Furiously Fast Lives of the Anderson Clan

We celebrated 9 years of marriage this weekend. I am so grateful for a marriage that keeps getting better and better!!! We have faced some heart wrenching challenges together in the last 9 years, and I know there are many still to come, but I am buoyed up by the fact that I get to continue on this path with Talon. We love March! Our Anniversary, or our family's birthday, followed closely by Adalyn's birthday and shortly after, William's birthday! It's a time of celebration and reflection upon all that we have experienced. Our kiddos' births were a somewhat stressful, but joyful and growing time for us. I learned so much about myself and the strength of the Lord and His vast help! Anyway, I'm excited for this upcoming year with some interesting new challenges and growing experiences! The Lord is in the details, of that I am sure.

One of my biggest hesitations to using my blog for this- is that I really don't love to blog! I know some people are so great at posting fun recipes and all that jazz and others are fabulous at using their blogs for journaling, but I just don't seem to have the desire. The only thing that keeps me going is knowing that sharing our story might bless the life of someone. We are just moving along. Talon continues in his studies and the kids and I are in full summer mode. William has been taking swimming lessons at our local Y and tagging along to Adalyn's therapies. I am still teaching piano lessons this summer and we are lucky to live in a city with PLENTY to do. About 3 weeks ago I had an infected tooth and IT WAS TERRIBLE! I never knew! Oh my goodness. It was wonderful after my root canal, but my dentist was unable to get around a couple of the canals in my roots because they bend in weird directions. I was able to go to a friend who is in endodontic residency here at O...

As I discussed in our previous post on how plans don't pan out, we are looking to adopt! Our hopes for another child in our family were dashed as we realized that my body was not the safe growing place that we would have hoped. And so, we are turning to adoption with great anticipation, nerves and excitement! My husband, Talon, is a 4th year medical student (and, what I call, a forever student). He has one more year until residency and an income. I teach piano and have applied to work as a teacher and sub if jobs open up, but for now, I am home with my two precious kiddos!  This makes working with an adoption agency a bit of a challenge, so we decided that for now, while we save our pennies, we will get word out through our blog and Facebook! We will post updates on our lives here and hope that if you, any of our friends, hear of anyone looking to place a child, you will send them our way to check out our blog and learn a little bit more about us.  Here are some small u...

Last spring we were excited about the changes that were coming in our family. We were excited to be moving on to a new place, excited to make new friends and excited to welcome a new baby into our family. We have loved being parents and found that our love has grown as we added both Adalyn and William to our family. The thought of a third child scared and excited us. More responsibility and more juggling of Adalyn's appointments, but more love and more fun in our little family. William didn't find being demoted to middle child very appealing However, just a couple of weeks after our blog picture was taken, we lost our sweet baby boy at 20 weeks. Our family at Brother Garen's wedding in mid-August 2015 It was a time of struggle and grief. A time of loss and a deepening of understanding the Lord's plan for us and for our family. We were in a new town, new ward, far from family and coping with losing our precious baby boy. It was heartbreaking. It still is. Ho...

I realize that probably no one reads this blog anymore- especially after an 8 month hiatus. I just recently came across a blog about a sweet little family who have a little boy who has had to have some tough surgeries and he and his family are such champions. I was so grateful for his mom, who writes about their experiences with such real emotion and yet shows such faith. It made me feel a bit guilty for not updating on our sweet kiddos' lives. So here is a brief update: Adalyn- oh my sweet sweet girl. I love her to the moon and back and beyond that. She turned 3 in March and shortly after started SCHOOL! With special needs kids, they get to go to preschool to get their therapies, but lucky for us, Adalyn got to be in a classroom with such an amazing teacher and such great peers. I saw more progress in the few weeks Adalyn was in school than I had in the year leading up to that. But, unfortunately for a brain injured child, with all that great new stimulus and brain growth- co...

Thanks to our great friend Sharee, we got some updated photos taken. Here are a few of my favorites: Yep- I still adore this man. More now than before. Mushy, but so true.  So happy to have these photos to capture little pieces of my heart.