Idaho Weekend

A great weekend was enjoyed by all of us that were able to get together. Connie, Kara, Breeana and I flew into Boise and caught up with the old Park Avenue and made the run to Burley were we caught up with Monte, JoAnn, Anali, Aden and Avalon as well as Grandma Rucker and Aunt Karen. A nice evening with dinner at Grandma's and chance to visit and have some fun. After breakfast at Karen's the next day we were off to Blackfoot for more food and fun at Christy's. Idaho Falls and dinner with the grownups(?) at a good Mexican joint. Saturday it was the big party with lots of food at Jaci's -- with lots of snow and fun for all. Easter egg hunt, games, coloring contests and lots of great food - we rolled all the holidays - Easter, St Patty's Day and 1st day of Spring (didn't feel like spring in Rexburg) into 1 big party. Thank you all for a great time! It is too much fun when we get together - makes it hard to go back to regular routines.

Fun Time in the Northwest

We had a surprise visitor to the Northwest - David came in for a boatshow so we drove up to Seattle to enjoy a little evening dinner with him at Salty's -- over priced and not as good as home cooking but the company was great. We always enjoy these BONUS visits when they come up.

We introduced the next generations of Anderson's to some great food over the weekend - Viet/Chinese and Baskin Robbins. Beckett and Malachi enjoyed the variety and the new flavors. It was an enjoyable time and we all had more than our share - as usual. It was fun to be with the new boys and their folks. We particularly enjoyed the new BR sign - and even though we probably haven't eaten our share of Broccoli (other than Heather) we still though we deserved some good ice cream. It is nice getting together with best friends and even better when they are in the family. We are looking forward to all of the "I" (Idaho and Iowa) family members next weekend. Ok JoAnn put all this into a nice scrapbook format for us! Love to ALL!

The one that didn't get away

We had a great end to the Thanksgiving weekend at the BYU - Utah game. A great fall day and the mighty Cougars pulled it out at the end after leading for most of the game. Another great finish with the right team on top. That is 2 years in a row so we are making plans for 2008 -- who's in.

Buff Boys

Now here are a couple of family members that could have spent just a couple more minutes at the dinner table. They would have eaten in the pool if we would have let them. Thank you to Dave and Jess for a great destination for Thanksgiving. It was a real hit and everyone gave it rave reviews.

Windows of Heaven

This is a shot of the grand kids at City of Rocks - actually sitting in the formation called the Windows of Heaven. The amazing thing is that we didn't loose any of them. Great memories with the new generation of rock hounds. Is this on everyone's schedule for 2008!

Fun in Leavenworth

Connie and I felt pretty fortunate to make it to Leavenworth the end of December - in a blizzard. I wanted to take a shortcut but Connie wouldn't let me - so we made it safely there. Enjoyed a great couple of days snooping around and enjoying what Andersons everywhere enjoy - great food and new things! It is a little out of the way to get there but a great place to visit it seems in all the seasons of the year. For some of you that get lots of snow maybe not the same appeal as there was for us. Christmas lights at there best, friendly people and a fun atmosphere.

What do I do now?

Well Monte and JoAnn said this was easy - we shall see. Just don't expect as great a blog as those Iowa kids.

But here is a picture of Christmas fun in the Northwest.

We will provide more to this soon - but it is bedtime.