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Here's the latest performance from Em.

Grillz

Dis what ya do when in da Lou
Ice grill Country Grammar
Where da hustlas move bricks
And da gangsta's bang hamma's

Anderson's Haunted House

When Heather went out of town during October I took it upon myself to do a little "decorating".

Halloween at the Anderson's

We had a fun Halloween around these parts. Emily dressed as a princess, Heather as a pregnant person, and me as an evil white trash clown. Halloween night we had friends over for a nice dinner and trick or treating, and then I talked everybody into watching a movie from my horror collection..haha. Keep watching the blog...I am going to upload a video tour of all the Halloween decorations I put up while Heather was out of town...for now though, here are a few pictures.


Em at the Kirkwood Farmer's market sitting in the pumpkin patch.



Em riding a tractor full of hay at the Kirkwood Farmer's Market


Em on top of the hay piles.



Here's the princess all dolled up.



Trick or Treating



The Evil White Trash Clown




Emily the Witch




Our 3 Halloween pumpkins this year...a carved vampire mr. burns, a painted zombie, and a painted demonic clown.



Fall in St. Louis

Happy Halloween

And finally for the real thing...

THRILLER

A crackhead among the mexicans

So this weekend we decided to go to the St. Louis Hispanic Festival. The only problem is that there aren't that many hispanics in St. Louis. The festival was held next to this park with a bunch of homeless people/crackheads. As the mexican band started to play, the crackheads wandered out of the park to investigate. There was one in particular who managed to get his hands on a sombrero. He walked right to the front of the stage and proceeded to dance for the whole hour and a half we were there. It was hilarious. Luckily I had a camera and took some sweet video (see below). Also a highlight were the pork tamales, the the homemade XXX salsa, the fruit empanadas and the agua de horchata. Emily loved watching the mexican ladies
dance and twirl their dresses.

The E to the N to the T in the UT

So we just got back from a two month trip to Utah where I did an away rotation. It was a busy but fun month. We went a couple week before the rotation and stayed late so we would have time to see family and friends. It was great to be home, and that's coming from someone who is usually indifferent to going home. I put in 90+ hours a week at the U when I was on service and it was nice to have family around to take care of us. We made a lot of fun memories. I found the rotation at the U to be intense, but they were a good group to work with and I really learned a lot. Overall I couldn't have asked for a better summer. Here are about a million pictures and videos to follow.

Em and Grandpa Anderson made a stepping stone for the garden

The cousins playing at Aunt Shannon's

Cute cousin Lex

Em making the hike up to Donut Falls

Em made it to the falls

The cousins roasting hot dogs at Mueller Park Canyon

Grandma Rasmussen and her birthday cake

Em with Grandma Rasmussen's birthday cake

Em and Lisa playing outside

Em at the parade on the 24th of July

Em and Lisa sharing a swing at Aunt Shannon's

This is me and Em at the Botanical Gardens

Em and her cute summer dress

Em enjoying the ride in her cousin's toys

A whole lotta cousins at Grandma Rasmussens

Em and Lisa at the table

Em was a bit hesitant to use the tramp at Aunt Shannon's but she got the hang of it



Heather and I went with my dad to see James Taylor in concert. It was a lot of fun.

Oh, here's what I was doing while everybody else was having fun ;)