Thursday, October 28, 2010

We have BABIES!!!

Yes, the Anderson family has added more to it's household!  Last night we discovered two baby guppies. Baby fish are called FRY. So we have two fry from our recent purchase of guppies. Right now they are too small and fast to get good pictures of.  We have started feeding Tera Brine Shrimp to help add protein as both moms and babies need it. http://www.amazon.com/Tetra-Baby-Shrimp-Dried-Gammarus/dp/B00025K0XK We still feed our regular flake food as well. Our tank tends to get over fed. There are several reasons for this:
1: We let Cody help with the feeding. :)
2: We have a snail and an sucker fish that need something to clean up.
3: Multiple feeding keep them from being bored and nipping on fins.
4: Gives the babies better chance at survival if the adults are full.
5: They are FUN to watch eat!

I have not yet been able to figure out who the mother is of our two fry. However, we have several that look to have babies soon! (We hope)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Had an AWESOME weekend in the Black Hills!

Oh my! Our spur of the moment trip to the Black Hills of SD was just what the doctor ordered!  It was so nice just to have a brain break and do fun things as a family! We all were wishing that it would have lasted so much longer! Here are a bunch of photos of our trip! Enjoy!

Cool clouds heading West.

More clouds

Not bad for a camera phone.


Headed west. Shouldn't his eyes be on the road???

Too much time in the Jeep. LOL

Me
Badlands on the East edge of Wall.

More Badlands East of Wall




Outside of Mt Rushmore. Stopped for some photos.

Bouncing on Grandpa's pickup.

The Thinker

The picker. 

My folks at the entrance of Mt. Rushmore w/ Cody.

Cody hugging a tree as part of the Junior Ranger program.

Wagons HOOOOO @ Wall on the way home.


Me and Cody.

Like Father - Like Son

You have been a great audience! Thank you Wall Drug!

Dancing before getting back in the Jeep


Ride em cowboy!

New Extreme Sport - Stagecoach Surfing!


Badlands on the way home.

Badlands with pretty colors

 This is just a few of the many pics we took on this trip.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Happy Day!

I am very excited!!!  I stepped on the Wii Fit this am and it told me that I had lost 3.5 pounds!  Yeah!!!!!  This is huge considering that aerobic exercise is still out of the question due to my knee. Slowly but surely I am implementing the lifestyle changes that I am learning in my Health Coach schooling.

I just have to keep reminding myself that I took me a while to get this size. So, it is going to take me a while to "unget" this size. :)  The weather here has been perfect Fall weather! Nice cool nights make for really good sleeping!

Great Goggly Moggly

Wow, it has been a while since I have been on here! To say things have been a bit wild around here this last month is putting it mildly! This is what Sept looked like for me. Please remember these are only the things that actually made it onto the calender! None of my online classes are listed in this calender!
Black is everyone
Purple is just Shawn and I
Red is Shawn - my husband
Blue is CJ (that's me)
Green is Cody (our son)
Wed Sep 1, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class

Thu Sep 2, 2010
8:45am - 9:45am CJ @ PT (thats Me)

Fri Sep 3, 2010
No School (kids)
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class

11:45am - 12:45pm CJ @ PT

Sun Sep 5, 2010
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church

Mon Sep 6, 2010
Labor Day
No School (kids)

Tue Sep 7, 2010
8:45am - 9:45am CJ @ PT
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class

Wed Sep 8, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am Cj @ Dr. Peterson
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school - Shawn
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
3:45pm - 4:45pm Pick up Eryka from school - CJ
5pm - 7pm Audition at PI: flu bug Shawn
5:30pm - 7:30pm Kids here
5:30pm - 10:30pm Wedding makeover & fittings CJ 



Thu Sep 9, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school
11:00am - Parents get here
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
6:30pm - 9:30pm Wedding rehearsal CJ

Fri Sep 10, 2010
Cory & Sabrina's Wedding
8:30am - 9:30am Take Eryka to school
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11:30 Check into Hotel Room
11:45 Start getting dressed for Wedding
2:30pm Wedding Pics
5:00 pm Wedding

Sat Sep 11, 2010
Patriot Day
Spend the day with the Wedding Party & parents
Parents come to our house

Sun Sep 12, 2010
Parents here

Mon Sep 13, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
5:30pm - 7:30pm Kids here
Parents here

Tue Sep 14, 2010
Parents go home
3:45pm - 6:45pmShawn - College Class
7pm - 10pm Guild Meeting - CJ

Wed Sep 15, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class

Thu Sep 16, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons - CJ take
7:00pm - 9:30pm -Hodgson Observatory Visit - CJ take 
7:00pm- 10:00pm - Worship Practice - Shawn & Carrie
 2nd largest private telescope in the state


 Mr Hodgson explaining his fence with each hanging square equaling a plant or famous star. 
It is 610ft long and is 1in = 1 astronomical unit if I remember correctly.  I have to say thank you to the ladies of our homeschooling group for taking the pictures.
Fri Sep 17, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11:30am - 12:30pm Wardrobe fitting Shawn
5:45pm - 12am Kids arrive for weekend
This is the look that won him the audition to be the state's flu bug. :)

Sat Sep 18, 2010
Kids here

Sun Sep 19, 2010
12am - 7:30pm Kids here
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church
12pm - 5pm Apple Festival - Country Apple Orchard
Where: Country Apple Orchard
Here is the family at the Apple Orchard having a good time!
Mon Sep 20, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
5pm - 7pm Kids Here

Tue Sep 21, 2010
1:30pm - 3pm Swimming @ Family Wellness- Cody
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class

Wed Sep 22, 2010
10am - 11amShawn - College Class

Thu Sep 23, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons - CJ Take
7pm - 10pm Worship practice - Shawn & CJ

Fri Sep 24, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
11am - 6pm Flu PSA Shoot Shawn 

Sat Sep 25, 2010
10am - 2pm Green-ival & Bio-Blitz
3:00pm - classes at Landscape Garden Center

Sun Sep 26, 2010
8am - 12pm Church / Worship Band - Shawn & CJ
Where: Christ Community Church




Rain Storm @ our House
Mon Sep 27, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
2:30pm - 3:30pm  Lawyer meeting

Tue Sep 28, 2010
9am - 10am CJ- chiropractor
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class

Wed Sep 29, 2010
10am - 11am Shawn - College Class
3pm - 4pm Cody - Piano with Neal

Thu Sep 30, 2010
3:45pm - 6:45pm Shawn - College Class
4:30pm - 5:15pm Cody Piano Lessons

Throw in all my college and nutrition classes and there isn't much free time. Add extra time to those classes as the pain meds I am STILL on cause some brain fog. Sometimes, I will go thru something a couple of time to understand what the class was about! Thank goodness, I am taking internet classes this year. Now add in a garden, meals, laundry, groceries, etc and there is less free time. I swear sometimes it seems like 12 people live here instead of 6 for the amount of groceries we go thru! Oh yeah, work on homeschool stuff with Cody and find/research homeschool stuff for Cody. Spend hours on the phone dealing/fighting with two different insurance companies.

Yes, I have been dealing with a bit of stress to say the least! If I didn't have to deal with trying to make insurance companies do what they are supposed to do, I would be a TON less stressed. Because of them, I have not been able to do PT for the last few weeks as they are refusing to pay at this point. So I get to spend all my time on the phone trying to get thru to a human to remind them that they have all the paperwork that they need to approve PT. I have lost count how many times I have been put on hold and than hung up on, or told they will look into it and call me back. Days later still no call?? Great customer service or something.

Trying to get my family to eat more healthy is a process to say the least. Trying to modify familiar foods to be more healthy is a bit of a challenge. I have some picky eaters in my house!

Hopefully, by the end of the year, my knee will be back to 100%. It is getting better but not fast enough for me. I am tired of things taking so long to do because of my knee! I just keep reminding myself that the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle. I just wish He didn't have so much faith in me! I just keep looking forward to June 2011 when I WILL hike to the top of Crazy Horse during their annual Volksmarch.