Look Who's 4!

Licking the beaters from his cake....


I think he had a good birthday. He had to "remind" all his neighbor friends that it was his birthday! He got a nerf gun that he has had so much fun shooting.

I remember the day he was born...there were so many other people in labor that the only room they had for us was a small corner room with a broken air conditioner. The sun was shining right into the window in there and it was HOT!!! They finally found a fan and brought that in, but it was still quite warm. The doctor that delivered Jayden was like my FAVORITE OB ever! He was so funny. We set up a "plan" so that he could induce me that day without actually having to "induce" me. He stripped my membranes and told me to go to the hospital in a few hours and tell them I was in labor (even though I wasn't). He was all about me not having to feel any contractions, so the epidural was put in as soon as I got there...only it didn't work and they had to do it again. I remember after he was born, Chris was holding Jayden and the dr was just finishing up. The doctor stopped and just looked at Chris holding Jayden. The look on his face totally explained why he did what he did.

We are so blessed to have Jayden in our home...with all his emotions. You've never met a kid with a bigger smile...and we LOVE that smile!

Just Wanted You to Know...

This is for all you guys who spent a whole day of your vacation helping to get our garden "organized". Spending a whole day sitting in the dirt shoveling and pulling out weed roots. I wanted you to know that we (meaning I) have been keeping up on it. We edged around it this last weekend so now it doesn't run into the grass. It looks awesome! We couldn't have (or probably wouldn't have) done it without your help....THANK YOU SO MUCH!

...but all the other kids are doing it...

Chris HATES the whole mohawk look "the kids are wearing these days". He can't stand it. He says it looks like someone sat on your head...if you get my drift... I, on the other hand, think it is cute. Ya know, the faux hawk...I'm a BIG fan. Soooo...when we had to go into town the other day for some errands, I just couldn't resist. They looked pretty good.

P.S. Chris was less than impressed when we made an appearance at his office and the boys had "mohawks".

Chris' 31st Birthday

I never seem to be able to get pictures in order for this thing...or words in the right place...so we'll start backwards. This is kenz, drinking the melted ice cream out of the bucket: it was kinda gross, but totally expected!
Chris and his cake

That's an AR-15, in case you were wondering. This was the original picture, how'd I do?

I think he had a fun birthday. We had dinner at his dad's and celebrated all 6 anderson birthdays this month (add in my family and we have 10!) Then we came home and sang happy birthday to just him.Oh, and we had a surprise visitor for the evening...thanks again Cris, that was so nice of you and we SOOOO enjoyed having you here...as usual!


Happy Birthday, Chris....glad you were born :)

It's Been FOREVER!

Remember this?????Well, it's been 2 whole years since that whole incident:









I know, most of the pictures are of the cake, but I thought you needed to get the full effect of it! Happy Birthday to our little guy!