Neighborhood Egg Hunt

An old collegue of mine (now retired) puts on an Easter egg hunt every year for the neighborhood kids. It's always great fun, with pinatas and lots and lots of eggs to be found. The boys came home with a LOAD of candy.....sigh.

We've (almost) made it ten years!

Since our wedding anniversary (May 18th) happens to fall during finals week, and just days before Isaac's birthday, it often goes uncelebrated. But this year since it will be our tenth, we decided to celebrate it early so that it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle. So for the VERY first time, Martin and I took a weekend away, just the two of us.

We went to Carmel (the town where Clint Eastwood is the mayor), stayed in some funky little cottages, got some beach time in, and were even able to wander into shops and art galleries with out contantly saying "Don't touch anything!

We also ate some wonderful meals that didn't come with a free toy. On Sunday, we had a great "Jazz Brunch" at the Mission Ranch, (an historic ranch that was saved by devlopment by Clint Eastwood and turned into a ranch resort and resturant) and were even seated by Mrs. Eastwood!

All in all, it was a very nice weekend (although, of course, Max ended up sick with a stomach flu while we were gone, and Martin's parents had to deal with a sick kid!) But now that we gave it a try, I think there might be more weekends away on our calendar.

Pajama Day

The kids had Pajama Day at school last week. They finally got to wear their little silk PJs that we got in Hawaii last summer. They were a hit!

Max and Isaac become ski bums

We took Max and Isaac up to Badger Pass in Yosemite today and they had their very first ski lessons. They both did really good. It was a beautiful day and we have hopes to turn this into a regular family activity.

Crazy Hair Day

Friday was crazy hair day at the school. Isaac had blue spikey hair with gold and silver glitter. Max had a spikey mohawk (thanks to elmer's glue) with confetti, and blue stripes. It looked pretty cool if I do say so myself!

I'm SO far behind!

It's been a year since I've updated this blog site! Time flies doesn't it? Actually, it took me this long to figure out the password to try to get back into the site to add to it! Sigh. So I've tried to make up for lost time and upload a year's worth of photos. Obviously, we're missing a lot this way, and I regret that not everyone is represented in these posts that I would like to have, but it's better than nothing! I'll try to do better in the future.

Christmas night at sister Marsha's

We spent Christmas night at my sister Marsha's house. While my brother in law Chuck did some of the cooking my mom pretended to be a lion, and my sisters Inga, Marsha, and neice Shelly laughed hysterically about something......A good time was had by all.

Christmas at my parents

Papa Anderson reads the Night Before Christmas, and the next morning the carnage begins.

Thanksgiving Family Reunion

This year Thanksgiving was at Martin's uncle and aunt's house (thank goodness). Dan and Norma hosted a wonderful event and shared this family photo.

Isaac climbing trees....

This doesn't really need a caption does it?

Soccer season....

Max actually made it all the way through soccer season this year without any broken bones. Isaac didn't want to play and was happy to watch as long as he got a snack at the end of the games. Sigh.....

Halloween

We bought Max this great (and expensive) man eating shark costume for Halloween, and at the last minute he decided he wanted to go to school as a hippie. He threw this costume together on Halloween morning before school in about 15 minutes. I guess he knew what he was doing, as he won for the second grade costume contest. We bought Isaac's costume too early and by Halloween he was busting out the seams.....he didn't seem to mind though and wouldn't even hear of wearing another costume!

We love you Peggy

We were deeply saddened to loose Martin's adoptive Grandma (locoparenti) Peggy Teague this fall. Peggy was so full of life and fun, that her passing left a huge void. It's just not the same to go down to SLO and not plan to visit Nanny Peggy and Papa Arnold. :o(

Autumn Joy

In October we got to participate in our sister's beautiful wedding. Idee and Theresa took a gamble having the boys as ring bearers, but they took their job very seriously and did great.

First Day of School

This was Isaac's first year of Kindergarten, and Max started second grade. Max is a good big brother and always looks out for Isaac, walking him to his classroom.

Good Friends....

The kids had lots of fun hanging with all their Hawaii buddies; Calvin and Cole, Olivia, Jack and Owen, and Lily and Jacob.......I think Max is a little sweet on Lily, what do you think? (Sadly, I can't find good photos of all the kids :o(

Summer in Hawaii

We were lucky enough to get back to Hawaii this summer. Of course the kids loved every minute of it. What's not to love? Building volcanos, submarine rides, and megalith nose picking!

Mountain man....

Martin decided to grow a beard for part of the year. He shaved it off when people started telling him he looked like the unibomber!

Disneyland!

In February, we visited Disneyland with the boys for the first time (it was MY first time ever too). It was GREAT fun!

Max the Magician!

Last year, as a first grader, Max performed a magic act in front of the whole school for the talent show. He did great! He even got hired to perform his act for a 3rd grade girl's birthday party! The girls LOVED him! :o)