Anderson Adventures

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Provo....BLECK!

Don't you love it when you see wonderful pictures of beautiful places around the world? I do too....when I'm in them. So, today I woke up, got ready for work, got on facebook and there they were: pictures from Bangkok and Thailand from my dear friend Bethany Matheson Moore. They are gorgeous and beautiful. They're full of beaches and bungalows, snorkeling, hiking, fish, and hostels. Perfect. Then I opened my window and had to look at the ugliest elementary school known to man: Farrer Elementary School. Yuck. I swear that I have the worst luck in the world with having that school out my window. I would LOVE to go to Asia....actually anywhere for that matter away from Provo and away from Utah. Somewhere where the water is actually blue and not brown and murky. Somewhere with sand, beaches and fish. Somewhere I can hike and be dirty for however long I want to. Somewhere with a jungle and monkeys and tigers. Somewhere fun. Just somewhere away from here- just for a few days. Instead I choose to work at lame 1-800-Contacts and look at the ugliest elementary school. Someday.....maybe someday I will be able to convince Brian that we need to be in some awesome pictures for a happy vacation! :)

Thursday, April 9, 2009

The Latest in April

Things have been pretty much.....the same around our neck of the woods. As usual, Brian and I are both working like crazy everyday and he is still going to school; however, the semester is almost over and we can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are both super excited for summer just to have some warm weather (if it ever decides to stay). The most exciting news that we have right now is pretty dang good, at least for us. We just finished paying off my STUDENT LOANS and I'm so happy that they are out of my life FOREVER! YES! It was a really big accomplishment for us and we've been working hard to get that done so it is really wonderful to be finished! Afterwards, Brian decided that he wanted to buy a new car so we started looking at new cars, which was sooo much fun for us. After listening to Elder Hales' talk during conference, we've decided that we may not buy one any time soon, but just save up our money like crazy instead. Thinking that we were going to buy a car was/is good motivation for us to save every penny. :)

Conference was delightful! It was really nice to have Brian home for once on a Saturday. :) His dad flew in for conference and we also got a surprise visit from his mom, who unexpectedly had a 9 hour layover in Salt Lake. Super awesome since we never get to see his family.

That's about all for now. Not much news, but I thought I should update the blog since people, meaning Lindsey, are asking me to post more. I really do try, but when life is all working and school.....there isn't much to say a lot of the times. We are happy and wonderful and still enjoying the first year of being married. Love you all!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Hobbies

Brian just got called to be a Provo temple worker. He loves it and it is such a wonderful opportunity for him. He works every Saturday from 10:30-4 so he is gone most of the time and I hardly ever see him. At first I told him that we should have a baby so I'm not always home alone; however, we're not quite ready for that big of an adventure yet so I decided to make a baby blanket instead. :) It has been so much fun and so much WORK! I saw a puff quilt once when I was a little kid walking through a boutique with my mom and I wondered why they were so dang expensive. Now I know why. I would have charged a million dollars if I would have made a blanket that big.

So, it's little, but I had to add more and more because sewing all the squares together made it pretty darn small. I put about 75 hours into it and finished it in just under a week. It did go fast, but I would work on it every second I had so I could:

A- finish it

B- get feeling back in my fingers (pins hurt!)

C- get over my love/hate relationship with it and be done!

D- vow to never make another one ever again!

Well, here it is. :) I'm pretty fond of it!

Out of the mouth of Claire

Claire was asking me about Hailey nursing. She was sad to find out that Hailey wasn't nursing anymore. She said, "Well, when I am a mommy can you give my babies milk?" Uh...nope. Can't do that. "Why mom?" Well, my milk will be gone (thank goodness) and you'll have to do it. "Oh, well, I want a big, big, BIG family. TWELVE babies! But I don't want the littlest baby to ever get big because I do NOT want one hundred babies." March 2015
Claire: Daddy, do you stink? Brian: Why do you say that? Claire: Because I can smell you. 6/18/14
Claire walked out of her room and this is what ensued: Daddy: "Claire, get back to bed." Claire: "But Daddy, my bed is being crazy!" (We try hard not to laugh). Daddy: "What?" Claire: "My bed is being crazy!!!" He went back, she tangled her blanket so her feet were getting cold. 5/15/2014
Claire asked her sunbeam teacher what "this" was, pointing to something on her chest. She thought she was talking about the pattern on her dress. Claire said, "No, no! These. They are for milk for babies." 5/2014
Eating corn on the cob for dinner, Claire turned to me and asked, "Mommy, are you going to eat some of this YUUUUMMMMYYY corn?" 5/2014
"Mommy, can you do this for me?" She hands me my eyelash curler and I proceed to curl her eyelashes. She bats her eyes in the mirror and says, "There. That's better." For the record...I have never done this, so she didn't learn it from me. 1/28/14
I was doing Claire's hair , combing through it. "Mommy, stop brushing my hair, you're making me crazy." 1/28/14
Claire has a VERY hard time going #2 in the toilet. She will hold it for days and days, so she ends up sitting on the toilet for hours sometimes. This week, she had been in there for a good two hours (and never went). Anyway, during that time she called me in several times, "MOMMY!!!! Come here!!!" And then would tell me nothing. So, after what seemed like the billionth, "MOMMY come here!" shouting, I went in to find her with the ENTIRE roll of toilet paper collected in a heap in her arms. I looked at her and gasped in frustration. I had just changed that roll! Brand new roll. Think of all that! She looked at me, giggled, and said, "Mommy...hehe....I sneezed...hehe." 1/28/14
We had our first ice storm here in Texas. I took Claire to Costco and let her walk on the ice. "Mom, I need to put on my ice skates". "Claire, do you have ice skates?" "No mom, I don't." Good point though sweetheart!
Claire always wakes me up telling me that the sun is awake. The other day, she came in, told me the sun was awake once more and then told me that she wanted some candy. I informed her that we didn't have any, but she said, "Mom, all we have to do is say Trick-or-treat!"
We went camping and I asked if Claire had fun. Claire: "I love camping, but Jared was naughty. We should leave him home".
Me: "Claire, why are you out of bed?" Claire: "Because of this..." She starts moving as if she'll pee her pants. Me: What? Claire: "Because I have the wiggles."
While at the mall bathroom, "MOMMY! YOU DID IT! YOU PEED!" For everyone to hear.
We're still trying to potty train Claire and have her poop in the potty! She says she does it, but can't seem to have it happen and will hold it for days (which is very frustrating). In an effort to get the ball rolling, I said, "Claire! Let's both push. 1...2...3...push!" At that point I did a fake push and she quickly exclaimed, "MOMMY! Don't poop in your pannies!" 7/12/13
Jared was crying and wandering around the house this morning. He popped his head in the bathroom where Claire and I were, and started to cry. Claire said, "Oh Jared, stop whining". 7/3/13
Brian and I were talking about the frustrating expenses of moving. At one point I said (about our debt), "It's all my fault." Claire came to the rescue and said, "NO! It's MY fault! My fault....and Jared's!"
This morning Claire woke up at 5 am screaming, "I WANT A COOKIE!!!!!" I went in, she repeated her sentiments. I promised her a cookie and she went back to sleep. When she got out of bed at 10:30, she jumped into my arms and said, "Where's my cookie?"