A subtle hint to all those who read

I will begin to post my Christmas list now. So far only two items have caught my eye.

First, in size XL,
isn't she a beaut?

Next, in a 7 1/4,



Check back often for updates!
GO HALOS!!

Oh by the way, the man crush is alive and kicking!

She loves me, she loves me not...

I think she loves me! Well it has been 14 years of, what do you think, Shauna?, well anyway. It was our 14th anniversary Monday the 15th and Shauna planned a doozy. With the help of Mark, Shauna booked me a flight to LA to watch Baseball with my friends. I was very excited and hugged and kissed her. She told me that it was done selfishly because she was going to spend the 12th through the 14th alone at Matt's house in St. George laying out and enjoying herself. I was OK with that!

Well Friday the 12th finally came and we headed off to St. George. (Shauna's wonderful mother, Debbie, took the kids for the weekend.) There I caught a flight

to LAX from the St. George airport. Yeah me too, I was a little iffy when I saw the plane. Shauna said that she would not get on it if it were her flying in it. The plane landed in LA and Mark and I had tickets to the game that night. What a game! Angels hit a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 9th to win 5-3. I love Baseball!

The next day was my B day and I spent it in style. I woke up when I wanted to. I went to a Mexican restaurant with Mark and Eddie for breakfast and ordered french toast. Went home and watched BYU dismantle UCLA 59-0. After that We had more tickets to see the Angels play that night. (It was if I had died and gone to heaven) This time we went to the game with Eddie, Rob and Mike.



We were able to see Frankie Rodriquez set the MLB mark for saves in a season with 58. (pretty cool)

What a fun night. And the icing on the cake was that it was Hispanic Heritage night at the ballpark and we all got free Angel salsa bowls. Ahhhhh Haaa!!

Thank you Shauna. I love you.

Need to get back into shape

Remember the old blue Guinness Book of World Records? I was riding my bike the other day and I felt like one of the McCrary brothers. Worlds Fattest Twins!

Beantown and the Big Apple

At the beginning of May, my two friends, Mark Jarva and Eddie Garcia, and I took a trip back east to Boston and New York City. The purpose of the trip was for two celebrations. 1st, we are all turning 40 in 2009. 2nd we will also celebrate in 2009, 30 years of us being friends. Well as you can tell by the calender, it is 2008. We had to move the trip up a year because 2008 is the last season of the original Yankee Stadium. And as lovers of baseball, we had to make the pilgrimage to the House that Ruth built and while we were at it why not make the trip complete by going to Fenway park. So we did it.

First we make the trip to Boston. I absolutely loved the city of Boston and fell in love with Fenway Park. There was nothing like taking the Subway to the park and taking in all of the ambiance of it all.

The first thing that I noticed when entering Fenway was how small it was. Then The green Monster was there. We had a great time even though the weather was in the 30's.



Next was the Bronx and Yankee Stadium. This was a huge Stadium compared to Fenway Park. It was really cool to see all of the famous parts of the stadium.



Like the famous facade.



The retired Yankees at Monument Park.



All in all we had the time of our lives...next is Wrigley Field in 2010!

School at last, school at last, thank GOSH its school at last

Finally! Summer is over and the new school year has begun. This is a special school year in our family. This year is Caijsa's first year of Kindergarten. We have been so worried that Caijsa was not going to go because she has developed some sort of separation anxiety. We had her enrolled in a preschool that she quit. She will not go to her primary class unless either Mom or Dad sit with her. So we were worried. The big day finally came and Shauna took Caijsa a little early to get her familiar with her room and teacher. Well when it was time for Shauna to leave Caijsa started to sob. Totally expected her to do that. The teacher had been made aware of the situation and allowed Caijsa to bring the famous pink blankie to class but she has to leave it in her cubbie. Well as she started to sob Shauna gave her the blanket and she instantly stuck her thumb in her mouth and calmed down. The next few days, Caijsa got a little teary-eyed but did fine. Now she is a pro!

Her teacher is named Bunny (born on Easter) Barnett. Caijsa loves her to death!

Man Crush

It's known throughout our family that I, Todd Gerald Andengaard, have a Man Crush on Vladimir Guerrero.

We love it when these two boys dress a little nicer and have backpacks on and are on their bikes with chains and locks. That always means from 9:00 AM to 3:15 PM the house will be quiet and Mom can concentrate. That means, 9 months of school for the boys! Dallin is in 6th grade this year. It is his last year of elementary school. Garret is in 2nd grade. They both love school and love being with their friends.