Monday, November 30, 2009

FALL!!

Well fall has been very exciting!! From family parties, to new moon, to Derek Opening his mission call!!! Its been very fun!! Here are some pictures from it all!

My friend Simone who I met at EFY came to Utah with her family for Thanksgiving and then she spent Friday night at my house! It was so fun to be with her again!! Then I went to the BYU football game with her family!!

Me, Simon, her dad, and her sister Tyce

Thanksgiving!! Myfamily who attended!
My family and my grandparents!Starting to open it!
Derek opening his call~look at all our phones we had out with people on the phone!
MIDNIGHT MOVIE OF NEW MOON!
Me and Kirsten
TEAM JACOB!!!
All of us who went! Brittani, me, Kirsten, Ashley, and Bryton
Me and Britt ran to Macy's to get our Dr. Pepper to stay awake!!
Me and Brittani
SISTERS!
Kirsten, Brittani, me
Thumbs up!
Taking random pictures before the movie started!
so odd...
doing this thing with your lips and then taking a picture..
My family at our fall party/my grandpas birthday party!
My dad and his siblings!
me and steven texting
My cute grandpa with his birthday "cake"

I love this time of year when its Thanksgiving and Christmas!! I love spending the holidays with friend and family!!! Best time of the year! It has already been very busy and I can't wait till Christmas comes!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Elder Anderson's Homecoming and East Canyon!!!!

My brother Steven came home from the Quetzaltenango Guatemala mission on August 4 at 11:30 at night!! It was such a long day but we were so glad for him to be home!!! We were up till 3:30 in the morning! It was well worth it though!! Here are some pictures from the return!
last family picture without Steven before leaving for the airport!
Going into the airport! Ashley, me, and Kirsten!
all of the families waiting!!
we waited for so long!!!
the plane landed and so many people were coming down but of course they were the last!!
so my sister Ashley saw these guys in white shirts and started screaming so everyone else started screaming but then everyone laughed cuz it wasn't really them! The guys also laughed and told us we were about 30 years to late! haha
Finally saw him!!
COMING!!!
Coming down the escalators!!
we were all crying!! haha it was great!
trying to get up to give him a hug!!
REUNITED!! We all look so happy:)!!!!
everyone who came to greet him!!
the missionaries he came home with!
he saw the carpet!!! hahaha
putting on the last sticker!!
we took him on a tour of the house. First stop my room!! He saw the bed!! haha
PILLOWS!!!! haha
so if you know my mom you know our house can NEVER be dirty!! This was how it looked after he unpacked to show us everything!! It stayed like this for a couple of days!! But my mom only allowed it cuz he was gone for 2 years.. He got everything he wanted for a couple of weeks! haha
He requested biscuits and gravy at grandmas the day he got back!! Can't blaim him!! Its so good!
eating!!! YUM!!!!
Derek picking Steven up!! haha
EAST CANYON!! We took a little family trip up to East Canyone for a couple of days! It was lots of fun just being with the family!
Before we got to East Canyon we went to the Olypmic Park! It was fun!!
Holding the torch!! haha
this thing was super cool! People skiid of of it into the water and did awesome tricks!!

watching!!
Anderson Bobsled team!! Our very own bobsled team!! What do ya know!! haha
Steven, Kirsten, me, Derek
Finally to East Canyon!! There wasn't much to do except for play golf, tennis, shuffle board and watch movies!! It was lots of fun though!!
My ball is in deer poo in this picture.. haha
my dad, mom, Derek, Steven, me, Kirsten, Ashley and Tyler!
SHUFFLE BOARD!!!!!!





Did it go out?? Or is it in??
my family is really competitive so we had to cheek! haha



Family Picture! my dad, Steven, Derek, my mom, Kirsten, Ashley, Tyler and me!
Tyler, Ashley, Kirsten, my mom, my dad, me, Steven, Derek
My family is the best and we all have such a great time together!! I love them very much!! I couldn't have asked for a better family!!:)