It's that time of year again!

Don't you just LOVE this time of year? The anticipation of all that yummy food?? The anticipation of all that food going straight to your thighs???!! Ya, gotta LOVE this time of year! Got this cute little Thanksgiving poem that just says it all. :-)

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have never a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

SALLY.

Well, I have been planning something for some time now, and the time has finally come! Alex saw me getting our "guest room" ready for somebody and so he asked me, "mom, who is coming to visit us?" So, I told him "Oh, uh, Sally is coming to visit us" He asked me, "Who is Sally?" I told him, "It's just somebody you don't know" (there's actually a story behind the whole Sally person). So, it was time to go pick Sally up from the airport....

Mike told Alex on the way to the airport that Sally was a really old lady who walked with a walker, and she stunk really bad and she had really ugly feet. LOL. So, here is Alex waiting for this old lady...

After about an hour of waiting, FINALLY Sally arrived!

He was absolutely speechless! I've never seen him like this before. He was seriously expecting an old stinky lady, but instead he got his beautiful grandma! (whose name is not Sally by the way lol). We haven't seen my mom in 9 months, and her and Alex are very very close. It was very hard to keep this a secret from him for so long (about 2 weeks!), but he had no clue! It was great! We are so excited to have my mom here! She'll be here visiting Nashville until Nov. 28th, so I will definitely be posting more of her visit as time goes on! Here are some more pictures...

Yes, he cried. This was after my mom told him that Papa really really wanted to come too, but he wasn't able to this time. :-(

We went to Cracker Barrel afterwards..We had to let her experience some good ol' country cookin'. It was yummy!

Notice there are no pictures of my mom and I, or Mike and my mom, it was ALL about Alex. :-) Which I'm totally ok with that because he missed her so so much! There's plenty of time to get pictures with her. :-)

Now, the story about Sally..When my brother and I were younger, we were with my mom in the supermarket and you know, it was one of those "mom, mom, mom, mom!" days, where you are hearing mom from every direction. Well, she was a little fed up at the time, so she said "Mom is no longer here, it's Sally!" So, we giggled and said "Mom"...no answer..."Mom"...still no answer..."Sally"...She answered! So, mom checked out, and Sally checked in! So, when she was just wanting to escape from "mom world" Sally came to visit. Sally was really cool. LOL. So, I told Alex that he doesn't know Sally because well, Grandma has never had to check out when it comes to him! So, there's the story about Sally. :-)

Check back often, I'm sure I won't have as many posts as some with this little competition we have going, but that's ok. :-D

Love ya'll!

Honeysuckle Hill

So last Saturday, we went to a pumpkin patch as a family event with the church. It was called Honeysuckle Hill. It was the cutest pumpkin patch! It had so many things to do for the kids (And for the adults I might add)! We had a great time just being with the people doing something fun. I have a lot of pictures to share, but that's the fun part of this whole blogging thing right??!! :-)

Look at these HUGE pumpkins!

I thought these were pretty funny!

Welcome, the newest TN residents...The Toews Family!!

Told you they had stuff for the adults too! LOL

Larena, I know your love for frogs, so here you go. LOL.

Mike actually lasso'd a steer! :-D

They even had a milking parlor! This was Alex's favorite thing! Just for laughs...Alex and I were in the supermarket one day and he told me that he knew where milk came from, I said where? He said, it comes from cows. Then I proceeded to ask him how do you get the milk from the cows? And just to let you know, he has never seen the video of Kameron explaining how you milk cows! LOL...So, he said "You pull on all of their pink wieners" So, here's Alex milking a cow!

Here's a video of Alex telling Kameron what he was doing...He was being a little bit shy so you might want to turn up the volume.

Ok, so then, Mike had to give it a try!
I had to give you a close up of his face! I think it's hilarious! It looks like he got caught doing something he wasn't supposed to be doing!
Oh yeah, and we cannot forget Re-Re's favorite part of the whole thing....The Chickens! LOL. I'm serious though, I know it's been the "butt end" of all of our jokes, (her love for roosters) but she really couldn't wait to go see the chickens! Sorry Sheri, I had to! :-)
We had a great time! I am so looking forward to this next year as well! At dusk, we all met back at the bonfire pit, and we roasted hot dogs, and marshmallows, and had smore's! I came home smelling like campfire! MMMmmmmm! It was just a really great time of getting to fellowship and have fun with our people. And just like Sheri said, there was just one thing missing and that was the rest of our family...It's an annual thing for us to go to the pumpkin patch together, so we really missed you guys! It really wasn't the same.
Well, I know this was a VERY long post, but I guess I just made up for my slacking huh! :-)

Love ya'll!

Slacker!!!

Ok Ok I know, I'm a slacker...But my life isn't as busy and exciting as others. LOL. Not much has really gone on here. If you haven't already heard, I met Elvis! Thanks to my beautiful, charming, I am oh so gonna get her back sister in law Sheri! Ya, we got our picture taken together in Walmart. Yes, it's true, Elvis shops at Walmart! I copied this from Sheri's blog. Laugh all you want because it really was absolutely hilarious!

The way this whole thing happened was just too much! I laughed so hard my side hurt.

Anyway, that's about all the excitement I've had for a while. :-)
The weather is definitely changing here! Today is really COLD! So weird because yesterday, I was running the house fan because I was sweating, today, I'm bundled up w/all my windows closed! I love it though.

I'll be posting more maybe tomorrow or the next day, we have some fun stuff coming up!!

Love Ya'll! ;-)

Alex's 1st Field Trip!

So I was so blessed to have been able to go on Alex's first field trip! We went to the Symphony! I'm so bad, I don't even know where it was located, all I know is it was somewhere downtown, in a beautiful building! We were being rushed to get inside because they were about to start. I couldn't take pictures inside so sorry, no pictures of the place. But I got some stuff on the way there. It was also Alex's first bus ride! It was also a lot of the other Kindergarteners first time as well, needless to say, they all had fun, especially when the bus went over bumps or made turns, they would say Whhhooooaaa, and squeal and scream. It was pretty loud. So, here are some pictures and some videos of our bus ride....

Here's Alex telling you what we are doing. :-)


And here he is enjoying the bus ride (along with all the other kids, which you can hear!)


So I was soooooo tired after spending 4 hours with a bunch of Kindergarteners! I give props to those Kindergarten teachers out there! Whew! I came home and crashed for a couple hours! But before I did that, I got this little video...After we ate lunch at Alex's school, I just went ahead and brought him home with me, he was in the bathroom downstairs and I was sitting on the steps waiting for him...Just watch...


I cannot tell you how many times I've watched this video and I laugh so hard every time!
Ok, so that was our day yesterday! We had a great time! And I got a much needed nap after it all!
Love ya'll!

Goodbye's and Fun Stuff.

So, we've had quite a week! I'll just get right to it. We said good-bye to the Gannaways on Sunday.

This one was an all too familiar sight!

Aren't my 2 guys just so cute?

Ok, moving on...
Before we left for Nashville, Alex got blessed with a whole bunch of Thomas the Train stuff! Well, he and his daddy spent quite a while up in his room figuring out how to put it ALL together and this is the finished product!

This is with ALL the tracks and ALL the trains he has! It takes up a lot of space in his bedroom! He was so proud of it though!

Me and Alex were playing, he was getting on my feet and I was (trying to) have him fly like an airplane, you know that thing you do with your "little" kids, every time I would scream, it would make him laugh so hard! You can't really see the video, but just listen to his laugh, it reminds me of when he was younger...Very cute! :-)

Other than those 3 things, things have been pretty quite on the Anderson end...We did have a GREAT service on Sunday! I of course was in with the kids, and for the amount of kids I had, it was all so peaceful! They were all obedient, and minded very well! I was so proud of them all! I love them! :-)
So, there's our update! Love ya'll!

Jeff

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to a very special man in my life! Happy Birthday Jeff! I love you and miss you soooooooooo much! I honor you today and just want you to know that you have been the best dad to Zack and I, the best Father in law to Mike and definitely the BEST Grandpa to Alex!! I have no words to really explain the love I have for you! Just know that today you are being thought of. And I so wish we could all be together today to celebrate YOUR day! We love you so much and Happy Birthday! Oh ya, and P.S. did I mention how COOL we all think you are?!!!!

(I have to add pics in a little while, for some reason I've had some difficulties this morning!) But the song is just for YOU! :-)

Happy Birthday Sheri!

Happy Birthday Sheri! I have no idea how to even put all the things I want to say, but just know this, you are truly truly honored today! You are such a great sister-in-law, friend, mentor, leader, pastor, auntie, sister! You are like Wonder Woman to me! You can do it all! You have showed me what kind of a woman I strive to be. I am just amazed by you, the kind of mother you are to Ashley, the kind of wife you are to Rick, the kind of sister you are to Mike and Kristi, the kind of Auntie you are to Alex, Shine, Brooklin and Kameron, the kind of daughter you are to Evelyn, the kind of Pastor you are to so many, the kind of leader you are to your followers, the kind of teacher you are to us ALL! You are definitely one of a kind and I am so blessed to be your sister in law! I love you so much and I hope you have the greatest day ever today! Happy Birthday!!!

We're Taking Orders!

So, Alex has been bugging me to sign a piece of paper that his teacher and everybody else at his school is all pumped up about, so I caved, and I signed it.....

Yep...It's his first Fundraiser!

Of course it's Chocolate Candy Bars!

I'm taking orders! :-) There's 4 decadent flavors to choose from: Milk Chocolate, Chocolate Crisp, Chocolate w/Caramel, and Chocolate w/Almonds.

Plus, you get a bonus when you buy one! You get a $2.00 off coupon to Pizza Hut! WhooHoo! He has 48 left, they are $1.00 a piece and he has to sell all of them..(the school doesn't take back unsold chocolate, what's up with that!??) So, place your orders now! He wants to win a prize, come on guys, don't smash the kids dream of winning a Dippin Dots Ice Cream Party! LOL.
**Candy Bars are sold "as is" and are not subject to refunds**

Happy Anniversary!!

Ok, so their anniversary was yesterday, and I'm barely posting it today...Better late than never right? Anyways, Happy Anniversary Rick and Sheri!!!! Sorry it's late. No excuses. You guys are truly the best and I thank God that we have you as our role models. We know no marriage is perfect, but your guys' is pretty darn close! We love you and we hope that you guys had a great day! We know you both were pretty busy yesterday, so hopefully you can take an evening together because you so deserve it! Love you!!!

Bowling Nite and Alex's Video...

Hey ya'll! Yeah, here's another multi-subject post! :-)
We had a Family Bowling Night with the church, it was so much fun! I didn't get too many shots because well, I was too busy chatting and bowling! Afterwards was fun too, us and another couple were the last ones there, the guys were playing video games and us "moms" were watching the kids play on all the stuff! It was a lot of fun.

Uh-Oh, Mahala's got some competition! :-)

Today (Friday) Alex came home and put a hat on, and had a little medallion that had some stuff on it and he wanted me to video it while he said what was on it. (of course, I had to tell him what it said and he just repeated after me) It's kinda a long video, but it's still cute. :-) He obviously likes Transformers too if you can't tell.

Love ya'll! :-)