This last week was the school Christmas performances. It was a busy week for us! Rachel is involved in orchestra and choir. She plays the violin.
Here she is playing one of her songs.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Beautiful Lights at Temple Square
Music and the Spoken Word
We have always wanted to go to a live showing of the Mormon Tabernacle's Music and the Spoken Word, and what better time to do that than at Christmas! Temple Square is so beautiful this time of year!
Here is the choir after performing. It was so beautiful!
Here is the choir after performing. It was so beautiful!
Rachel's Pierced Ears!
Rachel has wanted to get her ears pierced for awhile now, but was quite scared of the initial jolt. This held her back. But here we were, on vacation, in Utah, WITH AUNT MARILYN......she had to do it! The conditions were perfect! She knew that if she was with her mom and her crazy aunt, she could face anything!
Here she is, at Claire's before it all went down. She is looking quite confident.
Here she is, at Claire's before it all went down. She is looking quite confident.
More Utah Fun!
So here are some fun snow pictures from our recent trip to Utah. The day after we got there, it snowed! Rachel and Daniel were sooooo determined to build a snowman. Well, if you've ever experienced Utah snow, it's more like powder!
Here we are trying to get some snowballs started. We were pretty persistent...
Here we are trying to get some snowballs started. We were pretty persistent...
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Thanksgiving! (Farley style)
Here is Thanksgiving Farley style. After filling up with all the Anderson's, we headed to Bob and Kimi's home in Bountiful for the Farley's Thanksgiving. It started around 3:30. There were around 50 people there, and for those of you who don't know, we were missing quite a few! It was such a great time!
Here is one table, filled with lots of Farley's.
Here is one table, filled with lots of Farley's.
Here is one of the "cousin" tables.
More crazies....especially you, Doug! Thanks for sharing!
Here is Jed and his Dad, Richard. (Richard is Sue's oldest brother....and the maker of all the pies!!!) Richard is an amazing dessert maker! He has mastered the art of baking! No one does it better! He had over 20 pies....10 different options. They were so good!
Here are the whip cream flippers! If you really want to know...just ask! It was so hilarious! Whip cream on the arm....flip it up....try to catch it in your mouth...you get the picture? Messy and very funny!
All in all, Thanksgiving was such a great day! We were surrounded by both sides of our amazing family, and we loved every minute of it! We are truly grateful for all our blessings!
Thanksgiving! (Anderson style)
We were so blessed to be in Utah for Thanksgiving, surrounded by all our family. We had a very full day and was able to see both sides of our family. We started the day off with the Anderson's. The big meal was at noon, and we had everyone there - all 20 of us. I think this is the first time we have had everyone together for this holiday.
Cute Chiara, Rachel and Megan - cousins - anxiously awaiting the yummy food!
Cute Chiara, Rachel and Megan - cousins - anxiously awaiting the yummy food!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Utah Trip - SNOW!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Happy Halloween!
Here is our fun Halloween pictures! We had a great time, both Friday night and Saturday. Friday was our ward party, and Brian and I actually dressed up....first time in our entire 14 years of marriage! It was pretty fun...for Halloween. (I am not a huge fan of this holiday!) Here is Rachel...the good witch! She looked so great! Everyone loved her costume! Click on the picture and check out her purple eyelashes!
Here is Daniel, the ninja! His costume had two swords and two knives in a cool pack on his back. He had some pretty good ninja moves as well!
Here is Brian as Dracula! I think he looks great (or awful...as dracula is pretty ugly!) Brian did his own makeup and hair...it doesn't even look like him! I guess that's what makes a great costume!
Here I am...the black widow witch. (I made that up!) It was a fun costume, and actually looked better at the beginning of the night. (This was taken at the end of the party.)
And we can't leave out Daisy! She made the cutest witch of all! Too bad she hated having that hat on! We all think she looks adorable!
All in all, it was a great Halloween! Lots of candy, friends, trick-or-treating, and more candy! Hope you all had as much fun as we did!
Volleyball...our new favorite sport!
Volleyball season here in Clovis has just ended, and Rachel was on the Junior Varsity team at her school. We are so proud of her and how well she did! First of all, she didn't want to be involved in any sport. After encouraging her, she decided to try volleyball. She started the season not being able to serve the ball over at all, and ended the season's last game serving six over in a row! It has been amazing to see her progress in this sport and learn to love it!
Rachel and her best friend, Abby...cheering her on!
Coach Williams and Rachel at their last game. We love Coach Williams!!
Coach Williams and Rachel at their last game. We love Coach Williams!!
Getting ready to serve the ball over. That was the hardest thing to learn for these girls. Usually the team who could serve over the best won the game.
Another game, another serve. I love to see her concentration!
Here is one of her mighty serves! This one actually made it over the net!
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