Happy Birthday Seth! It's good to be 9!

TEN THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT SETH
1. Seth loves sports. If it involves a ball, he wants to try it.
2. Seth is competitive. He hates to lose. At the pinewood derby race, he was the only child to be doing fist pumps when his car won a heat.
3. Seth is a great big brother. He rarely complains when he is told to take Adam along with him.
4. Seth is a great friend. He cares about others. He treats everyone like they are his best friend
5. Seth loves to learn. He loves going to school, he loves to read and he loves math
6. Seth sleeps in his own bed. He has rarely come into our room to sleep in our bed, which can't be said for his siblings.
7. Seth uses gel and hairspray to make his hair just right. His "look" is all about the hair
8. Seth won't admit it, but he secretly loves being the only boy at the Hanna Montana and High School Musical Parties he has with the Monroe cousins.
9. Seth is generous. He never has to be told to share. He gave half of his baseball cards to Adam that he received for his birthday.
10. Seth was our perfect baby. He slept through the night at a young age, ate everything including his vegetables, and made dad and mom think we were the perfect parents, until we had children number 2 and 3. He still continues to amaze us everyday. Heavenly Father could not have blessed us with a more incredible boy and Adam and Morgan are so lucky to have him for a big brother.

Posted by Joel

Busy Summer

I know......I haven't updated my blog for what seems like forever! I have good excuses. My new calling in YW is keeping me CRAZY busy to say the least and having all the kids home all day during the summer is not an easy task. Seth just finished swim team and Adam the dive team and they had a blast! We will definitely do it again next year. We have one more week to swim, watch movies and use up our free kids meal coupons. Tomorrow we are off to buy school supplies from Walmart and finish getting ready for the new school year. I can't believe summer is almost over! I will miss our fun times but who am I kidding, I'm ready to get my house back in order. It's a mess and I can't find anything! By the way, I'm not posting pictures because I've lost my camera in my house somewhere. It's really that bad! (For those who know me well I'm sure this does not come as a surprise.) Until I find my camera you won't be hearing from us anytime soon! Happy Summer!

Sleepy Head

Today has been a pretty crazy day! Adam went to bed late last night and then was up and early for Dive Team. I dragged them along for some YW activities and quick errands and then off to an afternoon movie with cousins and Grandparents. It was also pretty hot outside at 117 degrees which can tire anyone out. On the way home Adam and Morgan fell asleep but Adam woke up on his own once we arrived home. We started putting things away and looked over to see Adam passed out on the kitchen chair. He didn't make it very far!

Halle Lein Andersen

Welcome home little Halle! (We think she looks like Bryce) Joel and I went to visit his sister Lara at the hospital and to see the latest Andersen. She is so sweet! We were wondering after having two older brothers why the hopsital nurses would put a blue bow on her little head. Let's break out the pink already! We are so happy she is finally here and Mom and baby are doing well. Morgan is especially happy that she has another girl cousin. She can't wait for her to grow up so they can play tea party and dolls. Joel and I can't wait until she turns three so we can buy Halle lots and lots of makeup and she can get all her clothes and mommy's carpet dirty. It will be BIG TIME payback! Grow up quickly!

Puerto Penasco, Mexico (Rocky Point)

Last week we spent a couple of days in Rocky Point, Mexico. We shared a condo with our good friends Sam and Julie Mills and their two girls, Sierra and Raquel. After spending three days and two nights with us I hope we are still friends! We had so much fun hanging out at the beach, swimming all day in the pools and playing canasta until the wee hours of the morning. (not really, we couldn't last past midnight) It brought back fun memories of our BYU days playing cards whenever we got the chance. They only negative point of the trip was when Sam was stung by a stingray. Ouch!!! It was pretty painful!

The kids had fun searching for shells and Adam found some great ones! We haven't figured out how to get all the "fishy" smells out of them yet but Adam is so proud of his beautiful collection. We soaked them in bleach and they are currently sitting out in the hot sun to air out. Hopefully we can bring them in soon but until they are smelling "fresh and clean" they won't be coming inside.

Phoenix Zoo

This was a first for all of us! Friday Night we headed to the zoo with Ethan, Bryce, Aunt Lara and Uncle Lee. We had a blast taking a ride on these amazing camels at the Phoenix Zoo! So much fun!!!!

Summer Vacation

Yeah! Summer vacation is here! We have so many activities planned to occupy our day... swim team practice and then it's off to Movie Day at Harkins Theater and then grocery shopping with my well behaved children. Well that was the plan anyway. Right before we headed off to our Memorial Day BBQ yesterday Morgan threw up on her bedroom floor. We ended up staying home. I was hoping it would only last a couple of hours but this morning we were blessed with more. I'm hoping her saltine crackers will stay down this time. It's only 10:30 am and I've exhausted all my resources to occupy the boys. I think it will be a long day! To top it all off, Lilly got sick on my couch and threw up on Morgan's favorite blanket! What joys!