raw hermanion

greetings to the anderson family from the AmericInn in rochester, mn. I am in a tennis tournament down here at the Rochester Athletic Club. I won both of my matches last night(one of them by default) and I will play again today at 2. it is prett boring. I dont really enjoy tennis tournaments too much. but it is good for me, I guess. I have about three and a half hours until my match against harry whitely, so I should probably go read a book or something like that. well I hope that everyone has a good weekend and so on and so forth.

I love the snow so much. it is amazing.

Disney World

Hi:

Joel asked me to post his montage of Disney pictures. We had a good time with Norris, although the weather got cold and rainy in the second half of the week.

Our favorite quote comes from a man on our bus pontificating about the wonders of Disney World to his fellow travelers: "I can't believe people who feel they have to visit Universal Studios when there's so much to do here. I ask them, 'Have you eaten in every restaurant? Have you urinated in every restroom?'"

Cold Day in Minnesota

Cold Day in Minnesota:


Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation Monday, approaching an all-time record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.

Thermometers registered a low of 54 degrees below zero at Embarrass, Minn.

"You keep living, but it gets old after a while," said Christine Mackai, the town clerk for the community of about 1,400 people in northeast Minnesota.

Minnesota's record is 60 below, set on Feb. 2, 1996, in Tower, about 10 miles north of Embarrass.

believe it toots

somebody gave me a pipe tonight, so I am gonna be able to smoke lots more things now(if you know what I'm sayin). just kidding. but honestly, I think that pipes are pretty cool. they are better than cigarettes because they smell a lot better and you dont inhale and they dont have nicotene and stuff. so its pretty sweet. people like me and cs lewis are really into that kind of thing. well, have a goodnight everyone.

PETE'S UPDATE:



I received a picture of stevie and his new pipe (also wearing his monacle). Here he is..

Adult behavior?

I am shocked, Stevie! Perhaps you are trying all vices in case you get accepted to Bethel and have to take the pledge like Tom. Maybe you should take an entire "wild oats" year like Amish young men.

Our Anderson gift exchange last night just slipped in under the wire. We missed Epiphany, but today was the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and officially, the last day of the Christmas liturgical season. You will have to celebrate something else when you get your present from Stevie, John.

Here is stevie after taking a drag on the cigarette. Not too good is it? :)

freedom

today, my eighteenth birthday, I bought some cigarettes and smoked them up real good. well, actually I only smoked one and I couldnt finish it cause it was too gross. I just bought them for the sake of buying them, not to smoke. the sad thing was, the guy didnt even card me, so it didnt matter that I was 18. whatever. goodnight.

Grandma and Grandpa's 65th Anniversary

The Anderson-Holmes Christmas/65th Anniversary in Illinois. As you can see we had a good time!

UPDATE: Mom and Dad (and anyone else who wants to see them), you can view all the photos from Grandma and Grandpa's anniversary HERE. Also, if you want to print out any of these photos you can download them, and burn them to a CD - stevie will help you, right stevie?

Happy New Year!

Here's to a happy and healthy 2005 for all of the Anderson Clan!

On a side note, can someone post Ingrid's current address - her present got sent back as undeliverable. thanks!

UPDATE: received Ingrid's address now (from Ingrid).. thanks!

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a great new year! 05!
Liv

Holiday wishes from the Georgia Andersons

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! We had a nice Georgia Anderson family reunion last weekend, but missed you all of course. Mae and I are now back at work but we had a nice break. I'm posting the family picture in lieu of a cute dog pic, until we get a cute dog.
Ingrid

Merry Christmas from San Francisco!

We hope all of you Andersons are having a Merry Christmas! Delphi Tangonan sends his best.

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Happy 58th Birthday Dad!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas - and we'll see many of you tomorrow at my parent's house! MERRY CHRISTMAS!


Indian Christians celebrate Christmas at the Church of
the Nativity, in Bethlehem. The Church is the site
traditionally believed by many to be the birthplace of
Jesus Christ.

'dey're so cute when 'dey're little.....

Merry Christmas from Mark, John and Paul in 1953.. (note: John says he thinks it is 1952).

Norwegian bounty

Liv's "friend" and his father stopped by this afternoon on the way home from their bakery. We are overwhelmed by Scandinavian goodies!

Happy Birthday Mark!!

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(It's supposed to be someone playing a Viola!)

God Bless Us Everyone

Merry Christmas, family!
----Livvi'i

Andersons Past

Paul has been working on a collection of old family photos which is quite impressive! He gave me a preview. Here is a picture of Ernest and Emil Anderson from around 1898 or so. Ernest was the grandfather of some of us Andersons.

Christmas @ the The Cheescake Factory

Last night the Anderson's of Minneapolis/Shakopee had a pre-Christmas Christmas celebration at The Cheesecake Factory. Mmmmm, the food sure was good. Hope to see you all on Christmas - and if not, Merry Christmas!

UPDATE: Here's Tom enjoying his new gift - the head-mounted laser gun. You're welcome Tom!

Joel, you've figured it out... your artists rendition was actually very close to how she actually looks. Here is an actual photo of Nala the Ewok princess. :) (watch out, it IS turning into cute dog blog.)