07/30/2010 03:00 pm Jared enjoyed a belated birthday lunch at Oregano's courtesy of his older sister. He also enjoyed kicking Brooke and Cole's butts at ping pong.

07/29/2010 09:26 pm Xander no longer wants top-bunk rights because he'd rather sleep next to Daisy.

07/29/2010 08:21 pm Xander has finally earned top-bunk rights by not wiggling all across the house in his sleep.

07/28/2010 08:56 pm Elijah will be learning the trumbone at school this year.

07/27/2010 10:13 pm Jared loves how no matter what's going on in the universe, rain in Phoenix will always be the top story on the evening news.

07/27/2010 05:38 pm Xander knows what it means to have humility; it means to be awesome.

07/26/2010 07:57 pm Maxwell didn't want his mom to walk him to his class.

07/26/2010 09:35 am Sara Dropped the kids off at school and gave a pep talk to the new kindergarten parents. Now waiting to go to the dentist.

07/26/2010 07:36 am Sara Is sad she had to leave san diego yesterday. The 90 degrees plus humidity she woke up to doesn't help her feel better.

07/25/2010 08:41 pm Maxwell thinks the underscore symbol is called the line on the ground.

07/25/2010 08:36 pm Xander is yelling at his bottled water, "Of course you have zero calories! You're water!"

07/25/2010 08:33 pm The monsters are back from San Diego and are ready and excited for school tomorrow.

07/23/2010 10:11 pm Elijah says with a pirate accent, "Var she blows."

07/23/2010 09:57 am Jared had a job interview this morning & is now headed to Summer & Philippe's.

07/22/2010 09:01 pm Maxwell can play his cards yo matter what.

07/22/2010 03:44 pm Sara Met a whole bunch of teachers at Meet the Teachers today.

07/21/2010 09:22 pm Elijah can't wait to use his calculator and flash-drive.

07/21/2010 01:15 pm Sara Is at the Science Center with her boys.

07/20/2010 06:35 pm Daisy is stalking backyard lizards.

07/20/2010 06:34 pm Xander is also "helping" with the laundry. And by helping, I mean taunting everyone about their underwear.

07/20/2010 06:33 pm Maxwell is "helping" with the laundry.

07/20/2010 06:31 pm Elijah is "helping" his mom make dinner.

07/20/2010 06:31 pm Jared enjoyed early morning disc golf with his father-in-law this weekend.

07/20/2010 06:29 pm The monsters took their weekly trip to the library today.

07/19/2010 02:55 pm Sara Has 7 kids today. 6 boys and 1 girl ages 3-12.

07/19/2010 02:54 pm Sara Is corrupting her 3 year old nephew with MarioKart Wii.

07/17/2010 06:31 pm Elijah is hustling through his Python book so he can finish before school starts and earn Wii time.

07/17/2010 06:29 pm Maxwell is being Sara's bossy star catcher on Super Mario Galaxy 2.

07/15/2010 11:04 pm Elijah braved a few rounds of paintball tonight. He escaped with just a few bruises and welts.

07/15/2010 11:01 pm Xander wants to own chickens when he grows up.

07/12/2010 01:27 pm Sara Took the kids to their favorite McDonald's today.

07/11/2010 08:48 pm Elijah wonders if the DVD needs to be rewinded.

07/11/2010 12:48 pm Elijah is super excited that he gets his very own calculator for pre-algebra next quarter.

07/10/2010 01:45 pm Jared gave his two older kids haircuts because professional hairstylists always give them girlie hair.

07/10/2010 01:42 pm The monsters found out who their teachers will be for next school year and can't contain their excitement.

07/10/2010 01:24 pm Sara Yay Germany! Looking forward to a world cup win in 4 years.

07/08/2010 09:59 am Sara Took boys to kiwanis park, tempe thinking we'd beat the heat. 102 already + humidity; Mother Nature,1 : Andersons, 0.

07/07/2010 09:46 am Sara Was teasing about the global warming thing. Oceans stuck to facts about human pollution and irresponsible fishing. I wish it stayed +.

07/06/2010 10:36 pm Xander matches because both his shirt and shorts have stripes.

07/06/2010 02:42 pm Sara Is glad she took the boys 2 c Disney's Oceans. (really) They needed some Global Warming brainwashing. (kidding)

07/06/2010 02:34 pm Sara Never enjoys watching baby sea turtle massacres. Those are her favorite animals.

07/06/2010 02:33 pm Sara Enjoyed watching a mantis shrimp beat up a crab and then return to give a final smack.

07/04/2010 11:10 pm The monsters climbed up the hills in Tempe to watch the fireworks at Tempe town lake.

07/04/2010 07:21 pm Elijah knows what A.D.D. is and right now thinks Maxwell is acting like he has it.

07/03/2010 07:09 am Elijah says the plate only broke because he missed the shot.

07/03/2010 07:08 am Elijah was practicing disc golf while emptying the dishwasher and turbo-putted a plate into pieces.

07/02/2010 08:52 am Elijah thinks a heat-seeking missile would be useless in Arizona during summer.

06/28/2010 05:43 pm Maxwell is singing in the shower very loudly, "We are the champions! No time for losers!"

06/28/2010 12:53 pm Jared is leaving Oregano's 20 lbs heavier and full of pizza, wings, and pizzookie.

06/28/2010 07:23 am Jared <3 homemade, country, birthday breakfast - much <3 to Sara & Elijah.