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This video makes me laugh out loud!


Walking some more!

Cannon had to train some folks up in Glennallen. We took an overnight trip up there on Memorial Day. The pics have all posted backwards, so there isn't a consecutive order to things...

Driving on the Glenn Highway--the trees really are this green...and this is taken in the car, behind glass.Here we are just about to go home, after our camping trip in Glennallen.

This is the Matsanuka Glacier...pretty awesome. There is no way to capture the scale of this glacier, but trust me, it's huge!


This is what most of our drive looked like--GORGEOUS and SPECTACULAR! One of the coolest things about AK is not having a lot of drivers on the roads. You are on your own up here!


The old government cabin had really grubby bathroom conditions so Caleb took a bath in the sink, after playing in dirt and pine cones all evening.

Hello? His favorite thing to do was to open and shut, open and shut, open and shut this door in our bedroom!
We slept on 2 twin beds pushed together, with out sleeping bag on top. Needless to say, the government accommodations aren't exactly 5 star.

Caleb was fascinated with this bike parked outside the cabin. He could have spent hours playing with the pedals, wheels and spokes.

Look at him go! He is walking like crazy!

Before we left, we got to post our flag on the house. It was a great feeling to put the flag out.


Here is the garage sale find--the car. We got a package deal with the horse and the car. Caleb loves them both!

Sink baths are the best!

Oh, the treasures you'll find at a garage sale!  We found this little gem, along with hip waders for me, a dip net for Cannon, some garden hoses, and a car for Caleb.  I'm sure we'll have video of the car on here before too long. 

We are selling a few rugs on c-list and Caleb wanted to play on them while we started rolling them out and taking pictures. He was walking, giggling, crawling...playing chase, walking, giggling, falling...he's so cute, I can't stand it.

We had a moose walk in front of our house the other night. It was a baby moose. It wandered to the side of our house and Caleb pounded the windows like crazy, trying to communicate with the odd looking beast. Caleb's pounding and the grass at the side of our house were not enough to keep the moose happy. He saw that our next door neighbor has rhubarb and meandered over to it, rudely ignoring Caleb's adorable face pressed up against the window. I guess next year we'll have to plant rhubarb at the side of our house!

I am so grateful to my hubby for being so sweet to me on Mother's Day! He re-built our master bedroom closet for me and bought me a new camera. He looked after Caleb most of the day too! He took this picture of us yesterday afternoon. My favorite gift from Cannon was (has always been) a homemade card. He has a unique wit and insight into life...and he loves me a lot. So I always look forward to what his cards will say. They usually make me laugh and cry at the same time. He made Mom's Day great and I love him very much.

I made myself homemade strawberry shortcake today and had it for breakfast and lunch...it was so yummy. Long live Mother's Day!!

My mom is an angel and I'm so lucky to be her daughter. I hope to emulate her sweetness more and more as I continue to learn and grow. Here are a few videos for you mom (Grammy)! One is from "then" and two are from "now".

Rocking and Reading


Big gulps!


Lil' Wrapper

I'm tickled to death that Caleb LOVES the backyard. I think this will translate into him loving the outdoors. He explored the WHOLE backyard, plowing over branches, blowing through piles of leaves, going uphill and down...having a ball the whole time! He didn't like playing in the grass in the backyard when we lived in Oregon, so I was really happy to see him not even flinch at leaves, rocks, twigs and mud!

Here is a video just for gram and gramps...we'll do a video tour of the house later. The important thing was getting footage of our bear cub laughing and smiling for the grandparents! Here you go!..

Caleb and Cannon have the flu. It has been a long weekend full of unpacking, cooking, cleaning and attending to the boys. I went to church yesterday by myself, just for Sacrament Meeting. It was nice to get out of the house just for an hour or so. It was strange not to have a baby and diaper bag and a husband in tow. Hopefully this virus will run its course quickly. Greenup is almost here and we don't want to miss it!

The video is grainy (see below) but here is a clear pic of the front of our house.

We can't find our camera so I'm using the camera on my phone. The sound is there, you might have to turn it up quite a bit to hear it. It's grainy, but you get the idea...