SLACKER

Boy am I a slacker!! I will revisit this and post some pics of the last few months. I may be an Emily and call it my quarterly message....

Fishin' trip with dad!

John, Jeff, & Marc went on their fishing trip to Mammoth.

Jeff Toki and Clark couldn't make it.

They had a great time.

A huge THANK YOU to the moms!!!

I just wanted to tell my two daughter in laws, Heather & Misty, thank you so much for allowing me to have a week with your adorable daughters. It was a time of true bonding and fun and enjoying each other. It far exceeded my expectation of spending a week with these 3 fabulous girls!! It was not baby sitting, or watching them or just letting them hang out. It was truly time spend with me, their gramma. I want to tell you that you are raising wonderful daughters of God and you should be very proud!! I love these girls and hope to continue this new tradition next year and many years to come!! (As long as they allow me and want to spend time with me!)
Thank you again Heather and Misty! It was my pleasure!!

Day 5~~Fun hang out day swimming & great gramma

Fun swimming

Taylor & Brooke

Taylor, Brittnie & Brooke
Brooke

Great Gramma Anderson,

Brittnie, Brooke & Taylor

Gramma & Brooke

Gramma & Brittnie

Gramma & Taylor

Brooke & Chloe

Brittnie & Taylor

Brittnie & cousins,

Chloe, Mallory & Haylee

Day 4~Splash Zone, swimming & dancing!!

Splash Zone

Fun with cousins!!!

Gramma & Jada
Taylor & Brooke
two peas in a pod!!

Isaac, Jada, Julian, Mallory, Haylee & Chloe

Brittnie & Isaac

Brittnie & Jada

Luke, Chloe & Juliana

Isaac

Taylor, Chloe & Mallory

Taylor, Haylee, Chloe & Mallory

Creatures form the black lagoon, I mean,

Isaac, Brooke & Luke

Brittnie

Did you know Brittnie can walk on water???

Brooke simulating how Britt went

in when she pushed her

Dancing to ...Mama Mia

Brooke & Taylor

Taylor, Brittnie & Brooke

Thought there were more pics of the dancing.

I have more, but then they would be outta order, and that would bug me.

You get the picture...

(no pun intended)

Day 3~ Movies & Shopping/fashion show

This was a really fun day with the girls!! We had movie day and shopping day all rolled into one!! We saw the movie "UP" we loved it! Very sad and funny. Here are some great shots of the girls. Stay tunned for days 4 & 5 comming up!!

The trio!

Some yummy frozen yogurt!!

At Victoria Gardens

Brittnie showin off her style

Taylor lovin bright!!

Taylor

Brittnie

Tay

Brooke

We match!

You go girl!!!

Show it Brooke

Love the hat!!! It is soooo Brooke!

She is a hat girl.

Day 2~ beauty day

Well, day 2 was our beauty day. We highlighted hair and did our nails. Actually the nails didn't get done until Friday, as they would get messed up with all the swimming they did.So here are the results!! The girls had fun doing their hair .

Brittnie's before pic

Brittnie's after pic
Highlights

Brooke's before pic

Very subtle highlights

Brooke's after pic

Taylor's before pic

Taylor's after pic with highlights

Taylor

A week with Gramma, Day 1~ Beach

Well, I came up with this idea to start a tradition with my granddaughters. This is what I came up with...It all started when John wanted to go on a fishing trip with the 'boys', meaning him, Jeff, Marc, Jeff Toki, & Clark. Well, turned out, Jeff Toki & Clark couldn't go, so it ended up being John and the 2 boys. (I say boys like they are still my little guys, never mind they are bigger than their dad! and men over 30, and when did I give permission for that to happen??) So anyway, I thought it would be a great idea for me to have Jeff's two older girls and Marc' s oldest girl come to stay with me during the 'fishing' week.(Since I wasn't invited to go along, cuz I would out fish them!!that's why!) So, Jeff, Brittnie & Brooke flew out here and Marc put Taylor on a plane down to me and we picked them up on Sat. June 27th.
So, on to my tradition~ One week during the summer, granddaughters that have turned 8 (or soon to be in the coming months) come out and spend a week with me while the guys go do their newly found 'fishing' trip week. I took tons of pics and had a theme day for each day and am going to make a memory book for them. shhhh, don't tell them, it's a secret! But here is a glimpse of our time together! It will be posted out of order of course. so I am going to post the days one at a time. Side note~Amy joined us at the beach but didn't spend the night.

Day 1 was a day at the beach and spend the night there.

Who would know that after a beautiful week end, the stinkin next day would be freezing!?

They still had fun and got some great pics!

Chloe, Taylor, Haylee, Brooke in the back
Mallory

Brittnie

Brooke

The girls

Taylor

Brooke being, 'Brooke' She is truly a NUT!!

Chloe~ Do you see that???

Brooke fell from the enormous wave, lol, Brittnie 'helping her sister up, yes, I said helping her sister up. I understand that is a very rare occurrence between them. So I had to post to prove there is sisterly love!!

Brittnie & Haylee

Chloe

At Ruby's at Huntington Beach Pier

On the very windy pier!!!

Update #2~ new camera

I got a new camera and am playing around with it! I enjoy taking these fun pictures of my grandkids!!

Isaac

Haylee
Chloe & Luke

Butterfly iris in back yardLucy

Amy & Mallory

Mallory

Time to update ~#1 Fathers Day~My Dad

A year ago tomorrow my dad passed away. Even though it was a very sad day, I know he went to a happier place and is comfortable and enjoying being with his mom, dad, brother, and grandparents. My dad was a character and a half! He was fun and always had a hobby. Different ones all the time. If it was out there, he tried it. He rode motorcycles and took me on numerous day trips with him. (Mom was always nervous and made him call if he was going to be a minute late) He scuba dived and I was always there at the beach with him. ( I never did it with him, too afraid to do that, and was little). He golfed and I was his caddy. Loved doing that, they have these golf ball washers and I loved to used that little machine! The things that make a little girl happy?? He loved cars! And that is an understatement. You name the car, we probably owned it. He was an extreme neat freak. Always looked immaculate and was a very handsome man! I miss my dad and love him and wait to see him again one day!

Happy Fathers Day Dad!!

Added a bit more to the Nebraska trip.......read below

This is the corner stone laid in the presence of Joseph Smith in Far West

This is the RLDS temple that is across the street of Liberty Jail visitor center, looks like a soft serve huh??

Replica of the Liberty jail, inside of the visitor center

Winter Quarters Temple

Read blue text below.................(if ya want)

Our Nebraska trip

Last Thursday we went to Omaha to visit with Jeff's family and attend Heather's graduation. We were able to sneek in a church history tour on the way and we had so much fun! We were in 4 states in one day! Such beautiful country!! Not so much in the dead of winter. So here some pics of our trip before my camera died. Yes, I said died, and why not, I ask you? It was only charged 2 weeks before that, one would think it would stay charged a bit longer, but then, maybe, no possible not! Was not very happy with that, but whatcha gonna do??

Ok~ I was in kinda a hurry to get these posted, and didn't get to say all I intended, so.......Going to these places was so fabulous!! We felt the spirit there and it was just cool to be in sacred places that are now so real to me. After teaching in RS the lessons of these places, it was nice to actually see and be there. Enjoyed it so very much. Heather told me that next time we come out we should go to Navoo (sp??), and so we just may do that! She said it's about 6 hours drive from Omaha. They live by Winter Quarters and we have been there a few times. Need to go to their temple next time!

Our first stop was in Adam-Ondi-Ahman. this pic is outta order, shoulda been #3, but oh well. This is Jeff givin us the history lesson of Adam-Ondi-Ahman. It was enlightening!

At the gate of~~~~

At the site of~~~

The Valley of Adam-Omdi-Ahman;
Us & Jeff's family,
Zach, Heather, Zoey, Jeff, Brittnie, me, Brooke & John

The valley~~~So beautiful

Us

This is at Far West. We are in front of the book store

Far West Monument

explanation of one corner stone

Grampa and Brooke and Brittnie at a park down their street

Gramma and the girls

Heather's graduation

Heather , her sister, Chelsea, and her dad

Jeff and Heather and

kids

quicky update

Mother's Day flowers from Jeff's family

Just wanted to let you all know I have not forgotten to blog, since FB took over my life~ but not too much to put on here. BUT~ have no fear, we are going to Jeff's and there will be grand updates in about a week! So be on the lookout! See ya then!

Happy birthday's to Ashton and Logan!!

Last Weekend John and I went up to visit the grandkids and their mommy and daddy. Ashton and Logan have birthdays a week apart and they decided to share them together. We came up to celebrate with them. I worked my am kinder day and then left after the kids went home to catch our plane. When we got there, Ashton likes to play coy with me, just ignoring me, whatever Ashton.

So..... Taylor serenaded us with her guitar. Not too bad. However, turns out she doesn't really want to practice so it is harder to play without the practicing~Keep practicing Tay!!!

He's getting closer!! Peek-a-BOO!!! I got you! He is such a flirt!

Logan is.......can you guess????

Yep, 3

And Ashton.............?

you guessed it, 5!

Grampa and Taylor

Ashton and his new little friend. It meows, but sounds like "gramma" Kinda weird!

This is their outdoor mall, kinda like Victoria Gardens. This is a fun fountain, it squirts to music. The best was to the Beach Boys! Fun!!!!

Taylor and Marc, in background.

Another great shot of the fun fountain!

Taylor being a monkey

Kids playing in the kid fountain. They loved it. Ethan was kinda a maniac, maniac, maniac, but then......that's Ethan. Anyone out there have an Ethan?????? And you know what I mean....

And here we are, too cute, sharing the Batman cake and candles, what more could ya ask for????? Let's see..........no spit on the cake would be one thing!!

Not to worry, we bought us a fabulous ice cream cake! AND it was good!!!!

Awwwwwwwww, everyone trying to help. Not too sure what Ethan is trying to do here.

But all things must come to an end.........

The End!

Too Freakin' cute!!!!!

We went to Isaac and Luke's Ball game a few Saturdays ago and they were so cute!

They looked so little playin out there on the field.

Isaac ready to slam that ball!

(Who's on first?)

Isaac's on 2nd

And made a run into home!!
(2nd player)

Batter up ~ Luke

GO, Luke, GO!!!

Look at those little legs fly!!

Sooo dang cute!

Isaac is given the once over~

Don't even think about runnin!

Got the ball and..................

Well, somehow I lost the picture, but he was OUT!!