{Jaxen my little man}...., for some reason I couldn't go to sleep tonight so I decided to work on your scrapbook, even though I have a million and one other things I should be doing. Have I ever once mentioned how much I love you? I love your fiery little temper, your cute little eyes that show your every emotion, your raspy little voice and how you can't quite say your f's so fun is bun and fine is bine. I love how you love your brother and that you wait outside for him now that he has gone back to school. I love that you have brought so much happiness to our little family and can't wait to see what kind of great person you will grow up to be. On a side note I guess I need to go see the movie The Switch, I have had numerous people tell me that the little boy in the movie looks and acts like Jaxen.....

{Welcome}.......little princess

{Is it possible}......crispness in the morning air, baseball season slowing down, pre-season football already on TV, a coolness in the night breeze. Is it possibe that fall is on it's way......

{Change for you}....so the saying all good things come to an end is happening to you right now little man. As much as you loved staying home this summer with your brother unfortunately Jaden didn't want to be home schooled so that he could continue to tend you. So a new babysitter it is. You were not very happy for me to leave you the first couple of days, but I think deep down you had really fun because you talked about your new friends all day after you got home. I think that this is going to be really fun and that you are going to learn a lot at your new place. Hope your happy little man because when your happy we're happy.....

{Little rockstar}......i wanna be a rockstar. Isn't he about the cutest thing ever, big brown eyes, dark skin and blond curls. This weekend the whole family (all my sisters and the one little bro) went home to the World Greatest Fair, growing up this was really something to look forward to, going back know it is a great time to see old friends and catch up with people you haven't seen in a while. I don't get home very often anymore so it is really fun to be there with all my nieces and nephews and family. We had lots of fun going to the parade, rodeo and the derby. Jaden had a bow deer tag so he spent a lot of time hiking around in the mountains with his uncles, to bad they didn't have any luck, he had a lot of fun and couldn't wait to get home to tell Derek about the big bucks that he saw. Derek also drew a big elk tag (a once in a lifetime draw that he has somehow drawn twice.) He has been spending lots of time on the mountain scouting and hiking hoping to find the one and only, didn't happen this weekend but he did see some big ones. What a great weekend we had, I must have the best family in the world....

{ Can you believe that school is about to start again.} What happened to summer, where did the time go? I can't believe that you are starting the 8th grade this year. Summer has been great, you have been very busy playing baseball, watching your brother, mowing lawns and riding bikes with your friends. You have spent a lot of your summer money on a new bat, a new baseball glove, video games and numerous trips to KB Express on your bike to get treats. You are a great kid.....

{Rain, rain}......don't go away, I'm having fun please stay and play.

{ The crazy words out of the mouth of a 2 year old....}
We went to get the mail yesterday and there was a get well card for Jaden in there, when Jaxen saw the card he says, "Holy Crap, I just got another birthday card." He is so random and funny always coming up and saying the craziest things. Jaden walked by the other day and Jaxen says,"My brother is the bomb." His most favorite word right now is stinkin....everything is stinkin......you are a little nut

{Anderson Family Reunion}....A fun time for everyone. A big family, in fact 99 people to be exact with a couple more on the way. Nobody likes to miss this family reunion 72 people made an appearance at least for some part of camp. Close family you say, my husband always use to joke that when the Anderson's opened up a gallon of ice cream the whole fam damily was there to witness it. I love the fact that I am part of a close family where even though we don't get to see each other that much we can catch up once a year at the reunion. The last couple of years have been different without Grandpa there loving on all the kids and wanting to take one or two of the grandkids on his horse with him. I hope this tradition continues for years to come (more pictures hopefully coming soon.)

{summer}.....i love you please stick around for a little while

{the day before cell phones}... Can you remember the day before cell phones were invented. I remember my dad's first cell phone, that thing was huge and I thought that it was the lamest thing. Now I can't imagine traveling without a cell phone and what a great way to keep in touch with your teenager....I love technology

{a trip to the zoo}..... I know it's hard to believe that we did something other than play baseball, actually we were up North playing baseball and decided to stay a couple of extra days to go to the zoo and get some school shopping done. Jaxen loved the zoo, his favorite animal was the elephant and we had to keep going back to it. He also really like the merry-go-round and the train. While we were at the zoo we went to the bird show, Jaden thought it was really cool and Jaxen was to busy spilling a sno-cone to watch the show. We had a really fun day....

{building blocks}....Oh how you love building blocks, you like to stack them up and knock them down over and over again. I love how you entertain yourself for hours at a time and you never get bored with things, especially blocks.

{needing a little break.....} That is what the doctor ordered. About a week ago Jaden started acting like he wasn't feeling that great. We have been playing a ton of baseball and I thought that he was just tired playing all those games in the heat. Last weekend we played baseball in Heber and he drug himself onto the pitcher mound and just really didn't act like himself. I made him a doctor appointment and once again he was diagnosed with MONO, pneumonia in his right lung and an inflamed liver. The doctor said absolutely no baseball for a few weeks. Needless to say we had a baseball tournament this weekend and Jaden did plenty of sitting the bench, not happy at all but it is looking like a break is on the way.....