Yesterday was Ruby’s birthday sleepover, and I LOVED spending time with her on her special day. Here are some fun pics from that day:
We had a yummy breakfast of pancakes and eggs (thanks, Mr. Josh and Mrs. Kristy!!!) when we woke up.
Our deeelicious ice cream sundaes
Bible study in the morning
Miriam
Selfie!!!
Thanks for a great party, Dorminys! Ruby, have a GREAT birthday!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎁🎁🎁🍰🍰🍰🎂🎂🎂
Wow, Upward soccer season flew by! Ella’s team, Sporting Upward, won nearly all of their games. I enjoyed watching her rock the field.
Practice with Coach Marc
Ella being silly with her water bottle
After practice
This year, my mom and dad traveled to France on a mission trip. They saw many famous buildings and structures:
…and some great food, too!
They delivered flyers around Vitrè,
had a men’s breakfast,
and hosted a Bible study.
These past few months have been GREAT! We have done many things like baseball, school (reading is the BEST), and shopping, but one of the best is spending time with our besties. Here are some sweet pics from these fun … Continue reading
This Thanksgiving, we all drove to my aunt Mel’s house to have dinner.
We all stuffed ourselves with turkey, ham, sweet potato souflée, pie, fruit salsa and much more.
Ella, my mom and I baked an apple pie the day before, which was fantabulous.
After dinner, we trooped into the living room to play a game called guess the elf. Each adult had an stuffed elf behind their backs, and we had to ask questions about their personality to find out who’s elf it was. So fun!
Thank you, Aunt Mel, for an amazing dinner!
We had a lot of fun decorating the tree this year. What’s not to love about Charlie Brown Christmas, ornaments, and lights? Our entire family is pumped up for Jesus’ birthday!
Mom and Dad don’t need the mistletoe to do this!
All of us took turns putting the star on top of the tree, even Luke. Afterwards, he said “again, again!” So funny!
Sweet boys!
When we arrived in Chicago, everyone was pooped, especially Luke. In the pic above, we are hopping on the elevator to get to the “L” stop.
Although it was rainy and overcast, we had a nice walk to our hotel, the Hilton.
After dropping our bags off at the hotel and gorging on pizza (some of us hadn’t had breakfast), we decided to walk to the mall. Above is Ella and I at the AG Megastore showing off the newest doll, Maryellen.
Others weren’t so big on AG, so our dad and brothers trooped to the Lego store.
Above left: Us on television! Above right: Maryellen and book. (Josefina photobombed!) Bottom left: Us having a chat at Grace’s Pâtisserîe!
More pics coming soon about the trip!
After many years, the old blog is starting up again! I am Annie, and I am taking over the blog, along with my sister, Ella. As shown above, a new Anderson has been added to the family in 2012! Lucas is a wonderful, funny, sweet toddler who enjoys making others laugh. To catch up, there are some more pics underneath of the goings on of our family. If you would like to visit our older blog, go to http://www.raisingandersons.blogspot.com to find our old pictures.
My family and I had a blast in Chicago, Illinois this summer! Above is one of Chicago’s famous deep-dish pizza from Giordano’s. We were all tired from the early rising and the plane ride, as shown in the pic below!
In future blog entries, there will be more fun in Chicago and a trip to France!
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