Happy Birthday Carson, Kara, & Conner

Ok I have not posted for along time! I have been really busy and just have not taken the time to sit down and post. Well, here it is. We have been crazy lately with birthdays & Kara's baptism. Carson turned 6 on March 29th. He was so excited to be getting bigger. Kara's birthday was April 4th. She turned 8! She will be getting baptized tomorrow! Shane & I celebrated our anniversary yesterday! Sixteen Years!!!! We went to dinner and then off to Costco and Walmart! I know it was really not that romantic! Conner's birthday is on Tuesday April 13th!! This time of year is really crazy for our family but I love it! We have had Birthday parties and ate lots of cake! I am so grateful that I have been blessed with such a wonderful family and husband. I hope I tell them enough everyday how much I love them!!!! I promise I will try and post more often!

I will miss my Grandma Elda!

Today is a sad but bittersweet day. I just posted about my heritage and how much I love my family. I am sad today because my Grandma Elda has left this earth. She is such a wonderful example to me and my family. I have learned alot of things from her. I will miss you! I love you Grandma Elda.

I love my Heritage!

I have been thinking alot lately about my heritage! I was born to great parents and they raised me and taught me the importance of eternal families and the Gospel. I was also raised with wonderful examples around me. As I look at my own children I am so glad that they too have those same wonderful examples around them. As I am getting older it is harder for me to think about my life without my grandparents. Some of those sweet people in my life have already gone to the other side. Oh, how I miss them and sometimes wonder if I should have been better about learning more about them and spending more time with them. My Grandma Elda is still here and I don't know how much more time we will have with her. She is a strong lady however she is getting up there in her age and her recent fall has surely taken a toll on her body. My heart feels heavy today because I don't want her to go and I know that none of us have any control over that. It makes me think about what I need to do better in my life, for my husband, children, & family members. My Grandma Elda is such a great example of Christlike Love and she always serves other. I want to be just like her! I had some special times visiting with her while she was here in Mesa. If you asked her how she was doing, she would say "Oh, I am doing ok, but how are you?" And she always wanted to know how the kids were doing. I love her so much and I am truely blessed to have such wonderful grandparents in my life.

Happy Birthday Tessa!

Ok I know this is a few days late, but I guess I still need to post about Tessa's 1st Birthday! I can't believe that she is already 1. Time really does fly by. She is so sweet and brings such a sweet spirit into our home. I really do long for her to stay little forever. I keep telling myself that she will be the baby forever. Ok I promise to at least have her potty trained by the time she hits school age :0) She had a pretty normal day on her birthday. Although I think she couldn't figure out why all the kids were singing to her all day! She just smiled and laughed at them. We had cake and ice cream and she got to open her one present! She got two puppets (a duck and a frog!). After we sang Happy Birthday to her I sat the cake on her tray and she went to town! I finally had to stop the fun when she was throwing cake across the room! I took a few pictures and tried to take a video of her. I will post them for Grandma and Grandpa Andersen to see and anyone else that is interested! Tessa sure is a sweet spirit and we enjoy her sooooo much! She brings lots of smiles and laughter to our home! Oh, and also the plumber who was fishing out a jumbo hair clip out of the toilet. I love to spend $55.00 for a plumber to come and fix what my 1 year old did! I am not liking to combination of Tessa and toilets right now! This too shall pass!

Happy Birthday Grandma Debbie

Today is my Mom's birthday! I wish she was here so that I could take her to get a pedicure :0) Not really, she hates people to touch her feet! But we could go to a movie! Well, maybe next year. I love you mom and I hope you have a great day! Have Randall make you a big birthday cake (or at least take you to the Mill for soup:0) Love ya lots.
Becky

Happy Thanksgiving!!

As many of you know I am not a big Halloween person. I love to decorate my house with cute pumpkins but I just really don't like taking the kids trick or treating. We were invited over by the Biglers to go to our old stomping grounds for Halloween. We did have fun seeing old neighbors. I was really sad though to see that our old street was dark and quiet. Nobody was out doing a block party like we had in the past. We were truly blessed to live on that street and oh, the fun times we had. Well, now that Halloween is over, we can move onto Thanksgiving. I love the season of fall & winter. Christmas is right around the corner!! That is my favorite holiday ever!! I have really been thinking about my Grandma Elda lately. We went to visit her on Thursday and again on Saturday. She still has her humor. We laughed with her and had a good time. She is just so weak and fragile. I told Jonna the other day that I am not sure that I am ready for my last grandparent to pass away. I can't quite grasp my mind around the fact that at some point my mom will become the great-grandma and then that will make our generation the grandparents. Oh, my that is so scary! I do know one thing: I was born of goodly parents who raised me in the Gospel. They too were born of goodly parents. I am so grateful for my heritage and the ancestors that I have. I am thankful for their sacrifice so that I can raise my children in a free country. I love my family and I am thankful for what the Lord has blessed me with. I love my Savior. May we all try and remember those things we are Thankful for this Thanksgiving Season :0)

Fall Break has ended!

Well, our fall break was just alot of hanging out with Grandma Debbie and our cousins. We had days of movies, crafts, and eating sugar cookies. On Friday, we planned a "P" day. Everyone came over for pumpkin pancakes at 8! Then the kids went off to play and we adults sat and watched all about "Balloon Boy" on TV. What a waist of time! Anyways, for lunch we had Pizza. All the kids made their own pizza with pillsbury biscuit dough. They liked that. It was so much fun! We are so glad that we had this time to play with cousins and have Grandma Debbie here. I am glad that she came and was able to see all of us. We wished that papa could have come too, but we will be able to see them both at Christmas! We are excited :0)

Well, I guess I just need to say one last thing. "THANK YOU Randall for supporting Mom and being alone for 2 weeks so we could enjoy her. And thanks mom for spending time with us and having some special times with the grand kids. We all love you both and miss you terribly. I can't wait to have you closer to us :0) We love you lots.