The Boys

So, these pictures have been coming up more and more over the past few months, so I thought everyone should enjoy. :) This is the order I remember taking them in, but I might be wrong. They are all my dresses except the one Bear Claw is modeling. (I even made the one Jerome is modeling.) And when Nick dressed up we went to Blockbuster and he and Kory held hands. We trailed behind them and heard people talking about how sick they were! ENJOY!!

Kory

Nick

Bear Claw

Blake and Bryce

Jerome

Just You Wait

I don't have my next post ready yet, but everyone get ready. It will be the best EVER!!!!!

WMH

I started my new internship and it is oh so prestigious. I'm at Wasatch Mental Health. I have my own office. And it is HUGE!!!! And it has an insanely comfortable couch. I sat on it for most of the day today watching training videos. And I think I only fell asleep twice..whoops. Anyway. I love it. I already have a client and probably 2-4 more next week. It's great. I'm excited. Here's pics of my great new office. The corner not seen has all the toys and such in it. Some people in my office have insane toy collections in their office. It's wonderful! I think I'm excited about this. Sometimes I get really sad about the cases, but we'll see how I hold up.

Erinn's Quarterly Visit

Erinn came. And I know she comes a lot, she has actually decided that she does quarterly visits, but I still get so excited. She's my favorite sister-in-law on Kyle's side. And her kids are so freaking adorable. Elise didn't cry the entire time so that was great! And because of the visit, I haven't blogged in a long while. So get ready! Here's my life while Erinn was in town.

I had my last week with the kids, which I've already posted about...So I won't say it all again, but I will really miss seeing them every day.

We visited Grammy Cloe. Above is Elise and Erinn (well Erinn's body). And below is Grammy Cloe playing a frog jumping game with Elise and Connor. Her shocked look is because she actually made one into the bucket!

I bought a new comforter!!! It's so cute and it was cheap! And Kyle is just glad it isn't purple like the only other comforter I owned. I found this one in the Target ad and got the comforter and the last two pillow shams.

Wednesday we went swimming. I took the kids as kind of the last summer activity. We took Matthew and Andy because they loved it last time. And then I asked Erinn and Rainey because they both had kids that were little enough to think it was really fun and Jess only wanted to go to play with Connor...it was fun but overwhelming. I felt responsible for all of them even though I knew I wasn't. Here's some pics of some kids who came...

Jess, Jen, Maggie, Elise, Erinn, and Connor

Jen

Cole

Jeremy, Cole, and Riley

Matthew

Erinn and Elise...Jess is in the background

After swimming we bought a new remote...and have not lost it once since we got it! Kyle is programming it here. And Saturday we went out to Kyle's parents' property to ride the Rhino! We picnicked very near this cliff that Ryan is making sure Connor doesn't fall off of.

Kyle's parents' friend had taken the Rhino so Kyle's dad took us for a ride while we sat in the back of the truck. It was actually quite fun.

Here's Erinn, her husband Ryan, and Connor in the truck with us. Not pictured: Chuck and Grammy Cloe who sat in the front of the truck.

Connor didn't find my incessant picture taking amusing...

Here's Grammy Cloe in her sweet cowboy hat getting ready to ride the Rhino. Their friend brought it back just as we had given up and were heading home. But we turned around so we could all ride it. Btw- I only call her Grammy Cloe because that's what Connor calls her and I think it's funny.

Sunday Kevin came down and we played Wii fit. I think they are trying to jog here, but I don't think Kevin is doing a good job.

It was fantastic, but I'm sad they're gone. We also went to Wall-E Wednesday and we all liked it. I started counting how many times Connor asked why to his mom during the movie, but after only ten minutes he was up to 8 so I gave up. So there's my update. I left my knitting updates to the receivers of the gifts. But I'm about half way done with bi-polar bear so get excited!!!

Mourning My Loss

Twenty Reasons I'll Miss Nannying:

1. Talking to the kids alone while I drive them to appointments and hearing all about their thoughts and lives.

2. Jeremy makes me make breakfast every morning and I LOVE breakfast foods--German Pancakes, Regular Pancakes, French Toast--and Kyle's not that big of a fan.

3. Jenny calling me a lesbian.

4. Feeling important because I'm the only one who knows the password.

5. Having my mind boggled at how long Jen and Jamie take to get ready.

6. Having someone notice and compliment my outfit (without being prompted).

7. Playing Canasta.

8. Having Drake & Josh and/or Spongebob as constant background noise.

9. Driving the Acadia.

10. Having Wendy leave me post it notes in the car to remind me to not crash.

11. Having a list of what I am to accomplish every day that I didn't have to write.

12. Taking the girls to get hair cuts and new glasses.

13. Seeing how many bruises Jess acquires between the time I leave and come back the next day.

14. Seeing those kids EVERY day.

15. Having a reason to go swimming (which pretty much means laying out).

16. Having a reason to get up and not sleep in until noon.

17. T.V. Even if I'm not watching it or if it's some lame show, tv is just comforting sometimes. It has a different feel than DVDs or Internet tv.

18. Having an excuse to call and talk to Wendy whenever I felt like it.

19. Having a constant reminder that Teenage girls are skinny and now that I am not a teenager I'm not.

20. Sweets. We all know there is an endless supply of sweets at Wendy's house that far exceeds the one box of ho-ho's at my house. (And if the supply does run out you know immediately from Jenny).

No Touchbacks

Hey there. Kelli Tagged me. And I'm a sucker for jumping in on get to know you gimmicks.

1. I do pushups every night and pretend that while I'm doing it I'm G.I. Jane. Overcoming impossible odds and breaking that glass ceiling.
2. I used to be overly obsessed with my appearance from ages 16-23. Then marriage struck and now I have a hard time getting into the shower without feeling put out. The only time I feel concerned about my appearance is when my receding hairline gets sunburned, or when I'm sitting at my cubicle and I suddenly realize my body has enveloped my belt entirely.
3. Hooking up our old computer to our TV revolutionized my life. Wireless internet + Hulu.com/Netflix Online + TV + Wireless mouse = Happy Kelli & Kyle… I mean, I watched The Karate Kid for free yesterday while laying on my couch and drinking diet coke. I don’t think it could get much better.
4. I constantly confuse the impulse for sleep with the impulse to eat. Which results in me eating three bowls of the Malt-o-meal variety of Cinnamon Toast Crunch at 11:30 and not being able to sleep because of the intense sugar rush until around 2 am. So what do I spend my time doing with my excess of energy and alone time? Watching Futurama and browsing Amazon.com
5. I enjoy my calling… but I don’t really enjoy church that much.
6. I get irritated absurdly fast. And then forget about the irritant just as quickly. It bothers Kelli… A LOT. But the fact of the matter is that I really like people -- pretty much all people -- and even when they make me mad (which happens quite easily, honestly) I can’t hold it against them. Especially since I’m rather self critical too, so when I get mad I almost immediately think “Am I being a jerk?” And I usually conclude with the answer: Yes. It’s a sickness, I know.

I TAG JEFF, KORY, BEARCLAW AND JEROME.

TAG I'M IT

Rainey put a lot of pressure on me to wow everyone...now I'm all nervous...

1. I love water aerobics. Yes, it is funny, especially that Chuck does it, but it really is an enjoyable work out and I love talking to Sarah through the whole thing.
2. I'm more obsessed with crocheting right now than Breaking Dawn. In fact, my only motivation to read it right now is that I know someone will ruin it for me if I don't finish it before book club.
3. I am still having issues with my hair. I dream that I have long hair almost every night...
4. I ran into an ex-boyfriend last week and figured out my fake due date so I could tell him I was pregnant and not just fat...
5. I love cleaning. I know that's unbelievable, but I get quite a lot of joy from it now that I have an apartment big enough to hold all my stuff. And it makes Kyle so happy when I do that I look forward to having time to do it.
6. I am nearly off Lexapro and only slightly crazier for it!

Unlike Rainey, I thinking this tag game is great, so I tag: Keri, Kyle, and Erinn.

Swimming with Andy and Matthew

Here are the pictures I promised from the Payson pool adventure with Matthew and Andy. Matthew was off on his own during my photo shoot, hence his absence from the photos.

My Days

I took Andy and Matthew swimming yesterday after Andy finished sharing his cheeseburger with the kittens. I have cute pictures of Andy, but I can't get them off my phone yet, so I'll post them later.

Cole decided to be the dinner's photographer after I showed Rainey the picture of the plus size magazine someone decided to send me. The picture made me look plus size so I won't post it. This was the best picture of Cole's. For those of you not in attendance, it was a dinner for my brother John who lives in California and was in town. There were so many people we were at two tables so half of us didn't even sit with him...but that's what being an Anderson is all about!

Tonight Kyle decided to order a pizza online and was amazed with the pizza tracker from Dominos. He gave me the minute by minute update on our pizza--what stage it was and who was working on it. He was so ecstatic about it until at the end when the pizza tracker declared that we had our pizza and told us to enjoy, when we definitely did not have our pizza. Although I wasn't as thrilled as Kyle, it was pretty cool to know exactly when our pizza went into the oven and when it left the store. I'd suggest the experience to everyone!

Yuba

I know Kass and Amy already posted pictures, but here's my basic run down of Yuba...it was fun. Thank you Mom for taking us!

My Week in Pictures

Exactly a week ago I was at Colby Stead's concert! Yeah! Because he is such an amazing musician and is accompanied by two other wonderful musicians, one who is his cousin, and the other who is my cousin!

But they only made it through one song before the rain started pouring. Which was so disappointing. Not only for me, but Mom had gone up there to see them too. However, Colby is playing this coming Saturday the 9th! At Velour and all the money is going to help a boy who got in a bad long boarding accident. Check out Colby's website for more details: http://www.colbystead.com/Tuesday things got spiced up when I stepped on this wasp hive that had been growing under our second step...

And got this nasty bee sting. My second sting, my first wasp sting. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be at first, but the sting kept growing as I was talking to a student's mom. As soon as I was done I did Kyle's penny trick, which helped a lot.

Tuesday night I tried out water aerobics with Jess, Dusty, and Sarah. It was so much fun. I think we got more of a workout from laughing than anything else. Wednesday night Kyle and Dusty's friend from work (also named Kyle) joined us. I love it. I can't wait to go again.I also did lots of nannying, which included many appointments this week, which included getting kids up for the appointments...Getting Jenny's hair stimulated by Leisha who had a crazy electrocuting machine. I got my hair stimulated too and it was quite prickly feeling like a bunch of needles going into my head...

Getting glasses for Jen...

And Jamie...

And watching the Incredible Hulk at the dollar theatre. I loved it. And for once the kids didn't sit around the house complaining of boredom.
So it was a great week, with a great ending with boating at Yuba (which I'll post later)! It was a good week: perfectly balanced between busy and relaxed.