Summer 2011

We hope everyone had a great summer.  Ours was busy, but full of fun.  Between camping trips and our Shelby trip, to swimming, splash parks, baseball games, and just playing in the yard, we had a lot of fun.

Now we're in back-to-school mode.  Michele is back to teaching.  Jake is loving his new kindergarten class.  And, Samantha seems to enjoy spending her days at The Learning Tree.

It's been a while, so the new pictures span three months.  Please click on each month to view those pictures.

July
August
September

Summer is Flying By

We are having a great summer so far.  We've had a camping trip.  We've gone swimming in lakes, Great and small.  We've gone swimming in pools.  The Pruss family came in for a great visit that included a Tiger's game.  Michele and I celebrated our 9th year of marriage!  Samantha was Baptized.  There's been lots going on, and you can see lots of pictures from May, June, and July.

May 2011

Mother's Day / Michele's birthday have both flown by.  Our little girl is now 3 months old!  Our 5-year-old is beginning his training to one day become the best US born soccer player to ever have touched the turf.

Otherwise, time is just flying by at the Anderson household.  Click here to see more pictures.

Happy... um... lots of stuff.

It's been quite a while so I'll just try to hit the highlights here... Happy one and two months for Samantha.  Happy 5th birthday for Jake.  Happy Easter.

I think that should just about cover it.

Few people care what I write here.  What they really want are the pictures.  There are lots of pics, most with descriptions, so without further ado, just head to the March and April albums.

And now we are 4... well, we have been for a bit

Sorry for the extended hiatus, but we had to take time out to welcome our daughter to the world.

Samantha Grace, in case you hadn't heard through facebook, family, or friends, was born on 2/14 and weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches long.

She's already passed her birth weight since being home from the hospital, so things are tracking well.

Please click here to see more photos of Samantha and her visitors and to also see some photos from the Art Gallery at Jake's school!

Jake's first Auto Show and other fun stuff

Jake should easily remember his first trip to the North American International Auto Show.  He got called up on stage to help with a demonstration of the new Ford C-MAX.  After being in the demonstration that was broadcast up onto several big screens in the Ford area, they gave Jake a really cool toy car similar to the set that he got from the Pruss family for Christmas.

The previous weekend Jake got to finally go to his first circus.  We went up to Flint and saw the Shrine Circus with Meme and Alison.  Both the kids had a really fun time.  After we went sledding and ice skating at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

You can see photos from the end of last year including Maiya's birthday here.  Pictures from the circus and the auto show are here.