Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all of the Fathers/Future Fathers out there. Aeden and I were able to make a trip out to Colorado to visit my brother Zach and Kristy and there 5 children, Kaylee, Tia, Ethan, Owen and Jed. We had a blast, all of them wanted to see and hold Aeden. Aeden felt like he was in Heaven. We were able to have my sister Sierra and her two boys, Eli and Wes, along with my mom and my little brother, Jed. Then my Dad flew in for the weekend, so almost all of my family together again. We missed Ben and Art immensely. It was a great trip.
I wanted to write a little about my dad. He has been such a wonderful father and has always worked so hard. He has a Great Harvest in Folsom, California where he spends night and day working, while so many people just love him and his bread. Growing up, he was the nicest ever, always taking us to do fun things, hiking, hawaii, Disneyland. He has always been really buff and I have always felt super safe with him. Dad, you have been so wonderful. Thank you for your example, your love for mother, your love for the scriptures, your testimony, always serving others and your love for us children and grandchildren. I hope you had a wonderful day. I love you.

Swim Lessons

June is finally here. Warm weather, Sun shine, happy people, it's time to come out of our winter cave and start partying. And to do that, we started with a great week of SWIMMING lessons. Yes, finally, last week I started back up with teaching swim lessons. It has been wonderful to have a pool this year. My wonderful friend has an out-door, heated pool that she doesn't mind me using, with a small fee, so I have a pool to teach my students.
My new little company is called "STRONGSWIM." Any other suggestions, I will take them. I had eighteen students!, and It was a blast. Since I have 6 more sessions, I look forward to being in the water. There will be lots and teaching. No stopping until every child in Michigan can swim and enjoy the fun activities the summer has to offer.

Aeden's Blessing

May is for Mother

Mother's Day is in the month of may and I wanted to just highlight my mom. I was going through pictures the other day and realized again, that I love my mom. As you can see by the pictures she always looking to have a good time.





She was always eating ice cream (JK) and stayed beautiful and tan.







She always likes to get dressed up in her best clothes and greet people. Very friendly.
















She like to take glamour shots. Who knew. Well, to be honest, I think she did that just one time. But it have been remembered!






She was always hip and the styles always followed her. As you can say, "She is a trend setter."









She loves my father and they have been the best parents for me. I love you mom.

2 Month Check-Up

Aeden had his check up yesterday. We are happy to report that Aeden weighed in at 13 pounds 3 ounces!! And he measured 24 inches!! That put his height and weight into the 90th percentile and his head into the 75th percentile. It was a great check-up until he had to get his shots which was very sad for Aden and especially Mommy. Today, we think he is feeling better and has forgiven us because of all his smiles. That makes us feel better, especially since we will be traveling tomorrow!! California, here we come.

Germy Germ Heads

We are all sick with runny noses and sore throats. Even Aeden has been working through some upper respiratory tract congestion.

While Telia's bouncing step is temporarily stymied (except if she's running for the Kleenex box), let it be known that we are NOT beaten by this cold! In fact, the Anderson household has set the terms of its offensive strike on the insidious germs that have dared to desecrate its holy walls.

Anderson 6 Point Strategy (to annihilate the microscopic badguys that have us sniffling)

1.) Strict bedrest for the duration of 0800 of 5.16.2008 to 0800 of 5.17.2008

2.) Vitamin C and insane amounts of water. Since its a water soluble vitamin that is easily metabolized, we are going WAY overboard on the RDA. Can you say 10,000% of the recommended daily value? We are bolstering our immune response with the likes of "Emergen-C" "500 mg tabs" and "copious amounts of orange juice" (don't worry, we don't have a history of gastric/peptic ulcers)

3.) Echinacea. Let it be the tea we drink and the capsule we take 6x daily!

4.) Frequent handwashing. Don't worry we have plenty of hand lotion to protect against dryness and cracking.

5.) Soup on the 2 hr interval. Chicken noodle, Beef n' Veggie, Veggie, Lentils and Organic chicken noodle.

6.) Puffs tissues with Vicks scent. Simply the best. They are so good they will make you wish you were sick.


We are confident that our 6 point offensive will adequately prepare us to meet the upcoming challenges of cross-country travel that imminently await us ... please keep us in your prayers as our immune systems catch up with our aspirations.

For a more personal account of this battle, please check out my site by either clicking on "Ben" in the left hand column of friends or following this link: http://web.mac.com/benanderson3/iWeb/Site/Home/Home.html

Cardinals

Today Aeden and I saw a Cardinal. We were coming back from a friends home where we had a delicious breakfast. As we were making our way back home, enjoying the beautiful sunshine and warm weather, my eye quickly caught a glimpse of a bird flying across the road. It caught my eye because of the amazing color, Tomato Red. As I looked more closely, it was a Cardinal, just beautiful! The Cardinal played in the near by branches and sang as he flew from branch to branch. Unaware that his audience was in awe of his presence. It was a wonderful day.
I have now only seen 4 Cardinals in Michigan and can remember every spotting, perfectly. These birds are our favorite.