Monday, May 16, 2011

We love Spring/Summer!

We are totally enjoying spring/summer here in Alaska. Now that there have been warm, sunny days, we are out and about all the time now. Feel like a bear who just woke up from hibernation. Which, by the way we saw a junior sized bear today on the side of the road. It was very cute. Peyton asked to pet it but I told her that it wasnt a very good idea. I didnt have my camera with me though since it was just a typical morning of driving to town.

We have taken many drives, trips to the beach, went to the may day fly in & air show that our airport here does annually. We are excited for it to be summer and enjoy the daylight we have here. As of now, the sun comes up at 4:50am and sets at 10:30pm and dusk for a good while after that. In a month, it will rise at 4:00am and set at 11:20pm . It is definitely weird having to make yourself go to bed before it is even dark outside. Its been about 50 degrees here, which to us, is so warm. I love how no matter the weather outside, it stays pretty much the same temperature so our bodies can be used to it. I hated that in 2 days it could go from 40 degrees to 80 in Utah. Drove me nuts. I stole this from a friend but this is how green it gets here. I cant wait to see it for myself.


Tairels parents are coming up in a couple of weeks. Planning on going on a day glacier & wildlife cruise. We are hoping it is a beautiful sunny day for pictures...but guess we will see. Here are quite a bit of pics of everything we have been doing lately :) I am picture happy...so beware!

Seth making another mess by dumping his spaghettios all over the floor.


Sidewalk chalk. I drew the pictures and Peyton colored them in.


At the waterfall.


Boats on the ocean.


Tairel took Peyton across the street to the river to throw rocks. Her favorite thing to do right now.


Lake behind our apartment.


Fly in. Bush planes everywhere.


Not sure how this flies...but it does.


Plane with skis.


At the beach with friends.


Us.


I dont think Seth looks like Tairel at all.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Spring is in the air...finally

It has been raining a lot here but when it is sunny, it is awesome being outside. So, when it is sunny, or just not raining, we go out.

The snow is starting to go away :)


There have been puddles everywhere and Peyton loves them.


We have a beach here...not very big and no sand but still a beach for the kids to play.


Mmmm....seaweed.


Swings at a park near our house. Seth has never been on one before and just loved it. He laughed the whole time.

Easter

For Easter we just got the kids a little bit of candy and little toys, nothing really special. We had heard about this big city Easter egg hunt that was on Easter and decided to go. We are glad we did. For Seths age, they had a bunch of grass on the floor with plastic eggs, boiled eggs, rubber duckies, little stuffed animals. There were about 50 other kids his age and when they said "go" everyone just grabbed as much as they could. Seth ended up with chocolates, m&ms, dog stuffed animal, rubber duckie, and 50 cents. After the hunt, they handed out a bigger stuffed animal and toy to each kid. He got a green bunny and an elmo camper toy with 5 play pieces. Something that I would assume was at least $15-$20. They handed things similar to these to all 50 or so kids.

Meanwhile, Peyton was doing an egg hunt outside. She ended up with $9 but was disappointed that she didnt get anymore candy. They also gave her age group (not sure how many kids there were but Im guessing a lot) some prizes. She got 3 ponies, and a big Easter basket with a stuffed animal, yo-yo, bubble machine, sidewalk chalk and some candy.


They love all the stuff they got and had a fun time doing the Easter egg hunt. I cant believe the stuff they ended up coming home with. I thought they would just get some eggs with candy...not huge prizes. Glad we went :) Oh, and did I mention that all of this was FREE?

Hoppin on Pop

One busy little boy

Seth has been a busy mischievous little boy lately. He gets phone calls all the time...
spills cups of red punch on the floor...
and gets into cocoa powder...

I think the boy in him is starting to come out from his babyness.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Happy Birthday Seth!

I cant believe Seth is a year old already. Our baby is growing up so fast. For his birthday we just celebrated it by ourselves, opened gifts and ate ice cream. Seth also got the best birthday present ever. He learned how to walk! He isnt great at it but he can take quite a few steps before losing his balance. We are so proud of him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH!


Saturday, April 2, 2011

Not walking yet...but close

Seth loves to walk around but only while holding onto something. Lately he has taken an interest in Peyton's stroller and has been doing a pretty good job at pushing it around.


Here is a video of him pushing it around with no weight in it.