Here We Go!!!

So I decided to start this blog because there is not a day that goes by that I want to forget, but I know that someday I will.  That is just what happens...although you want to remember every little thing that happens in your day to day routine with your family, new memories often replace the old.  I take a ton of pictures but I want to remember what I was thinking, or what Bella was saying in each picture. So I am going to blog it.  Years later I can look back on this, Bella can look back on this, and any family member or friend who wants to remember what Bella was like at 4, 5, 6, etc. can look back on this and reminisce about life in the Anderson house :). I am not going to go backwards and talk about what happened 4 years ago...I am going to start fresh.  What is Bella doing now? What is going on with Anderson clan now? Well here we go...

Bella is growing up way to fast and it is actually breaking my heart. What happened to my baby? She is such a free spirit and lives life to the fullest as every child should.  Her days are filled with love, lots of laughter, and of course a little bit of sass, because let's face it that is Bella.  Her day would not be complete without a little bit of sass.  As of right now I have an athlete on my hands.  We took off her training wheels on her bike and she learned how to ride her bike training wheel free the same day we took them off.  Mike held on to her for three attempts and after that she said, "I can do it by myself daddy!" and she did...all by herself (insert tear)!

Getting ready for the big ride! (don't mind the undies shot)

 And away we go!!

 So very proud of herself

 She is a speed racer :)

 And there she goes zooming by...I feel like she is growing just as fast.

Not only is she a pro at the bike riding but she is absolutely in LOVE with the beach and wants to learn how to surf. We told her it would probably be a good idea if she new how to swim on her own first.  So we compromised and my best friend Holly took her stand up paddle boarding in Dana Point and of course Bella loved it and actually told Holly to get off because she wanted to do it by herself...fortunately Holly said, "I don't think so!"  My sweet, adorable Bella is not only an athlete but a fearless one at that.  Should I be scared???

So here it is our day at the beach in Dana Point that had no waves and when we left Bella said..."Mommy, I don't want to go back to this beach, I want to go to the wave beach." Oh my fearless child!  And we go to the wave beach every Monday...It's our summer ritual.

 Holly getting ready to take Bella stand up paddle boarding...Bella thinks it's an intro to surfing!

 And she's up...

 Had to take a break to clean out the ocean

 And have a conversation with Elisha's son Kaleb

 And here we go again...

So as you can see the Anderson clan is definitely enjoying summer so far.  This is by far my favorite time of the year. Sitting in our backyard watching Bella swim, BBQ'ing, and listening to some Jack Johnson or sitting on our front porch sipping a nice cold drink and watching Bella ride her bike (without training wheels I must add).  What could be better? This is the time in my life that I will treasure and remember...sweet sounds of Bella laughing without a care in the world...as it should be!

P.S.  As I was typing this blog I heard a crash...guess what my pro bike rider just took her first chin dive...So it's safe to say she is semi-pro.  And me being the scrapbooker I am, I tried to get a picture to add but then I kind of felt bad so my words will have to do :)