Finally!!!!

We have been waiting a long time for this day. Christopher finally has a loose tooth. We have been concerned about him, since he is 8 1/2 and has not lost any teeth. He has Jake's gums. We worried that they might have to work on Christopher like they worked on Jake. (If you want to know what happened to Jake, you will have to ask him. I will get in big trouble if I tell everyone the story.) Christopher still might need some help with his teeth. But having a loose tooth is a good sign. He is pretty excited and already knows that he wants to save the money he gets from the tooth fairy for Pokemon cards.
I got to spotlight Caden in Primary today. He was pretty excited that he got to come up front with mommy. And Kyle gave a great talk on how he knows the Savior loves him.
They have decided to keep me in Primary to help out wherever I am needed. I think I will be doing secretary work for a little while.
I hope that it doesn't take much longer to sell our house. Although our realtor did not have good things to say about the market and our situation. She wants us to lower our price more and we just can't. We will barely break even if someone gives us a full price offer, which will be a miracle if it happens. I guess we might have to look into renting it out, or lease options. We will hold out for another month or so keeping things how they are, then we will have to pow wow on what we need to do. Life just doesn't always give us what we need or want. I guess that is life.

Anderson Birthday's

I have a funny story today, and I know the Anderson family will enjoy this one..... Today Caden got to go to his first little friend's birthday party without mom or brothers. He was very good and had a lot of fun. But there was one thing that he did that the parents couldn't figure out. When they lit the candles on the birthday cake, Caden covered his ears. Now, I wonder why he would do that? Oh yeah, the Anderson birthday song. I know that many of you have heard our version of the birthday song, and you know how loud it can be. Caden covers his ears every time. These parents wondered if we did fire crackers or something because of Caden's immediate reaction. I guess you never think how things we are used to affect our kids when they are out of our presence.

Katy's First Easter

Ok, I have to say I love Easter Sunday at church because of all the beautiful dresses on the little girls. And today was so much more fun because I got to put my pretty girl in a pretty dress. I have been carrying this dress around since before I was pregnant with Christopher. I was finally able to use it today.

The boys had a good Easter with new ties from nana and papa. Kyle wrote a note to the Easter Bunny and was so excited this morning to see that he had actually wrote back!!!! They had fun quickly finding the eggs (it took 5 seconds!!). And spent the morning eating chocolate. Luckily the easter bunny only had 2 bags of chocolate for them! Hopefully it will last longer than today. Katy had fun looking in her basket. Wasn't sure what to make of the grass. The primary children sang a song today in sacrament meeting and did wonderful. I couldn't convince Caden to go up, even with his friend Jayden up there. It was definitely a no go.

I got some cute pictures of the boys. As soon as we have enough income to catch up on bills and get moved, I will have the kids' pictures done. It has been way too long. It is fun to see the boys still dote over their sister.

I finally tried it!

I finally got up the guts to try to hassle with Katy's hair. I have been so wary at trying because I am so used to boys hair. I guess she and I will figure everything out together. She is definitely a girl. I sat her on my dresser in front of my mirror and gave her something to play with. I had to wet her hair down, because it is so fine, it kept slipping out of my fingers the last time I tried. What a trooper she is. She is the calmest baby I have ever seen. What an angel.

Personality quiz

You're green, the color of growth and vigor. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your color!

I took this personality quiz from a link I found on my brother's blog. What do you think? Did it get me right? I don't take much stock in these, but sometimes they are fun. Here is the link.
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=colorogt&c=50652
Enjoy.

Kyle's a Gentleman

Ok, there comes a time when you wonder how you are doing as a parent and if your children will still be the same person at school that they are at home (hopefully better). We got this email from Kyle's teacher yesterday and I was so proud that I wanted to make sure I remembered what he did. Enjoy, and know that Jake and I are both very proud of Kyle for the person that he is.
Sara,I just have to brag on Kyle for being such a gentleman today!!!! While walking to the bus in the pouring rain, he offered to share his umbrella with a girl that only had a cotton jacket---not only did he do this, but he was polite enough to offer to hold her Bratz doll while she put up her hood. I don't believe in any way he likes her and would not want him to be embarrassed, but I thought it was such a nice gesture and I believe he would have done it for anyone in the class! It just goes to show how considerate it is of others! I literally stood in the rain, waiting on them, holding back the tears for the kindness he was showing at that moment. He really is such a sweet boy. He told me the other day that he would be moving in a few weeks (He reminds me on a daily basis) I held my ears and said, "Kyle I can't hear you" He said "Mrs. Minor" like he was surprised, but I explained that I did not want him to move and that we would miss him, but I was betting that his Daddy missed him more and would be glad to have the family together again. I just wanted to share with you what happened today and say thanks to you and your husband for the time and effort you put into your family!Mrs. Minor

I thought this pictures was great!!! It is Kyle sitting at the bottom of our driveway in a pile of snow. With the help of the snow plow and the snow off of our driveway it was a pretty big pile. They like to dig out tunnels and caves in the piles they help create.

Jake didn't realize when he surprised us that he was bringing the snow with him. We knew the snow storm was coming and how severe it would be, but we didn't' realize it would bring jake right along with it. I am glad he was here though. He was wonderful at shoveling off the driveway. Poor guy had to do it two days in a row.

The boys love playing in the snow. Christopher and Kyle were out almost all day long yesterday.

Caden venturing out in his new snow boots. He really doesn't last long outside in the snow. But he had fun for a few moments.

Will the snow ever stop?

Well the boys got to stay home on Friday from school, it was going to start snowing soon..... It started snowing at about 7am and didn't stop until Saturday at about 2pm. We recorded 10.4 inches. I sure am glad that Jake was here to shovel the driveway. He was really proud of the way the boys helped him. Of course he doesn't realize that they do it for purely selfish reasons. They want the snow in a huge pile so they can play in it. But jake still is proud of how hard they worked both days. Saturda morning they came and plowed the road and 30 minutes later you could hardly tell that they had come. It was crazy. The sun is now finally shining and it should warm up quite nicely starting tomorrow. Of course now the weather reports warn about flooding. I have some great pictures from this weekend. Hopefully i can figure out how to put them all on the blog. Wish me luck.

Surprise!!!!

Well I had a nice surprise last night. Actually it scared me to death..... My doorbell rang at midnight last night. No cars outside, it just started ringing. Finally I just went down and looked out the front window, because I would not just open the door at that hour without knowing who it was. Well, it was Jake!!! He came for a visit because he missed us. We have wonderful friends who helped him out with a buddy pass so he could fly. It was a good surprise. This morning the boys nearly hit the ceiling jumping out of bed when they heard daddy's voice. Well to make matters interesting we have another snow day today. We had a snow storm come through and it has been snowing all day. So they are pretty happy that they get to spend the day with daddy. Jake came this weekend so he could see Christopher's pinewood derby, but they have now cancelled that. Jake is upset that he won't get to see it now, but there isn't much he can do about it.
So we get to spend a wonderful weekend with daddy and I get to have some help. Jake is pretty good at these surprises, I should be used to them by now.

Folding socks

Today Katy helped me match the socks. She loved sitting in the laundry basket and playing with the socks. Hopefully that can be her job one day soon. I always look forward to the summer and flip flops because then I don't have to wash and match a ton of socks.

We have been cleaning and getting things ready for another showing of our house tomorrow night. We are praying that this is the one. More are coming out on the market and we need to sell it quick before all the great deals from bank foreclosures come on the market. We will be praying a lot the next day or so and until we finally sellt his house. I have to keep reminding myself that I knew it would take a long time. It is humbling.

Katy

I just have to share this picture of Katy. It is my favorite. She is growing up so fast, 8 months already. She sits up on her own and rolls and scoots on her back all around the room. She loves to eat and loves fruit and cereal. Although I haven't really found anything she won't eat. I hope that when she gets older she can remember how much her brothers adored her. They dote on her and love to play with her and hold her and get her attention. I know it won't last too long, but it is nice while it lasts. She really completes our family quite nicely. We were sitting around the family room one night watching a movie together and she was sitting on the floor right in the middle of it all. She just loves watching everything going on. I sat there looking at the 4 of them knowing that our family was complete. What a beautiful gift to give after all of those energetic boys, a nice, calm sweetheart.