"What Fun, Our Little Monkey Just Turned One"

The announcement photo op.

"I thought I saw some bananas up here somewhere?!?!"

Delivery Day

Happy 1st Birthday
Zach!

"WOW"

Zach monkey'n around with Grandpa.


"Clap, clap, clap."

"Just hand me a banana... forget about the cake!"

Don't choke!!!

"THE SMASH CAKE"

"Just... one... step... closer mom!"

"I'm done! Do I get any icecream?"

"Don't worry, we have pictures!"

~Summer Fun~

Splashing around at Liberty Park

Olivia's first day of Preschool

What would a summer be without a couple of trips to the Zoo?

Elena doing Olivia's hair at the cabin.

~~S'mores~~

A new recipe Mandy tried in the Dutch Oven,

boy was it good!

What would a summer be without a trip the the State Fair?

As you can see Ellie was convinced.

"Here Zach, let me help you pet that goat!"

"Olivia's 4th

Birthday Party"

~The Invitation~

There were games...

Cake and Icecream...


Dress up in Barbie's Closet...


Cinderella Barbie...

Musical Maycie Barbie...

Eva Diva Barbie...

Even Cowboy Ken made an appearance...

Builder Breanne Barbie...

Beautician Brooke Barbie...

Livy LOVED her cake...

The Cast...

The Greed-Fest...

Zach: "I wanted to dress up as Ken too..."

Dad: "No... your Birthday is next month okay buddy!"

"The 1st Annual Anderson Family Reunion"

"Snow Cones"

Mandy mingling with her extended family.

Can you spot Mandy...? (hint, she is wearing green)

"Daddy Daughter at Camp Fife"

The girls had fun setting up camp!

Breakfast was good, Ellie must have eaten four pancakes!

It rained almost all night, we must have only slept for a couple of hours.

After the fireside we hung out by the fire.

Rockets? Thats right leave it up to the dads to do the same activity they do with their sons!

Ellie though scared about her first flight became excited to launch it over and over again.


Before we headed home they wanted to head down to the river to cut some Cat Tails to play with.