More Maylee

Sucking her thumb, she couldn't get that paci from the other side of the bouncy chair so she took matters into her own hands, literally.

I call this one "I pity the fool!". Just rubbing her head with the towel after the bath ended in this curly mohawk. So cute!

Cute Baby Pictures!

I managed to capture a baby grin, she was sleeping but seems that her dreams were very pleasant. She kept smiling so big!

Maylee always has her hands in front of her face like this, I have a bunch of funny pictures of her with her hands like this, I call it the "No pictures please" look.

She looks so cute in purples and blues, which works for me since purple is my favorite color! Isn't she sweet?!

New Edition

This is Maylee Grace Anderson, the newest member of our family! She will be a month old on the 10th which is actually a day before her due date. Despite being an early bird, she is doing great. She is a shorty and don't let the chubby cheeks and double chin fool you, she is one tiny little thing! Her brothers are over the moon for her and this will be our first weekend all together.

It's Been A Long Time

I can't believe that so much time has gone by without me doing anything to my blog! I could offer up a whole range of excuses but it doesn't really matter in the end! I'm back in Idaho Falls, living with my sister Jen for now while I look for a place of my own. I missed the boys WAY too much and I wasn't able to see them as much as I thought I would so I was left with no choice but to move back to them. I'm glad I did it even though I miss Boise and my friends terribly. Tyrel is 13, in 8th grade, and playing football which he loves! Trevor is 11, in 6th grade, and keeps everyone laughing with his comedic asperations. Bryce and Brenon are turning 9 in just a few days, in 3rd grade, and playing flag football. They are all as sweet and adorable as ever and I am mostly in denial about how old they are. I love my boys!

Fast Forward

I have not updated since July, where did the time go? So let's do a brief recap:

August: Became employed! Starting my semester at CWI and a job with Quik Cash which I love, mostly because of the awesome chicks I work with.

September: Work and School and Work and School.

October: My babies turned 8 and got baptized! I gained my freedom and got a new apartment.

November: Bryce got glasses and he looks so cute but I haven't seen him in person yet. Still working and going to school. I'll be spending Thanksgiving with my manager (and friend) Tracey. It will be my first every year of not being with my family. I will miss everyone but with the help of medication should survive! My cord to my camera is lost somewhere amongst all the boxes I haven't gotten around to unpacking so more pictures will have to wait until I can get to it.

I hope everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving and I'm thankful for the part each of you play in my life!

Summer Fun and Fun in the Sun

My sister Amy came to visit with her kids Kaden and Emma for 5 days in June. Her husband had to go out of town to work so we took it as the perfect chance for her to come hang out in Boise. We had sooo much fun and the kids were comfortable right away. I think they would have stayed forever, in fact they did say they wanted to. Here's some of the fun stuff we did.

We went to the zoo and visited the nearby rose gardens. We also had a picnic lunch and the seagulls were being a little too bold for my taste.

We went on the paddle boats around this little stream and pond. Kaden and I were in a giant swan and Amy and Emma had a pelican. Kaden wanted to race everywhere, typical boy. It was funny to watch Em try to reach the pedals and help out.

We stayed at a hotel one night just for fun and to have access to a swimming pool! We swam once the first night and once the next morning before checkout. Our room was nice and seriously it was the most comfortable hotel bed I have ever slept on. Em's wore herself out and practically fell asleep sitting up that night.

We had such a good time and I'm grateful that she came and endured the endless husbandly comments about her spending money while he was making it! We loved it and I am hoping someone else will come see me soon, I'm getting lonely!!

Tyrel is 12!!

Tyrel turned 12 on June 10th. His dad and step-mom were kind enough to host a sleep over for him and his friends. I heard it was fun, if not incredibly loud and crazy. At least they were laughing and joking about things like robots and toys still and not about girls. Ty currently maintains that girls are gross (yeah right) so we'll see how long that lasts. This is the only picture I have of him during his week at my house. We all know how much he LOVES posing for pictures. We went bowling and he is really good! I was very impressed, he must have inherited the bowling gene from his dad. We went to the park so he could skip rocks and went swimming twice. Pretty much everywhere else we went he would get bored in 5 minutes and just want to go home to play video games. We also went to the new X-Men movie "Wolverine" with Trevor Coronado which I know he enjoyed. I think he had fun and even though we are officially at the beginning of the awkward stage I was glad he was here. Yes people, it is no longer cool to hang out with mom. Or to answer questions with more than one word. On June 14th I went to Shelley for his ordination. His dad got to officially make him a priesthood holder! He now passes the sacrament in church and got to MUTUAL...oh man when I made that connection I almost died. I am so glad that he has such a desire to do these good things. Check out how tall he is compared to Jakob, and yes he is by far taller than me. He is well on his way to "manhood", including his the awkward facial hair that is obvious but too fine to shave. On one of my visits home I was giving Bryce and shower and washed his face. He asked me why I was doing that and I said "You have a koolaid moustache" to which he replied "You don't make Ty get rid of his moustache". Oh gosh, they kill me! So if you see Tyrel somewhere and say hi, try not to stare at his upper lip, hope he remembered to put on deodorant, and don't feel bad if he acts like he doesn't know you.