Halloween 2009

We had our annual Halloween Party last night and it was a blast. Aaron was in charge of the games and that was a bad idea according to pretty much everyone at our party. We played the game where you feel what is in the bowl and try to guess it. Well we had everything from a fake boob to a bowl of cow stomach. It was disgusting. We then played name that tune with Halloween songs and it was a good time. We went all out with the decorating and it turned out great!! Enjoy the pictures.

Cowgirl

Rugby and Grapes

Eyeball and bag of leaves

Hipppie, Jesters, butterfly

V, Batgirl and superman

Old people

Pirate and Geisha

Dax's first 9 holes

Aaron has been working with Dax on his golf swing for a while now. We got him 3 of his very own clubs for his birthday and he has become very good in a short amount of time.

This was a great shot that Aaron got of him.

And the big finish. Look at that form. I think we may have a little golfer on our hands. Aaron said he played the entire course which surprised me because I could not get him to putt for 5 minutes with me before Aaron got there.

Dax's first day of Pre School

Dax started Pre School this last Wednesday and he was more excited than I think I have ever seen him for anything. He woke up and the first words out of his mouth were "Mom, lets get ready for pre school". This coming from a kid who normally wants to stay in his PJ's as late as possible. He is going to a Pre School in Fruit Heights close to Aaron's parents house. It is very convenient because Aaron's mom takes him on Wednesdays while I am at work and I get to take him Monday. He loved going and instantly loved his teacher Miss Georgia. Here are a few pictures from the morning of.

Retreat 2009

This picture is Daxton's first time in a canoe. We were at a BBQ with some of the sports medicine doctors from Aaron's residency.

At the Resident Retreat they had a guitar hero competition with all of the residents, and everyone dressed up like rockers from the 70's - 90's. This is Aaron and his friend Jesse rockin out!

I showed this picture to Aaron's mom and she did not even recognize him. Aaron cut the pants, jacket and placed the tattoo's himself. There were some great costumes. Aaron ended up winning for the best costume.

Our week with Leah

Dax and I were able to go to my sisters house and visit their newest addition. Leah is such a sweet baby. I was very surprised by Dax's reaction to her. He was so gentle and became known as the "Diaper boy", "Binky boy" and the best cousin ever. He just loved her and wanted to help whenever he could. He had no interest in holding her or helping to feed her, but anything else he was right in her face trying to help. I loved holding her and letting her snuggle up to me and fall asleep, or just snuggle. We even got her to give us a good belly laugh when Travis and Dax were wrestling. She thought it was so hilarious. It was such a great bonding time for all of us.

I chose this time to go out because Michelle is still going to coach the boys high school soccer team, and this was the week for tryouts. I have to say, any of you who know my sister know that she is the sweetest, most forgiving person on the planet, but not when it comes to coaching high school boys. I sat in awe as I watched them beckon to her every call. If they were late they had to run a mile with a medicine ball over their heads. Towards the end of the practice they usually scrimmage and they were yelling at each other, so she made them run passing a medicine ball for the last 25 minutes of practice. Talk about ruthless, but they respect her and listen to her, so I guess it works. It is just weird to see my sister in that setting.

Here are some pics from our time in Illinois.

Like I said, Dax had to be right in her face.

Yeah, ok me too.

What a cute mommy!

Puppet show at the Peoria zoo

Dax cheesing it in front of the lions

Meesh and Dax at the zoo

We had a 3 hour layover in Detroit, and this is the tunnel going between the different terminals. We walked back and forth about 10 times.

Raging Waters 2009

We went to our annual Raging Waters day with Aaron's family. Grandma and Grandpa fork out the money for this event every year and it always turns out to be a great time. This year it ended up being about 70 degrees after a couple of weeks in the 90's, but we still had a great time.

Me and my hubby.

Dax loved playing with all of the tubes and having us stack 10 or so on top of him.

Camp Timpanookee

We went to the annual Anderson Family Campout. This is a picture of most of the people who made it up. The campground is on the backside of Mt. Timpanogos and it is beautiful!!

We went on a hike to Scout Falls and it was amazing.

Dax hiked the whole way and still had energy to be silly for the picture.

Daxton's 4th birthday

Dax turned 4 last friday and so I thought I would post some pictures of his birthday day. We did not do an all out party for him, but we did get to go to miniature golfing at cherry hill, to Chuck e Cheeses for lunch and games, then we had a little party with my side of the family on Saturday in my mom's garage because it was pouring rain. It is so hard to believe that Dax is 4 years old. He is such a joy to have in our lives. He told Aaron the other day "You are my best friend Dad". So sweet!!

Dax and his cousins, thanks to Aaron, they are all laughing.

This is Dax's smile if you tell him to smile. It looks painful, don't you think.

This is his real smile, which is so cute.

Fun at Chuck e Cheese's

Dax insisted on a Batman birthday cake, so I gave in.

New addition

So as some of you know, my sister Michelle and her husband Travis have been trying to adopt a baby for a while. They got a call on Monday that there was a baby girl born and that they needed to be in Chicago asap. They were able to take her home on Wednesday, and it was official today. This has been such a long time coming and as you can tell from the pictures, they are so happy to finally have a child of their own. We are so happy for them and cannot wait to meet Leah.

Baby Leah at 2 days old

We love you guys!!

Southern Utah, again..

So yes, we went on another vacation to Southern Utah, and this time it was with Aaron's family. He has 2 sisters that are moving out 0f state this summer so we wanted to do one last trip with all of us (besides Spencer who is on a mission in Ohio). We had such a great time and the weather was hot but wonderful. It was so fun for all of us to get to play for a few days and especially the cousins. There are lots of pictures because I did not want to leave anything out.

Dax's first attempt at Rock Climbing.

Aaron is such a stud.

This is such a scarry picture. Angels Landing in Zion's.

The kids after a long day of rock climbing.

Everyone who went on the Angel's Landing hike.

Aaron has a little obsession with catching lizards, this is one of the many.

Dax and his cousin Riley on the rocks.

Emerald pools hike in Zion's

The third of three pools. We were so proud of Daxton. He hiked the entire way except when grandma offered to carry him on the last part.

Everyone on the Emerald pools hike.

We recently decided to go on a vacation to Disneyland. We made all of our plans very last minute and it turned out great. We were able to go with Aaron's sister Heidi and her husband and daughter. We did a 3 day hopper to Disneyland and it was just the right amount of time. We were also able to make it to the beach before flying back to Utah. We had such a good time, and it was a much needed vacation.