California, part 1!

Our California Trip was full of fun times! We had the opportunity to witness Adam graduate from seminary with huge honors given to his wife, Becky! I'm pretty proud of my brother! His two kids are also pretty darn cute! Can't wait to see that next little niece! We have Toby, the Builder & Mia, the diva!


The Sequoia's were also a pretty incredible sight! I wanted to show Pat that there are a few beautiful sights in California!! The trees were incredible, and well worth the $20 we had to pay to leave the park!! Coming up will be the last half of our trip when we got to see Josh, Jana & Kaylee!

And, It Begins!

Church Photo

Here is our cheesy photo for our church directory! We thought this would be a better representation of who we are instead of a stuffy, serious pose!!!

Ice Salmon

Ham

Break-up is here, and it's a pain! We are all going stir-crazy waiting for a chance to get out and start our summer!!! The snow is rapidly melting and is almost gone! Yay!!! We are trying to get out anyway, and this is Pat hamming it up for me! His goat. is growing back nicely for his Alaskan look! Well, I'm off to work at the greenhouse today!

Flying over Alaska

Here's for anyone wanting to see Mt. McKinley! (I'm pretty sure, anyway!)
I thought I'd also show Sydney what it's like to look out of an airplane window!

Babysitting Montage

The Biscuit Man!

Pat's teaching Tony the in's and out's of fabulous buscuit making!

YUMMMMM!

Uh, Hullo!

I don't think there are any words needed!

No Cryin' at the Cryer's!

Raegan loved the horsey!

Playing Dress-up is fun! So is dancing to Little Einstein's!

Someone has a little shadow!








Painting was so much fun! It was a good thing it was washable!!!
Thanks, Les, for such a great time! It was a highlight of the week for all of us!

Hair before, gone after!

The before and after of Sydney's new hairstyle! We had a fun time with the new hair-do! Very fun and swingy! It also had less tangles!! Too cute!!

Silly Days!

Here's a few highlights from the first part of the week! The floam was a hit and Sydney lost her 4th tooth!

Raegan was loving her baths, with "Bubbles!!!"! And Papa played with us for the first of the week! More to come...!

No Reason Roses!

I have the most wonderful, thoughtful, amazing, romantic, loving husband in all of history!

Chilly!

The Abominable Snowmachiner!
We went riding yesterday and Pat was without his balaclava!
BRRRRRR!

Drumming

A couple weeks ago, when we were in Anchorage, Pat took a turn on an electric drum kit. It was pretty fun and the seat was a real "butt-kicker!"

Seriously, the seat "kicks" your butt when you hit the bass drum!

What a Man!

Odd Combo!

A sign we saw in Anchorage last weekend!

Valentines Candy!

Here I am, again, enjoying my valentine from Sydney, Jackson, and Raegan! I had forgotten how sweet FunDip was!!

Prep Day

Here I am, practicing my shooting with the 30.06! I'm also trying out my new waterproof, insulated pants for our fall trip! It was a lovely day, and shooting at the balloons that were 100 yards away proved to be quite fun! Interestingly, balloons that are popped in freezing temperatures become like deflated grocery sacks! It made it difficult to tell when I hit the balloon. Good to know! Pat also worked on his .300 Win. Mag. I did not wish to shoot that one. Ouch. Any-hoo, we had a lovely day!

Wow!

Yesterday was another beautiful day! I took the camera out and caught the sun rising (not too early, only 9:30)! There was a bank of fog & low clouds that covered the mountains across the inlet, so I took these toward the Kenai Mountains to the east! What an amazing glimpse of God's creation!














I had to include the moose! I did zoom in to get this, but I have to admit, I was a bit too close for long-term comfort! Last week or so, I saw 11 moose on my way to work! That's my record! That stretch was only about 4 miles long, so there were quite a few out! Most looked like they were cows with their older calves, but this one here was huge!

Spectacular Day

Pat took the camera to work yesterday and took a few shots of the mountains! It's been unseasonably warm this week. That means above freezing (even overnight) and up to 45 yesterday!

The sun coming up on these mountains is truly breathtaking in person! This is a view that you can't see in summer! The summer sun doesn't set for long and when it does it's 2 am: plus, there's no snow for the sun to reflect off of! Winter here is amazing!