Summer is knocking on the door!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Dinner party

We had dinner @ the Patterson's
last night. The kids have a blast, and Jack & Lyla are hilarious to watch with their deep conversations...

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

I apologize for not posting the last couple weeks. The camera lens on my phone got damaged and I couldn't take any clear pictures. With the help of YouTube and a $10 purchase on amazon.com I fixed my phone last night in under a minute! Yeay me!

We have been crazy busy this past month. I can't believe September is almost over. The weather here can't make up its mind on what it wants to do. 20 degrees one night, 50 the next. Whatever! Jack turned one year old on September 14th. Time has gone by so fast. He's wearing 18, 24 month & 2T depending on what it is. Auntie Amy got him a 2T fleece jacket for his birthday and he wears it to school! The sleeves are rolled up one turn but other than that its perfect. I took Jack to a hibachi grill for his birthday dinner (one of those Japanese restaurants where they do all the cooking in front of you with a ton of theatrics) and he had a blast watching the chefs & loved the food. That was on his actual birthday. The next day we had a small party at home with some friends and cake. Jack wasn't so hot on the cake. In fact he cried. That's okay, it's his party and he can cry if he wants too!

Tug is getting enormous. Growing out of puppy phase slowly and becoming a dog. A big one at that. He's about 75 pounds and 5 1/2 months old! Such a handsome fellow

I would like to thank everyone who sent a gift to Jack for his big day! He loves it all and thank-you's will be sent but he's got some special ones coming so they will take a little longer.

Watching the chefs at the restaurant

Birthday cake

This morning (22 September)
Testing out my mad iPhone repair skills

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Not edible

We definitely don't have an issue eating the wild game in Alaska. My freezer is currently full of moose, caribou and salmon (next to some knob creek & Jose silver). But here's one I wouldn't eat:

This cow was first spotted as a calf in the summer of 2009. I remember hearing about it when I first got to Alaska. This time on her yearly migration which takes her through Delta Junction (about 50 miles approx. south) she has her own calf. I'd love to see her in person some day!

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Here it comes...

We woke up this Saturday morning to frost. Everywhere! It's hard to believe that soon we will think 28 degrees is warm!

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Monday, September 3, 2012

Lazy weekend...

One of the perks of being in the military is a bunch of four-day weekends throughout the year. This has been one of them. Since we had a big weekend last weekend I decided we should stay at home for this one. We have been pretty lazy... Watching Fall take over our small town.