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July 2010...trying to get caught up...I can do it!!

2010-12-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

Somehow I didn't get many photos of our events in July..It was a really busy month, Jacob had his birthday, his first EYO campout and then school started in the middle of the month.. Time flies when you're having fun!

I can't believe he is 11 years old!! He is such a good boy!

Jacob went camping on Mt. Lemmon and Michael was lucky enough to be able to go too since Sam went!

Daniel and Kanela just relaxing watching a movie at Grandma's house.

He over did it this day! I had to clean all of the slober off of the couch!

Had to try it on at the store...too much fun!

Daddy trying something at the store too!

Daniel and his cousin Noah. They love Star Wars!

June 2010...6 months ago...ha ha

2010-12-22T15:11:00.001-07:00

The boys went to cub scout day camp. Jacob..

Michael doing archery.

Jacob had a football camp that overlapped his day camp...he was so exhausted.

Sam made an entertainment center. Here is pre-stain.

Our new niece...Harmony Leila

Daniel was having a blast with Jacob's nerf gun. See the proof below.. ha ha

Nice teeth!

Here is Sam working on one of his paintings. He just finished it this week! Pictures of completed painting to come.

April and May 2010

2010-12-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Time sure flies when you're having fun!! Here are some photo highlights from a long time ago. ha ha

Easter hunt at the park with the cousins!

Helping Dad launch the rocket!

Getting ready for blast-off..

Another completed project for Sam! Closet doors for our nephews.

Daniel and Abby love each other sooo much!

Cute.

On Sam's birthday he got chlorine gased at work. I ended up calling 911 because he was having a really hard time breathing and was making me really nervous. Thankfully they let us go later that night, but we had to have his party the next day.

Happy Birthday to Sam!!

Daniel trying to hide!

We went to Aunt Sylvia's house and made a ton of empanadas.. they were really yummy!

We went to the Gila Valley Temple open house with some of our extended family it was a really neat experience,

Here is all of the Anderson side of the family that was there.

Tata with some of his grandkids.

Cool boy.

Daniel and his cool summer haircut from Aunt Heather,

His shoom, as he called it.

Happy birthday to Michael and Uncle Ray.

Michael's new glasses.

Crazy boy!

Jacob was promoted from 5th grade.. middle school here he comes!

Seth graduated from High School.

Daniel and Abby :)

My parents with Seth.

The girls and Seth. Me, Chelsea, and Heather.

This picture is kinda funny I posted it for my cousin Emz to see...I think we look really similar in this pic! Weird!

March happenings!

2010-08-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

We went on vacation during spring break. We went to the beach in San Diego for the day, then we proceeded to Anaheim for 3 more days. Lots of fun in the sun!

Run Jacob!

Having too much fun!

Daniel taking a break from the water. So cute!

The view from the top of the cliff..

We went to Disneyland and California Adventures for 3 days. I think that was plenty.. We definitely got our moneys worth. The boys had a lot of fun. We still need to plan another trip sometime this year because we have a free day pass for each of us. We participated in the Give a day, get a day promotion. We did service at the Marana farm for 3 hours pulling weeds. It was really good for the boys and we get to go back to Disneyland! Woohoo!!

Daniel loved the Buzz ride!

Lunch time. Nice break for our feet too!

Disneyland get ready for us!

Some cute bugs waiting for the show!

My boys!

You can do it Daniel!!

Daniel & I went to the teacups. I took this picture of us..it is so fitting. Doesn't everyone start to feel sick after this ride? ha ha

My pilots, ready for action!

Fireworks show -- it's really neat. We were all getting pretty tired by this point!

You can do it Michael!!

We are all ready to party!!! Nana's 60th birthday party!! Happy birthday!!

Jacob, Isaac and Matthew doing the hula!

Here is Michael he is sooo ready for the luau!

Here's Daniel and Noah.. The are having a good time with their punch!
Noah is also sporting his Iron Man cast that Sam drew for him.

Here is Nana's awesome cake that Tia Betsy made (Sam's sister). Good job!

Jacob worked really hard this year with his Dad as one of his leaders and he earned
his Webelos badge and his Arrow of Light. We are so proud of him...

January & February

2010-08-27T20:36:00.000-07:00

I feel kinda silly posting so far back -- but I like to use my blog as a journal. So bear with me... I'm going to highlight a few events through the year to get me caught up again. I will really try and do better at keeping up!!

Here are Jacob and Michael with their pine wood derby cars. Gotta love those silly boys!

Here is my birthday present! Sam made me a bed! I love love love it!!

I had another birthday --wahoo!! Daniel's not impressed...

Another of Sam's projects completed. Sam painted these closet doors for our nephews.
They were so excited to see them complete!!

Sam took the boys on a hike to Picacho. The boys did great!

X-mas - ya I know that was 8 month ago!! ha ha

2010-08-27T20:22:00.000-07:00

Here are a few fun pictures from Christmas. It was a really relaxed day and the boys had a blast with their new gifts and hanging out with lots of family. We did our extended family Christmas' on Christmas Eve so we were able to just relax on Christmas day. It was really nice!

Here is the big one! Rock band! These boys are ready to go!

Jacob's one happy boy on X-mas morning!

Nice new warm sweater. He can't wait for more!

Wahoo!!

Daniel is soo excited his horsey and pow pow!!

November happenings! Surprise - I'm playing catch up again!!

2010-01-15T11:08:00.004-07:00

We sang happy birthday to Sam's dad a little early this year because he was going to be having a hip replacement surgery and would be coming out of the hospital on his birthday.

Here he was with his walker. He is doing much better now. Most times he doesn't need to use his cane.

This year during the El Tour de Tucson, Sam and two brothers Ray & Hyrum (and his wife Alicia) rode the 112 mile ride. This is right by our house. We got out early so we could see the first racers pass. It was a really huge group, they took up both lanes!

Hyrum and Alicia were the first to get to us to switch out bottles and take off their pants. It was starting to get warm!

Here is Ray coming in for a pit stop.

And Sam!

We drove to the north side and met Sam & Ray again for another water refill and then headed to our station on Ina.

Here is my niece Karli having a great time serving. She was so cute, she counted how many things she handed out. Even one of the other riders took here picture!

Sam at our station. He was still looking really good! Only about 12 miles left!! hooray!

Jacob holding Daddy's bike.

My Dad built a fort out of the boxes behind Daniel to keep the kids away from the street. He got out and ended up in the dirt!! Can you say dirty!!!! I had to hose him down before we got in the car!

Sam's Nana and Uncle David came to visit Papa after Thanksgiving.

We had a really good Thanksgiving. We had lots of family over and had a great time. Somehow I didn't take any pictures, oh well!!

Halloween Fun!

2009-11-01T15:50:00.006-07:00

We like have the kids use the same costumes to see how they look at similar ages. This is Pirate Michael at age 2 and Pirate Jacob at age 4. This year we introduce Pirate Daniel at age 2!!

We went to Sam's brothers ward party at a neighborhood park. Ryan and Haley are Ray & Jacques kids. Michael is Wolverine & Jacob is a Mime. We couldn't get Daniel to look at the camera for anything!
Our cute boys!!

I just asked Daniel "did you get a lot of candy?" his response "uh huh!" He was serious about it too!

I just liked this one! He was swiping Ryan's candy and putting it in his bag. This is the first year he has really enjoyed Halloween.

He finally looked at me!

My mime!

My Wolverine. We used lots and lots of gel and hairspray! He totally gets into character!

My pirate.

This toy bird would repeat phrases that the man would say. It just told Daniel to have a good day!

Leaving the park with my boys. I was really sick the day before this and this day was so so cold!! I totally forgot a sweater!

After the hat comes off!

Me & my hubby and Daniel at our ward trunk or treat. Lots of fun. Daniel went around to each car I think a couple of times! His bag was so heavy and he wouldn't let us help us carry HIS candy.

The mime with his loot. ( He didn't want to paint his face again!)

Daddy taking Daniel around.

Nachos libres!! Is what they were saying all night. Sam & Ray served up some nachos. It was a hit!

These are the Brown girls - Marissa, Rachelle and Emma. I watch them a few times during the week. It's cute - they are the same age as the boys so they get along really well. Fun times!!

September!!

2009-10-16T10:27:00.006-07:00

My brother Nolan and his wife Keree came down from Idaho to visit. One night while they were here we got the chance to watch their little boy Perry. Daniel was having a good time with him. They were watching (sorry Nolan) Spongebob together. ha ha - it was so cute!

Our nephew Zackary had his birthday on the 11th and he is now 4 years old!!

Our ward had a campout up on Mt. Lemmon, so we went campimg again!! Sam put the boys to work and swept off the platform before we put our tent up. Daniel loves loves sweeping!!

Shooting the pow pows.

We walked out to Inspiration Rock - the city of Tucson is in the background. It is a really pretty view, especially at night with all of the lights. There is still a lot of devastation from the fire several years back.

My boys!!

Daniel was playing peek a boo.

Sam got some free movie tickets, so after we got home from camping and washed the cars and got cleaned up we went to go see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. It was a cute movie. Here are some cute pictures of the boys with their glasses.

Crazy Michael - always making some kind of face!

They liked it!

This month we found two snakes!! My brothers had snakes growing up - so my boys keep telling me they need one! I think we're ok.

Daniel found this one. Michael heard him saying snake - snake and pointing in the garage! It was under the van. Sam got it with a stick and put it in the bucket. We kept him overnight to let the boys have some fun with him, then let him go in the morning.

I found this one in the pool! The water level was a little low, so he was just there in the skimmer. We put it in our planter - thinking it would be a safe place for a pet. Just when I was about to go get a pinkie - I think something came along and ate it. We had him for 3 days.

Fun times with boys!

Finally!! The rest of July & August updates.

2009-10-15T16:37:00.007-07:00

We were able to rent the church cabin up on Mt. Lemmon and most of the Duron family was able to go. We had lots of fun! Here is Jacob just swinging around!

Hyrum had brought up some dry ice in his ice chest to bring some cold food up and he put the rest in some water - the little boys had a ton of fun with it. All of the smoke and cold water made for some good times.

Here is Nana with Tima (aka Chacho).

Tata and his stick.

Noah and Daniel.

Hyrum and Sam just taking it easy. It was so nice to relax up there and get away from the summer heat.

Here is Noah with a horny toad on his hat.

Here are Jacob, Michael, Dasha & Paulie waiting at the bus stop on the first day of school. Melanie enrolled her girls for two weeks - it was a good experience for them. Since then the boys have started going to a different school - so I drive them now. The bus was really nice though!

I have a new niece!!! Abigail Lily Williams, born August 13th. The proud parents are Heather & Nate.

Heather did so good - no drugs, all natural. I don't think I could ever do that - more power to her!

I have a new 2 year old! Daniel had his birthday on the 15th of August! I can't believe that he is already 2. It went by way too fast!

I love this picture. He opened up his present then started to show Tima - look how cool this is!!

I had put Daniel down for a nap in his bed and looked in on him. I found that he rolled off his bed and now his pillow was a basket of toys! Crazy kid! Doesn't look too comfy to me!

I don't know why I like sleeping pictures so much - but he had asked to watch a cartoon on Sam's phone - then when he was about to loose all consciousness he set it down and fell asleep with his arms totally out. Too cute!

The boys were messing around in the car opening their mouths as big as they could - it was really funny - besides that I like his curl mohawk on top!

We were able to get all of the Anderson side of the family grandkids together for a family picture. On top is: Michael, Jacob holding Abby and Karli. On bottom is: Perry, Daniel, Kanela and Zackary. This was the best shot out of it seemed like hundreds! Way hard to get the kids to cooperate!

Here is another really cute picture of Daniel with Abby. He really loves babies! He is really gentle with them too.

The past few months!!

2009-07-16T11:17:00.011-07:00

The past few months have been pretty busy I have really been slacking on my blog - but here are some highlights from the summer!!!

Michael turned 8 years old - we also sang to his Uncle Ray - their birthdays are 2 days apart.

He has been wanting this for some time - he was really excited!!

This is outside of the church on the day of Michael's baptism. This was the best picture I had - someone is always making a face!!

Daddy & Michael

Afterwards we had a party for Michael at the house with swimming and tons of food. It was a lot of fun to have all the family over.

Tim grabbed Betsy and jumped into the pool! This picture is funny with his foot just barely on the edge.

Here is Daniel in his jeep with his cousin Tima.

Later that night we went to my parents house for my brother Seth's Eagle Court of Honor. Kanela is getting cute now she is getting a little more out going and not so clingy to the mama.

Seth and my Mom.

Here he is receiving his Eagle with my parents on the side.

We went to Tombstone with Nana and Tata and Sam's sister Melanie and her kids.

Michael

Jacob

Daniel - so cute with the cowboy hat!!

Jacob - watch out for the bear!!

Jacob wearing Tata's hat.

Nana & Tata

The kids have had lots of fun hours playing Twister.

Jacob had is birthday too!! He turned 10 years old. I can't believe it!!

Daniel is pretty excited about Jacob's gifts!

Sam got busy and finished his next project!! Ammon protecting King Lamoni's sheep. This one went to my sister Heather and her husband Nate.

Daniel broke the bone above his pinky toe in his left foot!! He was jumping from a chair onto the carpet and landed wrong. The picture's not that great but you can see that it is swollen and bruised. Luckily he only has to wear a boot for 3 weeks and they didn't need to cast it. That would have been such a pain!

I also went to my sister Heather's baby shower she has about 4 more weeks til her little girl Abigail Lily is born!!

Aunt Kathy - Heather - my Mom

A cute gift she got from our Aunt. Such a good idea!!

Sam's oldest brother turned 40 on the 7th and we did a surprise birthday party for him on Saturday. All of the bro's and sis's and families drove up to their home in Florence and surprised him. It was lots of fun. We all wore black shirts and some of the kids made special shirts to wear.

Meno holding Tima with his special shirt. He wouldn't stay in the group picture.

Here is Paulie - Jacob - Michael - Liza - Dasha & Daniel with their shirts. They are funny!!

Here is the best picture I have so far with Daniel and his little boot.

Happy 40th Birthday Uncle Meno!!

In the pinata there were mustaches - too funny!!

Ryan with his mustache.

Aunt Jacque with her mustache!! ha ha

All the grandkids - except Meno's oldest Seth - oldest to youngest

Top L-R Ryan, Haley, Tayler, Jacob, Dasha, Kylee, Michael, Paulie

Bottom L-R Isaac, Nathan, Tristin, Matthew, Liza, Noah, Daniel, Tima

All the kids and spouses - except Mikola (Melanie's husband)

Top L-R Ray, Tim, Meno, Sam, Hyrum
Bottom L-R Jacque, Melanie, Betsy, Michelle, Me, Alicia

Wow - busy busy times.

The Happiest Place on Earth & the Beach!!

2009-05-28T10:50:00.006-07:00

This year we did something really fun and spontaneous for Sam's birthday. This year at Disneyland you can get in for free on your birthday - so we thought why not?? We totally surprised the boys and took off in the middle of the night. Sam carried the boys to the car and we just went! They woke up about an hour from Disneyland wondering where we were. They were so surprised! It was lots of fun. My brother Seth tagged along - he hadn't been since he was about 4 years old - so we let him come too.

Here we are in the tram on the way to the entrance.

Waiting in one the many lines.

My cute boys!! Michael - Daniel - Jacob

Daniel and Daddy - the birthday boy!! It was neat - they gave Sam a happy birthday button so employees kept telling Sam happy birthday all day long!

Tarzan's tree house - scary!!

This is in the new Nemo ride - Daniel was fascinated!

He almost fell asleep. After the ride was over he lifted up his head and he had slobbered. He said - uh oh! It was funny!

The boys had fun trying on hats.

Michael was so excited to go on the Indiana Jones Ride - he was too small last time.

The "O" outside California Adventures.

This ride is crazy!! You get so so soaked! Sam and the boys were on this ride. Then I went with Sam & Jake (I don't know why!!!)

This is after!

We were so cold and wet. I had to wear Jacob's hat the rest of the day!

More hats!

The next day before we went to La Jolla Shores and Cove in San Diego. It was still kinda cold and windy - but we still had fun.

Daniel was not excited about the sand at first!

Then Daddy showed him it was ok to play with the sand.

Still a little worried about his hands.

Michael was the brave one who wanted to be buried.

Hulk! He even had shells for nails!

After they rinsed off - they were soo cold.

So pretty!

Michael on the cliffs. The sun was setting - it was so nice!

This was the best picture we could get - Jacob was making funny faces in all of them!!

We had a great trip and made lots of fun memories.

2009-05-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

I'm getting somewhat caught up!! Several new posts below.

El Tour de Phoenix April 4th

2009-05-02T11:24:00.002-07:00

Sam and his brother Hyrum and his wife Alicia all rode in the Tour de Phoenix this year. It is a 74 mile ride. Sam rode last year with no training so this year he wanted to better his time. Overall he ended up cutting about 3 hours off of his time. He did awesome!

Sam is in the red jersey. Hyrum is in the green just behind him and Alicia is hiding behind Sam. They were riding tandem. I can never time those pictures right. Oh well.

We first met up with Sam about 40 miles into the ride. He looked great!

At the finish line. There time was just over 3 hours. Crazy fast!

Sam crossing the finish line.

After a shower - with his medal.

March birthday party!

2009-05-02T11:12:00.003-07:00

We went to the park to have a birthday party for the March birthdays in the Duron's family. We were celebrating Mom/Nana, Tia Betsy, and Tristin.

On the way there we put on the dancing song in the car and here's Daniel's dance.

We launched some rockets and one of the first ones ended up in the tree. We eventually got it out after Tim stood on top of a van with a stick and worked at it. It was a sight to see.

Daniel hitting the huge huge cookie monster pinata.

After he lost his head. Hyrum monster.

Tata monster.

Nana and Tia Betsy.

Tristin blowing out the candles.

Quick Utah/Idaho trip

2009-05-02T10:34:00.005-07:00

I ended up going with my Dad and younger brother Seth up to Utah and Idaho in the middle of March. My Mom was already in Idaho at my brother Nolan's house. Him and Keree had just had their first baby and Keree had to have some surgery on her mouth, so my Mom went up earlier to help. We went for the baby blessing. I decided to go to help my Dad with the drive because he wanted to get there a little earlier than planned because his cousin had passed away and he wanted to make it for the funeral.

Sam, Jacob, and Michael stayed home and fended for themselves. They survived but we missed eachother very much!!

Here is a picture of my Uncle Scott (dad's bro) holding Daniel. He kept stealing him when he got the chance. Daniel wasn't too excited about it. He got fooled everyonce in a while thinking he was grandpa.

This is at the cemetary. My Dad with his parents and his brothers.

(L to R: Uncle Mark, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Scott, Uncle Craig)

We left the next morning for Idaho and stopped in Logan at the zoo. This is Daniel's first encounter with snow. Just a few seconds before this Grandpa gave him some to hold - he dropped it so fast and wiped his hands off.

Little Perry Nolan Anderson. He has really big blue eyes. It is my brother's first child.

From the get go Daniel was fascinated with "baby". He would get so worried when he cried. He'd say "baby waa". It was so funny!

This is his first time holding Perry. He was soo happy. Just a little after this Perry started to cry and Daniel got soo sad. He started to cry too. He felt bad that he was crying.

We went down by the river in Idaho Falls so Daniel could feed the geese and we could take a walk. These are pretty wild geese so they were a little agressive. I would have to grab Daniel when he got a little to close and pull him back. But he loved it he'd say "teet teet umm umm." Translation - the birds are eating their food. ha ha

Here is a pic of us with the Idaho Falls temple in the background. It was a really nice day.

Ok - this video is sideways - but it is funny to see him learning to run. He moves that left arm with some gusto.

I just love how he is patting his head.

Here is the cute family. Keree, Nolan and Perry in his blessing outfit that my Mom made for him. It turned cold and started snowing during church. Crazy weather!

We had a great trip. By the time we were traveling home Daniel wanted nothing to do with his carseat anymore, so it was a little hard. But he was soo good on this trip.

Pinacle Peak March

2009-05-02T10:13:00.002-07:00

We had lots of fun walking around "cowboy town" as the boys call it.

Here is Tata playing on the tiger.

Daniel saw the boys do this first - so he thought it was funny.

Jacob and Michael in jail!! Daniel wanted no part of that.

Jacob as a crazy cowboy.

Michael all smiles.

Catch Up!! Again!!

2009-03-12T11:47:00.005-07:00

Michael got sick last week with pnemonia - he spent 3 days in the hospital. He was not happy about that especially because he was supposed to have a field trip to the zoo on Friday. His doctor let him go for a few hours - so I took him there to meet up with his class for the behind the scenes tour. While Michael was with his class, I took Daniel around the Zoo some. He had lots of fun. (He wasn't feeling that great either - he got a rash all over his poor body.) It is finally starting to look better!!

Daniel with the peacock.

Watching the polar bear swim.

The teet teet! (Bird noise! ha ha)

Sam's sister came to town in February and we went to family night at Peter Piper Pizza. This is just a cute picture that I had to put in!

The boys trying out furniture! Daniel had to sit and try almost every couch! He would tell his brothers - down! down! Translation - sit down!

The boys cousin Kylee had her 8th birthday and we went to her baptism. Afterwards they had reserved a church building for a party. Michael is with his loot from the pinata! Mustache & gold teeth included!

Here is Daniel with his cousin Noah checking out the pinata before the beating.

I had gone upstairs at my moms house and when I came back down this is what I found! Daniel fell asleep on the stairs!!

Jacob had his pinewood derby. He and Sam made a school bus - it was really cool! He wasn't feeling good this day - so that is why he is so excited! lol!

We went to Sam's sister's house - Betsy & Tim and after dinner we all played wii. Here is Daniel taking in the action.

We roasted some marshmellows!

Before dinner we went to Tombstone with Nana & Tata. Nana is wearing Tata's new hat. We all took a picture in the hat - it's funny.

The boys - sitting on a bench in Tombstone.

Michael with the scary ghost!

All the aftermath of happy new year!!!

Sam drinking his first soda in a whole year at midnight on New Years Eve! His Mexican Coke.

Daniel blowing his horn.

Isaac - Jacob & Michael. Nerf darts were all over the house. They had tons of fun.

Many exciting happenings this past week!!!

2008-12-30T13:09:00.010-07:00

Sam finished by his deadline!! yeah - with a few days to spare.

Sam had surgery to remove his gall bladder on the 17th and he still had a little more to finish on the painting. A few days after surgery he was back to work on his painting because it was a Christmas gift. I think it turned out beautiful!!

Here is Daniel eatinng lunch with Daddy. He loves his Daddy so much. If Dad is wearing his painting hat - so is Daniel. It is so cute!

The boys watching a cartoon on the laptop.

Here is a picture of Sam's painting with the boys sticking their heads in the painting. Funny kids!

On Christmas Eve this year we went to Sam's brothers house in Florence. It was a lot of fun to all get together and eat - play games - read the Christmas story and open gifts together.

Here is Michael with Santa. It was cute - he asked Michael what he wanted for Christmas and he said the Wii fit. I asked him later - What??? He said he wanted to make sure that Jacob got it so he asked for it too. So cute!!

Jacob with Santa.

Daniel was not excited at all about seeing Santa. Right after this picture the tears came rolling down his face!

Daniel with his new toy - a light up laser gun. What little boy doesn't like lights and guns?

On Christmas morning we went to my parents house. The boys were excited when we got home from Florence because they noticed that Santa had visited, then when they woke up and went to Grandma's house they were kinda sad to leave their presents at home, but that kept them excited to get home later. It's like having 3 Christmas'.

Jacob got some nerf guns.

Here are my parents opening their present. They were so excited and they loved it. My mom almost started to cry! They hung it up on the wall right after to make sure little Zack attack didn't get to it. ha ha

The boys resting watching a Christmas movie in their new track suits from Grandma.

Chelsea got to my parents house around noon and she went right away to try on her wedding dress. My mom made it and it was really pretty!

We finally made it home around 2 and the boys got to open their presents. Daniel got a little car.

Here is Michael and Daniel playing with light sabers and Jacob in the background with his Wii fit. He was so excited. He started jumping up and down and saying "YES!! YES!!" I wish we got it on video - oh well.

On the 26th we went up to Mesa to go to the temple with my sister Chelsea because she was getting married on the 27th to Lamar. He is from Thatcher and they are a really cute couple.

Announcing:

Lamar & Chelsea Innes

12/27/08

Chelsea with her sisters.

Sunny, Chelsea, Heather

Here is Daniel playing on the grass at the Temple.

After the sealing we went to a church building in Chandler for a luncheon. This a a picture of my cousin Kijuana with her kids, Devon and Nate. I had to post this because it's hilarious and it was her idea. ha ha

Momma with sleepy boy Daniel.

Then we were off back to Tucson to go help decorate for the reception and to party!!

Here are my cute boys. My mom made them bow ties and cumberbons (Daniel didn't like his cumberbon so much - he kept trying to take it off, but he left the bow tie alone).

Daniel with his cousin Kanela.

(Notice the cumberbon is now under his shirt.)

Here is a really good picture of my parents.

Chelsea dancing with Dad.

Lamar with my Mom.

Chelsea and Lamar are also having an open house this weekend after their honeymoon. So more fun times to come!
We had a really good and busy week.

Poor Daniel I think was feeling the effects of it. The next day he got really sick and couldn't keep anything in him. I was doing so much laundy and changing beds it was crazy.

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-22T10:35:00.002-07:00

Merry Christmas!!

Happy holidays to all of our loved ones!

November Happenings!

2008-12-10T19:32:00.006-07:00

Sam's Nana moved from Chandler to Utah. They had just finished loading up the truck and were about to hit the road.

Sam made a goal this year to ride in the El Tour de Tucson. It is 109 miles. He did it in about 7 1/2 hours. He did really good. We were so proud of him!

Sam's brother Ray and his wife Jacque also rode, and Hyrum and Alicia rode a tandem bike. Everyone finished! Hooray!!

Jacob woke up with me at 4 in the morning to take Sam to the start line. The race started at 7am, but they had to get there early for a good spot in line. There were over 7,ooo riders! Crazy people. haha

Here is Sam with Papa about 11 miles from the finish line. He looks good! My family has an aid station that we volunteer at every year for the past 20+ years. This is at our station.

Here is Sam working on his next project. Daniel loves to help daddy! How cute!

He needs his painting hat like Daddy too!

Betsy was frying up the rice balls that her mother-in-law made.

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year. We had 40 people. It was lots of fun. All of Sam's family plus mine and even my Aunt and Uncle from Utah came. It was fun to hang out with everyone.

The bro's - Tim, Sam, Ray and Meno. (Hyrum was with his in-laws this year)

More family!

More!

Even more!

And then some more!

After the festivites - Sam, Daniel and Michael were exhausted!

Lots of fun!!

Halloween's past

2008-11-12T12:09:00.002-07:00

I went through my pictures and found these fun pictures from Halloween's past!! Each of my boys have been superman their first Halloween and a Hobo their second Halloween.

Jacob 10/99 --3 1/2 months old

Michael 10/01 -- 5 months old

Daniel 10/07 --2 1/2 months old

Jacob 10/00 --15 months old

Michael 10/02 --17 months old = center - I wish I took a better picture :(

Daniel 10/08 -- 14 months old

Halloween, Javelina's and no water!!

2008-11-11T10:58:00.004-07:00

The past few weeks have been pretty busy! Halloween was a ton of fun! We went over to our church for the trunk or treat. Sam decided 30 minutes before it was time to go that it would be fun to take a movie and projector for the car decorations. He was able to set up the Charlie Brown Halloween and it was a hit. Some of the parents had a hard time to keep their kids moving. We set up some chairs in front of the movie screen and they were always occupied.

Daniel was a hobo. We also dressed up Jacob and Michael in this same costume on their 2nd Halloween - had to keep up the tradition. I will be posting pictures of them too at this age in this costume. It's so cute - he looked like a little man. He saw a candle and was saying "ooooo!!"

Michael was Indiana Jones. He was able to get his "loot" in his shoulder bag - that was one prop that actually came in handy! Jacob was a surfer dude. Good thing it was a warm night!!

Poor Michael has been having some pretty crazy experiences with the wild life! A couple Sunday's ago we had all the family over for dinner - so it was pretty crazy. Michael had asked to go and get something from the car (you have to go outside to get to the garage). We were starting with dessert when I realized that I hadn't seen Michael for a while. I asked Jacob to check if he was playing outside. Jacob opened the front door and in came Michael running - - then crying. He had seen Javelina and was scared to death! He didn't know what to do and they were pretty close to him so he froze! Poor boy - he was traumatized!

Then a couple of nights later I sent the boys to bed and I had left their window cracked open because it was a nice night. About half hour later Michael came into my room and said that he couldn't sleep because he could hear some Javelina's. I wasn't too sure about that and so I took him back to bed. I listened for a minute then I closed his window because he was right - this is what we found right out our front door -- about 10- of them including babies!

Our water main broke - we had a little geyser and it was no wonder that our water pressure had been really low! Here is the boys helping their Daddy. Daniel loved the dirt!!

My friend is the Primary president in our ward. She was taking pictures of all of the kids for a project that she is working on. She sent me the picture of Jacob in an email. Can you tell he didn't really want to take a picture?? haha - little silly boy. Can you tell who his Daddy is or what?

Tagged -- 5th folder

2008-10-20T16:04:00.004-07:00

Heather S. tagged me to do this: Open your 5th folder and post your 5th picture.

This was Michael's kindergarten graduation! He's in 2nd grade now. How time flies!

I am tagging = Heather W., Tania, Echelle, and Amanda

Duron Family Cruise

2008-10-10T09:45:00.005-07:00

We had an awesome opportunity to go on a family cruise. Sam's parents are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, so we decided to make a big vacation out of it. All of Sam's siblings (except for Melanie - she's in Bangkok) and their spouses were able to go. Ray & Jacque also brought their 2 kids along.

Here is Mom & Papa just relaxing on the deck.

Here we are just leaving the Port of San Diego.

Betsy's husband Tim just won 2nd place for the hairy chest competition. It was hilarious and kinda yucky too! (way too many hairy men!!! haha)

Formal night. Mom and Papa (Manny & Patsy)

Manuel & Michelle

Hyrum & Alicia

Ray & Jacque and the kids, Haley & Ryan

Betsy & Tim

We were up on the deck at the perfect time coming into Cabo San Lucas.

This is a picture of our ship the Elation from the beach in Cabo. The water was awesome!

Hyrum and Alicia were also celebrating their 9th anniversary.

This was up on the top deck. I believe it was some kind of antenna that rotated. I took the picture at just the right time.

Sam in Ensenada. That Mexican flag is so huge!

Papa bought 2 guitars - he was a happy boy!

Happy 40th Anniversary!! We love you!!

In Ensenada the boys all bought shirts - except for Manuel (he said he wouldn't wear it again so he didn't get one) Hyrum, Sam, Manuel, Tim & Ray

Here is Haley just before we got off the ship. She went and got 2 ice cream cones. She was a happy girl! We had ice cream whenever we wanted. It was funny, they joked around on the ship that you have never seen so many adults walking around with ice cream cones in your life and I think that's true!

Here Sam goes again!!

2008-10-08T14:39:00.003-07:00

Sam has been busy once again. This one took a while. There is so so so much detail in this painting. The floor alone is so detailed. I am amazed every time that I see one of Sam's finished projects. This is just a fun photo of Michael and Jacob playing like they are in the painting. It also shows just how big it really is!
More fun! Crazy boys!!
Here are the lucky recipients of this artwork. Sam's brother Manuel and his wife Michelle. They just made the discovery that Sam painted Manuel into the artwork. Sam had room and he had to do a little improvising so he decided to surprise them!

Lots more September fun!!

2008-10-08T13:48:00.005-07:00

Daniel LOVES babies! That was one of his first words. He is with his cousin Kanela. He was giving her hugs and kisses. So cute!!

Our nephew Zackary had his 3rd birthday. He is such a fun kid. Into EVERYTHING! I loved this picture - so cheesy.
I don't think Michael ate any cake - only frosting! Blue - as you can see!
We got Zack a present that he could maybe wear himself out with. He loved it! Power Rangers punching bag. He gave us a little show! We were highly entertained.
ok - so this picture is a little embarrassing, but oh well. Anytime I sit or lay on the floor Daniel makes himself comfortable. Sam wanted to test it out so he told me to lay down on the tile. He came right over and layed down right between my legs! Silly boy!!Tata and Sam took the boys shooting.JacobMichael
Sam's Uncle David got married on the 27th in Peoria. Here is Sam and Daniel just waiting. My cute boys!Uncle David with Nana (on the left) and his soon to be mother-in-law.Uncle David and his 3 sons - Josh, Andy, and Jared.Uncle David and Linda.Here is Sam's parents dancing. They were having lots of fun.

Look at me!!

2008-09-18T09:19:00.004-07:00

Here is what Daniel is doing now!! It is so cute and he is getting so big!

Fun in the sun and pool!

2008-09-16T09:26:00.008-07:00

So, the day after the wedding we had a lot of fun with some family that stayed in town. We played volleyball and other games in the pool. Then a little later we had lunch. Then we watched Bryan and Gabi open their gifts.

In the late afternoon we went and played softball. It has been so long since I was on the field, but it was so much fun and I think I did pretty good. Heather was on the other team and she asked my brother William, "How is Sunny so good?" He said, "She better be because she played in high school!" I thought how funny that was that she didn't even know that! I guess 10 years between us will do that!

My Uncle Scott was pitching and my Dad was hitting.

Bryan and Chelsea and little Karli.

Gabi, my Grandma Anderson, Sandy (on the bench) were cheering us on and Seth was holding Daniel.

A little later in the night Heather was giving me a haircut. The boys were getting pretty loud inside with their Uncle Nate and Uncle Seth, also Justin and Mark (some friends were over). The boys found some swimsuits for Justin and Mark to borrow, so they all went in the pool and had some fun. I heard lots of noise and laughter. Michael came to the door and said, "You got to come and watch this - it's really funny!" I was still in the middle of my hair cut, but when I was done I went out and this is what I saw -------

Bryan & Gabi's Wedding

2008-09-15T14:01:00.007-07:00

My brother Bryan got married on the 5th of Sept. It was a lot of fun. He married Gabi who is from Brazil. Her parents came with her and have been able to see some sights in the U.S. Bryan went to Brazil on his mission and was able to teach them the gospel and he has kept in touch and is now married! Crazy how you can meet someone! Here is Daniel with my Grandma Anderson.
Jacob thought he was sooo cool! He was pulling off the look with the bow tie and cumberbon that my mom made for each of the grandson's.
Here is all of my parents grandkids. They have one on the way. My sister-in-law Keree is pregnant.
My cousin Kijuana said, "Is this going on your blog??" The pressure was on for a good photo! haha!! So here it is!

They were having their first dance.

Gabi and her dad.

Here is all of my siblings. With our crazy pose.

Back -Bryan, William, Seth; Front - Nolan, Heather, Chelsea, Me

Here is our serious pose. ha - yeah right!!

Michael is dancing. He was the fish that just got caught!

Chelsea dancing her little heart out! How cute!

I love the teeth smile! He was such a good boy. It was a really long day driving to and from Mesa, then decorating for the reception and cleaning afterwards! Lots of memories and fun.

Sam making funny faces!!

Nate did a backflip with the assistance from his wife Heather in the background!

Here is our friend Justin holding Daniel.

Sam doing a little dance!

Daniel's 1st Birthday!!

2008-09-04T10:17:00.004-07:00

Daniel had his first birthday on August 15th. The year has gone by so fast! He was so excited to eat the cupcake. It's hard to tell by the pictures who is more excited - Daniel or Daddy!

He is such a good boy and loves his brothers so much. When they get home from school his eyes light up and he goes to wrestle them and give lots of hugs!

Yummy!!

He was so funny, he wanted to have a drink from the straw. Sometimes he is really fast at getting a sip and some days he just doesn't have enough patience. When he took a drink this day he got the cutest smile.

I was helping my mom do some touch up painting in one of the bedrooms at her house and Daniel was playing with clean paintbrush. But - he finally touched a spot on the wall that was wet and it ended up on his face.

He felt a little guilty!!

One of Daniel's games is peek-a-boo. It is so cute. Sometimes he totally misses his eyes. He can hide for the longest time ever! Sometimes he'll hide for over 2 minutes while we keep saying "Where's Daniel?" It is so funny!

The other day Daniel's cousin, Kanela, came over and she had made a mess in her other clothes, so I had a onesie handy and they are both wearing a 12 month size. She is only 3 1/2 months old! She fills it out pretty well!

Updates from July!!

2008-08-12T10:49:00.006-07:00

July was a busy month!! With a holiday - birthdays - moving - first day of school - and every day life!!

Jacob received his wolf for cub scouts just before his birthday. He was so excited.

For the 4th of July we went to Sam's brother Hyrum's friends backyard that faced the fireworks in Marana. It was a good view with lots of food and family!
Hyrum & Noah.

Meno, Ray, and Sam's parents Manny & Patsy.

Lots of kids! Haley, Tayler, Matthew, Michael & Jacob.

Sam preparing for a slide show that his brother put together. Trying to beat the storm. There were clouds and lightning and thunder happening, so he was kinda nervous.

Me and Daniel.

This was Jacob's birthday. We had also moved that morning. It was a busy day! The kids had fun swimming and playing together.

We made him pose for this picture. he didn't really want to because he wanted the chocolate one! We made sure to trade him after the picture.

One of his presents that he got from his Aunts and Uncles was this bat a ball and glove. He was excited because later that night he got to go with them to go play a game.

This was the first day of school. Michael is in the 2nd grade now and is 7 years old! I can't believe it! This was the best picture I could do. They didn't want to pose at the school so I just took pictures of them in the car. Oh well!

Jacob is in the 4th grade and is now 9 years old.

This was a couple miles from our house. It had rained a few days earlier and the wash was still flowing pretty good! Just before the wash the road is paved, I guess they don't bother paving it all the way through because when the monsoon comes the road just washes away. There was a crazy family on the other side of the "river" that were letting their little kids play in the water, you never know what could come flowing down in the water and hurt you or take them with the current. The mother was dangling her baby in water. It made me sick!

This was at Grandma's house. We were hanging out here while the boys were at school. The neighbors behind my parents were building a new patio. Daniel sat here for about 10 minutes just watching the men hammer and build the patio. It was funny how observant he was!

Here is Sam at work on his next project. It is coming along nicely. I thought I would put proof that Sam really does do the painting! haha. It's almost done. I'll put the completed picture up when it's done.

We went to Peter Pipers for our nephew's birthday party. Daniel was playing with his first balloon and having a great time with his Tata.

He was pretty nervous about the carousel BUT

then he LOVED it! He went about 4 times and got upset when he had to get off. It was so cute.

Here is the birthday boy, Isaac next to Nana and his sister Kylee.

Daniel and daddy after the cupcakes! Daniel's look in his eye was like - "why is that on your mouth?" Crazy daddy!!

Daniel was taking a nap the other day on the couch at my parents house, he woke up then sat up and fell asleep again! It was the cutest thing. I guess he wasn't ready to wake up yet!

Jacob was sharing a chocolate chip cookie with Daniel the other day and Daniel grabbed it from him and made a mess! This picture doesn't do it justice! There was chocolate everywhere!

Tucson's Children Museum

2008-06-21T15:15:00.005-07:00

The boys and I went to the museum with Nana, Sam's mom, Melanie & her family and Haley this week. The kids had a lot of fun.

Michael & Jacob playing around.
Here's Daniel playing with some blocks.
Nana with Tima and Melanie, just watching the kids.
Tima and Daniel.Jacob & Dasha the firefighters.Michael, Jacob, Paulie, Uncle Mikola, and Dasha.Jacob & Haley
Uncle MikolaJacob
Michael

Momma and Daniel.

Little Tima sleeping on the table at Peter Piper Pizza, he was really hot, so he had to cool down.

Sam's Newest Project

2008-06-21T15:03:00.004-07:00

As you know, Sam is a very talented artist. Some of his previous work is also posted on our blog. Here is his latest project. It is a 4' by 6', it's pretty awesome to see hanging on the wall.

"George Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge"

Sam did this painting for his Dad for Father's Day. We snuck into their home on the Saturday before and hung it so he would be extra surprised.
This one is just with a different flash setting on our camera.
Here is Sam's new dream bike!

Some random stuff!

2008-06-21T14:40:00.004-07:00

Daniel is so curious about little Kanela. She was crying and Daniel wasn't sure what to think. He was just leaning on her trying to help her. It was really cute.

I just love how excited babies get in the laundry basket. The simple things that make them happy!!
Daddy getting Daniel started off early!
William, my brother, had extra tickets to Michael Buble so he took us with him. It was a lot of fun. Their seats were a little closer, so they have better pictures. I will post some when I get them.
So cute, both of their faces almost have the same expressions!
Sam's sister, Melanie, came in from Bangkok with her family this month and she had her new baby boy Tima blessed. These are all of the Duron boys. ( The only one missing is Melanie's husband who was in NY and Manuel's son Seth.)

Here are all of the Duron girls (plus baby boy Tima). We were thinking what a crowd when all of the kids are teenagers!

Michael is 7!!!!!

2008-06-21T14:27:00.003-07:00

Michael had his birthday on the 24th of May and he is getting so big! I can't believe that he is already 7 years old. The years sure go by fast!

Iron man pinata with (of course) napkin stuffed goggles blindfold!
Snack cake cake. It was really fast and easy and the kids loved it!
One of his presents. He was one happy boy.

Baby Kanela is here!!

2008-05-16T14:03:00.002-07:00

Some of you know my brother William and his wife Sandy. They had their baby girl yesterday!! Her name is Kanela Rose Anderson. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ozs and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing good!I was trying to wake her up, so she could eat but she wouldn't wake up for nothing!

She has really long toes.
Here is grandma and big sister Karli.
Grandpa and Kanela

Utah Trip, first week of May

2008-05-16T11:52:00.006-07:00

The boys and I went on a road trip to Utah with my parents and brother Seth. My cousin was getting married and I hadn't been to see family in quite a while, so I figured it would be a perfect opportunity to go. Daniel did pretty good in the car, the boys pretty much slept the whole way because we drove at night. Coming home was a little harder on Daniel because it was during the day, not to mention the whole teething thing! He had four coming in at once! Luckily he only got moody at bedtime. This is at Grandma Anderson's house. Just before church on Sunday Jacob wanted Grandma to show him how to do cursive. He likes to see every ones techniques. It is pretty funny. He wants to be able to write fast and neat. Grandma was happy to help him.
We went down to Temple Square to do a little sight seeing. This is the first time that the boys remember going to see the sights, so it was really fun for them. Here we are in front of Brigham Young's house. They were surprised how steep the stairs were and how many different sets of stairs.
Salt Lake Temple.
Here we are on top of the Conference Center. The sprinklers went on so it was a nice cool breeze. The weather was pretty warm that day. It was the best day to be outside the whole time we were there.
Here is Grandpa (my dad) with Daniel.
Inside the visitors center at the Temple.The flowers were so pretty!!This was inside the Church History Museum. There was an exhibit on the Tabernacle since it was just renovated. The boys thought it would be funny if they gave a "talk" from the pulpit.Here is Heather (my sister) and Daniel. Heather and her husband Nate moved to Utah about a week before Daniel was born. It was good to see her, and get my hair done again. She had me spoiled, then she went and moved on me! How could she??? haha

This is a view from an investment property of my parents in Daybreak, Ut. This picture was taken from their driveway. It is of the new temple that they are building. It is a very pretty area.Here is my cousin Tyler. I caught him holding the bouquet for his new sister-in-law! I couldn't resist embarrassing him. Poor guy!My brother and his wife also came down from Idaho. Nolan and Keree. Heather is holding Daniel and her husband Nate behind.Me and my boys!This is a picture of my Grandma and her boys! left to right: Uncle Scott, Uncle Craig, Grandma, Uncle Mark, and my dad, AlanMy cousin Clint and his new wife Amy. Here are my cousins, Kyle, Kimberlee, Clint and Tyler. It was so fun to see everyone. They had a luncheon afterwards and then we went to my Uncle Scott's house and played games. It was nice for them that they could just go home after the luncheon and relax. We had a great time.

Next part of April

2008-05-15T20:30:00.004-07:00

What a difference 11 years makes!! On the 12th of April we celebrated our anniversary. I can't believe how fast the years go by. We both look so young!
On our anniversary we took the boys and went to Sakura. They had a lot of fun. The cook liked to joke around with the boys and they didn't know if they should laugh or just roll their eyes!

Here is Daniel clinging to my arm. He started doing this, it is so cute.
Sam also celebrated his birthday! I think it is his 29th again?? haha

Poor Daniel got so so sick. He was playing with a toy and all of the sudden he threw up everything! I thought that he had gagged himself with his toy, but sure enough the next time he ate within a few minutes he lost it again. In the night he ended up with a fever and diarrhea too! He was so weak, it was really sad for him to be so clingy. He wouldn't let us put him down. I got good, I would feed him, because he wanted to eat, then run to the bathroom in time for him to loose it. It was so sad to see his poor body go through that. The dry heaving was the worst, he would turn blue and green in the face. I am so glad that is over. I am thankful to have such a happy healthy baby.

He crawled a little and just fell asleep, he was so weak and sleepy. Here is a cute picture of Daniel wearing his Daddy's hat.

First part of April

2008-05-15T19:00:00.003-07:00

My boys!! Michael, Daniel, & Jacob. So handsome. So, Sam came home from work the Thursday before the Tour de Phoenix which was on the 5th and said that his brother Ray had paid to ride in the race and he wasn't going to be able to ride because of a toe injury. He didn't want it to go to waste so he told Sam to ride in his place. He asked me if he should do it and I said, "You can do it!" Everyone he asked told him the same thing, it was only (haha) 72 miles, and he hadn't been training, but once I told him he could do it, there was no backing out. He was nervous to say the least!
Just before the race.
His Uncle David and cousin Jared also rode in the Tour.
Still pretty happy!!
Here is Jacque (Ray's wife).
Daniel with Nana and Ray in the background (he ended up needing to have his toe removed the following week!) Pretty crazy!

Hyrum (Sam's other brother) and his wife Alicia. They rode a tandom bike. We only saw them once - they were cruising!

After much hard work and determination, here is Sam crossing the finish line. He was cramping and in a ton of pain, but he never gave up! He is not a quitter! I was so proud of him!!

They had him sit in the medical area after finishing because his legs were cramping so bad. They wanted to make sure that he was ok. He was fine, he didn't end up having much pain the following few days from the race because he ended up with a terrible tooth ache instead!! Of course it was over the weekend and he had 2 sleepless days and nights, so the dentist called in pain medication and an antibiotic, but the only thing that helped ease the pain was ice. I felt so so bad for him!

My cousin and aunt came down for the weekend to my parents house, here is her son Nate with Daniel. He really thought it was funny that Daniel sucks on Buzz's head. It was fun to spend some time with them!

More March Stuff

2008-05-13T21:29:00.002-07:00

Daniel likes to drive already! haha. We were parked, don't worry! Sam's mom's (Nana's) birthday
My cute boys. Daddy and Daniel.
Here's Jacob at his Pinewood Derby. He and his daddy made a really cool Ferrari car. He had lots of fun, even though I made him take a picture!

Civil War Reenactment

2008-05-13T18:01:00.006-07:00

Sam went with the boys,his dad, and nephew Ryan to the civil war reenactment at Picacho Peak back in March. They had so much fun.

Sam's dad wanted to make sure that they weren't late and that it wouldn't be too crowded, so they were 1st in line!

Michael.
Jacob, Michael, and Ryan climbing part of Picacho Peak.
Michael and Jacob.
Michael, Jacob, Ryan and Tata.

This video is so funny! You can hear a cannon in the background, then Sam moves the camera to his dad and you'll see his response, then Michael's. It's priceless.

Betsy got married!!

2008-05-13T17:39:00.004-07:00

So, I had to put at least one embarrassing picture from Betsy's bridal shower. Betsy is Sam's youngest sister and the last one to get married from his family to be married. We are all really happy for her. Her wedding date was on March 22, so yes I am still behind on my posts. haha
Betsy and Papa (Manuel)
She looked so pretty!!
Her man - Tim.
Tim and Sam doing a little dance!!

Michelle (my sister-in-law) and I'm holding a sleepy baby.

Sam and the boys - Daniel and his cousin Noah.

Michael off by himself just enjoying his cake. Don't mess with him and dessert.

February is a big birthday month!

2008-05-13T17:26:00.002-07:00

Daniel loves to drink out of a big cup - then he won't let it go. It's definetly his, you won't want to drink out of it any more!!
My brother William's (with his son Zackary) birthday!
My sister Chelsea's birthday!
When the boys are on the ground first thing Daniel does is start to crawl all over them. Lately he's been attacking their faces and giving them kisses - it's so cute!

Random cuteness of Daniel

2008-05-13T17:12:00.003-07:00

Daniel was just over 6 months during these pictures and I love how cute his personality is!! Just chilling, chewing on the thumb!
Sad:(
Happy:) He loves to stick out his tongue while he smiles.
So cute!! I can't help it.

A couple more things!

2008-02-18T19:23:00.002-07:00

I forgot about a couple things that the kids did this week that was so funny.

Jacob and Michael had woken up earlier than me one day and they heard Daniel waking up. I heard the boys come in my room and Jacob said, "Mom don't worry, go back to sleep - I'll take care of Daniel." The reason this is so funny is because he knew if I stayed in bed they wouldn't have to start school yet and they could continue playing. It made me laugh!

We went to the library on Wednesday last week and checked out some books. The following morning Michael had a really worried look on his face and he had his flashlight out searching all of the nooks and crannies in the house. I asked him what he was looking for. He was looking for a library book that he thought he had checked out that he couldn't find. He told me, "They are going to arrest me if I loose my library book!" Poor boy. We realized later that he didn't check it out after all. Pretty funny!!!

I have gotten behind!!

2008-02-18T18:36:00.007-07:00

It's crazy how fast time flies!! It's been a month and a half since I was last here!! I really need to make blogging more of a weekly habit!

This was New Years Eve at Sam's parents house. It was his brother's (Hyrum) idea to have a "contest" on who could last the longest with no soda at the start of the new year, so we could all be more healthy. Needless to say, everyone seemed to get their share of soda that night. So far no one has had a soda yet!!

Fireworks on New Year's Eve.
Daniel at 5 months! He is getting big.
So, we were at the store and of course the diaper bag with the extra outfit was in the car. When you least expect it a huge blow out happens! But, he is so cute with no shirt on!
One of Sam's new dreams is this boat the "Sun Tracker". He's just getting comfortable! Sam was going through this phase when he wanted Michael's hair to keep growing. It was kinda getting out of control! Sam asked Michael for the comb to do his hair and this is what it ended up like! Michael said he looked like the bad Peter Parker from Spiderman 3. It was really funny he was in character for the picture. He is such a ham in front of the camera.
I am one year older!

Any time that Daniel see's one of our phones he wants them so bad. He is making sure that he has a good grip on it.

He is now sitting up. He can't sit himself up yet, but when we sit him up he scoots very slowly on his bootie - it's the cutest thing.
My boys!
My Grandma came into town - this was her first time meeting Daniel.
Believe it or not - this was on Friday just past Tucson in Vail where my parents live. We are about 1 mile from my parents house.

Michael & Grandpa having a snowball fight!

The result after being hit by a snowball in the head.
Grandpa made Michael a "snowman".
This is a toy at Grandma's house. Buzz Lightyear's head goes right into Daniel's mouth! If he get's upset you know that this will help calm him down.
We got this hat when Jacob was a baby. Each of my boys have worn it. One of these times I will post a picture of each of them with the hat on. It is so cute!

Our Christmas!

2008-01-01T15:46:00.001-07:00

Michael said, "Santa has to be real - because they don't make Bumblebee Transformers for the store!" He was so so happy!

Daniel's first time playing with a toy - so cute!Jacob got exactly what he wanted too! Yes!!
Superman!!Jacob's ferrari.
Ya gotta get the Hickory Farms!! It's the best at x-mas!Michael's star wars legos.

Jacob is a really good artist too - he got some pencils and sketchbook to keep him busy, and to keep his papers together!!

We had a great Christmas. The boys were happy and that made us so happy. They said it was the best Christmas EVER!!

Anderson Family Christmas 2007!!

2008-01-01T15:23:00.000-07:00

Our family was all together this Christmas. My brother Nolan just got married in September to Keree and Daniel was born. Now Sandy is messing things up - she is due in May!! haha our pic won't be updated for long. Also my brother Bryan is engaged to Gabi who lives in Brazil. They are waiting for all the paperwork to process so she can come to the U.S. and marry Bryan.

top: left to right = William, Nolan, Nate, Sam with Daniel, Bryan, Seth

middle: left to right = Sandy, Keree, Heather, me (Sunny), Chelsea

bottom: left to right = Karli, Ruth (mom/grandma) holding Zack, Alan (dad/grandpa), Jacob, Michael

This was a funny picture because we were kinda on a hill here and Sandy kept slipping down = we were all looking except Michael who was still smiling for Tania. (Tania took our family pic's on Christmas Eve - thanks!!)

Our first family picture since Jacob was 6 months!! How sad is that!! I think it turned out pretty cute despite the wind blowing hair around!

The boys.The grandkids/cousins. Daniel couldn't take it any longer. The thumb had to go in.

Christmas morning at 6am - craziness!! Heather and Nate had to catch a plane home at noon and still had to see his family too. Zack and his ching chings (aka. swords) watch out!!

Sam and Daniel exhausted!! We were up till 2 am then had to wake up at 5 to get to my parents.

Duron Family Christmas 2007!!!

2008-01-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a cute picture of the boys we took after church the Sunday before Christmas.

Every year we get together with Sam's family on Christmas Eve. This year there was quite a crowd of people. Probably between 70-80 friends and family in all. It's fun to see everyone and my family is there too! Sam's family came down from Phoenix so it was extra special to have them there.

This is Meno trying to tell the rules for the white elephant game. It was very very hard for him to get everyone's attention. It was kinda funny. We were in Sam's parents garage. They had it decorated very nice.

Still goofing off during the rules!!

Here is my mom with Daniel.

Michael's silly face!

After the game Sam's brother Hyrum prepared a family slideshow from the year 2007 and we all watched it - it was hilarious again!! Thanks Hyrum & Alicia

Then we went in the house for the Christmas story and Santa's arrival. There was only one little boy who cried the whole time Santa was in the room! Funny

Jacob and Santa.
Michael checking out Santa.
Betsy with Santa. (Check out the shoes!! The boots didn't fit - so crocks had to do the job!!)
Sam's Uncle David had just proposed to his girlfriend Linda. She said "yes". Congrats.

Sam's Artwork

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Here are some of Sam's projects that he has worked on during the past few years. I'm not sure how he does it - he has a huge talent!

This one was for his brother Ray for Christmas - he finished it in the nick of time - literally. We were a little late on x-mas eve in order for him to complete it.

This one was for our friends, Jeremy & Echelle Slade. It's pretty awesome!

Sam did this on his brother Hyrum's kitchen wall at his house.

Team Christmas Potluck 2007

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We had a get together earlier in the month with some of our friends that are in our business. We had a lot of fun playing the white elephant game and of course eating!!

Michael got these glasses as his gift and he loved it!! He did the robot all night - it was hilarious!

Manny (Sam's dad) and Daniel.
Joan Krause and Taylor Allred
Dustin and Mary Allred Manny and Patsy Duron

Cute pictures of Daniel today

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Daniel likes to put himself to sleep by sucking his left thumb and rubbing his head and face with his right hand. It is funny.

Serious.Happy!

Baby Laugh

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It is so cute when babies start to laugh. Here is Daniel playing with Daddy.

Saturday, December 8th

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My Uncle Gordon was diagnosed with luekemia just before Thanksgiving and he had been in the hospital for medical treatment. He passed away on the 3rd very fast and unexectedly. He was fine the night before, we never know when we will be called home. Here are some pictures from the day of his funeral. My Uncle Gordon and his sister (Aunt Becki), these are my mom's siblings.

(this pic. was taken Thanksgiving weekend.)

Jacob
Michael
Me and my sisters Heather and Chelsea
My parents and our whole family (except Nate, Heather's husband), I am the oldest of 7 children. 4 of us are married and 1 more engaged. And 5 grandkids (I have 3 and Will & Sandy have 2 with one on the way). Sam and I

Daniel's "well" check up!!

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So, Daniel had his regular check-up scheduled for yesterday, but because the curse of the Duron boys (j/k), here he is doing a breathing treatment. He was supposed to be getting his shots and instead he ended up with rsv!! We are doing treatments every 3 hours. I find that the carseat is the best place, not much room to fight it!!

Superman Space Derby

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Jacob and his dad had a lot of fun making this space derby superman aircraft. It was a good time.

Baby Daniel

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Baby Daniel is so cute!! We love him so much. We waited so long for him to enter our family and we are blessed to have him with us. He is starting to laugh now and it is sooo cute to hear his chuckle.

Missing Teeth!

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Jacob & Michael have both lost teeth this past week. It is Michael's first and Jacob's third.

4th of July

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It was a good holiday this year, all of the Duron's got together minus Melanie's husband (Mikola) and little Daniel was still in my ponsa, he joined our family on August 15th! We were able to make family t-shirts and take pictures together.

May 07

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This is the last day of school in May 2007. Michael graduated from kindergarten and Jacob finished 2nd grade. This year we have moved and we are doing school at home through the Arizona Virtual Academy. I am empressed with the program, it is really good and they provide all of the materials and a computer and printer. It is nice to be on "our" schedule but not have to plan any of the schooling. (I was 6 1/2 months pregnant in this picture.)

Happy Halloween 2007!!

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Ok - I'm a little behind on this blogging stuff - but it looks like a lot of fun!

You have all inspired me to make one for our family too!!

Michael had the whole effect going on, moves, costume and his voice. It was so funny!

The Jedi Master Sam.

They totally fit the part of Pedro Sanchez (Jacob) & Napolean Dynamite (Michael)!!

My little Superman Daniel.

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Here is our family September 2007