This week someone grew.

He climbed in my car after lacrosse practice, I looked over at him, and he filled the whole seat. His knees hit the dash. His shoulders stretched across his chair. And his boy-sweat-dirt-smell filled the remaining space.

I knew it was coming.

But it still fills me with awe. I have a mini man. Or a man man. Or a teen man.

So I took a little trip.

 With my sister and best friend (next to Jeremy!), Vanessa.

 To Scotland! Home of cool, Harry Potter telephone booths.

 Glasgow University.

 And best of all, Molly, my sister who's going to school there.

 We biked around a beautiful island.

 Toured the castle in Edinburgh.

And loved each other.

Motherhood is funny.

Wyatt: Today at recess girls chased me.
Mom: OOH. Ashton loves to be chased by girls.
Ashton: Correction. Ashton loves to chase girls.

Except when it's not.

Kids: Wah wah wah. I want wah. I want wah. I want wah.
Mom: Well I want things too like no more crying and peace on Earth.

There are a few frequent going-ons in the Anderson household.

Ashton falls asleep in church and Cade nestles a Kix on his lip for the rest of the service. He then takes this picture with my phone (I'm in the bathroom with peeper Ivy). When Ashton awakes, he eats it! Yum!

Ivy starts saying, "YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF THE FAMILY!"
I say, "YES, I AM!"

Wyatt decides for his oral report on Delaware's Striped Skunk he needs a costume and wears it with pride.

Ruby attends Young Women's New Beginnings, says the theme with loud gusto, and gets crowned so that she will always remember her divine heritage and potential.

...no picture of Cade, but he is working furiously to get ready for a Concerto competition. Last month he started two hour a day practices. Now he's back down to an hour. It's a ten minute piece and when he practices, his concentration is so intense it almost gives me a headache! I never dreamed I would have a kid with this kind of musical talent, perseverance, and discipline.