The Butte ~ You Find Out Who Your Friends Are....

Autumn and Shaphan invited us to hike the Butte with them. You can imagine the break neck speed with a 6 1/2 month pregnant lady! Caleb is a natural trail blazer, he self appointed himself to be in charge of everyone and lead the way. He also chose a special walking stick for everyone as well.

We all had a great time except the wind was ripping at the top blowing dust everywhere, thus the nasty dirt grim on everyone.

When we got to the bottom I realized I was missing my jacket that had my phone and keys. Autumn and Shaphan ran all the way back up to the top and retrieved my lost jacket for me. What great friends.... it doesn't end there, then they topped it all off with bring the boys and me dinner. What sweet hearts!

Love, dirt in your teeth, and great friends,

Heart Run 2007

This was our fourth heart run. And RUN Caleb did... it is amazing what the spirit of competition can do. Good thing Aunt Stacey was there to keep a close eye on him.

Love and dead batteries in the camera,

Last Winter Season Trip to the Cabin

The weather was beautiful and we had a great time. But it was our last trip of the winter season. We will be able to head out again after the lake defrosts, around
the beginning of June.

Luke cracked me up when he fell asleep on the ride out and we just laid him on the seat while we stopped.

Love and springs around the corner,

More Birthday Photos

Finally downloaded a few more birthday pictures of our little two year old. And the trusty pirate!

Love and race track cakes,

Water Front?

Break up has come and gone, but for about a week our street and driveway were underwater.

Caleb wanting to be the "captain" of any ship thought we should get the canoe out. So he recruited Aunt Stacey and Luke as his trusty crew.

Now we just need everything to green up!

Love and big puddles,

Happy 2nd Birthday Luke!

Luke celebrated his second birthday. The theme was Cars since he loves playing with cars and trucks. Now that Luke is two he is speaking a lot. He knows all his animals and the sound they make. The Musk Ox is his favorite. He knows all his body parts and loves to name them. He loves to eat anything sweet. His standard answer to any question is "No". He loves to play with his brother and will often put up his fists and ask "Do you want a piece of me?" He is 36 1/2 inches and weighs 34.8 pounds. We love every ounce.

The boys in California

I think this is the sweetest photo of Luke, he went into the garage and put on papa's hat and just hung out. Just like papa would have. Cherished memories.














The boys loved visiting Great Grandma Gladys and her bird Timmy.












The boys enjoyed the California sunshine. It was hard to keep them out of the water.

Aunties!!!

To my dearest aunts... it didn't take my boys long to figure out who they could get all the goodies from. If they had it their way we would have brought these ladies home. SO I guess you will just have to come see us.

Love and bagels,

The Bread Sled

It is that time of year again... to gather bread for the critters. Luke threw the bread out of the truck and Caleb loaded and pulled it on the sled. They are both hard workers.

In case your wondering Caleb is holding a Mouse-a-teer gun or peg leg depending on your need. Otherwise know as an oil funnel. Gotta love his imagination.

Love and Bread Sleds,

Happy 30th Stacey!!!

Happy 30th Stacey..... Does any recognize what was attached to Stacey's car? And were they there all day?

Happy Birthday we love you!

Expecting.... Again.... Another.....

Yes, you read it right we are expecting again. Another boy who is suppose to be here August 10th (opening day of sheep season). We haven't any ideas for a name your suggestions are welcome.

Love and baby boys,

Dad

This is the most difficult post I hope I ever have to make and it is a remembrance of a few things about my dad who passed away on March 14, 2007. What can I say except I wish there was more time, he loved us his family and grandchildren, he loved visiting Alaska. My dad was a wonderful man who could fix anything, an avid reader, enjoyed his favorite foods, loved his car races, fishing, and Harley's. May you be at peace dad, we love you and will miss you.

Happy Birthday Jarrett!

Happy Birthday ~ Dear Dada have a great work and Dad I hope you a great flight, I hope you have a lot of money and a lot of fun on your birthday card. I hope you have so much fun on your birthday. Hope you have great safe trip home to us. Love Me, Caleb and Mommy. I hope you bring some snacks home. I want you to take us to the cabin, I have a lot of fun.
I love you

Well it is pretty hard to top that so I'll just say Happy Birthday to a wonderful husband and father! Love you!

P.S. Due to popular belief that is not a haze of smoke that came from all the candles we had to put on the cake actually the camera was fogged up.

Boys at the cabin for the first time.

The boys loved the cabin. The snowmachine ride put Luke to sleep. They loved playing in the snow making snow angels. Inside the cabin they explored everything, then ran from one end of the cabin to the other, and topped it all off with jumping on the beds!

As Caleb said "The cabin is the BEST!" On the way home Luke just kept saying "Happy, happy, happy!"

The cabin

We finally got to make it up to our new cabin. It was a great time. We are going to have a great time making it our own. The boys loved tromping around and Jarrett had to shovel all the snow off the roof!

You can only get the cabin by snowmachine, boat, or plane... all of which we didn't have at the time of purchase... yeah, we're crazy.

On our way out to the cabin, I had one of those moments were you are so thankful you are blessed in so many wonderful ways, to live in a beautiful place, to have a wonderful adventurous family, and to be able to have all these experiences!

We look forward to having all our friends and family come on up and enjoy the cabin with us!

Messy Messy Luke!

I don't know what it is about Luke but he loves to make quite a mess out of anything he eats or finds. I always find myself wondering if I should reprimand him or just get the camera.

Busy Boys

These boys are so diverse, one moment they are helping eachother, the next they are wrestling and giving eachother torture.

Where's the moose?

One of my favorite drives in the winter, well anytime is up to Hatcher's Pass. In the winter I like to drag the kids up there and look for moose that are bedded down. In the above picture we spotted five moose just laying around in -20 weather.

Then we came home and this guy is right in our front yard. Luke loves to see moose. He moose calls to them and then goes and to get his bow to shoot at them. He sat at the window for 15 minutes watching this guy.

It's COLD!

Yep it say minus twenty.... it is freezing outside.

Luke

Luke just loves his picture taken. He will go get the camera and hand it to me while say "cheese". After I take the photo he runs over to check the screen on the camera, he has to see his picture right away. What a ham!

Pirates

Caleb still loves to be a pirate. He even gets his friends in on it!