Happy 3rd Birthday!

Avery.... she's our blue eyed, keeps us laughing, pull-up loving, panty hating, good sleeping, blanky loving, chocolate milk drinking, fruit eating, strong willed, fit throwing, sweet as can be, dress up loving, so cute she's edible, tiny dancing, hair combing,little stinker. And oh, how we love her!!

Graham cracker houses

So we made candy houses out of graham crackers. Can I just say it is so much harder than it looks!! (Amy Earle, you made yours look so easy!!) Luckily my kids don't notice that I'm not great at making candy houses. They had a great time making them. They are really quite proud of their work. They turned them into candy barns and placed their ponies in the scene.

daylight

Well, we are losing daylight quickly now. December 21 is the shortest of the year so we will have about an hour of dusk. Right now our sunrise is at 10:43 and our sunset is 2:42. We have been here for 3 years now and it still blows my mind how dark it is. Even when it's daylight it is cloudy so very rarely do we get direct sunlight. Yes, I will now be hitting the tanning beds, gotta get my uv rays somehow right?! That said, it really is very cozy and warm for Christmas!

peaceful slumber

 

Brent and I went on a date tonight and when we got back, the children were both asleep. What a great babysitter!!! Anyway, after I took my sitter home and came back I went to make sure my girls both had their blankies and to kiss them. It's great coming home to them in bed but I always miss tucking them in. I stood and watched them and my heart was overwhelmed with love and gratitude for my children and my husband. I absolutely love snuggling my kids while they sleep. No matter how hectic and crazy the day has been there is nothing more peaceful than watching them sleep. I found a poem to perfectly describe how I felt.
"As I stood and watched you sleeping, the moonlight kissed your face. My heart is overwhelmed with your beauty and your grace. How precious and so delicate is your tiny little hand. And the sweetness of your lips and eyes is nothing less than grand. Your spirit and your softness tenderly sets my heart aglow, with a love so deep and infinite that only a mother could know. So tonight I count my blessings for my darling, baby dear, for surely God did hear my heart and answered every prayer."
-Linda LaTourelle

There's always more!

As I sit here tonight, dinner done and kids in bed, I just want to relax and do nothing! But I go pick up the toys and add to the never ending pile of laundry, pack bags and lay kids clothes out for tomorrow. Grumbling "Goodness, it's never ending! There is always more." And I haven't even read my scriptures yet. And then it dawns on me. It really is all never ending and isn't it great. Wouldn't it be sad if it were not! So next time I complain about there being more to do, I'll just be glad. I will enjoy the tiny little clothes that I get to fold and be glad that I have my kids who give me more to do. Always.

Happy Birthday Brent

 

 

 

Brents birthday was last week. The girls helped me make a birthday cake. (Which we did not have candles for!) They think that is the best part of birthdays. It is so fun to have kids around to celebrate things because they get excited over the most simple things. They were so excited to give Daddy his presents. All week they kept telling him they had a surprise but they couldn't tell him what is was. Anyway, I love having them around, what a blessing it is to have families.

Happy Birthday Babe! We love you! What a good daddy and husband he his! We are lucky to have him.

Where in the world is Abby?

 

I woke up early to get the house in order before the kids woke up. Abby surprisingly wasn't in our bed. She usually sneeks in our bed in the wee hours of morning. She never wakes us up just sneeks in and snuggles her way in. Anyway, I went to peek at my girls but only Avery was there. I was a little nervous... where in the world is that girl? Well, anyway, I go to let the doggies outside and guess who I find snuggling up in the closet with the dogs? That is so Abby! What a cutie!

Am I beautiful?

 

 

 

I was in the kitchen making breakfast for the girls and I went to find Avery. She was sitting on my bathroom counter putting makeup on herself. Man oh man was she proud of herself! She asked "Am I beautiful?" I wasn't mad at all it was way too cute. What a precious little girl!

Winter Wonderland

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Well, forget fall...winter has arrived with lows of -15 this week! The girls are excited because they love for Brent to pull us in the sled with the 4 wheeler. Abby made beautiful snow angels and ate the freshly fallen snow. We have had snow for the last 3 weeks but it melted for 1 day and this is the newest batch.

Tiny Dancers

Avery and Abby are in the same class this year. It is so much fun to watch them! Avery is only 2 but Miss. Mo was sick of Avery crying in the door every week "I wanna dance too!' So she let her join early.... Thank you! Avery loves dancing. She is so proud of herself. I'm actually a little surprised at how well she is doing. Abby is such a sweet big sister. She is always saying "I'll help ya sissy." They are such good friends. Im so glad they are so close in age.

Avery, Abby and our friends Eliza and Lucy. This is they're last session before they move. We will miss you!

Our newest addition!

Okay, I'm officially crazy! We got a puppy... but how could we resist? I mean look at him, just look! He is so cute! He is such a good little guy too. Other than a few accidents, he's been so good. He doesn't chew, (so far anyway) although waking up to take him potty stinks cause it's so cold at night. Needless to say, the girls LOVE him. The poor guy doesn't get a break all day. Let's see, what else? Oh yes, his name you might ask? Brent likes Pepper yet Abby is still insisting on Petri or Perrito? Who knows where she comes up with these ideas.

Daddy got Avery her own "hunting shirt." She loves it, she asks to wear it everyday. It's not exactly my favorite but oh well. She tells everyone her Daddy is taking her to hunt "caiboo." (caribou) I bought a bunch of brown ribbon so atleast she'd look like a girl hunter but she won't leave them in. Every other shirt, she leaves her bows in but not with this one and it drives me crazy. I know, I know, I'm sweating the small things here but, it really annoys me, even though she's as cute as she can be.

dentist

Well, Abby and Avery both went to their 1st dentist appointment. They have been looking forward to it for weeks. After the foam flouride though, Abby wasn't so impressed and we left in tears. She came home and told Daddy how much fun it is at the dentist and how they get to wear sunglasses and look for "sugar bugs." It's so funny to hear what stands out to them.

Are you kidding me?!?

No!! Not already... Frost on Sept. 2nd. We were driving into town the other day and Abby says "Ooh mom, the trees are so beautiful!" Yes, they are but not really because that means winter is on it's way and I'm absolutely NOT ready for it! I'm still waiting for summer to show up. I think there were 2 days where it actually hit 80 degrees. We wore jackets all of August. Well, I guess that's enough of my wallowing in my own sorrow. Thanks for listening.

Alaska Pipeline

El Dorado

We all went and panned gold at El Dorado. It's a very Alaskan thing to do. We panned $70 worth of gold all together. Holy smokes, look how big my little brother is! I can't believe it, he's passed up Brent.