An Anderson Gallery... photos of our daily lives

Princess Sarah & Cadet John  Sarah and John all spruced up for ROTC banquet where John was honored in Iowa City. Sarah has spent the last 6 weeks volunteering on a Boy's Farm in Colombia,...

John, Outstanding ROTC Cadet  John was chosen "Outstanding Army Cadet of the Year" and received a nice check and honors at an ROTC banquet last night on Veteran's Day. Here he is with ...

Desiree in a Fabric Balloon  Here is Desiree in a fabric balloon made by Andrew. She was a brave and trusting soul and body to be willing to get inside of this monster balloon. She ...

Grandma Ose in Her Flower Garden  Grandma Ose has always loved flowers and has several lovely flower gardens on her farm that keep her busy weeding, planting, picking, arranging, enjoying....

David Ose's Medals  Last time I visited my parental home near Echo, Minnesota, I took this photo of my nephew, David Ose's Army medals. David served during the Gulf wars....

Typical AnderWood Pasture Walk  A typical Anderwood pasture walk? Well, maybe not so typical...Andrew doesn't take out his drywalling stilts for EVERY pasture walk, but with atypical ...

Andrew & His Motorcycle  Here Andrew gets ready to speed away back to his apartment in Iowa City on his cycle. We love it that he doesn't live so far away anymore as he once did....

Sam & Matt as Marine Recruits  We are so proud of Sam and Matt for their willingness to serve and protect our country. This is something they've both considered long and hard. It was ...

Sam & Matt in Marine Basic Training -- Christmas 08  We were thrilled to receive a photo of Sam and Matt from Marine Basic Training. That rarely happens, if ever. They visited a church for Christmas and ...

AnderWood Grass Roof  AnderWood Grass Roof Anna, Sarah, Ethan & Andrew


Mark was gracious to me when I asked for a grassroof on our new woodshed. I'd seen grassroofs ...

Kari & the Weed Eater  Now that mom and dad aren't swamped with wonderful children clambering to keep the lawns mowed and weeds whipped, mom has taken it upon herself to set ...

AnderWood GreenHouse  We are thrilled that our lovely greenhouse has been taken out of storage in our barn and is now up, ready for growing things and entertaining.

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Sarah and Three Brothers  Three of Sarah's brothers are giving her a royal send off to Norway. Yes, Sarah, our adventurous 16 year old, is headed for Norway to work for six weeks ...

John Graduates from MCC  Ah,yes, it does really happen, even to home school kids. They grow up and attend REAL schools, even if they are close to home, small and wonderful. Here ...

Double Rainbow at AnderWood  It was one of those magical days at AnderWood. Anna had just returned from teaching a year in South Korea and we were having a picnic or something...just ...

Sarah Milking Goats in Norway  Sarah visited a nearby goat farm when she was working on Ragnar Aarflot's farm in Volda, Norway in the fall of 2008. Here she is trying her hand at hooking ...

Sarah in Norway  No, this photo is not borrowed from National Geographic Adventure magazine. It's our very own 16 year old Sarah on top of the world in Norway.

One ...

Rock Climbing in Iowa 

Rock climbing in Iowa ? Sure. Why not? We do have more than corn fields, you know.

Here the masked video man catches Ethan, Anna, Sarah,...

Kari And 'er Son, John  So, our little Johnny is now at ROTC camp. That's Reserved Officer Training Corp, which means he's trying out the army, I guess. If he survives/likes ...

It's Not All Down Hill  These revolutionary river riders stayed with us for one week, resting up and helping us on the farm. They painted these neat signs for our pasture/highway ...

Colombian Hills  Sarah came back with some gorgeous photos of the green hills in Colombia...this is one of them. This is the view from the boy's farm where she volunteered ...

Little Brown Church in the Vale  Iowa holds some historical treasures, like the Little Brown Church. Couples come from all over the world just to be married in this quaint little church ...

Blume Family Friends from Switzerland  The Blume family will always hold a special place in the hearts of us Andersons. Years ago, Erika, as a young single woman was brave enough to be a nanny ...

Norwegian Wetsuit   I think I'm going to do more joking about things I desire. It's amazing how my joked about wishes often appear before my very eyes!

Like this Norwegian ...

Susan the Biker  Susan, the biker, stopped by this summer to spend the night. She found us on Global Free Loaders , which is a wonderful website that connects folks from ...

Andrew with Opaque Projector  Here Andrew is working on enlarging a ball pattern to giant size proportions. Yes, he made an inflatable ball that was large enough for a human being ...

AnderWood GreenHouse Ready, Set, Go!  Finally, the AnderWood GreenHouse gets dusted off after being stored in our barn for five or so years and is being put up.

Part of our delay derived ...

Rev River Riders Head Out  After a week off their bikes, the Revolutionary River Ricers were ready to roll...or were they? Those bikes were super packed efficiently with mini squished ...

Simonnes Family  This big, happy family from Norway has visited us twice here in Muscatine, Iowa. Our family loves it when they come....there's always lots of excitement ...

Rev River Riders and TriopoloAndrewOnicus  Andrew & Rev River Riders with TriopoloAndrewOnicus

No visit is complete to AnderWood without am evening to pay homage to the TriopolAndrewOnicus ...