State Fair!!

On Sunday, we went to the state fair. Alyssah and I were so excited. I use to go to the state fair every year with my grandpa and hadn't been in years.

Alyssah really enjoyed the horses but all she wanted to do is ride the rides. Because they were so expensive she could only choose one. We were shocked at the ride she chose. She use to be scared to death of anything that left the ground but she was not scared at all. My sister went with her since Josh and I have weak stomachs when it comes to rides that go in circles. She had a blast. She couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day.
This is Big Red. He stands 6 feet tall and weighs almost 3000 lbs. He looks scary but all he did is eat while people stood around him and pet him.

This weekend!

Grandkids playing guitar with grandpa

Drew and Josh playing guitar

Leila and Alyssah

Friday Night!

Friday night Josh and I went with a friend of ours to the Tavernacle. The Tavernacle is a piano bar where they have piano players play your requested songs for tips. If you don't like the song then you can tip more then the original tip so they will stop. It is a ton of fun because they really get the crowd into it. Anyway, someone requested "I am to sexy for my shirt" and they had the person requesting the song get up and dance on the piano. The sexiest man (other than my husband) I have ever seen gets up. Of course, he didn't actually request the song because his friends were joking around knowing that they were going to make him get on the piano. Anyway, he was really embarrassed and didn't want to get up. He finally got up and made a couple moves. I had recognized the guy from somewhere but couldn't figure out who it was. After looking at him for about a half hour I then realized it was Kyle Korver of the Utah Jazz. Anyone who is a Jazz fan will appreciate this story and knows how good looking Kyle is.

Later that night someone requested "God bless the USA" and there was a Marine that had just returned from Iraq on Monday. They had him sit on the piano and everyone stood up and clapped while singing. I got goose bumps all over. So it was a great night!!

Labor Day weekend!

We had such a great weekend! We went to Bear Lake with Josh's uncle James and his family. The lake was beautiful, clear blue and really warm. We had fun tubing and some of James friends brought jet ski's which were a blast. Alyssah had fun playing with Carson and Payton and ignored us most of the weekend. She said we were boring so she spent most of her time over at the Farnsworth's RV. We went into town on Sunday for shakes and food. It is a cute little town. We were able to spend about an hour on the lake before the storm hit. We knew the storm was coming so we made sure that everything was packed up. It was amazing to watch the storm move across the lake. We had put our tents away and stayed in the RV with the rest of the family. It was nice to relax and listen to the rain. It was a beautiful view. There was snow on the mountains and the lake was steaming. I am the worst at remembering our camera so of course we don't have any pics. I am really lucky to have such great in-laws. We always have so much fun hanging out with James, Heidi and their friends.

MARCUS! HILARIOUS!

So if any of you watched the last session of Last Comic Standing then you will know that Marcus is the funniest guy I have ever seen in stand up comedy. I am not usually a big fan of stand up because not there are many of them that I think our funny enough to really make me laugh. For those of you that don't know, Marcus is a comedian from Josh hometown of West Jordan (Taylorsville, close enough right?) He was on this last session of Last Comic Standing. He was in the final two and lost to the only girl in the competition (which is why I think she won or maybe I am just playing favorites). We had the chance to see him at Wiseguys this weekend and I have never laughed so hard in my life. Josh was so excited and is Marcus's biggest fan :) If any of you haven't had the chance to see him, even on TV, you need too. He will be taping a new DVD here in Salt Lake Sept 9. We are trying to get a group together. Unfortunately, there wasn't alot of news coverage (like David Archuletta got) here in Salt Lake. Probably, because he is a comedian and has tattoos (that is Utah for you). But any way he is hilarious. So check him out! You can check some of his comedy at myspace
http://www.myspace.com/marcuscomedy

Why???

So I mention before that we are selling out duplex. We love Bountiful but we don't love being landlords or old homes. The day before we were suppose to put the place on the market disaster srikes. The water heater in the lower unit busted so we had a bit of a flood which has taken about a week to get cleaned up and still isn't done. At the same time the sprinkler pipe on the side of the house and front broke causing little lakes at our house. Of course the dogs love it. And to top it all off out swamp cooler went out. So needless to say we won't be putting the place on the market until next week. Keep your fingers crossed that nothing else will happen.

That is what is happening in out life. I will try to post more often were just crazy busy. Keep your fingures crossed that we will sell this place fast and without any more disasters. Also, our prayers go out to my cousin Leah, Ryan and Gabe asn Ryan goes into surgery. We hope everything goes well and Ryan has a quick and easy recovery.

Wow!

Wow! It has been awhile since I wrote a post. So much has been going on. Most exciting is the new addition to the Russell Michael Jarvis. Josh's sister gave birth the this adorable little boy on July 21st. The Anderson clan met in Grand Junction and spent the weekend hanging with family and passing around Russell.

Derek will graduate from boot camp in Aug 16. We just found out he will be stationed in Lake Tahoe which lucky for us is only 6 hours away.

We have decided to sell our duplex so mom came down for a week to help us get everything ready. Thanks mom!!!! We were busting butt and the day before we were suppose to put it on the market the water heater in our lower unit broke causing a bit of a flood. After all that hard work we are now going to have to wait another week before we can put it up for sale. Our place looks pretty good but man it was hard work. Jack (our little jack russell) is staying with grandma for a couple weeks so we can show the house. Funny story about Jack. He is only about 12 lbs. and this weekend he thought that he could take on a 200 lb. saint bernard. Of course the bernard just sat there staring at him. Guess you had to be there!

Well I think that is about it. Alyssah is getting taller everyday. I swear she went from 6 to 16 overnight but she is still fun. Megan will be moving her on Aug 22. I am so excited. She is going to school at Weber State. It will be so nice to have her around.