Anderson Reunion and other stuff

This past week was full of fun stuff! We went to Lonetree to attend Sylvie's baptism. She was a very brave girl and got baptized in the river behind their house (at 7 in the morning)! Then we went to the KOA for the Anderson family reunion. They had an Olympic theme with different events you could compete in. Clark and I both did the pogo stick. It was hilariously fun.

My facial expression here is actually excitement. We had a couple of practice rounds before the real competition and during practice I couldn't stay on for more than a few jumps. Then when the real event started, I stayed on for at least 10 seconds. I was pumped! I did lose though, to Betsy . . . the Pogo Stick Queen! Right Bets? :)

Then we went to the Pioneer Day Parade (see the next post).

Pioneer Day Parade

Here are the pictures of the parade. Clark's Mom did the float for their ward. She did a fantastic job! Notice the Tree of Life on the left, the Iron Rod, and it's hard to tell from this picture, but there were people doing service like chopping wood, baking, etc.


We were waiting for the parade to start. From left to right, Clark's Dad (Clark), Will, Clark's sister (Betsy), and Clark's brother (Eli). What a cute family we have!

I don't think this picture does justice to how much candy Will got. We were at the very beginning of the parade so people were extremely generous with the candy. Will's favorites were the taffys and lollipops.

Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts Concert

For Cheyenne Frontier Days, Amy and I went to the Taylor Swift/Rascal Flatts concert. It was soooo fun! I've been to 3 other concerts, but none of them had the special effects that this one had. There was a big screen in the background that showed clips from their music videos and other things pertaining to the song they were singing. At the end, they shot confetti throughout the arena.

Before the concert, we had a little bit of time to burn, so we went on the octopus ride. It was quite exhilarating! It spun and went up and down at the same time. Here's Amy looking as cute as ever, right before we got on.


If you look closely, you'll see Taylor Swift in a sparkly blue dress, holding a sparkly guitar. It looked really neat. There was one part where she and her electric violinst banged on trash cans with drum mallets. I think it was my favorite part of Taylor's performance.

Here's an intermission picture. Turns out one of my friends, Kendahl, went to the concert with her sister too and we ended up right next to them! Kendahl took this pic and then I took a pic of her and her sister.

Here's Rascal Flatts! They were incredible. You could just feel their energy. My favorite song of theirs was "Stand". During the chorus, the screen lit up with 100 inspiring words like, "passion, dream, courage" etc. It made me feel so alive!

Mountains

Friday evening we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and we headed up to Bert Creek.

Clark and Will built the fire. Clark used the back end of a hammer to chop the wood and Will carried the wood to the pit.
Rosie and I hung out by the fire most of the night. She was mesmorized by the flames.
Here's Clark wacking the tree with his hammer. I love my mountain man!

Bear Lake

We went to a family reunion at Bear Lake this past weekend. It was a blast! I was a little hesitant at first because we had to take Sadie, our new yellow lab, with us. I have never had a dog before so I had no clue how to take care of it or if it would survive the 6 hour car trip in our little Camry. One of my friends mentioned she took her cat on a long car trip and the cat threw up the whole way there. I was crossing my fingers that didn't happen to us! Well, we survived and so did Sadie! Rosie probably had it the worst because Sadie was on her left side, licking her face, and Will was on her right, sticking his foot in her face. Anyway, here are the pics from the trip . . .



Will on the waverunner. He kept calling it a "motor" and I think it's because when he saw one, he thought it was a motorcycle.



Clark and Will on the waverunner.

Will was freezing after the "motor ride" so I wrapped him up in the towel and snuggled with him. I was trying to get rid of my farmer's tan.

Will playing with his second cousin, Stockton.

Will loved this shovel! As you can see in the background, Clark was quite helpful making the sandcastle with the boys. He's always up for some fun.

Whoo-hoo, I was tagged!

Yes, I am a geek, but I have been wanting to get tagged ever since I started this blogging business! Thanks to Carolyn, I can now say I've been tagged. Anyway, this one's about your significant other . . .

1. What is his name? A. Clark Anderson (I don't know if Clark wants me disclosing his first name!) If you really want to know and you don't already, you'll have to ask him.

2. Who eats more? That would definitely be Clark! Though when it comes to cookies, I can outeat him.

3. Who said I love you first? Clark. The night he said it, I distinctly remember lying on my bed, smiling like I've never smiled before, and feeling like I was in heaven. I couldn't sleep either, but I didn't mind because I felt so amazing.

4. Who is taller? Clark is by 9 inches! He's 6'4" and I am 5'7".

5. Who is smarter? Clark again. I used to try to help him with his homework, but once he got into differential equations and fluid dynamics, I was lost.

6. Who is more sensitive? Me! I find myself crying when I watch Disney movies.

7. Who does the laundry? I do, but only about once a week, so when I do it, there's usually 4 or 5 loads. (I HATE laundry!)

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Clark. He likes to sleep by the window because he's usually "burning up" at night.

9. Who pays the bills? I do. I love that I can now pay all of our bills online. It's fantastic!

10. Who cooks more? Me for the most part. However, when we go up in the mountains, Clark is all over it . . . he makes a fantastic dutch oven meal and mouth-watering burgers. Also, sometimes Clark gets to craving Chilean bread or pico de gallo and he'll whip some of that up at home.

11. What meals do you cook together? Cook together? None, but we eat 2-3 meals a day together. We have breakfast together, sometimes lunch, and always dinner. I strongly believe in having dinner together as a family. We even sit Rosie up in her high chair and she watches us while we eat.

12. Who is more stubborn? That's a toss up. I guess it depends on the subject. We are both oldest children so I think we were both used to having things our way.

13. Who is first to admit they're wrong? Sorry if you read this Clark, but I'd have to say I am. I just hate contention so I'll say sorry just so things are better.

14. Who has more siblings? We have the same! 6 siblings each. Whoa, I just realized we both have 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Pretty cooky, huh?

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Again, this depends. We both know when to let the other wear the pants, if that makes sense.

16. What do you like to do together? Anything we can! We love going out to eat just the two of us, going to baseball, basketball, hockey, and football games, going for Sunday walks, discussing life, hanging out with our families, just to name a few.

17. Who eats more sweets? Me! In my family growing up, we seriously always had dessert after lunch and dinner. So, if I don't have at least two servings of chocolate a day, I can't function.

18. Guilty pleasures? I have too many to name. NAPS! Reading, shopping on e-Bay, dreaming of being fashionable (if you can believe this, I was quite the fashionista in high school, however now I usually resort to sweats), that's another guilty pleasure: sweat pants!, peanut m&ms, mountain dew (though I'm REALLY trying to quit), okay, that's enough for this post. :)

19. How did you meet? At an instute activity. It was in December and the activity was up at Happy Jack. We went sledding and roasted hot dogs. Love was in the air! I remember thinking, this guy is not only HOT, he is a great listener and we have so much in common!

20. Who asked who out first? When we met, I was pretty anti-men so I wasn't about to fling myself at Clark. I waited for him to ask me out and I started getting anxious because it had been two weeks and I hadn't heard from him. Turns out he was out of town, but once he came back, he asked me if I wanted to go to his apartment for dinner. He and his roommate were making pasta and Clark burned the toast. Ah, memories!

21. Who kissed who first? Clark kissed me first. We were in the institute parking lot and when he bent down to kiss me, he missed and got my cheek instead. We had to "try" it again . . . a few times.

22. Who proposed? Clark did. His sister wanted to go run on the green belt so Clark invited me to come and just hang out with him while she did that. Turns out, he had this all planned and when he got me out of the car, he lead me down to the river and knelt down and read me the most romantic poem. The last line of the poem was, "Marry me, Please?" I thought it was adorable and being the more sensitive one, started to cry.

23. His best features? I love his arms, they are so strong! I love his hands, they are tough-guy hands. I love his smile.

24. What is his greatest quality? Being friendly to everyone and anyone. He talks to homeless men about their lives, he talks to fancy engineer professors about how they got so far, he talks to me about girly stuff, and Will about chasing rabbits. He's really easy to love.

25. Tag? Emily Asay, Emily Michael, KaLee, and Mom (Amy, you might have to tell mom about this!)

One more thing re July 4th

My brother Paul, gave a rockin' concert in the park. He and two of his friends did a few Beatles songs, Pink Floyd, and Norah Jones. I was highly impressed at Paul's guitar skills. Will was dancing like there was no tomorrow. I wanted to take his picture, but I couldn't get him to stop dancing!

The 4th of July

For the Fourth of July, we went to "Freedom Has a Birthday" at Washington Park. Will was in heaven! There were fire trucks, a mini train, free ice cream and lollipops, dogs doing tricks, and the big blue slide.

Will's all smiles when it comes to fire trucks!

The fireman asked Will if he wanted to try on a helmet and Will said, "hmm", meaning "yes, yes!" He put it on Will's head and Will wasn't as happy about that. The fireman said it's a pretty heavy helmet, especially for a 2-year-old!

He got to pretend he was driving the firetruck. Will thought this was very cool!

There was a mini Union Pacific train with two engines, two gondolas (I think . . . I'll have to ask Clark exactly what type of train car they were), and a caboose. It took kids up and down the street. When we got to the line, there was only a handful of kids there and I thought, "This is strange." Turns out, the train broke down! Will kept asking to ride the train so I decided to set him in the gondola and take his picture. Just a minute after I took the picture, the conductor yelled, "It's fixed." All the kids around ran towards it and luckily Will and I already had a spot saved. While we were riding in it, Will waved big to all the bystanders and kept saying, "fast train, fast train."

Free ice cream! Will really loved this, though his face is quite somber in this pic.

We watched the fireworks from the golf course. After they shot off a firework, Will would ask, "All done?" and I'd say, "No not yet." He asked this about 10 times and then finally I think he understood that the sky would get dark for a few seconds before he would see a new firework. Rosie loved the fireworks! I tried to feed her a bottle while they were going off and she kept moving her head so she could watch the fireworks while she sipped.

Rosie's New Noise

Rosie has started babbling . . . a lot. However, when she gets excited, instead of saying "ba ba ba" she does this: