Hanging out and window shopping in a lil' town called Hoodsport, WA.If you look a little closer you can see the girls have a copy of "Homes and Land," guess they are ready to buy a house here.
Ashlyn's turn to push Apollo in the stroller, she loves every minute of it!
Courtney and Sarah sitting by the fire.
Bay & Ash
Diana & Monica

The lazy days of summer have come to an end today...as the kids have gone back to school.

Chase begins his first day of junior high school in 7th grade.
Courtney starts 5th grade.
Ashlyn loves her new teacher in 3rd grade.
A very excited Baylee is now in school all day in first grade.

"I wonder if my drawing will be as good as theirs
I wonder if they'll like me, or just be full of stares
I wonder if my teacher will look like mom or gram
And I wonder if my Dawson will wonder where I am."

We had a super fun time last weekend. Thanks for this day Dave! Summer is coming to a close really soon. School starts back on Sept. 2nd.

It was amazing...after hitting into Brian's tube I went flying and fully expected to get wet. Instead I landed right next to Brian. It was crazy!

The kids laughed and had the best time!

Real good buddies! :)Dave and Brian

Here are some pictures from our latest trip to Tennesse. Brian's Grandma passed away in May. We had a Memorial Service for her.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

It has been soooo hot around our neck of the woods. We have been trying to cool off any way we can...swimmings pools, lakes, oceans and baby pools!

We spent an awesome day at Point No Point Beach in Hansville, WA

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Girls Camp was so much fun last week. It was my first time being a Cabin Mom. I put my pictures on this Smilebox. Just click on play :)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Oregon Country

My brother-n-law, aka Uncle Todd spends most of his time after he clocks out from his day job, working their 5 acres. They have a beautiful tree farm going on, Todd is the best guy I know to nurture these trees.

What you don't know about this sweet picture of the kids is after I took two pictures the fence cracked right under Courtney. They all got scared and jumped off, leaving Baylee a lil hurt and crying, since it was pretty high for her. Oh well, at least the picture is fabuous!
We were all able to go to the baby blessing of Lil' Gwen Meredith Ricker. It was beautiful and great to spend time with family.
This Gwen baby had two rows full of friends and family to see her blessing day. She got passed around like a box of chocolates, everyone had to get a piece.

Baylee's Dance Recital at Irene's School of Dance

Baylee and her good friend Kira wait at the dress rehearsal.
The tap dance was my favorite, "The Country Western Ya-hoo."
Her ballet song was called "My Colorful Tutu." Baylee did a great job in both of her dances.
The girls love getting flowers and a trophy after a recital. Ashlyn has saved one of her roses from four years ago.
Our tired cowgirl after a long day of dancin'.

Rock 'N' Roll Seattle-June 27, 2009

This is Brian's first half marathon...a big whopping 13.1 mile run from Tukwilla to the Safeco Field in downtown Seattle. He did a great job!
The kids are so proud of their Daddy. They made a sign for him and we met him at the end of the race. (Click to see it bigger, pretty cute)
We were happy to spot him right away with the thousands of runners coming in.

We are proud of you!! What an accomplishment :)

What we've been up to this summer!!

Harborside Park has fun fountains, it's next to the ferry dock in Bremerton. The girls being silly :)
The boys are so cool! (Caden skipped out on this pic)
At the Dyes Inlet throwing rocks to see who hit the can first. Kids loved it.
The whole gang posing by the bridge along the Clear Creek Trail.
Courtney, Sarah and Ashlyn swimming at the YMCA.

Good bye to "Pot Hole Road"... you will not be missed.

The day has finally come after five years of driving on a very bumpy, very dusty, mostly muddy dirt road. We share the road with three other families. We all came together last week and got the job done. We are thrilled!!


And so we say good bye to what we called "Pot hole Rd." If you have had the chance to come one or a hundred times to our house, you know the pain we've endured. Thank you to the youth group at church for their service projects here, we are happy to say the can now go find other places to help.We know you were our true friends for coming to visit the Andersons. If we lost any friends along the way, our house is still open for your visits and a nice smooth ride.