December 2015

I am so far behind on blogging, oops! This is going to be a dump post of the fun stuff we did leading up to Christmas. 

Decorating the Christmas Tree after we returned home from Thanksgiving break.

Only about 5 ornaments broke while they were putting them on. 

Santa driving through Eagle Mountain throwing taffy. 

Visiting the Live Nativity in Alpine. What a special experience.

Eleanor had gotten sick earlier in the week and Scarlett finally got it, followed by Kevin. Luckily I stayed healthy!

A first for us, Scarlett stuck a bead up her nose. I freaked out and took her straight to urgent care. Probably could have tried to get it out myself, but I was terrified I would make it worse. Luckily the doctor was able to get it out fairly easily. 

Building Christmas trains at Lowes. The girls love these workshops. 

Decorating Christmas cookies/rice crispy treats with cousins!

I've been a little obsessed with buffalo plaid lately.

The power went out for about half a day, so we cuddled up to stay warm and read books. 

Christmas craft: Gingerbread girl puppets

Snow day! We have gotten a lot of snow this winter. 

The Christmas season isn't complete without a trip to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Grateful it wasn't too cold and not crowded at all when we went.

More Christmas crafting. This time making ornaments for the tree. 

Visiting the reindeer at Thanksgiving Point. 

Beautiful girls in their Christmas dresses. 

My sister and I rehearsed every Sunday evening for months to sing The Messiah as part of a community choir. It was such an awesome experience. 

Kevin and I finally got to see Star Wars! 

Merry Christmas!

(These are from a screen shot so quality is not great, but you get the idea.)

Happy Holidays from Eagle Mountain! We are grateful for the opportunity to pause to reflect upon our loving Savior and how much we have been blessed this year. We have experienced incredible triumphs and some overwhelming trials, and have felt the hand of our Savior through it all.

Here is a quick summary of our 2015:

Eleanor turned three years old in January and celebrated with an Elsa cake and homemade pizza – her favorite. Eleanor also had the opportunity to model some princess dress-ups for a company called Little Dress Up Shop. To say she enjoyed it would be an understatement! She has grown up so much this year and has become the best big sister. She is currently taking a ballet/lyrical class that she loves.

Scarlett turned two in October with an Anna themed cake and has turned into quite the troublemaker. She can hold her own against her sister and makes up for her petite size with a very stubborn and demanding personality. But her sweet hugs, kisses and endearing “I love you” melt our hearts every time. Scarlett talks non-stop and absolutely loves music. Taylor Swift is currently her favorite and she pretty much knows all the songs on her latest album.

April spends most of her time chasing after the girls, but she did pick up running this year and participated in two 5k races and her first 10k race. She also became Primary President in our ward and enjoys working with the more than 170 children in primary and nursery each week. She has been working on Christmas gifts all year long and is excited to finally have everything complete by Christmas.

Kevin changed jobs this summer, and now works for a small document management company while also pursuing his dream of starting his own business. Most of his free time was spent hard at work in the yard growing a beautiful garden. All of his hard work certainly paid off and we were able to can lots of salsa, spaghetti sauce and pepper jelly from the abundance of tomatoes and peppers.

Kevin and April had the incredible opportunity to travel to Germany for Kevin’s sisters’ wedding this summer. We visited Frankfurt, Furth, Nuremburg, Munich, and Schwangau and had the trip of a lifetime. Highlights include canoeing down the Penikt River, exploring beautiful churches, filling up on delicious German cuisine and gelato, celebrating Lenette and Chris’s marriage, and touring the Neuschwanstein Castle.

The summer stayed busy with a family trip to San Diego to visit April’s parents and a drive up to Washington state for the Anderson Family Reunion. So many fun memories were made. We felt so spoiled with all that family time.

Thank you for being a part of our lives and for all of your love and prayers this year. We hope the holidays being you much joy, love and laughter. Merry Christmas!

Love, The Andersons

Frog Creek

For the actual family reunion, Kevin's parents very generously rented out this amazing house for all of us to stay in for a couple days called Frog Creek. Kevin's mom and his sister Tania did an amazing job planning the schedule and  activities so we were never bored. The girls were in heaven and crashed pretty hard every night. Eleanor still asks if we can go back to Frog Creek. 

There were many moments that I didn't capture, but they were all so much fun. I know we would all agree that the part we loved most was that everyone was there. I'm sure blessed to be part of the Anderson family.