Each year the elementary schools in Sherwood hold a fun run to help raise money for the school. This was Lauren’s first year and she was so excited to participate. All she could talk about the night before was that she was getting a free t-shirt and a water bottle.
Lauren ended up running 7 laps (almost 2 miles) and Tyler ran 17 laps (over 4 miles). It was so much fun to see all of the kids giving it their all.
Our little girl is now six weeks old. How thankful we are to have her in our home!
Thanks to Aunt Rachie for taking the picture!
Lauren was so excited to start school. She has been in preschool for a few years, but she knew it was big time when she finally got to go to Tyler’s school. Here she is on her first day. Luckily the Jaussi’s brought their camera so we could have these pictures. Lauren has a great class. Many of the kids are her friends. We are excited to see her enjoy this new adventure in her life.
After the first day I asked her how things went and all she could talk about was the “long” walk home. It’s not really that long, but it is uphill the whole way.
Watching my kids grow up is so rewarding, but at the same time I am a little sad to see how FAST they do grow up!
My in-laws live off of a canal that leads into Lake Oswego. The city is doing some maintenance and had to drain the lake by 24 feet. As a result, the canal is basically empty.
Tyler and Alice saw this as an opportunity to go exploring. Little did they know the mud was going to be that soft and that deep!
I told Tyler that people pay a lot of money for a mud bath.
Instead of gently stepping into the mud, Alice basically ran and jumped right in. Wish I had a video of that.
Kyra even tested the mud out, but was unhappy that I wouldn’t let her go in all the way. I thought that wouldn’t be a good idea with her dress and leggings on.
Sunday was Ava’s first time attending church. The kids were very excited that Ava was coming. They wanted to sit by her.
Ava made it half way through the meetings and then she had a major blowout in her car seat. So much for that cute dress she had on. I believe the science behind a blowout needs to be studied. How can it miss the diaper, but get on everything else?
I was invited to play in a charity golf event in Newberg, Oregon at the Chehalem Glenn Golf Course. The weather was perfect! I didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but I still had a lot of fun. We shot 4 under which isn’t that great for a 4 man scramble. We hit great off the tee, but our short irons were not as accurate as we needed them to be.
To our surprise, the group in front of us included Amy Roloff. I was pretty excited because Meredith (and Rachelle and Stephanie and a lot of other people I know) is a huge fan of the Roloff’s. She watches their show “Little People, Big World” religiously. My goal was to talk to Amy today and to get a picture with her. That opportunity came on the back nine when we were getting some refreshments at the drink cart. I told Amy that we were big fans and enjoyed the show. She was so nice and took some time to talk with us. She thanked us for watching the show. I then told her that my wife is a HUGE fan! She told us that this is their last season of doing the show. Too bad for Meredith! Anyway, Bob and I had huge smiles on our faces because we knew our wives were going to be disappointed that we got to meet her and they didn’t. (Oh, right after meeting her I sank a 30 foot put.)
At the end of the event they fed us lunch and then handed out some prizes. Most of the prizes were golf items. But mine was a little different. It was in this large box. I thought I hit the jackpot. However, it was a box full of toilet paper. 96 rolls! Exciting stuff!
The tournament was called the Mid-Valley Open – A Charity Scramble. The charity was for the Ron Edwards Memorial Scholarship Fund. This scholarship fund provides funds for support services to individuals with developmental or other severe disabilities. They are either ineligible for, or on a waitlist, for state funded services.
So I came home from work and Tyler is excited to show me what they have been doing all afternoon. He and the other kids in the neighborhood were launching water balloons in the street. As you can see from the pictures below, they are not shy about launching these balloons. The balloons travelled a lot further than I thought they would.
It was fun to watch Lauren totally get into it!
I wanted to do something fun with the kids on their last day of summer vacation. We decided to go on a bike ride through Sherwood. We went about 6 miles. We stopped at Target to load up on some sugar and then we made our way back home. The kids did a great job and we already have more bike rides planned. It’s fun to have them at an age where they can keep up and do fun things like this.
Heading into Old Town Sherwood
Alice was bringing up the rear!
Auntie Steph came over yesterday to take some back to school photos of Tyler and Lauren. So, here they are with their new school clothes on.
Tyler is now a 5th grader.
Lauren will be starting afternoon kindergarten tomorrow.
Tyler has helped me mow the lawn over the past few years. I remember holding him when he was a year old as I mowed the lawn. I think the neighbors thought that I was crazy, but he loved it. Now he is at the point where he can mow the entire lawn on his own. It is so nice to have him handle that now. I can focus on other things in the yard as he is mowing. He must have the Anderson mowing gene.
Here you can see that he is pretty good at what he does!
This was the 2nd Annual Ward FHE for the Cedar Creek Ward. We started this last year and it was so much fun we decided to make it a tradition. It is very well attended. This year Bishop was in charge of the lesson and he did a great job.
I think the adults even had a good time relaxing and enjoying the great food.
One of the games was a relay where the kids had to put on some extra clothes and then try and jump rope 5 times. The kids loved it.
