Halloween 2009

Olivia's "happy" pumpkin.
The kids and their creations. Asher's pumpkin was the hardest pumpkin ever! We actually broke one of the carving knives while carving/hacking it. Micah carved his all by himself. They did a good job and had lots of fun!


Obi-Wan Kenobi



Clone wars Anakin


Olivia insisted that Dudi be Peter Pan. Of course he couldn't resist her! I was Wendy for the ward trunk-or-treat, but not for trick-or-treat.


Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. Olivia called everyone by their costume names the entire time. She totally kept character.

It was a fun Halloween and the rain held off!

A visit to the pumpkin patch

One of our favorite family traditions is picking out our pumpkins at a pumpkin patch each Halloween season. I love seeing all the orange.
And the fine art of pumpkin picking is always an exciting adventure to behold!



We got to put our pumpkins in these little wagons and tote them all around. The kids thought that it was great.


Ahh, the Mums.



Micah picked a perfectly round pumpkin (in the wagon).
Asher picked a kinda tall and lopsided one.
Liv picked a pumpkin with little bubbly "warts" all over it.
Dudi also picked out a tall one, and we got three little baby ones.


It was the perfect night. Not too hot, not too cold...it was just right.


Tonight's agenda includes a family viewing of "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and making Halloween cookies!

Dancin' shoes

I took Liv and Asher to a Cinderella ballet a couple months ago. Since then, she has been in LOVE with ballerinas.

So imagine her excitement when she got her very own box in the mail full of ballerina stuff! Dudi's mom sent an adorable box filled with dancing books, a tiara, a leotard, a beautiful Cinderella calendar and... her very own ballet shoes! They are too cute!

It was very exciting!


The tiara went on her head right away.


We are lovin' the princess leotard. I mean, Princesses and a leotard in one-what's not to love!


These did not come off till bedtime. They are so beautiful and watching her twirl around in them was so fun! She loves her dancing shoes. Thank you so much Grandma Marcia and Grandpa Dan!

Next month Dudi and I are taking her to see "the Nutcracker."

I can't wait.

Birthday weekend

This past weekend was Dudi's birthday. We went camping and had cake with some friends. It was a lot of fun!

I tried my hand at making a brownie ice cream cake. This thing weighed about 20 pounds!


Dudi and Arron sharing a moment..


All the kids waiting anxiously for cake (we had two cakes).


Dudi making his "this is really good cake face."


The camping trip.


Dudi and Arron did get the Hotel Haycock (15 person tent we borrowed from our friends the Haycocks who couldn't come) up. By the way Haycocks, we renamed it the Anderson Inn.


Asher throwing rocks in the lake.

It was a good time. We made s'mores, roasted hot dogs, played some football, put on layers and layers of clothes, put the kids in their sleeping bags and stayed up talking and laughing around the campfire.

Happy Birthday Dudi!

Soccer season 2009

Another season of soccer has wrapped up. I think this is Micah's 5th (or 6th) season (spring and fall) of soccer. He has gotten to be quite the sweeper. He even scored one of his goals while playing that position, which is quite impressive since the sweeper is back protecting the goalie!

This season he even had a few injuries. Dudi tells him that it's a sign he played hard-battle wounds.


One of my favorite things is watching the kids doing activities that they enjoy. Micah really has turned out to be a great player, and it is so fun to cheer for him!


We have been so fortunate to have the same coach and a lot of the same kids for the past 3 seasons. Coach Scott is great with the kids and really knows what he is talking about. It's fun to see all the kids improve and Micah has formed a great little group of friends.
Way to go United!

Halloween tees and tutus

I love Fall.

Halloween is Dudi's favorite holiday. This year the kids wanted me to make Halloween shirts for them. So I grabbed some old shirts, cut out the shapes, and ironed and sewed them on.

Really fancy, let me tell ya.

Asher wanted a mummy (didn't turn out too well, but he loves it therefore it is a success), Liv got spiders, and Micah wanted a skull (to be shown at a later date).


Livy adores Asher. He's using this to his advantage, too. His new thing is to tell Liv, "If you don't do such-and-such I won't be your best friend." To which Livy replies, "Please let me be your best friend, Ashur."

Okay, these little Target tights that Olivia has on are my favorite! They make everything look so festive and cute! Love them!
Just a cute picture of my little Asher.
Tutu's have a magical power. They make you dance.

Star wars and conference

This weekend was a highly anticipated one in our house. For months-seriously, months-Micah has been waiting for the second season of Star Wars the Clone Wars. Friday was the premiere so we had a Jedi-themed evening.

We had the ever so nutritious meal of lightsaber hotdogs, obi-wan oranges, Tatooine tots, and Jedi juice.



One of Asher's cute friends, Stephen, got to join in the festivities. I'm sure his parent's love us for turning him into a Star wars fanatic too! Thank us later.


We finished up the meal with the "Dark Side" cupcakes. The "dark side" is so tempting...
Asher couldn't resist.
We love Star Wars (the above pic. is for Tracie-just so you know I'm working on them), and enjoyed the Premiere ALMOST as much as we enjoyed watching Conference this weekend. The kids did pretty well and I think I was able to hear most the talks. My favorites were probably Elder Eyring who spoke on "A loving Family" and definitely Elder Hollands on the Book of Mormon-so incredible. We are so blessed to have latter-day prophets and apostles.

It was a great weekend with the family. I sure love them.