Sad day....Happy day

Today we dropped off my little brother and sister at school. It is sad because my little bro is the last one to leave home and my little sister won't be coming back :(. The happy part is that they are both doing great things and have so much to look forward to. The other night I was talking to my little sister as she was packing up her room, it felt like the moment in Father of the Bride where Annie is packing up her room and then tells her dad "I have actually packed it all..." I almost cried...I love my little sister and I can't believe that she is getting married in month and a half...I will surely miss sharing a room with her and just being able to watch over her. Now she has her amazing fiance to take care of her, but she will always be my little sister...My little bro has grown up so much and is truly one of the most amazing men in my life. I don't know a more humble, kind, sweet, and loving young man than him. He is so solid in the gospel and has always pushed me to be better...I love him for that. He was able for the first time to help give our fathers blessings the other night. He gave my grandma a beautiful blessing. I am so grateful to have such amazing brothers and an amazing father...I don't know how I got soooooo lucky...but I did!!!
My parents should be empty nesters but I am still here...one day soon though I will be gone but for now its just me and the parentals...

Family Reunion

This past week my family ventured up to Island Park Idaho for an Anderson Family Reunion. It was a lot of fun spending time with cousins, aunts, uncles and my grandma. I just love being with my family, it is always more fun when we are together. Here are some things we did...

* Devotionals by my aunt Lori, my dad and grandma. They each shared a beautiful message about the Savior, the temple and being a family. I am so grateful for such great examples.

* Sailboat races. My aunt brought a craft that everyone was able to participate in. It was so much fun. We put together sailboats, then painted them and gave them awesome names. Afterwords, we took them to the river and had a little race. Unfortunately none of the sailboats really sailed all that well so I say it was tie!

* We rented boats and floated down the river. It was so fun and so relaxing. The weather was just perfect! We had 6 boats going down at the same time so we had a little race even though a few of the boats had no idea this race was going on...my boat consisted of my mom and dad, me and my sister...we were awesome and took 2nd place...we were so close to taking first. On the way down we got to see a Moose and her baby...they just decided to have a little drink from the river, it was really cool.

* We went to Mack's playhouse and had dinner and watched a play which was a spoof on Robin Hood. The play was ok...I felt like they were trying too hard to be funny so it ended up not being that funny...but their were some funny parts as well as some awkward parts...the people that played robin hood and maid marianne were actually brother and sister so it was a little awkward watching them act like they were in love.

* Playing games. We played sooooo many games...My aunt and cousin came up with all of these fun games like flicking a shoe on a table, sliding an oreo down your face and into your mouth and building a tower of index cards etc. We were divided up into teams. Each team came up with a team name and cheer, then each team started at a different game and had to finish the game in one min...you got three chances to complete each game. Whoever completed the most games won. My team took second...my dad's team took first so I am pretty sure that they cheated...It was a lot of fun...my family tends to be a little too competitive.

* We spent a lot of time just relaxing...we watched movies and took naps...it was heaven

It was so much fun...Thanks fam for a great time!

Here are a few pics... I kind of forgot about my camera so I only have a few...