April, May, June, July ...sorry we got sooooo behind, oh, and August, too!! & not necessarily in that order! :)

Okay Brick, this is for you. Here are some of the pictures we've got for you but didn't have time to get the ones off Ty's camera and our phones yet. When we get back from Powell, we will organize them, and the others, and journal them. But for now this will have to do :)! Love you!

Ty after his wisdom teeth yanking!Mason's Birthday!

Ty and his look alike uncle!

At Uncle Damon's new House.

Dad after the Olinseloss weightloss challenge!

The first bonfire of the summer!

Dad running the Run for Micro 5K (the house behind him is my old house growing up in Rexburg) Mason and Dad at the finish line! So proud of them both!

Mason made this lego missionary for you, complete with investigator accepting a B.O.M.
First cookout again!
Mason kept forgetting about Jazz band tryouts, so I posted a reminder on my visor and stuck it on his head!




Fun out fishing!
Fishing Battle wound! Ty slipped on a rock and went down pretty hard on the waterfall.

Some early summer picks in our backyard.

Hiking at Box Canyon.



Dad rescuing Missy (he had walked out to that rock on the fallen log, and she tried to swim to the rock and was having difficulty in the current, so he had to go in after her!
Cutie pie, dogs!

Idaho's version of the Redwoods!


The sky during a brush fire out by Arco, area. So cool!


Ty and Mase spending some quality time together!

Missy looking sad while watching Ty pack for his mission!

Ty having a hard time staying on task!
"You can't make me organize my room" :)

Some of the Amazing Nasa pics of Outer Space at the Idaho Falls Visitors Center. Truly mind blowing!




A couple days before Ty left on his mission!x This was actually in August. oops!

The big Drop Off at the MTC!

The Mission Training Center: Where boys learn to be men.

Hundreds of Missionaries line the sidewalks waiting to greet hundreds more, just coming in! Wow, so different than when we took Brick there. You are literally in and out within 5 min!

One last hug for dad! (Mom got one too, just not in front of the camera-she was glad about that :) )

Another handshake and off he goes!

Bye Ty! You'll make a great missionary! (and then we had a little cry session!)

March 2010

Anxiously awaiting a fun day out in nature!
Dad & Mason ready for some fun exercise.
Taking a lunch break.

Missy wants some snacks too.

Just when we were about to turn back, we decided to see if that sound was a river that we knew was somewhere close by, or just the wind in the trees. We went a little ways further and came across Box Canyon! Soooooo beautiful! We can't wait to go back this summer and explore it more!

What beautiful country we live in!
Nikki thought the moss on the trees was cool too! What a fun day!

Below: The Annual Harshbarger coasting party!
Uncle Brent (Nikki's uncle) rounding up the horses and sleigh! Thanks Uncle Brent for a great day!
Eric ready for some fun! So cute!
Nephew's Jensen and Maverik! s
Jake pushing his son Maverick.
Mason taking a break!
Eric ready for the roast of the double dogs.
Some of the clan!
Nikki's sisters Tricia and Kami

Ty guy taking a break.
Ty was asked out to the annual Glenn Miller Night by Elly Ricks.

Ty was excited to be home over spring break and got a lot done with getting his mission papers ready to send off!

YAY!!!!! More Pic's from Brick!!!!

A suit of armor.
Huge angel statue!
A street in Chihuahua!
A bull fighting arena
He can't where this BYU Tie we sent him, so he uses it for a rally towell to cheer for the Cougs when dad tells them about the games! :) Go Cougs!
He named this one: "O Chihuahua"
A park in Chihuahua
A Mexican mailbox.

He can't wait to not be the "Money Man" any more! (Being the finance secretary in the Mission Office)

Well, that's all for March, stay tuned for April and May~ coming soon.

February 2010

Well, the short month of February has come and gone in a flash! How fast the times goes when the month is missing a few days.

With the big Valentines day on the calender once again, I (Eric) somehow summoned from the deep recesses of my being, a little bit of romance, (which is a tall task to pull out of the deep Andreasen Viking gene pool) to put together a video walk down memory lane as part of my Valentines gift for Nikki.

Tyler also had a long weekend over Valentines day/President's Day holiday and decided to come home to visit! We wish we could say it was to see us, but it was probably because of our annual Valentines day feast (Lobster, Crab legs, Steak and all that good stuff). Just kidding Ty guy, we know you love us..... but we also know the food was a bonus! :)

Here's what some of the full spread looked like! Yummy!!!!!














Eric Pounding down some crab legs!














What a delicious pile of crab legs! Good thing you have to burn some calories breaking into them or we all might have had a cardiac arrest from all the food!



















This was actually the calm before the eating storm!















Nikki also undertook another one of her amazingly awesome and unbelievable thrifty wonder crafty transformation projects this past month. When she came in with this old chair she'd bought at the D.I., we all scratched our heads and wondered what she had in mind, but decided to just get out of the way and let her work her magic!














Nikki's ability to take something like this and see the hidden beauty and potential within it, has always amazed me, and I believe it to be a truly Christlike quality in her personality; for the Savior surely sees the hidden potential and beauty within all of us, even when we feel worn down and cast aside by life at times. Sometimes He has to tear us down to the roots and refurbish what lies within us.















And it is within the power of his atonement that we can be transformed into something wonderful and useful once again.




















She is also building a matching ottoman to go with it, so stay tuned for pictures of that next month. Along with some pictures of Nikki's birthday and other fun and exciting adventures on Andreasen Lane!

Pictures from Brick!!!

Brick, Elder Alcazar and one of their newest converts, Francisco.

Brick with his latest companiero, Elder Bravo.

At a park(???) eating a sack lunch a sister prepared for them.

A Chihuahua sunset.

Brick cherishing the stocking we sent him. (we made it out of an old church shirt and tie sewn into the shape of a stocking)

Goofin' around a bit!
Some poor little baby chicks. He said they sell them spray painted like that. Weird!

Brick and Elder Alcazar with the Beto family. (he said the daughter with her face painted had just come from a party or something)

One of Brick's companions, Elder Alcazar and a view of Chihuahua.