HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Kate was our beautiful little witch this year. She had a lot of fun dressing up this year. So much fun that she had to have two different costumes.

Here is the whole family at Molly's brother Jeremy's "Dia de los Muertos" party that he has every year. As you can see, Kate is the witch, Molly is Rosie the Riveter and I am the last minute Ninja using some of my cycling wear.

This wasn't a costume this year, but maybe for next year Kate can be a bath time unicorn.

This last picture is Kate's other costume that she used to go to the Ward Halloween party in. She is supposed to be a little frog.

A little catch-up!

So it has been awhile since we updated our Blog. So without further a due, I have decided to do it with a little comment on our pics. I hope that you all enjoy.


Here we are taking Kate on the Haunted House ride at Lagoon for Stampin' Up! Lagoon Day. As you can see we were scared but Kate could care less.
Here we decided to take a little hike up Cathrine's pass up from Alta looking down into Brighton.
I thought that this was such a great shot of the Tetons that I just had to add it. We recently went to Jackson Hole to enjoy Labor Day weekend.
Our Li'ls turned one on the 3rd so of course we had to celebrate.
Here first cake. We found out that she is allergic to eggs and peanuts so her cup cake was egg free.
Even without the egg she still enjoyed it.
Molly and Kate opening up the gifts. (although I think her cousins opened most of them)
Here are a few pics from the Wright family reunion in Red Fish Lake near Stanley ID.
Just doing a little relaxing and eating watermelon before the river rafting.
Country road . . . take me home . . .
What a cute family!
Here we are going down lower canyon near Jackson, WY.

The Andersen Family Cruise!

To celebrate Kai's (Kenton's Father) retirement the whole Andersen clan went on a Mexican Riviera cruise. It was such a fun trip! It was fun to have everyone so close and having so much fun together. Before we left for the cruise Molly and I went out a few days early to visit Kate's great grandmother Chalker. She is Molly's mother's mother. We were glad to visit her so we could show off Kate.

Here represent four generations of women on Molly's side of the family. We would have liked to have had Molly's mom in the picture as well to have a four generations photo.
Here we are getting all excited for the trip. I believe that this shot was taken within minutes of the boat pulling away from the dock.

Kate on our bed trying top lay claim to it, but we made her sleep in the crib on the floor.

Here I am trying to make it up the climbing wall. It was my first time on a climbing wall and I was not that good at it.

Molly made the ship's climbing wall look like a walk in the park.

Kate was hungry but the mermaid offered no milk from her offered breasts.

Can you guess that we are all waiting for a bus? It was hot in Puerto Vallarta but it sure was fun and beautiful.

This was Kate's reaction to taking a ride in the small boat that we hired to take us to the beach.

Here is the small boat and the family. Notice that mom and dad are both trying to hold on to their hats.

This was a "Formal Night" on board and we did our best to look sexy and Kate did her best to look like she has seen a ghost.

Again, looking good.

Here Molly and I were frolicking in the waves of Cabo San Lucas. Devra and Sawyer we also having a good time.

Here is a picture of our boat, pictured on the left, and another boat that stopped at Cabo. Although our boat looks smaller due to the distance it was actually bigger than the one on the right.

Just a fun time enjoying Mexico. Just minutes before this shot was taken we were enjoying some delicious fish tacos.

This was a shot of all of us in a truck taxi. Yep, there were 15 of us crammed into the back of this small pick up. Looks safe doesn't it. You have got to love the relaxed laws in Mazatlan.

Molly Graduates Again!

Molly graduated from the University of Utah with Masters degree in Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. We now have a practitioner in the family. It was a hard road at times and Molly worked harder than she wanted to with a job, school and a new baby, but she made it. We are so incredibly proud of her.

Molly shaking hands with some uppity up.

Molly with her happy family, well it looks like in the picture that I am happy and Kate is bemused.

Molly runs a half Marathon!

Molly and her friend Sarah decided like two little crazies to run a half marathon. Molly has been training for some time now getting ready to run it. She even ran 10 miles around the top of our cruise ship while we were out to sea. She is such a tough wife and Kate and I are very proud of her. Matt (Sarah's husband) and I were there to cheer them on and support them any way we could.

Here are the two ladies getting excited and showing off their svelte physiques to psych out the other runners.

Here they are with all the excitement in the world and Molly feels like she has already won with hear arms stretched out in triumph.

The long road of patience always leads to victory!

A little run through the woods helps bring out their smiles.

And here they are crossing the line triumphantly. They said before the started that they wanted to try for 2 hours. As you can see by the super fancy time clock to the right that the finished in 2:04:23. Congrats Molly!

So it was time for the girls trip to St. George!

The girls had an awesome time down in St. George. Lisa came in from the city of Rock and stayed at our house for a couple of days before all the ladies went south to the sun and fun. It is always fun at the Andersen's when Lisa comes to town. We had an even neater treat because Suzy decided to sleep over as well so the house was full. The ladies thought that they would escape the Salt Lake cold and find some nice temps down in St. George, but little did they know that the temps in SLC were perfect and down south they had 104 degree days. Ouch! Regardless of the heat they had a ball.

They stayed in the condos near Green Valley and of course had to do the Stucki Springs - Green Valley Loop. That ride is definitely a top 5 here in Utah. Molly, Suzy and Lisa all had a ball and Lisa had a few falls as well. But even with all of the falls Lisa assured everyone that she had a great time.

The girls also decided to visit Zion N.P. and do some site seeing. Kate was thrilled to see such beauty as evident from this picture of her showing off her cute little tiny toothed smile. Yep, Kate now has two tiny little bottom teeth.

Both Molly and Kate enjoyed cooling off in the pool. Kate was a great little swimmer and really enjoyed the pool. We are happy that see enjoys the water since we want her to be able to enjoy swimming and running rivers with her mom Molly.

Here are all the ladies doing a hike to the Emerald Pools. From left to right we have Lisa, Suzy, Grandma Wright (Lei Lani), Molly and Kate.

Here they are enjoying a little shade by the pools.

Also there were some moments to enjoy the wildlife in Southern Utah like this big ol' fat lizard!

Molly and I were very fortunate to be invited down to stay with Brock and Sommer Holt in St. George over Easter weekend. We had a ball while we were down there and can't wait to go again. While we were down there we did some cycling, hiking, mt. biking, swimming, walking and just some general relaxing with good friends. Brock and Sommer's daughter Gretta was just a doll and she and Kate became good friends. As you can see from the pictures below, we had an awesome time.

Here the dads are hiking with their lovely girls.

Kate was so excited for the trip that she could hardly contain here excitement.

Here is her reaction once we told her that we were heading to St. George.

Molly and Kate just chillin' in the sun.

Here Molly and Kate were enjoying a soak together.

Here I am trying to teach Kate how to swim by kicking her legs.

This is a picture of the whole gang on one of our hikes.

As you can see, we sure had a good time in the warm southern sun.

Quick Update

We have not been too exciting lately, but we are still having so much fun with Kate. It is fun to watch her grow and start to enjoy life more. She is sitting, rolling and wanting to crawl. Sometimes she gets up on all fours but then all she does is rock back and forth. She sure is a cutie!

Here Kate is all bundled up and ready for fun in the cold!

Kate and her cousin Harper. They are little playmates every Thursday and some Fridays.

Here Kates cousin Harper has learned how to be a clown.

Here is Harper again showing us all just how cool he can be with a cup on his head.

Happy Valentine's Day

So it was Valentine's Day and was I surprised by my ladies. Molly had cooked me a wonderful meal when I got home from work. She was dressed up and had Kate all dolled up as well. It was fun to have a lovely dinner with my to lovelies.

Kate in her wonderful dress, isn't she gorgeous?

Molly and Kate smiling for daddy.

Dad and his loving daughter.

How can you not kiss that face!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Kate has now begun eating like the big kids. She is now eating solids, if we can call them that. We are feeding her some rice and banana flakes mixed with her milk. We started out really thin with the mixture but we are slowly making the mix thicker. We call her our little snapping turtle because of the way she "snaps" at the spoon trying to get the food. We think that it is really cute.

Kate is also a big fan of reading. She loves books of all kinds and sometimes she just reads them herself like in this picture. Sorry that the shot is sideways.

Here she is enjoying a toy that allows her to sit up. This week has had another first for Kate. Not only is she eating solids now, but she is also sitting all by her big self. We think that it is great but Molly and I agree that she is growing up a little too fast.

We thought that you would all like to see her and Molly enjoying a little dinner time that happened just tonight.

Kate says "buen provecho!"

So a lot has happened since the last posting. Kate continues to grow so fast and is getting more beautiful every day like her mother. Kate is now able to roll over on her own which makes her parents very proud. She is laughing and making "talking" noises all the time. She is such a delight to be around and we just love having her here to be a part of our family.

Also since the last blog I was hospitalized with pneumonia for 11 days. When I first got sick I thought that perhaps all that I had was the flu. I was throwing up and had other intestinal issues. Then the night before we went to the hospital I was able to keep food down so I thought that I was getting better. There was this persistent pain in my chest on the right side, but I thought that it was just a pulled muscle from throwing up so often. Well, at about 5:30 am on Jan 1st I woke Molly up and said that we had better get to a hospital because the pain was unmanageable and I could barely breath. 11 days later of pain and chest tubes I was able to go home to recover. I feel so very much better but I still get winded easily and where the chest tube was is still a little painful.

So what is the lesson? Don't get pneumonia.

Please enjoy some pics of me in the hospital and some of Kate.

Here I am in the first day at the Hospital. I don't remember this picture being taken.

Kate playing in her favorite toy, the "exer-saucer".

Great Grandma Andersen holding our precious little girl.

Kate was one of Santa's reindeer this year, and Molly was trying to hide behind her.

Kate in her beautiful blessing dress that Molly also wore when she was blessed.

Kate's Baby Blessing

Yesterday Kate had her baby blessing. It was a wonderful event and it was such a great time for everyone involved. It is such a wonderful blessing to be able to have this spiritual event in our lives that not only blesses the baby but the entire family as well. We hope that you enjoy the pics from the event.


Kate with Mommy and Daddy

Vinni, Amber, Jane and Jeremy, Suzy, Brannon and Lei Lani enjoying the after-party

Grandma and Grandpa Andersen with Kailee holding Kate.

Thayne with Harper teasing Braden

Suzy sitting with Jane, Jen holding Kate and Griffin licking his lips with Lei Lani in the background enjoying it all.

Happy Halloween!

Tis' the season where gowls and goblins fill the air to frighten little children. But alas, Kate was not afraid because she is such a powerful super-baby (or it could be the fact that she still can't focus on anyone). We hope you enjoy these pics of Halloween as much as we did.

Kate in her Pumpkin outfit

Molly as a pumkin farmer and her little pumkin!

Kate's cousin Shrek, I mean Harper!

The farmers and the pumkin, notice our hats.

Kate and her cousin loving Halloween.

Kate and her scary cousins Griffin, Zach, Kate, Anna and Jane.

Family trip to Florida

We all just got back from sunny Florida. It was fun and Kate did so well. We went and stayed with Molly's sister Lisa and her family. It was a lot of fun and we did a lot of fun things.

Kate going for her first swim!


Swimming with daddy.

Kate's first toe in the Ocean.

Just two lovers on the beach.

The vacationers. (Josh and Teagan, Naya, Lisa, Fischer is behind Lisa, Cory and Molly with Kate)

Lil' Kate is seeing the world

I thought that it was time to add a few more pics for those dieing to see them. We have been taking Kate for strolls in the hills. Daddy goes for a bike ride and mom and baby go for a hike. We think that Kate enjoys them but we aren't sure as she falls asleep almost as soon as we start.

Family photo at the Solutide pond after the hike and ride

Grandma Andersen enjoying a little Kate time

Our little angle sleeping with pink hippos (she had a little too much to drink!)

Posing for the camera

More Visitors and I am home!

Baby Kate enjoyed a few more visitors on he second day in this world. And now today she is home enjoying her new room next door to mommy and daddy. We love having her here and hope that she enjoys it too!

Kate and papa Kenny chilling in Kate's room.

Kate asleep in her crib.

Great Grandma Elise Andersen is enjoying a little time with Kate Elise!

Great Aunt Vinni along with Grandma and Grandpa Andersen came to say hello.

Uncle Lane along with cousins Sofie and Sawyer, (Devra was there as well)

Auntie Eneli wanted to say hi to the newest Andersen.

Mother Molly and Kate enjoyed some peace and quiet together.

Kate Elise Andersen

On September 3rd at 2:55 PM Molly and Kenton welcomed the newest addition to the family. Kate is a beautiful 7 lb 9 oz 20 inch long baby girl. Both Molly and baby appear to be fine and the delivery was smooth. Please enjoy some pictures of her first day and all of the wonderful people that came to visit.


Mother and Baby


Baby Kate


Auntie Suzy


Auntie Kailee, Uncle Thayne and cousin Harper


Cousins Zach, Anna, Griffin and Jane


Just minutes after being born


Being weighed


With Grandpa Andersen


With Grandma Wright


First Family photo

Boys Trip to Moab

Dave, Brock, Steve and I returned from a fun weekend mountain biking in Moab. We road Porcupine Rim, Bartlett Wash and Sovereign Trail. All of the trails were fun and we had an awesome time. The trails were cery technical and the Porcupine Rim was both mentally and physically exhausting. We can't wait to do it again next year!

Our Trip to Great Basin NP

Molly, and I with her younger sister Suzy and husband Brannon had a wonderful time in Great Basin NP. This is a smaller park on the Utah Nevada border with the worlds oldest living things (Bristle Cone Pines) as well as one of the coolest caves (Leman) that I have seen. It was a quick two nighter but it was fun.