As promised, here are a few of our photos from our first real family vacation. Our little family (plus Mimi Sue and Grannie Frannie) made the 14 hour drive to Fort Bragg, CA for four days of pure awesomeness. For those of you not acquainted with the wonderfulness that is Fort Bragg, it is a small town in Mendoccino County (Northern area of CA). It has amazing beaches, tide pools, and redwoods. We hope to make it a traditional family getaway.

As for updates, all is well here with us. Papa finished his last summer class, and has been anticipating his last semester of law school this fall!! (I can see the light!!!The end is near! Hooray!) Mama has been working and still debating on graduate schools. As for the Bean, well, he has been being his incredible big boy self, learning new things everyday and reminding us of how much we love being his parents.

I'm sure the devoted fans and followers of this blog (yes, that means, all one or two of you) may have possibly been wondering why I haven't updated in like 5 months. Well, its because I've been doing this....

I finally decided that since our son was 2, it was time to get our family photos done. We hired our neighbor (who just happens to be an artsy, professional photographer) to carry out my vision. I had always wanted our engagements/wedding photos done out on the salt flats, but due to the quick nature of our whole engagement/wedding, we settled for unprofessional photos in which our family members are lurking in the backgrounds of most the shots. Basically, our entire collection of photos up until this point= a total BUST.

So the Andersons headed out to Salt Air for a freezing good time. Guy and Michael behaved themselves quite well, although candy was used to keep Michael happy and Guy's little dog Mochi was in nearly every shot. Though it was slightly pricey, and we may not be eating for the next few weeks to pay for it, I am thoroughly pleased with the results :)Here are just a few.

December 27, 2007
Bountiful, Utah

The beginning of our little family. This is myself and my lovely husband on our snow-packed and fun-filled honeymoon.*Note how healthy we look. Ahh....the days of low stress and plenty of sleep:)






December 27, 2008.

Our family of two became a family of three on December 2nd, 2008.

We spent our first anniversary eating Japanese and enjoying temple square, then we quickly returned to our new parental duties. Guy was three weeks old. *Note that stinkin adorable face....Mmmuah!






December 27, 2009

2 years.

We indulged in our first weekend away from Guy at the Anniversary Inn . Big tub, good food, amazing memories. *Note room name and delicious breakfast.







December 27, 2010

3 Years.

3 incredible, exhausting, adventurous, and eternal love-filled years. Michael is surprising me this year with an unknown destination. I love my darling husband more and more each day. *Note* Super awesome scrapbook I made for Michael's present this year. It contains many of our most precious memories, love notes, pictures etc from our marriage .

I'll start off this post by noting the great collage of family photos from the past 2 years. I made this especially for Michael's brother Spencer, who will be back from his mission in about a week. I cant believe its been two years since he left, and I can't believe Guy will be TWO years on December 2nd. Time truly does fly.

We had a very nontraditional Thanksgiving this year. Michael and I have both been battling colds and our energy stores are depleted from the long semester. We spent our thanksgiving morning doing homework, Michael participated in the annual "Turkey Bowl", and we spent hours trying to get our overtired child to sleep. We had a late dinner with my family, played some games, and I even persuaded Michael to go to a late night showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So choice!
A few things I am thankful for this year
--Michael and his Job. He has been working with a great firm the past year, but has now moved on to bigger and better opportunities. The Attorney General's office sought him out for a position in the Litigation Department, he took it, and will start in January. I'm so proud of my brainiac lawyer-to-be husband. He is such a stud, and I love him with every part of being. *note awesome picture of him above.
--My child, Guy. He is AMAZING. He has brought so much joy into our lives, and has made me grow in all aspects of my life. He is our inspiration and our darling.
--Our home. Somedays I get frustrated as I see our friends purchasing new homes, I want that so badly for us. But as we prepared for freezing temperatures and a blizzard this past week, I was so grateful we have a nice, warm, and clean place to sleep at night.
--School. I curse it throughout the year, it brings me to tears, and makes my hair fall out from the intense stress at times. But man, am I grateful for the opportunity to get my degree and to help people in need.
--Our church. Being LDS rocks, seriously. We are blessed to have such guidance in this mess of a world. My sunbeam class drives me nuts at times, but, yeah I'm even grateful for them! :)
--Lastly, but not least. Our family's and friends. We love them, to pieces! They help and support us to no end.

I'm done being all cutsie and sentimental. We both have finals the next few weeks, and then its time for some Holiday fun! I have lots of fun pictures from the fall, I'll update again soon.

Peace

Our summer was great. (I know, I know, I'm posting about summer in October) We enjoyed hikes, petting zoo at Gardiner Village, swimming at Lagoon/Cherry Hill, participating in the Kaysville fourth of July parade, camping, a trip to Idaho(where Guy and myself had our first adventure in a cave), Guy's first haircut,(real haircut, my moms unwelcomed "trims" don't count!!) and trips to the zoo. Michael and I both attended summer semester full time, which eased our future stress while insanely upping our current stress. We are glad to have that part over and look forward to my April graduation/Michaels December 2011 graduation. Go team!