Christmas at the Andersons!

We Started our Christmas Celebration on Dec. 13th with the Parkers for a family Party at Golden Corral ( sorry no pics forgot the camera). We had dinner and Grandma and Grandpa gave the grandkids all new shoes. It was really neat this year to have all 9 of us kids there and our families. We very seldom have all of my brother and sisters at the same place at the same time.
Then, on Dec 23rd we headed to Ephraim for the Anderson Family Christmas Party. Trevin and Graydin Loved sledding behind the 4 wheeler.


I love this picture of Graydin he looks like that little boy on the christmas story all bundled up!

Then We had Dinner, Talent Show, songs, more songs, and then the Nativity Scene, and more songs. Trevin was a shepard with his cousins Dylan and Ellie and Damon(the angel) slipped in for a pic.

Finally, They got presents from Grandma and Grandpa. They all got cars pajamas and turtle nightlights. Trev and Graydin have a lot of boy cousins and here are just the ones born between Nov. 04 to July 07. Graydin was a sleep at this point since it was about 10 at night. Isnt this such a cute bunch. Trevin had a great time with his cousins they all played past 1 am.

Graydin is so funny! He was a little cranky on the ride home so I gave him a candy cane that his Aunt Jen gave him. He was a mess and loved it. Rich was about ready to have a heart attack.

Here is Christmas Morning after Santa Came. This Video is a so cute. It is a little hard to see but trev is so cute. we went to get a drink cuz he woke up and he wanted to see if santa had come. This is about 6:30 in the morning.

Here is Trev sporting is new spiderman jammies and Bike! I am not sure why he likes spiderman so much because none of us have ever seen the movie or cartoons.

Here is what they got:

Trevin- From Santa= spiderman Bike and Vtech smile.

From Mom and Dad=Bathrobe, pajamas and a game to share with Graydin

Graydin-From Santa=Tractor and dump truck

From Mom and Dad=Sweat shirt and Game to share with Trev

Mom- Phone Charger, and memory foam mat, Bathrobe

Dad-Electric Shaver, bath robe and the magic bullet

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas letter to you!

Unfortunately, I am not the creative, on the ball, most organized person I would really like to be. We did take some pictures to put on a christmas card to send to all of our friends and family. But, of course we are days away from christmas and we have not got them out or even made. So, here is what we have done all year and this is our christmas card to you!

Graydin turned one in September. He is a very busy boy and loves to get into everything. He seems so old to us and is growing so big. He seems way ahead of Trevin when Trevin was his age. He keeps us crazy busy and makes us laugh! He is not afraid of anything!

Trevin will be four next month. He is such a nice sweet boy and never wants to make anyone mad or sad. He is a big help with his little brother and will do anything you ask of him. He is loving preschool and Tumbling. He has learned all of his letters, numbers to 10 and his phone number. He has learned how to spell his name, mom, and dad. He will be starting Basketball in January!

Rich has been busy being Mr. Mom and is at his 5th year working for Nielsen TV Rating. His company sent us to Florida in October for his 5 year award banquet. He is doing really well at his job always ranking 1st or 2nd in the nation and he has won a few prestigeous award this year. Including, Trainer of the year and Recruiter of the year in which Nielson is sending us again to Florida in January for an awards banquet (this is right around our 10 yr wedding anniversary) all expenses paid! He enjoyed playing for a couple of softball leagues this year and is always taking the boys places.

I (Misty) Have been busy being a mom and with my Dance Studio, Ultimate Dance Etc. We built a brand new building a little over a year ago and luckily business is doing good! We did really good this year at competition winning 15 overall awards at 4 different competitions including Overall High Point, twice. I may only have 2 boys of my own but I feel like I have many more adopted girls. I love my Job!

We have been very blessed this year enjoying lots of different vacations to Disneyland, Disneyworld, Clearwater Florida, Washington, Jackson Hole and a Cruise to Cozumel Mexico. We love being in Saratoga Springs and love the people here that surround us. We are very greatful for our many blessings and we pray for another great year and hope you have one too!

We hope you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Polar Express!

On Tuesday We went to the Heber Valley Railroad and took a trip to the North Pole on the Polar Express! Trevin was so excited! He loves train and he was so excited to see Santa! The elves fed us Hot Cocoa and Cookies and we sang christmas carols then the Story teller told the story of the Polar Express and We Picked up Santa! This is us waiting at then Station and then on the Train!

This is Trevin when he saw Santa get on the Train!

Trevin is telling Santa that he wants a bike for Christmas!

OH Such cute Boys!

Thanksgiving!

This year for Thanksgiving all of the Anderson's went up to Jackson Hole Wyoming! Rich's Sister and their family live in the mountains above Jackson Hole on a Dude Ranch. It was so much fun! We started our adventure by way of Idaho Falls. In Idaho Falls there is a nice park with waterfalls and tons of ducks and geese. The boys loved it! That is until the duck got Graydin's finger while he was feeding it bread.

We then ended up at Jodi and Brians house at the Ranch. It is so beautiful there. We stayed in cabins on the property that they live on. Trevin and Graydin loved playing with all of their cousins. They rode in a horse carriage, slid on a frozen lake and played, played, played!

Yes that is the Tetons in the background!

This is all the fam that went! Minus a few of us taking pictures and another few kids still playing at the bunk house!

Trevin and Graydin in front of the cabin sporting the cowboy hats! Below is the view we saw every morning looking out of the window!
Thanks Brian and Jodi for letting us all come up! We had an awesome time, beside the speeding ticket we got on the way home in spite of the warning ahead of time that their were tons of troopers in that area. I guess for some there is only one way to learn!

Oh No! Not Again

Ugh! I just went into the kitchen and Yep I found Trevins other frog Carsen dead. Trevin is asleep right now so I did the honors of flushing him down the toilet on my own. Now the sad thing is I have to decide before morning how I am gonna tell Trevin!

Froggy Heaven

Yesterday one of Trevins Frogs died. In May Trevin got 2 frogs from the Scandanavian Festival in Ephraim. He named them Carson and Luke (same name as his cousins). Well I found one of them upside down in the water yesterday. I am actually surprised they have lived this long because, well lets just say we arent really the best pet caretakers. I told Trev one of his frogs had died and he started to cry. I told him that he went to Heaven to live with heavenly Father and Jesus. It made him feel a little better. We had a little funeral for him and he was ok til I flushed him down the toilet. He started crying and said why did you have to do that mom that was not nice. I had to remind him of nemo and how all water ends up in the ocean. I told him that his family would bury him. It was so cute how Trev was so sensitive about it and how he felt bad for the frog that was still alive because he was sad! If you are all wondering Luke was the froggy that died.

Really good quality stickers!

This is so funny! On sunday Rich and Graydin subbed in Trevins nursery class. Our friend, the singing director gave Trevin and Graydin a sticker that said "I'm trying to be like Jesus." Well, Trevin decided to put Graydins sticker on Graydins fore head and put his own on his bare chest. When they got home from church I tried to pull the sticker off. It wouldnt budge it just pulled his skin. So throughout the day I would pull a little to try to get it off, still no give. Trevin was determined to get his off so he pulled real hard and his sticker came off of his chest leaving a big red mark! He said" Mom is it bleeding" with a painful look on his face. So, I decided to leave graydins on his head until he had his morning bath. In the morning we scrubbed his head. As you can see (bottom picture) The color came off but not the sticker. Those are some high quality stickers! I have been putting Mary kay makeup remover on it and it is mostly off now but there is still just a little bit stuck to his head.(This is after a few baths)