The Andersons

Monday, March 9, 2009

Fun at 4

Elena got a little Mexican fun on her birthday!

And she also got to play with her sis.

Happy Birthday Elena. You are truly living up to your middle name - Joy. You bring us gobs of it every single day. Your enthusiasm, energy, positive outlook, silliness, and smile never cease to amaze. We love you and thank God for you every day. We've always said "If she can make to four, this kid might stand a chance!" And look, our little daredevil did it!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Medical Miracle explained

The below video was done by my friend Dave Grumme in Texas. I told him about this pastor after seeing him on TV a few years ago. I have since read his book - "Out of the Silence" by Duane Miller. I would HIGHLY suggest it. When you buy the book it comes with a recording of the miracle - the longer version. You hear his voice in all its glory, with his entire bible study group crying and clapping.

A Medical Miracle!

Nu Voice from Sugar Creek on Vimeo.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Emma and daddy

I just saw this picture right after posting the last 2 and had to put this up here. She's always been daddy's little girl.

Daddy daughter dance

For the second year in a row, Ross and Emma got to go to the daddy daughter dance at the Best Western in Gig Harbor. It's such a special date for them. Emma spent about a month saying "22 more days til the dance .... 14 more days ... etc, etc.". They got to eat Thai food beforehand (Emma's favorite) and had a great time dancing the night away. What a great daddy God has given to our sweet little girl.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Emma's artwork

Emma is becoming quite the little artist and actually asks for drawing books regularly at the library. Here's a cool one she just brought home from school. The teacher just told them to draw something that included the words "far" and "star". (Somehow I'm too stupid to make this picture turn clockwise - so you'll half to turn your head counter-clockwise to see it!)

I just got the following email from my friend Rachel Legan in CA -

Dear Too Stupid,

I fixed it for ya. Miss ya,love ya and thinkin' bout ya! Rach

Monday, January 26, 2009

What's the deal?

While in St. Louis, Nate, Shannon, Lucy and Will taught us one of their family favorites for the dinner table. They do this little routine called "What's the deal?" where everyone gets the chance to play stand-up comedian. The content isn't usually that funny, but the delivery is priceless - especially from little Will who we still cannot understand.

Mom and Emma

Donuts with Lucy

My mom, sister Jodi and I just went to St. Louis for a week to visit my other sister Shannon who just had a baby. I got to take my little niece Lucy out on a date. And with slight subliminal messages, I was able to get her to request a donut run. Of course, she picked the one that was bigger than her head.

Shoping at Saks

So St. Louis has this very swanky mall that looks like it belongs at the White House (pillars and such). We just happened to park in front of Sak's Fifth Ave - so we had to walk through the store - kids, huge stroller and all. When we couldn't find Will, we quickly discovered that he had made his way to the mannequins. I coudln't help but snap a shot.

Skating with the Salas

Ross wanted to see if he could smash his finger again, so we opted for another round of roller skating - this time with our friends "The Salas". Everyone thinks Ross and Jeff look like brothers. Sometimes they even show up wearing the same shirt!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Roller and ice skating

We had this great plan to

take the girls roller skating on Saturday. Unfortunately, when we arrived at the skating rink, Emma slammed the car door on Ross's hand, totally crushing 2 fingers. He nearly passed out from the pain - but bless his heart - wanted to let us all go skating while he iced his hand ... his version of ice skating I guess. It was quite traumatic really, but we still made it a fun day. Daddy, meantime, has had an interesting challenge treating patients this week without the use of 2 fingers.