The Costume Drama

It is such a challenge to make the final decision what the boys are going to be for Halloween. They change their minds like the weather. So I finally decided to order Luke's Lightening McQueen costume, because you could not find it in our whole state. Anyways..... side note Luke would tell people that he was going to be McQueen, they would only hear him say Queen.... so you can image the confusion. It was pretty funny. SO the costume gets here and Luke doesn't want anything to do with it. He finally warmed up to it about 15 minutes before we went to Caleb's party. He wore it the whole time trick or treating and now the relationship is over.

Stacey's employer thought it would be funny if she was Dr. Suess and Stacey and the other assistant were Thing 1 and Thing 2. We stopped by her office to check her out.

Caleb was the Karate Kid. Good sensible choice, very easy on mom. Eli got to wear all the cool stuff people had given him. Thanks Ant & Aunt Connie and Sharon. You made our little pumpkins day!

Preschool Halloween Party

Caleb and Luke were so excited to attend his preschool Halloween Party. The kids played games, sang songs, and had snacks. It was fun. Caleb gave all his friends sucker spiders that Grandma Linda and Aunt Stacey helped him make. Clint and Linda also got to experience the whole party scene as well.

Luke really felt like a big boy participating in a school event. He is getting so big, too.

Caleb's First Fieldtrip.

Caleb's preschool class has been studying fire safety. They got to meet fire fighter Kevin, practice stop, drop and roll, then go to the local fire station. It was a great trip and Caleb got to ask how fast a fire truck can go. Only 63mph if you were wondering.

They wore little fire fighter name tags and were fascinated with the inside of the truck. Caleb is pretty sure he wants to be a fire fighter now!

Bouncin' Bears

Our friend Kristy was brave enough to open up her own business, Bouncin Bears it was fun to watch it grow from the ground up. The boys love to got play there! Parents play too..

Big Game Alaska

We stopped in at Big Game Alaska to see the animals, luckily it wasn't very busy because Luke kept shouting each animals name at the top of his lungs. He was so excited to see all his favorite animals like the musk ox and buffalo. The duck in the photo is frozen in the pond, kind of. There is something a little unnerving that only a small fence stands between these large carnivorous animals and my little children.

Eli

In this photo Eli has his billy light wrapped around his
tummy.
















Caleb took this photo. A child's perspective.



Eli is a very easy baby. He really likes to be with his mom, at least for right now. He is sleeping very well, eats like a horse, and only lets you know he is uncomfortable when he is in the car seat.

Love and sweet little boys,

Harvest Time

It's harvest time and we enjoyed a harvest festival. We went on a hayride, played games, and picked out a few pumpkins. It was a great jump start to autumn.

Caleb & Eli

Caleb is a great big brother, he often wants to help change diapers, hold his brother or just entertain him.

Luke has learned a lot from Caleb and has warmed up to Eli like an ole' pro, he now "pets" him a lot.

Blueberry Picking

We headed North to pick blueberries. I couldn't help but to think of how many of tons of berries we drove past as we went to our "secret" blueberry spot, but the fall colors and beautiful sights made it all worthwhile.

So we rode the four wheeler in a ways, so at a month old Eli has already been on two four wheeler rides, quite the adventurer already.

Eli's First Four Wheeler Ride

Eli had his first four-wheeler, we couldn't let fall get away without a ride into Eklutna. We grabbed some KFC and ventured on our 26 mile ride. The leaves are all changing and fall is in the air. It was a beautiful ride.

Caleb's First Day of Preschool

Our big guy is growing up. He is now attending preschool three days a week. He LOVES it! In fact, after the first day he created a thank you card for his teacher in which he included a few gifts of pens and paper. He loves school and is so independent. We went to open house to check it out and he told Jarrett and I that we could just go ahead and leave he would be fine!

I am often reminded to enjoy my children that the time goes by so fast. It is definitely picking up speed!

Train Ride to Seward.

Caleb, Luke and Eli on their first train ride.









We had a great train ride. We left Anchorage very early rode to Seward. It was a beautiful relaxing ride. The boys loved it. The scenery was awesome. Once to Seward we went to the Sea Life Center. That is were Caleb got attacked by the plastic crabs!

Our last day at the Fair

We had to stop by the fair one last time. The boys enjoyed the lumber jack show, YO HO!!!!!

More Fair

Yeee Haa!!! Luke, our little cowboy!































Caleb rode the roller coaster all by himself!!!
He is such a big boy!
















Grandma with our "Alaska Giants!"