The Anderson Family

Happy Birthday Beckham!

2012-02-10T19:17:00.000-08:00

Beckham turned 2! He is growing up sooo fast. It is so fun to see the little guy he is turning into. Beckham LOVES basketball, baseball, football... anything that has to do with balls. He is very independent and loves to tell you what to do. He is always telling Kelan "NO, NO Kelly" and telling me to "wait a minute mommy" he is in charge. Hahaha... We love you Beckham.

Happy B-day!

When we were at the store getting stuff for Beckham's party Kelan wouldn't let us leave without balloons. He even asked if he could help blow them up once Beckham went to bed. He was pretty disappointed in the morning when he realized he didn't get to help.

Beckham loved the balloons.

Bounce U!

We had Beckhams party at Bounce U with a few friends. It was so fun and the kids loved it. My favorite part was I didn't have to clean up my trashed house after. Perfect party!

Beckham's favorite part... surprise. The air made the ball float there and then he got to hit it. He was obviously a little young/short for it but it didn't stop Beckham.

The huge slide with dad and Kelan.

He was feeling pretty Special.

Beckham's new thing is Toy Story. He loves "Buzz Woody".

Beckham's Buds.

Chow Down.

Lots of helpers.

Bounce House Round 2

We had to go back since T.J. and Ansley came into town to party with us.

Pizza Machine

We also had to go to the Pizza Machine with T.J. and Ansley it's become a tradition for birthdays. Beckham loves to pray for the pizza machine every now and again... it is pretty cute how sincere his prayers are.

Beckham's favorite game... BASKETBALL. I love how he is sticking his tongue out and seriously focusing. He wanted to play this all night.

Coco Bean and Beckham. These two are the best buds.

T.J., Ansley and cute baby Ledger.

YUMMY! They asked me to take this picture. Obviously all you can drink ICEE's is a highlight for these boys.

WE GOT IN...

2012-02-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

To San Francisco UOP Highland Hospital! We are so excited and feel so blessed. We can't wait to get out there and see what San Fran has to offer. It is going to be so fun living in a big city for the next four years. Who knows maybe we'll love it and want to stay forever? Probably not but we are excited for the next chapter in life to begin. We are so proud of you Spence... we're glad all your hard work paid off.

Celebrating at Johnny's Steak House

So BEAUTIFUL!

Lets be honest this is the real reason Spence is excited... baseball, baseball and more baseball. Hopefully he has some time to enjoy it a little.

Christmas in IDAHO

2012-01-22T18:50:00.000-08:00

This year we got to spend Christmas with the WHOLE Anderson Family. It was so fun, crazy, eventful, and memorable all rolled into one. We always love being with family especially for the holidays. Thanks so much Robert and Robyn for letting us invade your home for the Holidays.

The Farm

We made a special trip to Blackfoot to see the cows... funny but the kids Loved it! We were all covered in manure by the end but it sure was fun.

Top of the haystacks.

Kelan obviously wasn't a fan of the the stankiness.

Beckham loved the kitties.

Christmas

Me and Kelan worked together to make an awesome Gingerbread house. He was the BEST helper ever.

Christmas morning.

Yummy treats... breakfast?

Cheese...

YODA... Kelan is obsessed with Star Wars.

Beckham loved his basketball hoop.

Nativity Scene/Play

Look at all those crazy Kids... SO FUN!

Fun, Fun, Fun...

While we were there we got to see Merilee Graduate (Woo Hoo) and Baby Ledgers Blessing. Congrats Merilee and Ansley. We're so glad we were able to celebrate with you.

Aunt Meme with her Kitty Litter Cake... yummy. Hahaha...

What a CUTE Family... and the sweetest baby ever!

Oh Baby Baby...

2012-01-11T19:15:00.000-08:00

With another baby on the way we decided it would be a good idea to try to potty train Beckham before he turned 2. At first I thought I'll try it and then if it doesn't work we'll try again later. I realized that wasn't an option once I started. Mr. Independent is now potty trained. He is a champ and we are so proud of him and relieved. We'll see how it goes once Baby Crew gets here in March.

I love this picture of Beckham. He is putting on Kelan's pants and Spencer's hat... all by himself. He loves his dad and brother and wants to be just like them. He thinks he is just as big as them and has to do EVERYTHING "all by myself"... his favorite thing to say.

Santa's House a.k.a. Bass Pro Shop

2012-01-11T18:54:00.000-08:00

Every year we make it over to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa. This is Santa's official home while he is visiting Omaha. This year Kelan brought his list with him to give to Santa. After we were done we went over to Target and Kelan found about 10 more things he really "NEEDED". He was pretty concerned that Santa wouldn't bring the right things. We told him we could mail another list to Santa... hahaha. Beckham wasn't the biggest fan of Santa but he sat on his lap without crying and then quickly grabbed some candy and ran.

Beckham is checking out the other kids from a distance... looking a little nervous.

Practicing his shot.

Racing the cars.

B.F. and G.F.

Thanksgiving in California

2012-01-11T18:10:00.000-08:00

We ended up making it home for Thanksgiving thanks to Spence. He was interviewing in San Francisco so we decided to come along and play with Grandma in the city while he interviewed. We had so much fun in San Francisco shopping, eating, and people watching. It was so nice to be able to be home for Thanksgiving too. Kelan and Beckham LOvE their cousins and have so much fun with all the boys.

Oakland Temple

They had all of the Christmas stuff set up while we were there.

Pier 39 checking out the stinky seals. Kelan is sensitive to "nasty smells", those are his words.

So many fun things... San Fran is fun but I don't think I would ever want to live here. Hopefully this isn't where we get in. Knock on wood!

Space Museum for kids.

Beckham and Kelan loved it.

Happy Thanksgiving... my mom made all the kids these cute little headbands. They thought they were pretty cool.

While we were home Meagan took some cute pictures for us. She always does the best job... Thanks Meg!

The only picture Kelan was looking and smiling in. Thank goodness we got one.

... and then there was Beckham. He was cheesing it up and posing and absolutely loving it.

Baby Ledger

2012-01-08T19:18:00.000-08:00

We made a trip down to Kansas City to see Cohen's new baby brother. He is one CUTE baby and I don't think they get much better than him. Congrats T.J. and Ansley! Grandma and Grandpa were also in town and that means it was a PArTy!

Baby Ledger

Kelan loved this baby!

Fun, Fun, Fun!

Lots of Cars 2 and popcorn.

Uncle T.J. is the best at reading bed time stories!

Happy Holloween!!

2011-11-09T19:31:00.001-08:00

Trick-or-Treating again, again, and AGAIN! This year was so much fun because the boys were so into it. I wish I would of video taped Beckham waddling around in his costume, it was pretty cute. . . my favorite part was the little tail that wiggled from side to side. Kelan wasn't super excited about being a farmer but I talked him into it by getting him some "Farmer Boots"/ Spider man rain boots. He was a good sport and next year he gets to be whatever he wants.

Children's Museum

This year we went Trick-or-Treating at the Children's Museum because Spence was going to be out of town for Halloween. It was so fun and the boys loved playing while mom and dad waited in line for them. So FUN!

Beckham shooting the balls in the basket... weird?

The Farmer and his Ducky.

Preschool Party

Kelan and his Preschool class singing at the Retirement home. It was so cute to hear them sing all their Halloween songs. The residents loved it!

Kelan and Sydney... Kelan thinks Sydney is the BEST!

The Botanical Gardens

We walked down to the Gardens to do a little trick-or-treating and crafts.

Village Green

We walked and waddled around Village Green. I felt bad because Beckham loved trick-or-treating but he was so slow he just couldn't keep up. Kelan, Lily and Brady would go to about four houses for every one Beckham made it to.

Beckham and Bella slowly but surely making their way around.

Farmer, Farm Girl and their Duck. The Ducky was pooped!

Our finished painting... Kelan did a great job!

Thank goodness this snow storm just missed Halloween. That would've been sad because this Mommy doesn't go out in that.

Pumpkin Patches & Pumpkin Parties

2011-10-30T20:12:00.000-07:00

It is sad to say but this is probably our last Halloween in Omaha. We went to Valla's Pumpkin Patch with the boys and they LOVED it! Last year Beckham wasn't old enough to really get into it but this year he had a blast. We did it all from food, to the hay rack ride, to the pig races... the fun was endless. I am so glad we made it out one last time, this is definitely something I will miss about Omaha.

Kettle Corn and Hot Coco... yum.

Beckham loves to Cheese it up.

Kelan was a little disappointed he didn't get to take this pumpkin home with him.

Might as well see how much we can get out of them.

We couldn't talk Beckham into the Jumping pillows. His answer every time was "NO!"

... don't worry he isn't eating the corn. He shoved a handful of popcorn in his mouth before he jumped in. I'm not that bad of a mom... Hahaha.

Making a corn angel.

Beckham loved the tire horse but wanted to know where the real hose was... he couldn't figure out why we were calling this a horse.

We had to ride these a couple times. They were so fun! You get going pretty fast as long as you don't have a bunch of girls in front of you. I am glad we didn't loose Beckham or Kelan they were bouncing around a ton and there weren't any seat belts.

Goat Bridges.

Vala's Rocks!

Beckham cheering on the pigs.

... And to top the night off with some root-beer.

Pumpkin Party

We had a pumpkin party with some friends. The girls made pizza and carmel apples while the boys painted and carved pumpkins.

Joe and Kelan thought their red tongues were the coolest thing ever.

Cheesy Beckham and Will.

Bella playing hard to get while Beckham is going in for a big sloppy kiss.

The best pizza ever thanks to Orsies crust, Katie's sauce and some amazing toppings.

Delicious carmel apples.

Joe and Kelan painted some very beautiful pumpkins.

Spooky, spooky!

RaNDoM FUn!!!

2011-10-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

These are all random pictures from different activities we have been up to over the past few months... They were just too cute and fun to not post.

Splash Station

I love the look of annoyance on all their faces.

Kelan lookin out the window?

Preschool Zoo trip

This was Kelan's first field trip. Funny Story: they needed volunteers to help out so I thought this would be a fun trip to go on. Kelan told me "mom I don't want you to come to the zoo with me" and I said "why"? Kelan said "okay you can come but only if I can still ride the bus." Pretty sure that was his favorite part. I am glad he will still claim me as his mom and let me tag along. :) Love you Kelan. You are growing up way too fast!

This picture cracks me up. What are you looking at?

Halloween time

Kelan has been begging and begging me to paint the window. We finally did it and he helped out a ton. He eventually got to the point where he said "mom I don't know if we should do this every year." He did such a good job! Hopefully we don't have to do it next year. :)

KC trip

Spencer had his fall break so we decided to head down to Kansas City before Ansley has her baby. It was so fun to enjoy some Halloween festivities with the Bunnell's.

The hay maze.

Cohen loved following Kelan around.

Now this is the Anderson sleeping position. I am going to have to start blogging pictures of all Spencer's family in this position. Tilt the head and they're out.

Kansas City Trip

2011-09-28T11:50:00.000-07:00

Ansley and T.J. recently moved to Kansas City so we decided to stop on by over Labor Day weekend. We carpooled over with Josh, Dana, and Bella. It is so nice that they live so close now. It was a lot of fun hanging out and seeing what Kansas City has to offer. Thanks for the fun weekend!

Good Food + Good Friends = GoOD TimEs!!!

Deliciousness... The best cupcakes EVER!

Party Time...

Looking exhausted

Checking out all the Church sites...

Beckham looking grumpy

Boyfriend and Girlfriend

Good Food?

For the boys... yes. For the girls... not so much. It was good but sure GrEAsY. We ate at a southern food resturaunt and it was seriously authentic. Check out those ribs.

Califor-N-i-a...

2011-08-27T18:31:00.000-07:00

For Spencer's summer break we headed home to Visalia for some nice summa weather. It was great to hang out and relax by the pool... pretty much every day. Besides a lot of laziness we did get out and do quite a few fun things.

Beckham loved the airplane. When he sees or hears an airplane now he stops and looks for it and lets you know it's an "airplane".

Swimming with the cousins.

Beckham's cute bum bum.

This is all Beckham did all day every day. He's the next Jimmer in the making.

Hangin out.

Camping at the Beach

We had a family reunion at the beach. It was so fun camping with all the cousins. Kelan asked if we could live and camp on the beach forever. It was so much fun!

William and Beckham.

Michael and Kelan.

Hanging out with Grandpa.

Kelan Cuddling with Grandma.

Lookin Good!

Who needs dinner when you have popcorn.

Good Morning...

Happy B-day Spencer!

Dwight helping Meg surf

Making prayer rocks with Grandma.

Sunset on the Pier.

This picture cracks me up. These boys are so fun and goofy.

Chef Angelica

Six Flags Magic Mountain

After camping on the Beach we headed over to Magic Mountain. Kelan loved it and had so much fun until he was so sick he couldn't ride any more rides.

Train ride in Looney Toone Land

The little kids didn't want to get close to these guys.

Waiting again and again...

Kelan wanted to keep going and going this was definitely his favorite.

Grandma and Grandpa got to ride this one with us a few times.

Beckham also loved Jet Streamer even though his face doesn't show it.

Beckham LovEd the roller coaster and went on it again and again. I couldn't believe they would let an 18 month old ride this thing. Kelan loved it the first time but then felt like he was going to spew everywhere.

Delicious but seriously messy.

This pretty much sums up the trip... POOPED!

Railroad Days!

2011-07-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

Every year in Omaha they do this thing called Railroad Days... and every year we have been out of town while it is going on. This year we were in town so I said "we are doing it" even in the 100 degree weather. It was a lot of fun and Kelan thought it was pretty cool. Sad but I think one of his favorite parts was riding the bus and trolley from place to place.

The Wheels on the Bus...

All Aboard!

Cowboy Man?

Trolley Ride

Kelan and Brady

Taken it back in time to the 18... somethin's.

Chad and Mandi riding old school style.

Choo Choo rides

One of Kelan's favorite parts.

Then we had to cool off with a BBQ and time in the sweetest pool ever.

We'll never forget the GOOD TIMES in Omaha.

Anderson Family Reunion

2011-07-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

ALL of Spencer's family came into town for a week of fun, fun, fun! It was a little non-stop but I think we got it all in. This is our last year here and that means it is the last year to enjoy the College Baseball World Series. Spencer's family loves baseball so it was fun to have them here to enjoy the fun atmosphere Omaha has during this time.

Opening Ceremonies

Stephen and Afton's family came out early to enjoy the opening ceremonies with us. Tina McBride sang and there were some amazing fireworks... plus a lot of mumbo jumbo about a lot of baseball stuff.

Afton and Brooks

Tina McBride

The Zoo

The Zoo is probably my favorite parts of Omaha. It was fun to show everyone how cool it really is.

Kelan and Brooksie

Parade of Strollers

Jungle bridge

Stinky Goats

Happy Zoey

T.J., Ansley and Cohen

Carver loved Beckham.

Winter Quarter's

Going to Winter Quarter's with this many kids probably wasn't the most spiritual experience... but it sure was fun!

Our little Pioneers

The ladies

Cheesy Kelan

Kelan was pretty happy to have all of his cousins at his house.

Silly Carver

Ryan, Carrie and their cute girls.

Girl Time

Robyn was so nice and took all the girls to get pedicures. Thanks!

Water Park

We were able to stay cool at the Splash Station. Thank goodness we just missed the storm rolling in.

Grandma and Grandpa

Beckham doesn't like to be crowded. That's why he trying to push Kelan off.

Sweet Shades. Beckham didn't want to give them back.

The Boys.

Kelan and Beckham love the water park.

Just hanging out.

So sleepy

Choo Choo slide.

Peek-a-boo

The Mall

It was pretty funny going out with this many kids... but we did it. I was pretty impressed that we didn't loose any of them.

Pizza Machine

Grandpa took all the kids to the Pizza Machine. It was so fun and all the Grandkids loved it! Thanks Papa!

I think Kelan has a secret crush on his Aunt Meme.

This is the only thing Beckham wanted to do the entire time.

Beckham loves his daddy.

Lookin' good!

I think the adults enjoyed it just as much as the kids.

Crazy Cohen

Grandpa and ZoZo.

Family Pictures

We try to take pictures every time we are all together... and I'm pretty sure it keeps getting trickier and trickier. Everyone might not be looking/smiling but we got a few decent ones!

Behind the scenes... fruit snacks, balls and quick feet.

Summer FUN!

2011-07-05T10:59:00.001-07:00

We have been having lots of fun this summer. We are enjoying Spencer's cushy summer school schedule. He has been getting home every day around noon now that he is done with classes. I guess they are trying to get him ready for life as a dentist. Hahaha. . . we'll take it for now.

Date Night

We went to Wicked for our anniversary (6 months late). We have wanted to go FOReVEr so we decided to postpone our anniversary for when it was in town. It was worth the wait. We LOVED it! We won some lottery tickets in the raffle before the show and we got to sit in the second row back. It was AmAzING!

We are soaking wet because of one of Omaha's wonderful treats. . . Ridiculous rain storms. We were walking to the car and it starts to sprinkle and Spence says "maybe we should run just in case." It was a good thing we did because seconds later the down poor came. Obviously we weren't quick enough.

Friends

This is Beckham's little friend Will. It is pretty funny how much they look alike. Whenever we are hanging out with Zack and Katie people ask us if they are twins.

Accidents

Beckham is glad to enjoy the rest of summer without his cast. It kinda put a damper on the whole staying cool situation.

Buddy Time

Beckham loves to hang out with Kelan and do whatever he is doing. Kelan is such a good big brother to Beckham. I was showering and when I got out I could hear Kelan reading to Beckham. So SWEET.

Late nights @ the Ball Park

Hanging out in the outfield.

Kelan loves a good Cheese!

Beckham crashed out.

WHaT ThE!?

2011-06-12T20:30:00.000-07:00

So tonight Spence and I were hanging out downstairs and Kelan and Beckham had been asleep for a few hours. I hear Kelan crying so I go upstairs to see why he is crying. I open the door and find Kelan standing with his pants and undies down... yes he peed all over his bed and the ground. He totally thought he was peeing in the potty. One plus... his pants and undies were dry as could be. One of the down falls... the floor and side of his bed were soaking wet. Pretty funny. That just shows how deep of a sleeper Kelan is.

(Wish I would've taken a picture, it was a pretty funny sight.)

Favorite Roomies

2011-06-08T12:47:00.000-07:00

So our roomies came back into town... G'ma and G'pa Anderson made another trip back to Omaha because they missed us so much. Just kidding they have been visiting us because we've got the BeST Dentist here in Omaha. Spence has been doing some dental work for them so we get lots of fun time with Grandma and Grandpa. It has been so fun being able to PARtY with them so often.

Scheels

Kelan paid for him and Grandma to go on the Ferris Wheel ride. It was pretty cute seeing how excited he was to go with his Grandma.

Bass Pro Shop

Shooting the guns.

Pizza Machine

Beckham loves basketball!

Choo Choo ride.

Happy day to ME!

2011-06-01T20:03:00.000-07:00

I love being a Mom and especially a mom for my favorite boys. I am so grateful I am able to stay home and be a full time mommy for these cute boys. They make me so happy and make life so fun, I don't know what I would do without them. This was my first mothers day alone with my little family. That means this was the first time Spence had to do it all on his own. He did a great job, I was very impressed with his cooking skills. These boys were busy, busy, busy in the Kitchen.

Santa Fe Chicken salad with Quesadillas.

Heart Shaped Funfetti cookies. Kelan was busy enjoying his hard work.