Hot Dogs a la Anderson kids

How do you eat hot dogs when all the utensils are in the dirty dishwaser? With grilling utensils, of course!

Pouring the Footings

the first of 5 cement trucks in one week!

Digging the Hole

the end result after ONE day

an eager spectator

Discussing the exact placement of the digger...and planning the hole

notice the boys in the above picture...there are three

cutting the patio

only half way done

after spending an entire day working on the hole and only getting half way done, we decided to hire a dump truck and a professional digger to come and take care of the rest of this job. They came while we were in Salt Lake for Betsy's wedding...we came home to a fully dug hole and not much more dirt :)

after a month of rain....we finally got some stuff done on it....more pictures to follow!

The Tea Party

My mom had this idea of doing a tea party, and as most things with my mom go...she went ALL out! They had sunglasses and hats, purses for the girls, shirts with bow ties drawn on for the boys, tattoos for the boys...all kinds of stuff...the LOVED it!
girl cousins (above)

boy cousins

sophie and brig (and kenzie)

group shot: sophie LaPierre, Brigham Hill, Mykenzie Anderson, Jaxon Anderson, Lizzie Hill and Alex Hill

I LOVE this one of Alex and Lizzie...he looks so "tough"

jaxon and mykenzie

I love the pinkie finger!

she LOVED all this girlie stuff...she wore her hat and gloves the rest of the day and the next day too!

Jayden woke up in the middle and didn't really want to participate, so he hung out with grandpa

all the grandkids and grandpa

All I have to say is, my brother's have married some AWESOME ladies. I don't spend a whole lot of time with them, but I really like them both.
(the pressure is on, cris)

Hogle Zoo

Last week we spent in Salt Lake with the LaPierre side of the family hanging out and getting ready for Betsy and Tanner's wedding. We had such a great time there. On Wednesday we took the kids to the Hogle Zoo...they had a blast, until they decided they were hungry and then again until it decided to rain on us!

Payton LOVED these lizards

enjoying the rain

they have this cool little trian that takes you around a small section of the zoo...the kids enjoyed the ride (especially jayden who has a small infatuation with trains)