tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87712538168769772652024-03-14T04:36:35.446-07:00The Andrus FamilyFamily is the greatest treasure one could hope for!Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-87597098685836447732010-11-14T18:46:00.000-08:002010-11-14T18:49:05.504-08:00To Philly & Back Again!A few weeks ago, Matt whisked me away for a five day visit with my amazing sisters, we crashed with my sister Sharon and her family just outside Philadelphia! It was an early anniversary gift, and the first time we had left the kids behind. We had SO much fun! We went to NYC one day with Sharon and Rob...what a total <strong><em>BLAST</em></strong>!!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Talk about some serious <strong><em>Rest & Relaxation</em></strong>-We had the best time!! We chipped in with Alan and Aubrey and all threw Emma a <strong><em>Tinkerbell</em></strong> birthday party! The balloons we found were HUGE!! We also found the <em>perfect </em>birthday cake-which was surprisingly delicious for not being home-made!! You don't look a day past 25 Em!!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-64423760279619982492010-08-17T10:56:00.000-07:002010-08-17T10:56:10.123-07:00Daddy's BoysThe other day I got stuck at the salon a few minutes late, so Matt saved the day as usual and rounded up the boys to head to school to pick up Dryden. Walking Dryden to school in the morning is a lot of fun, I really enjoy the time with the boys. Generally not any hotter than 85' at the time, it's a nice walk. Walking to the school to pick Dryden up in the afternoon....temperatures closer to 110'...is a completely different story! But circumstances what they were, Matt and the boys headed out to brave the heat to rescue Dryden. By the time I made it home, this is what I found....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLluVBi-00iv2JEbPtfBO0NE_NBAnm0dgMff_NQ1VXcNWF2KP9MoPBv1SssGN48bS9Y4QB5oPatmF0Zt92AIndt87ONJnR2rQhxh2EL_5y0S7eLpx3BIA0gEVajyvUhW3jKzq-MaQ0g/s1600/family+photos+early+2010+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLluVBi-00iv2JEbPtfBO0NE_NBAnm0dgMff_NQ1VXcNWF2KP9MoPBv1SssGN48bS9Y4QB5oPatmF0Zt92AIndt87ONJnR2rQhxh2EL_5y0S7eLpx3BIA0gEVajyvUhW3jKzq-MaQ0g/s320/family+photos+early+2010+021.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Matt has been working with Dryden to help him learn to ride his bike....we took the training wheels off just the other day....and then we put them back on about a half hour later. Dryden needs to spend some more time practicing balancing before we take them off again. Matt is being so patient! The whole family is asking Santa for bikes this Christmas so we can enjoy the winter weather outside....a couple more months, I'm sure Dryden will get it soon! And of course Cohen is eager to have his chance too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G8W_m0Jo-81aiJylig6AxgdZC3IY2TpJ1CLP3GaEf_czWfDK0itujMp3oHZiYV0qvJxKO04SgBesDe-3I56m4SR9M6J8ejvh_uO5U3OwPEkHgnFj-DaQBSQx0q0qiQgnjhmodfBrSA/s1600/family+photos+early+2010+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G8W_m0Jo-81aiJylig6AxgdZC3IY2TpJ1CLP3GaEf_czWfDK0itujMp3oHZiYV0qvJxKO04SgBesDe-3I56m4SR9M6J8ejvh_uO5U3OwPEkHgnFj-DaQBSQx0q0qiQgnjhmodfBrSA/s320/family+photos+early+2010+024.JPG" /></a></div>Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-50062805791765981492010-08-09T20:28:00.000-07:002010-08-09T21:18:44.807-07:00Back To School!!This morning Dryden woke up with the jitters. He was absolutely excited to go back to school...and he couldn't wait to be a first-grader...but he also realized that his best buddies from kindergarten were not going to be at the playground waiting to reunite with him! Although our recent move has been a fantastic step in the right direction for our family, it does mean that we are in an entirely different school district, and Dryden will be starting the new year at a new school. But he really is such a tough little trooper...takes after his Daddy.<br />
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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Playing "Super-heros", one of our family favorites...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbx1gtXZfEqAyDTt5rFa8SixxeIHt4FxoF9w4eozAbJXfbjWoaSqw9Hw8ynRg5gM1IM7qKDQsQ3RsRX87oxJNb8VN5wrxLbUgcDjqaN0ZIxC9Y7wHsGGs5S16h_aTXrgkimNpK2YgNQ/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjbx1gtXZfEqAyDTt5rFa8SixxeIHt4FxoF9w4eozAbJXfbjWoaSqw9Hw8ynRg5gM1IM7qKDQsQ3RsRX87oxJNb8VN5wrxLbUgcDjqaN0ZIxC9Y7wHsGGs5S16h_aTXrgkimNpK2YgNQ/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And endless days of playing with toys...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyTjmG1Fve6vuoOXKc3k2QWgC9OEQd7ormsfuj3_iPy_gv8IrALEL0tjY6Vyhk3tPbyhZOCg99tt31v6vmYOPyV7OrSNG90LgqtDPjB4fgTX5FUg5H3EbSLJ_w97TtZwYKkphBcx5xw/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyTjmG1Fve6vuoOXKc3k2QWgC9OEQd7ormsfuj3_iPy_gv8IrALEL0tjY6Vyhk3tPbyhZOCg99tt31v6vmYOPyV7OrSNG90LgqtDPjB4fgTX5FUg5H3EbSLJ_w97TtZwYKkphBcx5xw/s400/014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Dryden and Cohen have become the masters of combining legos, blocks, stuffed animals, and random household items to create the ultimate setting for their ever-growing collection of super-hero action figures. Meanwhile, Caden has been happy to assume the role as 'Godzilla'.....self-appointed. Somehow the building of a superfort- only to watch it be destroyed- never seems to lose it's appeal. Matt and I love to sit back and watch it all...and we love to join in on the pillow fights that inevitably follow the destruction. Boys will be boys!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And our boys are getting HUGE!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirWEhdMSQpCjEUpAzRAgM5Sf_eqJPIy1LnhEE7fSTKUvLcm1ra_WlB2O1iRE3jhaSzAPQ0u6xAZk_gFbyUByru56xlqAkhf-BygOj0NTrmpKmCgyNyq6NbPxmQ1O9yyH8L8KG-VOqOQ/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirWEhdMSQpCjEUpAzRAgM5Sf_eqJPIy1LnhEE7fSTKUvLcm1ra_WlB2O1iRE3jhaSzAPQ0u6xAZk_gFbyUByru56xlqAkhf-BygOj0NTrmpKmCgyNyq6NbPxmQ1O9yyH8L8KG-VOqOQ/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16MPjrTj6GCYqPUmQNxmyr5Ia7vk0kbWsqqOARjr99J7hOIU5UR2pwPmyM1hPFU7fK80rxnIWGZq0HfkpPXM-Q3O8FqyAFuoPGN3jzAAMfoSpOUKRwXoF2ZR1d988Ayzp-UrwbWVBJA/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16MPjrTj6GCYqPUmQNxmyr5Ia7vk0kbWsqqOARjr99J7hOIU5UR2pwPmyM1hPFU7fK80rxnIWGZq0HfkpPXM-Q3O8FqyAFuoPGN3jzAAMfoSpOUKRwXoF2ZR1d988Ayzp-UrwbWVBJA/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yPPmDpAzgWlR9cR-F1P0imkWtXgzc8LJBfrTMD5eog8C21bTfvsp_myXdMMLb9Zk6XsJH2XYaCk4Wy9ecXWNgXpT8iODX0-IS-EOVMixwcqXDtUHVL_xKcQrutLtk87XmgFGwaMM9Q/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yPPmDpAzgWlR9cR-F1P0imkWtXgzc8LJBfrTMD5eog8C21bTfvsp_myXdMMLb9Zk6XsJH2XYaCk4Wy9ecXWNgXpT8iODX0-IS-EOVMixwcqXDtUHVL_xKcQrutLtk87XmgFGwaMM9Q/s320/011.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It amazes me how much the boys change from year to year, month to month, and even day to day. I wish I could capture every smile and record every laugh. I don't want to miss a minute of any of it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-86701151740438766372010-08-02T22:00:00.000-07:002010-08-02T22:00:31.776-07:00Welcome Home Sweethearts!!The weekend flew by....when Sunday morning rolled around Mommy and Daddy were <strong><em>VERY </em></strong>excited to head over to Grandma and Grandpa Andrus' home to pick up the boys. We couldn't wait to hear all about "Camp Grandma" and all the fun they had!! They had so much to tell us....swimming....tents...Grandpa's special 'Mickey Mouse' pancakes....Happy Meals....and a very special 'field trip' to a specialty petshop......<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The boys really had such a wonderful time! They are already talking about next time! Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa...for the special memories...all the fun....all the love...and for just being </span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>YOU</em></strong></span><span style="font-size: small;">!!!!!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-83372065894929843602010-08-02T21:30:00.000-07:002010-08-02T21:30:19.149-07:00Summer Splashes!!Friday morning the boys and I made plans to meet some friends at the local splash pad...Daddy worked at the hospital Thursday night and we were sure he would appreciate a few hours of peace and quiet to catch a little shut-eye before the weekend started! The weather was surprisingly tolerable for the last week of July....except for the insufferable blanket of humidity that has been lingering for the past several days! Truly, though, the temperature was well below 100...okay that <strong><em>IS </em></strong>an exageration...but it proved to be a really great time. The boys were thrilled to be outside for a while before the sun was too high, and the water must have been refreshing! Our little men definately could have been fish in another lifetime, they can't get enough summer splashes!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each of the boys recieved something special in the mail today...an invite to the 1st annual "Camp Grandma"!! Grandma and Grandpa Andrus have invited Dryden, Cohen, and Caden to spend the weekend with them at their home! This weekend's festivities will include swimming, playing, movies, treats, and a whole bunch of special Grandma and Grandpa hugs and kisses!! The boys are SUPER excited for their first weekend away from Mom and Dad.........and I guess Mom and Dad are just going to have to find the courage to brave the weekend <strong><em>ALONE</em></strong>!!!! Peace and quiet....sleeping in....dinner and a movie....relaxation....<strong><em>How will we EVER survive?!?!?!?!?!?!? </em></strong></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Ali Andrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06080162505006798446noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771253816876977265.post-30139676973154861742010-07-23T20:13:00.000-07:002010-07-23T20:13:34.568-07:00Losing TeethIt is amazing how something as simple as your oldest child losing their first tooth can really make you feel your age! Where is the time going?!?! Regardless, Dryden has now lost both his first AND second tooth!!! I am not sure if I was ever as excited to have random parts of my body fall off...or out...or whatever, but we have one exctatic six-year old on our hands!! I'd be lying if I tried to tell you it's not the cutest thing in the world, but it feels like such a milestone!! From nursery to kindergarten to losing teeth.....just the other day he was asking us how long he has to wait to drive the car!!!! <br />
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Cohen just might be the funniest little boy we've ever met, and absolutely fearless!! The other day we walked to the park down the street. There were a few young teenage girls hanging around on top of the playset....Cohen walked right up to them and said, "Hey. What's up?? My name is Cohen, and my tricks are tricky!!" Talk about a 'smooth criminal'!!! Watch out Mom and Dad.....and watch out little girls....he's gonna be a heart-breaker!!! He is getting so excited to start T-Ball in September and so are we!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Caden is.....well....absolutely wonderful! Talk about a little angel, this one has the whole family wrapped around his chubby little fingers! He is starting to talk all the time, his word of the week is "MO-O-O-OM!!" and even though we are sure we hear it at least once every other minute it has not lost it's perfect-ness! Despite his apparent affection for Mama, he is 95% Daddy's boy...wrestling and rolling all over the place. One of their favorite things to do together right now is play the tickle monster.....Caden loves to laugh, and we love to hear it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">SOOOOOOOO in love with these little men......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And speaking of being 'in love'..........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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