Christmas Cruise

19 DAYS AND COUNTING.

For Christmas this year the Andersons are going on a cruise. Don't look at this at work... it will only make your day longer.

This is the route we will be taking on the cruise.

This is a picture of one of the common areas on the ship.

And finally, this is a satellite photo of the hotel we'll be at after the cruise. I hope everyone enjoyed this. It's almost here guys. It felt like it would never happen... but we're under three weeks now.

Thanksgiving

Our Uncle Kim, Aunt Leslie, their son Ryan, and our mom waiting for the food...

Doug, Katie, our cousin Jenny and her friend. (Sorry, I forgot her name.)

Doug and Katie... being ornery.

And of course Addaly. She kind of has some drool on her face but it's okay.

Addaly

This is my first attempt at adding video to the blog. It was taken from my cell phone and it's a close up of Addaly trying to crawl... She got about a half inch. But she was so cute that we ended up giving her the toy instead of making her work for it.

Anderson Halloween Bash

It's that time of year again. The Anderson Halloween Bash came and went too quickly. This year we had the addition of Addaly. She came dressed as the Cowardly Lion. Doug was the Scare Crow. And Katie was Dorothy. Mom was a cat. Trent was a member of the prestigious KGB. And I was a nerd... (he says as he posts a blog)... here you can see me studying... a dictionary... a pocket dictionary... that I actually own. Maybe it wasn't that much of a costume.

We played games, laughed, and tried to keep the Cowardly Lion from crying. But it was a great night.

Katie...

Where do I begin. Katie is... scary. I need to be honest. She terrifies me. She terrifies Doug. She terrifies Trent. There was one time that Doug rolled a watermellon off of the counter and onto the floor just to avoid her scowl. I'm not even making that up, he did it on purpose. Trent and I ran. I don't know how Doug survived. I think she made him pick it all up, with his mouth. And it was a 15 pound watermellon. We didn't see Doug for two weeks after that.

But secretly, this power comes in handy. You see, before Katie came along we had no way to sneak our food into movie theaters. I know, random, but stay with me. At first her scowl was enough to make the theater employees avoid us. But we quickly realized this would not last for long. That's when Katie came up with this wonderful idea.

I know you won't believe me, but this photo was taken long before Addaly. That bump is all food to be snuck into the theater. Thanks Katie.

Something most people don't know about Katie is that she is terribly allergic to

metal. It doesn't matter if it's gold, silver, copper, iron, or steel. Whatever, if it is metal she has a terrible allergic reaction. It's really bizarre to see, but when she comes in contact with metal her face kind of twitches and her cheeks and lips get really tight. It almost looks like she is smiling, but it's much worse. It's not painful... at least not for her. For others it can cause some minor discomfort. Here, this should explain. The best thing about Katie is that she can take a joke. She gives them pretty well, too. Most of the time she stops after making us cry, but she never apologizes. Katie is really awesome and she's a wonderful mother to Addaly. Here is a good photo, I hope it makes up for the others. It's Addaly, Katie, and Herbert. Herbert is the giraffe's name in case you are confused Trent.

Addaly... again.

I think she's all set for any situation...

Doug...

So I shall continue the description of each member of my family. Next up is Doug. For those of you who still haven't figured it out, Trent is the youngest, Doug is in the middle, and I'm the oldest (Dirk). Doug is married to Katie and they are the proud parents of Addaly. He currently earns a living selling knives door to door. It's kind of weird. I don't really understand if he carries the knives with him or not. If he does, I hope he has a fancy case, otherwise he just looks crazy, walking around waving knives at people. He seems to do well, though. We know this because Katie and Doug just purchased this beauty.

Now the only thing left to do is sell all of his stuff and move onto his boat. There is only one thing holding him back... sharks. Ironically that is the main reason he wants to live on the boat as well. Food won't be a problem Doug has mastered the art of living off of the land... or in this case water. This picture shows what I mean.

That's a huge fish. It took him an hour just to get it to the net. Those are the monsters you catch when you use the Banjo Minnow... Now Doug needs to figure out a way to get his boat out of Tooele and into the water.

Sunday Dinner

Addaly had to get bundled up for the cold weather.

Trent...

Since I have told my entire family about this blog and none of them have yet to look at it, I figured I could talk about them without getting in trouble. So, we'll start with Trent.
Trent is finally working. He found a job at some chop shop. None of us are sure it's real, in fact, he owes several of us money, yet he hasn't 'been paid yet'. He is also going to school full time to become an interior designer. Kind of weird if you ask me. I'm sure he'll decorate everything in black. And snow caps.

With work and school is finally understands how I was so busy all of the time. Ironic.
He's also been dating this girl from Magna. He doesn't talk about her much but I've managed to discover a couple of things. She is 34 and works at Walmart as a greeter. Personally I find that odd. A Walmart Greeter and Trent are totally opposite. Trent doesn't say hello to anyone, and the greeter won't shut up about how happy they are that you're shopping at 2 AM. Like I said, weird. Her name is Penelope. That's one of those names that can go either way. Either she's smoking hot, or... a Walmart Greeter.

So things with Trent are going pretty well. I'll post the most current picture so that you can put a pretty face to the name.

As you can see, Trent has a very rare eye condition that forces him to wear sun glasses in every season, regardless of the situation. He's very sensitive to this, so please don't ask him about it.

Photo Shoot

Posing for the press. When you're this fabulous you never look at the camera.

Doug and Addaly taking a moment for their adoring fans.

Addaly is now officially a diva

Just over three months old and already going Hollywood. Apparently this was taken while Doug, Katie, and Addaly went to the zoo.

Out on the town for dinner

Doug doesn't think this blog or these photos are funny. That and he wasn't happy with his meal.

This is Trent. I don't even have a comment for him. Snow hat and closed eyes...

This is Katie. She's usually not this cheesy, but tonight was a bad night...

Grandma holding Addaly. She was pretty tired.

So dinner was fun. Nothing too exciting. Just the usual Anderson family out on the town for dinner.

Addaly

The best event to happen so far for the SoJo crew is Addaly. Doug and Katie became proud parents in June and we're all still getting used to having a girl in the family. It's a good thing. Here are some photos of the cute girl.