Halloween activities, party preparation

On Friday, we attended the Halloween party at the YMCA. Claire, who we thought would experience the most joy at the event, decided not to wear her costume and elected to be held the entire time. I guess that just provided mom and dad with opportunities to give Claire Bear a few more hugs :)



After the YMCA, we went to the park in the dark to play freeze tag. Being that we were in the Halloween spirit, the kids decided to take a couple of ghostly pictures (notice Kaydra and Cole's transparent figures in the two photos above - Kaydra is a bit more difficult to see...she's swinging on the monkey bars) oohoohoohoohoohoohaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaah!!!! (this is supposed to be a creepy laugh)



Prepping for the big Halloween party......only a few days away! We're keeping our fingers crossed for a fun filled frightful festival!!!



On Saturday night, we went to the SCARRRRRRY haunted house at the zoo. This is the first year we braved it out for the night version of the zoo's haunted house. It was a lot of fun. We'll definitely be back for a return visit next year!


Stay tuned for more Halloween pics..........................................

Cole's Radio Ad, etc

Cole was selected by his school counselor to write and read a character counts radio ad. Cole spoke about the Citizenship pillar of character. He was excited for the opportunity and did an amazing job. We are very proud of him!



Daddy was selected by Claire to read a book to Claire. She has taken a deep interest in reading and enjoys each opportunity she gets to listen to a story. Daddy enjoys these opportunities, too! As you may have concluded by seeing the expression on her face, she is quite fascinated with the storyline.



Kaydra and Cole were selected by the photographer of this picture to pose for a sibling photo. They are testing out "glow necklaces" in preparation for the Halloween party next week!

Kaydra Cheerleading

Here are a couple of pictures of Kaydra cheerleading. Her season is almost over, and she has loved it!!

Gymnastics/cross country

Wednesday evenings from 6:00-6:45 are dedicated to Claire's "gnastics." She absolutely loves to do tricks, although she's still a bit apprehensive to participate in all of the activities. Yesterday was her first time on the rings and in the pit. It was Cole's first time in the pit, too :) The last picture shows Cole running in a cross country race at Oak Park on Monday. He really enjoys running in these events and always finishes toward the top for his age group.

Cole's new bunk beds and more!

We surprised Cole with bunk beds this weekend. We set them up while he was at a birthday party!! He loved them :)

Fun at the Hostfest 2008

We took a journey to the Hostfest on Friday to satisfy our desire for some high quality Scandinavian food and fun. Thank you to Grandma Lana and Grandpa Art for contributing resources for this fun filled experience. The Sundahl's, the Olthoff's, Collin, and Grandma and Grandpa all particpated in this evening of utter excitement!!!

Cole, Audrey, Claire, Brekkyn & Kaydra swinging on the swing at Camp Metigoshe. We were here picking up Kaydra from camp :) She had a blast. Cole was also at camp for the "Day Play" which is one night.

First one

This is the first post for the Anderson Family Blog. Woo Hoo!!! We hope to update this blog regularly to maintain a history of our family and also provide our family and friends with simple access to what's going on in our lives. Enjoy!

Here's one picture (a bit outdated) to get things started. This was taken at Kaydra and Cole's birthday parties. They celebrated their parties together this year...a fantastic time!!!