Well, on Friday, I decided to set up a little studio in our home and take pictures. I hadn't done it in a while so I thought it was time. The kids seemed to have fun with it.Here are just a few of the pictures I took.


I put more on www.myfamily.com if anyone wants to see more. It was fun taking pictures of these kids. I should do it more often and I will.

Another school year passed.....what a year it was!

This is Calvin at his kindergarten promotion ceremony. He did really well with his part. If you would like to see the video you can go to myfamily.com and watch it if you haven't yet. Besides receiving his kindergarten diploma, he also received the outstanding citizenship award. There is only one of those given each trimester and Calvin got it in his class and Dallin got it in his class too. I was pleasantly surprised. This was his teacher, Mrs. McCartney. She was a good teacher. Earlier in the year, Calvin would tell anyone that would listen that he had the best teacher in the whole school.
Dallin is receiving his Bobcat award. He is pinning my pin on me. He was so excited to finally get it. He earned it at the beginning of July, but wasn't there for pack meeting in July, we were in Utah. Anyway, he finally got it last week.
This one of the cute pictures of Abby. I think she looks so much like the Singers here. She looks like Clint's baby pictures. Clint doesn't think so. Actually, she looks more like his sisters baby pictures. Anyway, she's so cute!!!

I love a quiet house!!!

There is nothing sweeter than clean kids just out of the bath, and their hair combed, teeth brushed and in bed, (on time), the dishes done so now I have time to do what I want. Which right now I'm taking this opportunity to update this.
We just got back from an awesome week in Utah. It was so fun to see everyone, especially little Nigel. Micah and Camille had their baby boy last weekend. He was 6 weeks early, so he has to stay in the hospital until he can gain weight and keep it on. He weighed 5 lbs. 5oz. and was 18 in. long. He is so cute! Another great thing happened while we were there, Cedric and Sarah got sealed in the temple. It was such a wonderful day. The Salt Lake Temple was so beautiful. It was my first time inside the Salt Lake Temple. I love to go to the temple and feel my Saviors love for me, and I'm so glad that now Sarah and Ceddy can go inside with the rest of the family when we go. I'm so glad for temples!
We also, celebrated Dad's 60th birthday. He sure looks good for 60.
Then, the next day, we went camping. The campsite was great. There was a river that ran right by our site. The kids had fun going down it on the innertube Tavan and Melissa brought. Jeff and Hannah had fun standing down stream a little ways catching the kids as they floated down the river.
We then, went to Uncle Sterling's house for the big Anderson reunion. On the way there, Clint called and said he wouldn't make it. When we finally got there, I had just finished eating when Mom said that she saw Clint drive up in his truck. I said, "what?" It's true Clint is a liar. Just kidding, he surprised me. He also brought up the yellow 4 wheeler, and two of the kids 4 wheelers. Everyone had a blast! Especially, Kyuss and Clayton. They loved to go fast on them. They did pretty well too. Well, then, like all good vacations, this one came to an end. We packed up on Saturday, and left to go home. Here are some pictures of our Awesome week!!

For some reason the last pictures I uploaded appeared first . So, fourth of July is after the Dahl reunion. Oh well, I always have to get a picture of someone with Randolph. He's pretty popular with the kiddies. He IS in the perfect position to dance. This year Abby liked to dance with him.
Of course, What's a Dahl reunion without Uncle Mark and his horse and buggy.
The only pictures we got this year was the great grandkids and Grandma and her kids. No one was cooperating and I think Aunt Jennifer gave up on trying to get everyone together. The kids are so cute. Don't you agree?

The girls watching the fireworks.
James loved watching the fireworks too.
Happy Birthday Grandma! Wow! 89 years old. She looks great doesn't she.
This reunion was a great one. We missed Micah and Camille, Tavan and Melissa, all of Drew's family. But it was great to see everyone else. We had so much fun.
Fourth of July was so fun. We had a great day. Clint and some scouts in our ward finished our patio cover. Yea! it's done. Then, later that day Anthony, Danielle, and little James came over and had a bbq with us and did fireworks with us. The kids loved the sparklers the best I think.

Abby really did like sparklers, maybe she didn't like her picture being taken. She loved watching Dad set off the fireworks.

Cute pictures (more to come later)

These are the kids eating ice cream and cookies at Aunt Danielle and Uncle Anthony's house after a delicious meal cooked on the BBQ.

Boys will be boys

This is how we spent our Memorial Day. Atleast in the morning. Dallin and Calvin loved their 4 wheelers and Elsa wasn't sure about hers. She just rode with Mom on the big one. She'll learn to like, maybe when she's a little older. Abby did not like the 4 wheelers, except right before we left she rode with Mom on Dallin's 4 wheeler. She liked that.

Green grass and lost teeth

Well, we finally got grass in our back yard. It is so nice to send the kids kids out there and not have to worry if they are getting dirty or muddy. We decided to go with real grass as opposed to artificial. Real was alot less expesive. Now we just have to finish our gardens. We'll take a picture and post it when it is all done.

Calvin, lost his first tooth. Can you believe it. He's getting so big. He has been waiting so patiently for the toothfairy to come and leave a quarter under his pillow. She FINALLY came tonight. She must have been really busy, or just forgetful. She left 2 quarters because she felt so bad he had to wait.

The rest of the story

At the end of April, Clint and I took the kids to Hannah and Jeff's Home where as some of you know they stayed while Clint and I met Mom and Dad in St. Louis, then went to Nauvoo.
It was so nice to have a break from kids and tour the Arch, burial mounds, and Nauvoo with kids. Here are some pictures.This is my handsome man on top of one of the burial mounds with St. Louis in the back ground. I thought it was a cool picture. This is Carthidge Jail, out of the 2nd story window , Joseph Smith was shot and fell right beside the well to his death.The Nauvoo Temple was beautiful inside and out, of course.

Past due blog

Sorry it has taken me soooooo long to update this blog. Every time I tried to get in to post something it would say that my username and password didn't match. Well I tried a different password and finally it worked. Anyway, now I have a lot of catching up to do.

I guess the first thing I'll talk about is Easter. We had a good one. On Easter Sunday, we went with Clint's sister, Danielle and her husband, Anthony, and their little baby, James to the temple to take pictures for each other of our families.