Happy Anniversary Angie & Mike!

  
Hey Angie and Mike


Aloha and Happy Anniversary!

Hope you have a good one!
  

We sure love you guys!
   

Its a short post but I just wanted you to know I was thinking about you.   I couldn't find your wedding pictures so I'm hoping someone else will post one or two today.
  

I've always wanted to take Judy somewhere nice for our anniversary.   Somewhere like Hawaii.   Wow - this will be your second anniversary in Hawaii.

Happy Birthday Erika!

Can you believe its been 19 years?  I can't.

Erika has always been a cutie with tons of hair.

Four daughters!!!!?!!

These pictures was taken by my good friend Victor.  

5th Birthday

Playing for Grandpa Anderson

  

At Logan's Pass near the visitor's center.

Guess where this was?

  

  

At Lake Louise in Banff National Park.   

  

Jr. High Graduation from Simon Fraser.

   

Youth Conference service project 

(Why is it always Jamie in the pictures with you?)

   

This reminded me of a picture we have of you somewhere when you were about 4 or 5 and you were picking dandelions.  I wish I had that picture.

With Bishop Palmer at Bishop's Retreat.

  

  

One of many recitals.

  

High School Graduation ceremony.

  

Grad dress. 

  

At the graduation banquet.

  

Dropping off Erika at the airport on her way to Hawaii

   

With Alana and Angie in Hawaii.

At Pearl Harbor - notice the crazy tourist in the background.

  

With the "girls" at Pearl Harbor. 

  

With the quartet performing at Kahuku High School

You've really grown in to a beautiful and talented young lady.  Check our her youtube video by clicking here.   Its amazing that she did all the instruments and voice tracks.  What's just as impressive is that she did it all on her macbook using the built-in camera and microphone and software (garageband, itunes and imovie).

Its been nice having you around for the summer.  I'm sure am going to miss you when you head back to Hawaii.  I guess we'll have to figure out some way to get over there again.

Sure Love you.

(seems like my only posts these days are for special occasions - Anyone interested in hearing my random thoughts on other days as well?)

Happy Father's Day

Seems like my only posts are on birthday or other special dates. Here's another one of those posts.

Happy Father's Day dad. Even though I did call I thought it would be nice to post a few pictures (even if its a day late).

Thanks dad for all the things that you've taught me.

  

Thanks for coaching me in Little League. I wish I had some pictures of that. I remember going to the ball diamond with a bucket of balls and you would pitch to be for batting practice. I also remember going to the vacant lot and I would pitch to you.  I loved the stories you would tell me about you playing baseball in your youth. You always told me about the things these players could do. The guy who could throw the ball to where ever you put your catchers mitt. After I hit my first ever home run (in the Picture Butte ball diamond) I think you told me that you hit your first home run in the same park. I remember going with you to watch many baseball games in Henderson park.  I still love going to ball games.

  

Here's a team photo taken in 1948.

Back Row: 3rd from left - Uncle John, 2nd from right - dad, far right - Uncle Hank.

I also learned how to throw and catch a football from you.  I remember waiting for you to come home from work and before you would go into the house we would play catch for a while.  

  

  

I learned a lot about cooking from you - although I can't do a fraction of the things that you have mastered.   

   

  

One thing that I don't think I inherited from you was the love for fishing. Don't get me wrong, I love the catching fish part, but when I was young I found the time waiting between fish quite boring. But now that I am older I've come to understand why you enjoyed it. Its that quiet time.  (I've always liked cleaning the fish though - from the time you taught me how to do it)

  

I know there are pictures like this when me and my sisters where little.

  

You taught me about work and also to do a job well if you are going to do it.

It took many years but I realized that you had many make work projects for me. I remember going to Diamond City to get the used bricks for the school that was demolished and then bringing them back home and having to stack them a certain way. And then later having to move the stacks to a different location. I've moved thousands of bricks by hand. 

  

 I remember learning to use a chain saw and cutting up trees for firewood. Now that I'm an adult I realized that we didn't have "chores" so these are the things that you had me do when I was growing up to teach me how to work and how to do things.

And later when you had me build the fence in your back yard. Not just an ordinary fence that would be quick and easy to build. But a fence made without any power tools and with limited hardware (no nails or screws).

  

  

  

I love the outdoors although I don't think I would go out just to pick huckleberries. I remember many nights in the camper. And a few scout camps too. Like the time we went on the winter camp and had to leave because a blizzard was coming in and we ending up in a camp kitchen somewhere.

  

  

  

And you taught me about religion

Ooops - Wrong religion.

  

The story is that mom and dad were in Utah visiting Wilma. The Conference Center was new so they decided to take a tour. Apparently the Dali Lama was in town the same time. The tour guide was convinced that dad was the Dali Lama. This is a picture of dad on the tour (or is it???)

  

Seriously, I'm grateful for your example of service in the Church.

  

 

This is us in Salt Lake City headed to watch the Priesthood Session of Conference

  

But most of all, I'm grateful for the example of fatherhood. Much of what I know about being a dad I learned from you. The following are pictures of dad with grandkids, but somewhere there are similar pictures with dad and us kids. Just need to get those pictures.

  

   

   

All the grandkids at the 50th Anniversary.  

Since then you've added 2 greatgrandchildren

  

Thanks for everything. We sure love you.