Someone stole the attention from the birthday girls...

Up, up, and away!

What could be better than a fine spring day to fly a kite?

R2D2!

As you may or may not know, the Post Office is celebrating 30 years of Star Wars with some interesting promotions.

One of them is the special R2D2 mailboxes - and there is one near my work, so here are a few pictures I took of the little droid today:

Happy Easter!

The many moods of Maizie

R.I.P, Lillian Colton

The grande dame of Minnesota crop artists is dead at 95. To see a selection of her art, go to: www.cropart.com/lilliancolton/index.htm

Happy Birthday Nancy and Maria!

Easy Rider

I've been checking in on John's bike trip across the southern U. S. via the group's blog. This picture was titled "John Anderson - our "Easy Rider."" I think the picture was taken in Florida. It looks cold. Here is a link to the blog.

Maizie laughs!

What up, family?

So, I thought I'd fill you in on some of my Mad-town goings on, not that there's anything too exciting to report...
About a month ago, I went to a shooting range with a friend from Olaf who was home in WI for break. Here are some fun pics:

















(The fellow in the background is a cop practicing, not my friend)
Besides that, nothing much interesting has been happening. I've been getting up early to go do yoga, which is fun. I hope my family is doing well!

Happy 59th Birthday, Dad

Happy 59th Birthday, Dad! Dad is doing a three week bike-ride down South after he comes to see me in Bloomington to watch some basketball next week--way to celebrate! See you soon! (Here he is on an earlier bike-riding adventure)

Speaking of Amazing Maizie...

She can smile! (picture by her babysitter)

Yay, I'm right next to Maizie in the header! I haven't gotten to meet her yet, so--hi Maizie! I hope to get up to Minnesota soon, see you all then.

header replaced

ok, i replaced the header above.. let me know if i'm missing anyone - it is easy to lose track.

I noticed...

The banner picture is missing a few people...

Maizie's Baptism

Maizie's baptism was a wonderful experience. We are so happy we could share it with you!
- Matt, Janelle & Maizie

Farmers FIGHT!

Hello dear family!
I just returned from Texas visiting a friend from my summer language program (she studied Chinese). Here is a picture of me with all three of Texas A&M's (where she attends) "yell leaders" (*male cheerleaders, like W was).

Maizie's Baptism

Hello everyone,
We hope those of you Andersons who can make it will come to Maizie's baptism on Sunday, January 14th at 10:30 am. The baptism will take place at Fairmount Avenue United Methodist Church, 1523 Fairmount Ave., Saint Paul, Minnesota. We will have some food at our house afterwards.

so for christmas and kwanzaa my mom and dad and I all went down to the farm in illinois. we had a very fun time there just chillin with family and eating good food and playing fun games. one night the sun was nearly setting and the light was really soft and golden. I thought it looked very nice so I went out walking and decided to take a picture of some stuff and this is what it looked like.








then a little while later, the sun was setting and there were some nice clouds that were glowing with pink and orange and peachish colors. it was really beautiful so I climbed into a tree to get a better view and took a picture of that too.






we had a very pleasant time

Milwaukee

Joel, Liv, and I just returned from a quick trip to Milwaukee. We most enjoyed Captain Pabst's beautiful home decorated for the holidays. Here we are at the fantastic addition to the art museum.