Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Hoogland Visit

In June my sister Leah came for a visit all the way from Chicago.  So Anna, Leah and I decided to pack a bunch of activities all together with all of our 11 kids.

One of our first get-togethers was on Father's Day in our backyard.  We had pizza and played a game-show called "Do You Know Your Father?"  We gave Jeff, Kevin and Scott questions beforehand that they had to answer about themselves.  Then the kids had to answer the questions and see who got the most right.  The Henry kids stomped everyone with their knowledge about their father.  Here are some pictures.  I stole some of Anna's pictures off of Facebook too since she is a way better spontaneous photographer than I am.


Leah, Scott, Jeff and I all got iPhones a few days before so it was hard to put the phones down at times.

What a bunch of cuties!!  I'm going to miss our sandbox so much.
Two Beauties
Skyping with my parents
There had to be some wrestling involved, of course.

On another day we went to the Splash Pad close to my house and had a picnic. 
The 3 cousins all born Sept., Oct. and Nov. 2008 (they are even sitting in the correct birth order)

We caught Lizzie and Ian having a bonding moment on the stairs so I had to snap some pictures.

One day we had a BBQ at Anna's house and our Kikkert cousins came and our Aunt JoAnn and Uncle John.  I unfortunately did not take any pictures because the time slipped away from us so quickly. It was so good to be with them.

Then we decided to take all 11 kids to Seven Peaks.  Were we crazy?. 


The daredevils who went on all of the crazy slides





Anna bought us pizza and we devoured it.

Next we went and visited our Aunt Sherrie in Salt Lake.  She was so cute and had beads for the kids to make bracelets and necklaces.

After all of the busy few days we decided to take it easy at home.  The kids made some nests in the backyard.

SO DARN CUTE!!!
She is making her kitty and doggy kiss.
Best Buds!
We were so glad Leah's family got to stay with us.  It was so fun that after Leah left and went back to Rexburg to see my parents we went up there to see her more.  Another post will follow with the details.

Friday, July 19, 2013

We moved!!!

I have not blogged since November!!! I've been inspired again by my friends, Marci and Carrilyne and my sister, Leah.  I found a couple of draft posts that I started put never completed  so those are below and then I will do some more current updates in a few days.  But first news of importance is that we moved!!!!  Our house in Southwest Provo sold in 6 hours after we put it on the market at the end of May.  We moved last Saturday on July 13.  We are living in Lindon right now while our house is getting built in Lehi!.  They actually have not started it yet but we are hoping sometime in August there will be a groundbreaking for the Anderson Homestead!!!!  Here is a picture I took a few weeks ago at our property.  B & L are standing in front of the property. 

October's Desserts

October 3 through November 2 are filled with desserts because everyone in my house has a birthday during that time except for me.  So here is a little glimpse into the wonderful desserts we had.


My attempt at a Tangled Cake for L's birthday




For B's birthday we had a preschool field trip at Cornbelly's at Thankgsiving Point. 


I tried to get them to look at the camera at the same time.


But I was unsuccessful.


They sure are cute though.



B wanted a Mario Kart birthday cake.


E wanted her favorite cupcakes with half brownie and half strawberry cake.
 


Jeff wanted his favorite dessert his mom used to make, Miracle Cheesecake



Happy Birthday everyone!



Summer 2012

Here are some random pics from last Summer.
We took a bike ride and a picnic to one of our favorite parks on the Provo River trail.

B's favorite: Honey Sandwich



One day while my parents were here we decided to make bird feeders out in our driveway.


We took a hike to Stewart Falls.



Well, who is that.....well it's Anna!!  She and Kevin joined us on this hike.

L fell down and got dirty and scraped up her nose.

Poor girl

Caterpillars

Sisters!!!

Posing by the falls