Andersen Family Reunion (day 1) - July 18, 2011

Once again the Andersen family reunion was proved to be a highlight of our year. We were all so excited to get going, and kyle even woke up at 4:30 am (before my dad was even awake) to go get started on the milking. We got all ready and were on our way by 10. We took the Pisa van and had a fun time playing "I spy" and other games on the way. Casen was asleep for most of the ride. When we first got there Kyle and I quickly got changed into our swimming suits and went down the slide. Dad even got Hannah, Kaitlyn and Casen to go down with him. Trevor just watched, but he still had a fun time putting his feet in the water.

Joelle, Dallin, and Trevor:Lolly, Grant, Dallin, and Casen enjoying the kiddie pool:
Dad took out a jet ski (that didn't work all too well), and Mom, Trevor & Kyle went kayaking:

Robbie made a cute snow cone stand and everyone enjoyed making & eating snow cones:

We did the slide some more:

We played some fun minuet-to-win-it games. Trev and I did one where you pull tissues out of the box as fast as you can. Trevor was having fun and just taking his time; smiling the whole time. There was also one where you had to get the Oreo down your face into your mouth.

That night we also had a really good family home evening, roasted marshmallows, and even did a few fireworks. We were all tired and needed sleep, but we didn't get much thanks to Trevor bossing everyone around, many ATTEMPTS at the quiet game and some other things that will remain secret forever.

What We've Been Up to

Here's a peek at what we've been doing this summer.

lots of bike rides:

watching fireworks:
fun in the sandbox:

drives in the pisa van:

helping at the dairy:

playing at Grandma's house:

playing at the park:

jumping on the tramp:

SWIMMING!!!:

We got a new under water camera. These are a few attempts at getting a good picture under water:

Confrence Weekend - April 2&3, 2011

Conference was good. The parts I heard. During the Saturday morning session I was babysitting Trevor and Casen while Mom and Kaitlyn went dress shopping for Dairy Ambassadors. I slept through the Saturday afternoon session. And on Sunday there were a lot of distractions (children making noise, iPad, etc.) :D. I'll have to re-listen to them on the Internet.

Thanks Jenn for the pictures.

Dairy Farm Family

Our family just started a new blog called Dairy Farm Family. We are hoping that in the future we will update it almost daily.

On our way home from Florida, my dad asked all of us if we would help him with a new blog idea he had. So far we haven't helped him much more than just getting the blog set up. But we are going to start posting pictures, videos, and stories of things that happen at our dairy.

What We've Been up to

Wow! I am so behind, but I am hoping to get caught up in the next little while.
This year Kyle and I played on Basketball teams. My team won the championship game and Kyle's team did well too! After the season was over Kyle joined a competitive team that didn't do too great. Casen loved playing with Grandpa during the games:
Casen and Bryce (my friend's little brother):
Grandpa and Casen:
Hayley, me and Anna watching our brothers play:

On February 21 we went up to my grandma and grandpa Andersen's. while we were there we stopped in to see Great Grandma Roberts. She just moved to an assisted living place in Burley. Trevor and Casen had a fun time playing with all the toys:

Trevor is about the only one that i know who actually finds the good in all the snow we've had. He loves to dig out pathways through the lawn and pave our sidewalk:

Casen LOVES family scripture time. He'll grab his scriptures and sit down by one of his siblings, but he also enjoys eating his scriptures or taring out the pages!

On February 24 Hannah participated in the 2nd Grade Patriotic Program. She looked very cute with her hair all curled:

On March 25 Kaitlyn had her spring orchestra concert:

Florida Day 7 - Febuary 7, 2011

Monday was our last day at the parks.  Our family went to Hollywood studios, John and Caroline went to the Harry Potter World thing, and Greg and Gwen went to Animal Kingdom. Hollywood studios doesn't have a lot of rides, but we went to a few shows and other things that were WAY fun.  

  We got our picture taken by this HUGE hat:

Above: Minnie Mouse was so nice and loved out homemade autograph books.  

DONALD & DAISY

Daisy is probably my favorite Disney carictar.  She is so cute!!!

My mom took Hannah and Trevor over to the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" play ground.  

Those Mushroom"s are HUGE!!!:

Going down the slide:

Trevor liked this big truck:

While Mom took Hannah and Trevor to the playground me, my dad, Kyle and Kaitlyn went to go on Tower of Terror and Rock'n Roller Coaster.  I personally didn't like Tower of Terror; it made me sick, but Dad and Kyle LOVED it.  

Standing outside Tower of Terror:

Rock'n Roller Coaster was my favorite! You go upside down and allaround and it is AWESOME!!!

We went to a little stunt show where they show you how movies with car stunts are made.  

We even got to see Kirby:

The humidity in Florida made it really hard to keep our hair looking good and the wind didn't help much, so that's why our hair is a mess in this picture:

There was a big show going on and Trevor just sat there like nothing was happening:

Trevor kept begging and begging for a lolly pop, finally mom gave in and got us all one:

Cute Hannah:

We got a picture by Bill Cosby.  For those of you that don't know our family has watched each of the Cosby shows several times.