LEXIE LOO WHO

I FINALLY have some new pictures of Lexie - she is getting so big! She is over 9 lbs already and barely a month old.

She is smiling and cooing and all the fun stuff - oh yea, and POOPING! SHEESH! ;)

Anywho - Love you all!

For The Love Of The Game

Andrews team got to play at Rio Tinto Stadium last night (Real Salt Lake professional Soccor Stadium) - we sat in the stands - they announced his entire team as they entered the field from the players entrance by full name and jersey number - its was AWESOME! The boys got to sit in the locker room before the game started and it was just a really cool experience. The lights were on, the scrolling ads were on, they even had their concession stands open for business.


They played Skyline - it was a 100% good, clean game!!!!!! The refs were GREAT - Andrew had a BLAST and that is what matters! Oh, and they just HAPPENED to win 14-0 lol

Well....this is sadly, but finally it.....the very last game of the 2008 season is Thursday, 8:00 pm at the stadium.


What a season this has been! The highlights, the low-lights, but wow - the entire team had AWESOME sportsmanship - the coaches were wonderful and this season was up there with one of the best.


All of my boys played football from 8 to 16. While I believe whole-heartedly that every sport is important and teaches kids great lessons - I LOVE THIS GAME! The commeradery of the team, the sportsmanship lessons that can only be learned on a field, the life-long friends they have made along the way, and all of the coaches who have come into their life have each made permanent impacts on my boys life.


Cameron is trying out for high school ball next year - this was a hard year for him because he decided he didn't want to play - He had a rough time with that decision. He has a passion for this game that I have never seen before. I can't wait to see what he does with it.
He would be an amazing coach -

Andrew is debating on staying with little league one more year, or going into the High School program next season.


I can't believe this might be the last time I drive one of my little league football players to practice 3 - 5 times a week or to the early morning games after looking for the one long lost sock that inevitably is where I told them it was in the first place, and being late because of it.
Or even getting all the way to the field, only to learn that one of them left a helmet or their cleats behind!

Learning early on that you MUST keep a stock of mouth-pieces on hand at all times because you never know what excuse they will use about where it possibly could be - cups, cleats, water bottles - all missing at one time or another - haveing to switch out pads from the practice pants to their game pants at 7:00 in the morning because, even though you told them to do it the night before - they "forgot" - almost DYING from the stench that comes from football pads when they remain zipped up in their bags overnight in the middle of August - fighting with them to try to get them to understand that yes, practicing for 3 hours a day, 6 days a week is NORMAL and it should be FUN - even when they are sweating from head to toe, and come home so exhausted it's all they can do to shower and eat without passing out! But man - once those game jerseys were on, the under armour adjusted, the socks just right, the cleats tied and double tied, it was worth every minute of it!

I couldn't and wouldn't replace this experience for the world. It has brought our family closer - and its just a great, great game.

The Strength of a Woman

Ok, so I come in this morning to an e-mail my mom forwarded to me. It is from my beautiful Aunt Laurie.

As you all probably know, she is battling breast cancer, and last night she lost her hair.

Without going into every little detail - I just felt I needed to brag about her for just a minute.

My Aunt Laurie is amazing. She is one of those women that you would meet and NEVER forget - no matter how short of a time she might have touched your life. She is STUNNING - how one woman can be so beautiful is just pretty much not fair. She has an absolute and undeniable love for our Heavenly Father, His Son, and our Gospel. She is a constant example of faith for anyone who might be questioning their own. She is HYSTERICAL! She can make you laugh within the first 5 minutes of a conversation. She has the Andersen sense of humor, and as we all know - that right there should make you piddle your pants! She is a Mother in every sense of the word. She would be there at 2 am for you if you needed her to be. She would drop anything and everything if any one of her 8 (yes, 8 - 4 kids & 4 in-laws FYI) children needed even just a hug. She is a perfect wife and eternal partner to my RAD Uncle Paul. Together they kind of make you a little nauseated! They always have some kind of touchy feely thing going on - ewww! They are just about as wonderful together as any couple should or could be.

I say this all because I think she needs to realize how strong she is and what an incredible example she is to me daily. I couldn't imagine going through what she is going through right now. But if I ever had to - I know that she would be my #1 supporter - and our entire family would be united as we are today. We have Gammy and Baka's eternal example of how families should be together and love each other no matter what silly mistakes we all make. The love of a family - well the love of OUR family - is unconditional, eternal and unbreakable.

If I could be there with her, I would in a heartbeat - but I just hope she knows as much as any member of my family knows - I am there for you through prayer and thoughts and I love you all so much. There is not a single person in our entire family, extended or in-law or otherwise, that I don't love with every part of my soul.

Anyway - now that I'm actually letting some sort of fluid trickle down my face - and its not a booger - I guess I had better close this post.

Thank you, Aunt Laurie, for being such a strong woman. You amaze me daily, and I love you.

I'M JUST SAYIN.....

I HAVE SOME GALL DERN GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC!

LISTEN TO MY PLAYER

LOVE MY PLAYER

COPY ME BECAUSE I AM RAD!

LOL - WOOT WOOT!

AHHHH MY SUNSHINE!

Well - unfortunately, Andrew's team lost the Championship game this year - it was a VERY hard loss.

They fought a good fight, it just wasn't meant to be!

We had such a great turnout for our little "cheering section" it was AWESOME! Thank you to all of my family and close friends who made the trek to come see the game. It meant more than words can say!

Greatfully, we have 2 more games - they are in a tournament called "BORDER WARZ" and get to play against teams from other leagues around the State.

We had a tough last game - but wow what a GREAT season! I'm so proud of him and his entire team.

High School ball next year... I'm getting old!

ANDREW "A-ROD" "SUNSHINE" (those of you who have seen Remember the Titans know why this nickname is appropriate) RODRIGUEZ IS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!

Saturday, November 1 their team played in the playoffs against Alta - We scored a touchdown early in the 2nd quarter - and they blocked our extra point - the score was 6-0. In the 3rd quarter, we scored again - and again they blocked our extra point! (Dang it all to heck!) the score was 12-0 - AND THERE IT REMAINED! WE WON WITH A SHUT OUT ONCE AGAIN!

Andrew played so well (duh lol) - his team was great - one of our receivers got hurt, sadly, so he won't be able to play in the Big Game tomorrow. But through all the injuries, (2 knees, 1 broken arm, 1 broken foot, 1 ankle) this team has come together even stronger and played even harder.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RIVERTON PURPLE JUNIOR TEAM, COACHES AND EVERYONE WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO GET THESE KIDS TO THIS POINT!

As usual - I'm just a proud, boastful mother who is so excited about this season!

GO RIVERTON!!

COPY CAT!

Ok - so first of all the answer is yes, if you all jumped off a cliff, I would probably do the same thing - so here's to all of you leaders who called me over to the private side of blog-dom (hahaha for made up words!) - I must admit, though, my life is very mundane and if someone wants to copy it, well have at it! However, I do have the children to think about I guess - so please send me emails to my email with your email so I can email you an email invitation that you just might deny, but I can accept that -