Hike to Fifth Water Hot Springs
Yesterday Aidan and I took a hike up to Fifth Water Hot Springs with some friends. The trail is up Diamond Head Canyon just outside of Spanish Fork. The hike in is just over 2 miles and then we took a dip in the hot springs where we also had lunch. It was a fun morning activity and very much recommended for anyone who is adventurous. Aidan walked almost the whole way up and we ran the whole way down. To see more - that may be a little more clear - click here - for the outdoor club's website that we went with.

December 3, 2006 McKay's Blessing Day

Today we blessed baby McKay. He was perfectly asleep and quiet the whole time. Friends and Family came from all over Utah to support him. It was the perfect day. After the blessing we had approximately 40 people over to our little house for lunch. We want to thank everyone for their support of this very special day.

Behind us you can see our perfect tree. November 22 the boys and I headed out hunting and found the perfect Christmas tree. We left at 6:00 am and drove to our favorite hunting ground Koosharem Utah.

The drive is about 3 1/2 hours. It costs us a full tank of gas and we are exhausted by the time we get home but we have a lot of fun.

Some might ask "Isn't it cheaper to run to the local tree lot and buy a tree, wouldn't it be much faster?" I would say " Where is the fun in that?"

A spider, a bee, and the hungry caterpillar. Our Bed bugs. They may be dressed up for Halloween but don't let that fool you- they are always in our bed.

Happy Halloween!!

McKay Drew Anderson: October 2nd 2006

He must have known it was time. Although Jamie was scheduled to be induced on Monday October 2nd, McKay must have known too, but he couldnt wait. I looked at the clock as we rounded the corner from 1300 S and South Temple and it read 12:05 am. Jamie thought she was in labor, we called the Hospital and they told us to come in. At 6:02 McKay was born. The interesting thing is that the nurse told us there were 11 inductions scheduled for that day and that the hospital was full. If we were to be induced it would have been Tuesday at the earliest. As it was Jamie and Mckay came home on Tuesday. Much thanks to friends and family who fed us, clothed the baby, and took the "big boys" so Mom and Dad could take care of McKay.

FISH LAKE
Not too long ago Aidan and I spent the day with Uncle Joe fishing at the appropriatly named "Fish Lake". We had a great time as Joe was kind enough to get the fishing poles ready for us, steer the boat, and eventually clean the fish. Aidan had a great time and had no fear of picking up worms and even picking up one of the fish that was too small and throwing it back in the water. The funniest part was when Aidan was trying to pick up one of the fish and he said "Dad, it is doing a wiggle dance" as it was flopping around. All in all we hauled in 10 Fish. we kept 5, and threw the rest back.

Representing our Family picture for our first Blog is Aidan. 5 years old and full of life. Smarter than any other 5 year old I have ever met. Aidan loves trains, Blue's clues and his brother Jonas. Today at Soccer practice after I tried and tried to get a little boy on our team to come and play I asked Aidan to get him to come onto the field. Aidan went over to him -bent over and talked to him for a few minutes and had him back on the field playing with us. Aidan loves everyone and has a special way about him that includes everyone around him.

Inspired . . . . for now

I have never seen myself as a writer and it scares me to death to think that my sister in law Jill may read this and judge my writing. (For those of you who don't know her she is an English Major) But I have been inspired by other blogs - Namely my brother Jeff's Blog http://jeffandkaren.blogspot.com/ - but as our friends and family continue to grow I thought this was a good way to share our life with those we love. So welcome one and all to our world. I hope you will visit often and comment and share with us as we learn and grow and love life.