Job Search

Well after two months of unemployment I am still looking for a job. Let's just say it is not a fun process. If anyone knows of any open jobs please let me know! Thanks a billion!

Elder Reed Mark Anderson

Elder Reed Mark Anderson entered the MTC yesterday. Here are a few pictures from the day.







If you want to write Reed a letter here is his address for the next two and a half weeks:
Elder Reed Mark Anderson
MTC Mailbox #159
NY - Roch 0209
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604-1793

Also my family now has a blog. So if you want to be updated on all the Anderson Family happenings go to themtas.blogspot.com.

2009

I know that I am a week late but Happy New Year! I have high expectations for 2009. I have decided that it is going to be a great year and that whatever comes my way, I am going to love it. But I do have some high hopes for the new year. One of those hopes is to have a job soon. Unemployment is boring. In 2009 I hope to be able to learn more, read some great books, become better at the piano, teach myself to play the flute, learn to sew well, become more crafty, get in shape, and cook better. I also hope to become more spiritual and to gain a better knowledge of the Gospel. Mainly I want to be happy. I hope that 2009 is a fabulous year and that it is great for everyone.

A Christmas To Remember

Merry Christmas! Today my family (minus my Dad) were surprised to find that my Dad had written a story about a Christmas from his mission and it was featured in the Deseret News. This story is very heart warming and truly shows what Christmas is all about. You can read the story here http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705272689,00.html. I hope that you all have a fabulous Christmas.

Ginger Bread House

Tonight my siblings and I attempted to make a Ginger Bread House. We obviously aren't very talented when it comes to this. I don't think that any of us have made one since we were in elementary school.



Us with the finished product.




Pretty much Reed and Tommy started just putting down a ton of frosting and threw candy on top.

Christmas Lights

Last night as I drove back to Provo from Bluffdale I looked off of the side of the freeway in Provo and there was a huge house completely decked out in Christmas lights. It was awesome! Then as I drove down Center Street in Provo and there were lights everywhere. I loved it! I have always loved driving around at night during Christmas time looking at lights and listening to Christmas music. It just puts me in the Christmas spirit so much!

So Much To Be Thankful For

Happy Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving Day. What a great day to be able to concentrate on those things that we are thankful for. I love this quote from President Thomas S. Monson, "We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues." (An Attitude of Gratitude, Ensign, February 2000)

Here are a few things that I am Thankful for:
- My Family, they are some of my best friends and I am so thankful for them
- Jesus Christ and his Atoning sacrifice
- The Gospel
- The opportunites that I have to learn and grow
- Fabulous Friends, I have such great friends who are always there when I need them
- Things that make me laugh
- Good Books
- Music, I love music!
- A wonderful home and apartment
- Delicious food, the food that the Anderson family will prepare today is going to be so delicious! I am so excited.

Those are just a few of the numerous things that I am thankful for. I am so thankful for the numerous blessings that the Lord pours down on me!