Cooking with Grandma Pam (Mission Preperation)

Will and Tom came to Grandma's house for the afternoon. These two were excited to put on aprons and help make batter for cupcakes. They did it all - added water, put the eggs in, the oil and watched everything get mixed up.

Grandma Pam taught them how to scrape the bowl and get every bit of batter out and into their mouths.

The best part are the smiles on these two. I would expect to see them on the Food Network on their own reality show, "Missionaries in the Making".

Henry Smith Burnett

This is little Henry Burnett the day he was blessed. He was blessed by his father Dave on October 9th, 2010. All of the family (both Burnett's and Anderson's) were there for this special day.

Baby blessings are a wonderful thing and this practice actually originates in scripture to the time of Christ. The Savior said, "Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me". The Bible tells us, "he laid his hands on them". The pattern has been set - little children are to have hands laid upon them and given a blessing so they might commence their journey in mortality with the blessings of Heavenly Father upon them.

The practice was lost for hundreds of years but has been restored in the gospel today. "Every member of the church of Christ having children is to bring them unto the elders before the church, who are to lay their hands upon them in the name of Jesus Christ, and bless them in his name. Thats why in the LDS Church, infants are giving a preisthood blessing in Sacrament meeting (before the church)

This is Henry on Sunday the 9th just after his blessing. He is a cute little boy ( in Dave and Michelle tradition). So, if you've ever wondered why we give babies blessings in Sacrament meeting, now you know.

Happy Halloween from the Andersons

October 27th, was the 2nd annual Anderson Halloween party. As you can see, Snow White and a prince from some unknown land hosted the party which was held in Hyrum, Utah.
Grandpa Gary was the prince and he welcomed everyone who came to the door. Do you like the purple bloomers?
Snow White (who looks absolutely beautiful) and the Prince are in love. The buckles on the shoes are a special feature don't you think?

We had a vampire, a princess, a fireman, Ironman (super hero), a witch, 2 Snow Whites, a little pumpkin boy and a hippie girl from the 70's.

These two (yes indeed, snow white #3, and a fairy) were sad to miss the party!

Curtis was taking it easy (along with grandpa) as Snow White did most of the work.

Oh no, is that the evil witch giving Snow White a poison apple??
Snow White takes a bite of the shiny red apple. A speical treat for her.


Suddenly she goes into a deep sleep. Nothing will wake her up except the kiss from her HANDSOME prince. Do you think he woke her up or let her sleep....

And they lived happily ever after. The end.

Happy Henry

Here is a picture of Henry this morning sporting a great smile for Grandma Pam. He is now ten weeks old and such a fun baby!!

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Visit from the Muller's, German friends!

We had a nice evening visiting with Herman and Doris Muller from Germany. They were in the U.S. touring and stopped overnight at Gary and Pam's. Pam made DELICIOUS peach pie and that was so good on the taste buds. It was fun to see them once again. The next morning they were off to Yellowstone National Park for 3 days.