More halloween pictures

I love my kids..

I added one with Ethan and Kahlan because I love the way he helps her so much. He is a wonderful big brother. I love Richards playful spirit...Kahlan's joking nature.. Elijah's sweet spirit. Anthony's teaching nature.. All so different but together we make a wonderful family...

Gratitude

A friend of mine commented to me the other day that I never update my blog.. :( So I am going to try to be better at that... I was reading somebody's blog today and they are taking a challenge to write something they are grateful for everyday for the month of November. I've decided to do this also. I can't promise it will be everyday but I will do my best.. So here's today's: I am extremely grateful to be a mother. It is so hard some days that I just want to pull my hair out but at the end of the day when we say prayers and I get their sweet kisses and hugs it makes the long day worth it.

For Halloween this year we had lots of fun. We went to a party at the cousins and we crashed the ward party of our old ward. We had lots of fun seeing our old friends. Then of course we went trick 'or'treating and had a blast and had too much candy.. Kahlan was a princess dinosaur. Elijah was a dinosaur and got the growling part down very quickly. Ethan was Venom from Spider Man and Richard was a Bey Blader, (it is the latest greatest thing for 9 year old boys) I don't have a picture of Anthony dressed up as he is at his dads but I am sure he had a great time.. The one is from this summer and the boys birthday party..

New Beginnings

Well It's been busy around here lately. For those of you that don't know we've moved to Bellevue. It is closer to James work. If you don't know James was commuting about 70 miles a day in horrible traffic. I can see how that would get old. We are also enjoying being closer to Molly (james sister)and her family. It is good for the kids to be around their cousins.

We have been to our new ward and enjoyed it. We have already met the bishopric and they have said that it won't be long before they have callings for us. No rest for the weary :) Just kidding we love having callings. It keeps us busy and steadfast... The kids have adjusted really well to their new school. They have made new friends and like their new teachers.

update

Been pretty busy around here, Kahlan and Elijah managed to pick up an awful cold that quarantined us to the house for a week . While I went stir crazy, Kahlan enjoyed lots of Dora. Kahlan is very into saying prayers now. She likes to pray for her friends and if we forget she will interrupt us and make sure we remember. This was our prayer one night. "Please bless Grandma Lula, Grandma Karapoo.." (her name is Karalue) We all cracked up and barely finished the prayer. It is so fun to have a girl... I love my boys and they are fun also but girls are fun in a different way!!!
Elijah is crawling everywhere now. He is constantly into everything and keeps me on my toes. He is a joy though, he has this smile when he looks up at me that melts my heart. The boys are doing pretty well in school. Gohan is involved in a "mad science class after school on Mondays and absolutely loves it. Ethan is learning a lot and looking forward to his field trip to the flight museum at the end of the month. Sorry there are no pictures. Kahlan dropped my camera and broke it. We haven't replaced it yet.

Christmas

Well Christmas has come and gone and we are all trying to recover from lots of food and way too much junk food. The kids were very excited this year and we even got Elijah to open one present. He was way more interested in eating the paper than playing with the toy though. We celebrated Christmas Eve at James' sister Carol's house this year and had lots of good food and fun. The kids enjoyed seeing their cousins and we enjoyed visiting with everyone. On Christmas day we had some good friends over and enjoyed a ham dinner. It was a much quieter Christmas than I am used to coming from such a big extended family but we enjoyed just being together.

christmas letter

James Anderson Family

December 2009

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends, I pray that this letter finds you all well and happy. We have been very busy as usual. Seems life is flying by.

James finished his Computer Network Systems associate’s degree in June. He then immediately started his Information Security Systems bachelors program in network security. He also works full time. I am incredibly proud and grateful for all he does for our family.

Anthony is 11 (I know 11 that is hard to believe), and he is an incredible big brother to all his brothers and sisters. He is still great at soccer and is talking of playing football next year.

Gohan is 8 this year. He is my mad scientist. He is constantly trying to take something apart or build something. It is quite frustrating at times but I love his creative mind.

Ethan is six and in the first grade. He has a wonderful teacher this year and is enjoying school. He loves puzzles and is quite good at them. He also loves to joke around and do whatever his big brothers are doing!

Kahlan is two and quite the independent girl. The boys say she is bossy, but I think she just knows what she wants and expects to get it. ;) She is the princess of the house after all. She loves to sing and dance. Her favorite song is Ring around the Rosy. She is very good with Elijah and loves to give him hugs and kisses.

Elijah is 5 months now. He was born July 19^th. He is always full of smiles and loves to play and laugh at his siblings. He also loves to jump and is trying quite hard to do whatever his older siblings are doing. He is determined, and will learn fast!

I am fortunate to stay home and run this crazy household. The kids keep me on my toes and I try to enjoy every minute of it. They are all growing up too fast. We miss and love you all and pray that this next year will be great for all.

Love,

James, Tish, Anthony, Gohan, Ethan, Kahlan, and Elijah.

Halloween

Well we had a wonderful halloween. We carved pumpkins and went to the school trunk-or-treat and then we went to the church for chili, games and indoor trick-or-treating for the kids. I love the indoor part! Its safe and warm.. We had a great time.. Gohan's pumpkin is pictured. He says it has lots of scars. It was his first year carving by himself. Way to go Gohan!!