Last Summer times

I am afraid we haven't been as diligent as we should be when updating this blog. But we took a few pictures of the last times of Summer. It is just now starting to get chilly. So I feel pretty fortunate that Summer lasted so long here in Cheney. Bring on the soup and sweatshirts; I am ready for a little cooler temperatures.





Here are two pictures from our last picnic of the season. Will and I have always loved packing a picnic lunch and going to a park to enjoy the warmth; Whitney has now become a joyful part of that equation. And if Whitney is reading her book upside down, so be it.

We got a cute shirt that seemed to be good for Whitney, at least how we see her.



Whitney is our little princess in training. She already yells at us if we don't give her what she wants. We will be in trouble when the terrible twos arrive.



Here Will and Whitney read Cinderella together on the bed right before bedtime. Whitney really loves books and will stare at the pictures for long periods of time before getting bored. Goodnight my beautiful baby.





We finally decided to try to get Whitney's hair out of her eyes because it seems to bother her and I know that it would bother me. She seemed to like being pushed by Will in the box.



We threw Will's pajama top onto Whitney and she immediately tried to eat it. Not that we didn't expect that from our almost seven month old baby. But then she started screaming like she didn't like the taste or something. I don't know what the deal was.



And sometimes you just have to laugh as your husband and your daughter both stick out their tongue together. I think Whitney inherited his tongue.

We went back to Pasco for Courtney's birthday and we had lots of fun. I have reached the ripe old age of 24. Unfortunately, our camera's battery died on the trip, so we don't have many pictures. Oh well.



Both of my sisters are in cross-country. I don't know why; I think they are crazy. But they claim to like running. Who would of thought? This is Kaitlin right before her big race.



And my dad is holding Whitney. Just ignore the random people in the background. I have no clue who they are.

We have been trying to take more videos of Whitney lately because she is growing so big so fast. Here is one that made both Will and I laugh hysterically yesterday after church. I promise no sugar was given to any babies in the making of this movie. She is naturally this hyper.

just a bit of an update

This week has been a busy one from the job perspective. On Tuesday I headed out to a job interview at a school for troubled youth located outside Bonners Ferry ID. I should hear back from them some time next week. On Wednesday I had several interviews for retail stores in the Spokane area, in case I have more trouble finding a social work job, then today (Thursday) I had a phone interview for a church job that could be in spokane, Fresno CA, Chicago IL or New York City NY. I should here back from a few other jobs this week, and we will let people know if we decide to pack up and move, but there is no news yet. Whitney is weighing in the 20th percentile which is a sizable improvement for her and we are excited. We'll keep you all posted on what we end up doing.

Trips around the world (outside of Cheney)

Will and I have never been camping since we have been married. I am not sure what has held us back; I think we mostly just didn't have all the things that we needed. But when we heard that our ward was having a camping trip at a church campsite, we really wanted to go. And then our good friends said we could camp with them in their huge tent. Will was only a little sad because he wanted to try out our tent for the first time, but I thought it was fun to be so close to some buddies. Our friends also have a little girl, so we knew that they wouldn't mind if Whitney made a little noise in the night. Anyway, we had a lot of fun. Lots of people from the ward showed up.



Here is our amazing campfire where we cooked hotdogs for dinner and, of course, had s'mores. I had forgotten just how good a perfect s'more is, with the marshmallow roasted to golden perfection. Or burnt black like one of mine turned out to be, but still good.



Whitney turned out to be a good little camper. Unfortunately, it was very cold. So we were all dressed up. Whitney was wearing so many layers that you can barely see her face. But that really is Whitney; I'm not just holding some random baby.



We got home and Whitney got a bath. She use to hate bathtime and now she just dislikes bathtime, so I think we are making progress. But she is all cute and clean in this picture and smelling like her lavender baby shampoo. We will have to keep her naked after bath pictures to use for her future dates, isn't that what parents do to embarrass their children?

We also took a trip to Cour-de-Lane, Idaho on a Saturday. The lake is absolutely beautiful there and the water wasn't freezing. So it turned out to be lots of fun to hang out for a couple of hours. We did a little window shopping and got an ice cream. But here we are at the lake.





Will gets a turn with Whitney in the water. And we took a couple of videos and Whitney is happy.



It was surprising that Whitney didn't mind having her feet dipped into the water. She even sort of liked it. But she had to have an outfit change afterward because she was soaking wet.

We walked around town and saw a big moose statue right there on the sidewalk. So we had to get a picture of Whitney on it; although I am not sure we were technically suppose to touch it. Oh well. Whitney is too light to make much of a difference.



And finally we went inside an awesome toy store that sold long ago classic toys and some really funny objects. We were almost tempted here to do some real shopping, versus just looking, but we stopped ourselves. One book caught our eye though. This one was just so funny. We might have to go back and get it one of these days.



Anyway, those are our trips lately. I know they might only sound sort of exciting to some of you adventurers out there, but they were pretty exciting for us homebodies in Cheney. Bye.

New Clothes

Whitney has turned six months old, so we decided to get out the 6-9 month outfits that we have been storing in our closet. And we were very lucky and received even more clothes from Courtney's aunt and uncle in Utah. Thank you Lissie and Gary. So we have been very blessed. I thought I would post some pictures and a video of Whitney modeling her new outfits.



And we have a very sweet baby; if you don't believe me, just look at her shirt. Kind of makes you want a juicy piece of watermelon, doesn't it?



Here we have an almost smiling Whitney. What I wouldn't do to keep her smiling and still while taking pictures. But then you wouldn't get the essence of her personality. Whitney has begun the hitting stage. Her arm just swings wildly and the pictures all turn out blurry. Oh well.



I got a really cute outfit from my mom. She said that she bought it in Arizona when she was buying clothes for my younger sister, Erin, as a baby. I have been eagerly waiting for Whitney to be able to fit into it and now she does.



We got a lot of compliments on this dress last Sunday at church. Whitney is more fascinated by the shoes, but that's okay.



Whitney is getting so big. Lately, we have been giving her drinks of water in one of our cups because she sees us drinking and starts demanding some for herself. Besides getting her clothes a little wet each time, I think Whitney is starting to get the hang of it. She will help hold the cup and put it up to her mouth. It is quite cute. We tried giving her a little juice the other day and she was really surprised that it wasn't water and wasn't too happy about that.



Who does the binky belong to?



That's all folks. We will put up more pictures later of our first camping trip and trip to Cour-de-Lane.

Actual Reunion

I know it has been a little while since we have posted the pre-reunion pictures, but we have been a little busy with our 3-year anniversary and a ward campout. Anyway, here are some pictures from the actual reunion in Utah.



We had a big family dinner at Golden Corral that was super yummy. My Uncle David loved holding baby Whitney and talking to her.



And Whitney was happy to be held by everyone. The boys did their good deed of the day after the dinner when the truck in front of us started bumping around and we noticed the lady's tire was broken.



Here the boys are being manly and tough. With all the help the lady received, the men were able to just pick up the back of the truck to put the jack underneath. That is quite the muscle power.



The reunion in the park the next day was a lot of fun. Most of the kids tried to walk the tightrope, but it was too hard. I don't know how acrobats can do it and make it look so easy.



There was an intense watergun fight. We weren't part of it since I had to hold Whitney and she doesn't like getting wet. But the boys looked like they had fun.



This is one of my favorite pictures. I wish Whitney had been a little happier for our 4 generations of women picture, but it wasn't to be. It was really cool to have the four generations there in one place. Whitney was able to meet all of her living great-grandparents on this trip, so that was neat.



Courtney's little brother, Conner, was baptized right after the reunion. Now all of the Anderson children have been baptized. All in all, the reunion was great. I am glad that we were able to go. We will have to put up some more pictures soon.