Hawaii Trip and Ceremony Albums

Hi Andersons!

I am posting my albums from our amazing Hawaii trip and wedding.  It was really a spectacular place and probably the best family vacation ever.  The ceremony was lovely, although we ended up having it on another beach than we planned.  Here are my four albums I made from everyones photos - we don't have the professional wedding photos yet, but we had enough great candid photos (thanks everyone!) that I almost feel like we don't need them.  Also, a note - I used Smug Mug for the first time to do these albums - I just wanted to try them out - please disregard the "Buy" links - I tried to delete it but couldn't figure out how to do it.  Otherwise, enjoy!

Album #1: Around the Resort on Kauai

Album #2: Around and Above Kauai

Album #3: Wedding Preparations

Album #4: Island Wedding

Wedding Plans

Hello Andersons!

Chris and I are leaving for Hawaii in a few days for our eloping/destination wedding and I wanted to share a few details with the family. We didn't get a chance to tell everyone about our plans when we were in Minnesota so I thought I could use the Anderblog as a venue. So here goes!

Chris's Mom was able to use two timeshare credits for two 2-bedroom units in Kauai for our week in Hawaii, which is how we chose our destination and saved us a lot of money. All of our parents and both of our sisters are joining us in Kauai.  We are getting married on December 8, 2011 on Anini Beach.

Some other details...my parents will be playing their ukeleles on the beach for the ceremony!  I found my dress at a boutique a block away from my house - I found a sample dress on sale for the same price as an off the rack dress. My engagement ring is a small vintage diamond and gold ring that Chris and I found together, and I'm probably going to use it as my wedding ring until I can find another one. It is navette-shaped which I'm told is like the hull of a boat.  It turned out that my dress was in a movie so I can show you what it looks like!

I am sorry that we won't be able to share our day with all the Andersons, but I look forward to sharing the wedding photos and Hawaiian photos with you all!

Chris and I will be back to Minnesota soon! Our next step will be buying a house in the next year or two so I hope you all will be able to visit Nashville!  Best wishes, Ingrid

Carter's First Haircut

PIC_6670, originally uploaded by Peter.Anderson.

He took it like an old pro - no crying for big boy Carter!

Marcus 2nd birthday party!

Carter loves his flowers

IMG_8212_tonemapped, originally uploaded by Peter.Anderson.

April/May Birthdays!

IMG_5868, originally uploaded by Peter.Anderson.

Baby Carter - 3D Ultrasound Video

Happy Valentine's Day!

Maizie is 3 years old today!

My little girl is 3 years old today. :)

FAMILY

What's up, family! No one's been posting anything in awhile. Although I guess blogs are old snooze compared to the technology of facebook, on which our family has been communicating.

I just figured I'd put a little note up for folks.

1. I find that I enjoy teaching.
2. My class has already achieved quite a few of our learning goals. My secret goal is to get them to master Pre-K by the end of January. I think we can do it.
3. Baton Rouge is now officially "cold." And I think the past few months of desert heat in Arizona and swampy heat here have made me lose my Minnesota frostbite strength.
4. I ran a 5k last week and I'll be running another one next week. Woo. It's an interesting way to see parts of New Orleans.
5. Come visit me!
6. I'm about to write a new donorschoose grant in case you want to help my kids learn letters. It'd be SWEET.

XOXO,

Your favorite niece/daughter/cousin/second cousin once removed/sister,

Liver

Welcome To Marcus Daniel Anderson!

To those of you who haven't yet met Marcus, here's a video of the little guy!

76 Trombones and All That.....

This week only! Teresa will be playing in the pit and I'll be on stage again for South St. Paul Community Theater's summer musical, The Music Man.

Shows are July 16, 17, and 18th at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, July 19th at 2 pm.

You ought to give Iowa a try!

Good bye dear friend

The burning car is Beckie's mom Renee's. It's the Honda that we drove for 4 years. Good bye old friend! I was tempted to cut a piece of charred fabric as a keepsake but decided against it. She was the best car a person could ask for...

Check out the article (with video!) here...

Good luck and Happy Summer!

Summer is finally here!

Good luck to Liv in Baton Rouge, to Norris at St. Thomas, to Beckie and the baby-to-be, ...and to all a good summer! :)

Shakopee Grass Fire

I got a phone call at work today from my next door neighbor telling me that our neighborhood was on fire, and that I better get home and get our dog, just in case the fire kept spreading.

The fire was huge (you may have seen it on the news), but after fighting the fire for 3-4 hours, the firefighters finally got it under control.



It was pretty scary for a while, but we're thankful for the fire department, that they were able to keep the fire at bay.

Check out some pictures here: Shakopee Fire

Easter

Spring in Decatur

Fred G. Anderson

John sent out a link to a web page that mentions our Dad (Grandpa) Fred. So in honor of Dad's 87th birthday today, here it is...

Crew of downed plane Feb. 22 1944
http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/2660.htm

POW's...Scroll down to Feb. 1944
http://www.remember-our-heroes.nl/POW.htm

news: heading south?

Hey family---It's been awhile since I've posted, sorry about that. I've been busy with school/work/playing with my pets.  Well, here's some fun news.  Your favorite niece/cousin/daughter/sister (aka me) got into Teach for America yesterday!  I got placed in Baton Rouge/the Baton Rouge area to teach early childhood education.  I'm still not 100% sure if I'm going to take it or not, I'll let you know, but as it stands I'm leaning that way.

Also, that pizza looks amazing!!

weekend fun!

Last weekend, Teresa, Norris and Liv headed off to Chicago for a Munch exhibition. Koko is less that satisfied with my caregiving it appears, since he spent a lot of time gazing longingly out the window waiting for Teresa to get back.











Meanwhile, Paul and I had a fun movie night with Matt, Janelle and Maizie, watching the classic "Be Kind, Rewind," and enjoying Janelle's excellent homemade pizza!