School Days

Holy Smokes! I never posted first day of school pictures. Here in little ol' Alaska we still have standard schedule school. We start and end a little early in the year, and have outside recess until it's 20 below zero, but other than that we are just about like everyone else. Ooh, except we get full-day Kindergarten, which rocks! Delta Elementary has just under 400 students enrolled this year, with most classes coming in at about 22 kids. I LOVE our school. Jaycie is rocking 4th grade this year (yikes!) and Hayden is in 1st. What cuties! Penny is attending Smarty Pants Preschool in preperation for the big "K" next year. How do they get so big so fast?! Watch out boys--Here they come!

An apple a day....

So, a few weeks ago I went shopping (Surprise) and was unloading all the groceries when Glory discovered a bag of apples on the floor. She started rolling apples around and taking them in and out of the bag. Then next thing I new I heard crunching. She was totally taking tiny bites out of the apples! She only had about 6 teeth, so I was surprised she could get her mouth around them. It was all fun and games until I realized she was taking bites out of ALL of them. Still cute pictures though. :)

Trick or Treat!

I know, it seems weird to be posting Halloween pictures right before Thanksgiving. But, better late than never. I'm carrying enough guilt around because of all the pictures we lost when the computer crashed. This is me moving on. Anyway, this year Jaycie was a witch, Hayden was bat girl, Penny was a giraffe, and Glory was an elephant......and a bear. Depending on what party you saw us at. It seemed this year like we had "Halloween Hanukkah" in that it went on and on. Between the preschool party, the branch party and friends' parties we had plenty of "ween" to go around. By the time the 31st actually rolled around not only were Brad and I partied out, it was so cold ('bout 10 degrees) we chickened out of trick or' treating and convinced the kids that it would be just as fun to hunt for the candy around the house "Easter egg" style. So we hid all the candy we would have passed out to trick or treaters (had we had any) and they filled their bags that way. All in all, we had a good time and are gearing up for Turkey Day!

Catch Up

Whew!! It's been a long time. We had some serious technical problems, but now we're back. Always one to buck the system, I AM NOT going private. I am a fan of stalking others' blogs just to check them out, without leaving any clues that I've been there. So, in all fairness, I'm leaving mine open to all you other late-night stalkers. I know, I know. People can steal my pictures. Well, I'm just not that scared. That doesn't mean that one day I won't be. For now, I have other things to worry about. Like how Hilary and Chris are going to pay back their student loans once we get socialized health care. (hehe, love you!) Anywho, I will do my best to get some pictures posted before more holidays pass us by. Thanks for checkin' in!

Who doesn't love a parade?

One of the first things we did after Mom and Hilary got here was attend the annual Delta Junction Parade. Parades themselves are just good old fashioned fun, if you ask me, but small town parades are even better. There's no traffic, or getting there early for a good spot, and most importantly, not a lot of competition when it comes to catching the candy. The floats weren't fancy, but we had some of everything. Police, firefighters, Baptists, farm equipment, and my personal favorite: baby goats. We all had a ball, especially Landon, who loved playing in the street. Especially when he suckered me into letting go of his hand for just ONE second so he could make a run for it, through the floats and to the other side of the highway! Good thing Jaycie could keep up with him!

Family Fun!

Oh dear. So much has happened since my last blog! I am so far behind that there is no way that I can post it all in one sitting, so I will work on it slowly but surely. In the midst of it all, our trusty laptop has bit the dust. So the "slowly" may win out over the "surely" for a while, until the necessary repairs are made. On to the good stuff!

After much guilting and begging, my sister Hilary finally made it up for a visit. Mom came too, which was awesome. We had a blast! (I wasn't the one sleeping on the couch though!) It was so fun to get to know Landon and see Hilary in "Mom" mode. I also got a taste of what it is to have a little boy around. Seriously, that kid can run! Here are a couple of my favorite pictures--I'll try not to duplicate the ones Hilary posted!

I will definately be posting more pictures and info about all the fun things we did while they were here! Peace out Hilary!

Not-so-Lucky Charms

Need I say more?