Andersons celebrate a lot of July and August Birthdays. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all! We wish all our sons and daughters-in-law, who had birthdays, a wonderful year to come. It feels weird to miss their special day and not smother them with gifts as usual. Giving gifts is definitely my love language and I've had to resist since we can't mail anything with the hopes it would actually arrive in the USA. I am collecting some fun African-made things for Christmas with our plans of returning home in December for our 4 weeks off.
William's family went to a play "Horse Boy" which they enjoyed. Elisa made William this amazing layered cake with crepes. William turned 36 on August 16th, along with his wife, Elisa's 35th birthday was August 12th. Ben turned 34 on August 4th. Both Hunter and Rachel share a birthday on July 20th, Hunter is now 29 and Rachel is 31 years old. Katie, Hunter's wife had a birthday on July 28th, and Jenny Jade, Ben's wife on July 30th. It was a whole summer of birthday celebrations without us!
Look who Ben, Jenny, and Annabella ran into in Salt Lake, our friends Margo & Jim Christensen
Ben's very busy working for Angel Studios. They are the company that produced, The Chosen. He is a wonderful dad to Annabella. He takes her to "Kid's Strong" every weekend and allows Jenny to rest after working a night shift. I remember only too well how hard the night shift is!
Elise sends me videos of Aria singing and dancing. She is only two, but is so smart, just like all of our grandchildren. Elise has Aria very regimented for her Type 1 diabetes and she's been in good control lately. Oh, how we miss them! Nick quit his job working for Shaun McBride and "A for Adley", which he produced and helped them become a 4 million YouTube viewer success. Nick's going to start consulting so he'll have more family time at home. We applaud his big move. He has so much talent, we're sure he'll succeed in what he plans for the future.
Ian and Rachel are doing well. Ian's got our yard and Airbnb all organized. He even planted a garden and is enjoying his harvest. They bought a lot to the south of us in Mendon from Jay Stegar's family. Jay recently died of cancer and had bought the lot between his home and Sharon James on 200 South in Mendon. Ian and Rachel will build a custom home and be right next to both sets of grandparents. Who could ask for anything more? We are so grateful for their help caring for our home and yard. Otherwise, it would have been very difficult to go on a mission. Rocky and Rigby are growing up fast. We love those little rascals!
Rocky & Max swing together. Rigby is starting to stand up. Fun brothers, July 2023
Hunter and Katie seem to be doing well. We've had a hard time getting them on WhatsApp. Hunter stays so busy with construction and his excavation work. We really miss Eliza and little Max. Max is such a cute little talkative toddler. It about broke our hearts when he asked, "Grandpa, when are you coming over to my house?"
We are so grateful for this experience and know our family will be blessed in our absence. We have the opportunity to influence and love children, who are orphans or never knew a loving grandpa and grandma. We are affectionately "Go-Go" and "Sagoru" in Shona.
Andersons with Jess Solani, 2023.07
William's family went to a play "Horse Boy" which they enjoyed. Elisa made William this amazing layered cake with crepes.
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