White Bums in the Summer Time

I think Brian Regan said it best, he said he loves having kids because he gets to have conversations with his kids he would never have with an adult. This my friends is one of those conversations:

We have spent a lot of time outside this summer and the boys have become super tan. We were getting ready for a bath and Christian stripped down and as he was climbing into the bath tub I said "Look at your cute white bum!" He turned his head to the side and hitched his hip up so he could get a better look at his little bootie and said "What the heck!!! Is that going to wash off Mom?!" He was very concerned. I couldn't stop laughing. "Buddy your bum is white because the rest of your body has been out in the sun all summer" I explained. "How do we fix it? I don't want a white bum." "Well sweetie you would have to run around outside without any clothes on to get you bum tan." "Well I can't do that, then everyone will see my private parts!" More laughing from me. "Baby, everybody has a white bum in the summer time, I do and so does Daddy.." at this point Evan came into the bathroom stripped down ready for the bath, "Evan even has a white bum" When I said this Evan hiked up his hip to take a better look at his bum and said "What the heck!!!"
I have never laughed so hard before. Love these two crazies :)

Something weird happened...

BOTH of these cute little boys started school today. Christian's first day of Kindergarten and Evan gets to go to Preschool twice a week. Which leaves me home twice a week by myself and it's a little strange but freeing all at the same time. Both of them were so excited to head off the school. Me and Dan watch as Christian crossed the field over to his teacher- I know people say it but you really don't get it until you are there... MAN!!!! My kids are growing up too fast! Love you two little crazies :)

Family Reunion Time

We had our annual Anderson family reunion this year again and it was fun! Of course I forgot to bring/use my camera for a lot of it but here are the few pics I have. We hiked to timp cave and toured the cave which I haven't done since I was little, it was awesome, the boys loved it so much. Christian couldn't believe he was in "Real Cave!"


Almost all of the cousins minus Bradley and Braden


On our way up Raymond found this tree and sat Whitney in it, and then all the kids had to have a turn. About half way up Evan wanted his shirt off so we let him strip until it was time to go into the cave.

Here's the Christian boy :)


Inside the cave with a cheesy grin


Christian and Dan by the heart of timpanogous.


We headed down to The Pinnacles on Wednesday and boy did we have ourselves some fun. From potato guns, to marshmallow guns, to water balloon launcher, water bottle rocket launcher, making bracelets, playing in the kayaks, playing in the little stream and in the water hole with the rope swing, hiking to the top of one of the cliffs, playing on the tire swing, Christmas in July, playing "Everybody is It", and eating lots of yummy food we really had a great time

Ragnar 2012

Dan ran the Ragnar again this year with a team from his work. He was awesome! His team came in 28th place out of 1100 teams! It's funny because before the race he said I think this may be the last time I do this, but after finding out where they came in...well he might just have to do it at least one more time :) Good job baby, I'm proud of you :)

Flamming Gorge

We took a trip with Jon & Melissa and their friends the Quilters. We went to the Vernal Dinosaur Museum and then camped up near Flamming Gorge and it was beautiful! I like to refer this trip as the "Bed Head is Forever" camping trip :)


Christian has wanted to go fishing for forever and to be honest me and Dan aren't really the fishing type. But when the opportunity came to go on this trip we borrowed some gear and gave it our best go for Christian's sake. We first tried fishing at the dam.


After about 5 minutes the boys got distracted by all the sticks and rocks and Dan was left to valiantly catch a fish for the boys.


Can't you see the excitement in his face?


Sadly we had no luck at the dam, but a local told use about Moose Pond where they keep the pond stocked and it's easy for kids to catch the fish. So we headed out to the pond. Evan was left to his own imagination and was having a great time. It was really windy the entire time we were there and so sadly we never caught a fish, but we did give it our best try. I think Dan may try another lake more local since we have a fishing license now, we'll see how it goes ;)


I remember coming to this dinosaur museum and thinking it was a lot bigger. It is short and sweet and just right for the kids, we had a great time.

The Evan Boy

The last couple of post have been about Christian so I need to show Evan some love for a minute, and what better way with a picture of Evan picking his nose! Ha ha, classic I had to post it. :)
Evan is the ultimate little brother, he loves Christian and it's rare to see them not playing together. But he also can keep himself entertained when Christian is not around, he also has a very wild imagination and uses it all day every day.


Evan refuses to takes naps these days, but sometimes church kills him off and he falls asleep eating popcorn. Too cute :)


And this my friends was a stupid mother moment. Always, Always, Always check the ingredients even if you think you've checked them previously. This is what happens to my little guy if milk gets into his system. We have been so cautious and haven't had a reaction for a long time that this one really shook me and Dan up and helped us remember that we need to always be diligent no matter what. Poor guy, thank goodness for Benadryll right?

Preschool Graduation

Christian has loved preschool and is sad to leave Miss Cathy but excited to move on to Kindergarten! His ceremony was short and simple and I loved every second of it.