Back to School

It is that time of year again...

Collin is in the 4th grade. His teacher is Mrs. Wall, who is not as mean as he thought she would be. She is actually "kind of nice". Torin is in the 2nd grade his teacher is Mr. Branson. He is a fantastic teacher with years of experience. Both of the boys seem very happy with their classes. Brianne was really upset that she couldn't go to school too. She has a computer class that starts next week. She is counting down the days. In the mean time whenever I ask her what she wants to do it is always to have preschool at home. It should be a good year for us all.

Attack of the Killer Bees

So they aren't exactly killer bees but they sure were vicious. Last week I had planned to paint the garage. After vacuuming the cob webs off the wood I set in. Less than 5 minutes in to the project I felt and heard what I thought were flies around my head. I started swatting them away then I noticed a bee in my paint. Almost simultaneously I felt a sting on the top of my head. I climbed off the ladder and literally started screaming while waving my hands in the air. Brianne was close by so I told her to run away too. I scared her so bad she now thinks every flying insect is a bee and wants to run. It turned out we had a big hornets nest which was located behind the wood above our garage door. I think the vacuum upset them and they were swarming to protect their home. I called Dave to tell him about the drama. I was ready to fork over $50-80 to have someone come get rid of it. He said I should wait until the boys got home and send them out with towels. (They like to snap bugs with hand towels.) I was pretty sure he was joking... My amazing husband somehow got rid of it a couple days later while I was at work. I was able to get the garage painted and I am no longer afraid to wash the car in our driveway.

Loosing Teeth

On July 21st Collin went to a Cub Scout day camp. He had a great time with all the activities. He also came home with a funny story. While he was eating a piece of candy he felt something hard in his mouth so he spit it out. It landed in the dirt so he couldn't tell what it was. He picked it up and licked it off (gross) thinking it may still be edible. He soon realized it was his tooth. That night the Tooth Fairy kindly brought him $2.

The next day he realized he had another loose tooth. It really wasn't quite ready to come out but he was determined (he had visions of $$$). We looked online for ideas on how to pull a loose tooth. We tried everything...

I gave up helping but he kept playing with it.

Soon he had success.

Here is the big whole from loosing two teeth in two days.

SLC Trip

In June we took the kids up to Salt Lake for a weekend. We stayed at a Residence Inn right across the street from Pioneer Park. It was a great location. We walked everywhere or else rode Trax. One of our favorite destinations is the Gateway. The kids had a blast playing in the fountains.



Aunt Heather was in town for a friends wedding. She only had a little time but was able to meet us at the hotel. She took us to get Slurpees and then we swam so the kids could show off all their cool moves.

Last year Brianne was fearless with water. She was constantly jumping in to the water and could almost get herself up for a breath of air. This year she started out really timid and wouldn't even jump in to a pool. During this trip I got her to jump in but she insisted on holding my fingers. I would let her hold my fingers then throw her in to the water so that she would go under and have to kick her way up. I was so excited when she was making it all the way up and getting a breath. We showed Dad her new trick thinking he would be impressed. Not so. He started playing with her and within ten minutes he had her jumping in by herself and swimming half way across the short length of the pool. Now that was impressive.

The guys created a fun game on this trip. They would throw a rock across the pool then see who could get the rock first. With three Anderson boys this was a very competitive game. They had fun even though Collin was certain that Dave was cheating.

Here we go...

I set up this blog a week ago but I haven't known where to start. I guess it is better to just start so here it goes. My hope is that this will be a history for my family that we will always enjoy looking back on.