my hand to swell up twice it's size. It also started to go up my arm as well. So my loving concerned sister Karen made an appointment at the Cardston clinic. After an evaluation the doctor said I had cellulites. So I got a prescription for antibiotics, and an ointment for the bite. Then on the way home from Utah I broke out in Hives. They say things usually happen in three's, and well that's how it seems to work for me.

But it was still a great vacation. While we were in Utah we were able to go to the Salt Lake Temple and witness one of Brittney's best child hood friends be sealed. So that was fun, and special. It's always good to attend other peoples sealings. You know it's good to hear what the different sealers have to say. Because you never really remember your own sealing.

Anyway it's good to be home, and on one last note it was great to see some of my old friends. I was able to see Larita, and visit with her, and spend some time with Dave Shimbashi which I always enjoy, and look forward to every time I go home. I also saw Heather while I was home a couple of times. Our whole family was invited into the Shimbashi's house for a visit. Cooper and Taylor had fun playing the nintendo Wii, and Kennedy just played with all the toy's while the adults visited.

Well that's enough blogging for now. I hope you are all well.

Take care, Love the Andersons in Arizona

Jumping on the bandwagon.

2007-07-09T17:37:00.000-07:00

So I just decided after talking to Larita that I better jump on the bandwagon and write a few blogs once in a while. You know just to keep you all informed as to life in Arizona, and as to whats going on in the Anderson household.

Hopefully I can get this all figured out, and will try to post a few pictures now and then. They will mostly be of the kids unless I feel I can post pictures of myself, and the wife approves of ones of her. So I guess now were off and running. Maybe I can get my brother Dave to start blogging again as well.

I will do my best to just keep you all informed as to the happenings of our life and what's going on with Kennedy, Cooper, Brittney, and Thomas. Thanks for reading. Well blog at ya later. Thomas.