Happy Summer!

With summer officially beginning, I thought I'd update everyone on the Anderson clan's recent activities.

Ervin is enjoying the new world of solid foods. His favorites seem to be processed pears and yummy graham crackers. Lizzy was kind enough to share an Oreo cookie with him the other day, which he also enjoyed. Ervin is also exploring his new found mobility, to everyone's delight. He army crawls all over the house and is now able to bring himself back up to a sitting position. Another new discovery is that of his pointer finger. He loves to point at things, especially pictures on the walls. He also brings joy to mommy and daddy's hearts by reaching for them when he wants to be held.

Lizzy has just finished her second week of dance class, with one week to go. It's been interesting to see her dance with other 3 and 4 year old girls, all looking alike with blonde hair and ballet pink leotards and skirts. Lizzy has enjoyed the class but I think she prefers to dance on her own as opposed to dancing in a group. She is easily distracted... :)

Daddy is busy as ever at work. He's also getting ready to return to BYU to continue his education. He has also been busy with his new calling in the ward. He and I teach a primary class of 8-year-olds. We're excited to have a calling together. Our first week was a little shaky but after our second week, we feel more confident.

Mommy has delved into novels. With all kinds of talk about the Twilight series, I've hungrily read them and joined the other fans eagerly awaiting the final installment, Breaking Dawn. Until then, I'm reading all kinds of books to keep myself occupied during the long wait. Reading has also been giving me an "escape" from the daily mommy tasks asked of me, whenever I get a minute to myself, that is.

All in all, we seemed to be doing fairly well. We'll keep you updated as time goes on.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all! Here are some pictures we took to celebrate the day!

Thanks Grandpa!

Well we finally have a computer that will work consistently for us. Thanks again Grandpa. Here are a couple of pictures.

This one of Lizzy was taken on Mother's Day. She looks so grown up! She even let me put a ribbon in her hair for the occassion.

This one of Ervin shows his ever growing sense of mobility. He loves to roll all around the living room. One minute he is sitting peacefully on his blanket in the middle of the floor and the next he has rolled and squirmed and scooted his way to end up face down on the other side of the room. He doesn't do the whole crawling thing yet but he is still mobile and can move pretty fast.

We worked hard on Saturday to hang things and get the kids' rooms to a decorated state. Once we get things pretty wet ll settled in all the other rooms we will have to take pictures, or start giving tours or something.

Update.... for David

Yes we've have let our blog fall a bit behind, but there's been a lot happening to our family.

We've moved back to Utah. We spent a few weeks at Grandpa and Grandma's until our new place was "ready". Now we're making our home in a 3 bedroom twin home in Springville. Now we are merely 5 minutes +/- from Zak's work. He's enjoying his new job at MACA Supply, Zak can give you details on that.

Ervin is continuing to grow bigger and stronger every day. Lizzy has a new facination with bugs which we "collected" today with a bug net.

We're still in the process of unpacking and make this house home so we'll try to keep you updated better in future.

We love toys!

Ervin is happy to be re-united with his ExerSaucer (and Mommy/Daddy are too). Big sister Lizzy is happy to show Ervin how each of the toys on his ExerSaucer work.

Lizzy was VERY excited to get out her tricycle the other day. With her new
Sesame Street helmet and knee/elbow pads, she was ready to roll. Daddy is helping her learn how to drive straight and turn.


Here is a photo of Lizzy wearing her apron while she cooks on her oven. You can kind of see it behind her. She loves to cook eggs and cookies for Daddy.