Finally warm enough

75 degrees and life is good! The boys have been itching to play in the water and today was the perfect day. Water balloon fights and cups of water have never been so much fun! Even Celie joined in the fun. She didn't get much water to throw, but she hung right in there.

Celie is 2!

Celie's birthday. Two years old! Most evey comment was, "pretty" or "yeah, baby".

This is her camera smile mostly these days. I really hope she outgrows it soon.

Tea and cakes with the brothers....

AAHHH, Watermelon

First watermelon of the season. FYI, I have never really had a "good" watermelon up here. They certainly seem to loose most sweetness by the time they reach our shelves. But the idea of having a watermelon on a sunny day was enough for the kids. Not too many seeds to spit either.

Wrestling Season 2010

Wrestling has come to a close. With the two tournaments of the year right during the time we were moving from the house, Brad and I each took a turn at a tourney. Below are pictures of Avery's first tournament. He pinned his first two matches and lost the third. He still won third place! YEAH!!!

Now that is a tough wrestler!

So today was the State Tourney. We arrived at 8:30 am and we left at 9:30 pm! What a long day. But totally worth it! Isaak won the first three and lost his last two, but still took 4th place for his weight class for the state! There were 16 kids in his bracket and he took 4th! Considering that we were able to make only about half the practices this year because of moving, Isaak did pretty well. I know one thing is for sure, state tourney takes a long time. Also I know that 10 year old boys are VERY smelly after 13 hours of wrestling. We drove home with all the windows down and it was raining. HA! Very proud of my wrestling boys. Ready to sleep in tomorrow.

Easter 2010

Easter pics. Isaak and Avery are getting too cool for pics now. I took alot of pleading to get them into this pic. Celie was just pittiful all morning. She perked up after we gave her a bunny cookie.

At Bobby and Polly's for Zak's birthday. The girls decided to dress up to go play outside. Like their choice of shoes? Very appropriate for spring breakup in Alaska. HA!

Wrestling tourney

Isaak's first tournament of the season. Isaak took second. Very well execuited moves and delivery. Way to go! Isaak is in the red head gear.

STAR WARS!!!!

We took the kids into the Anchorage Museum today as they are featuring a special traveling exhibit. Can you guess? Yes, STAR WARS!!! I thought the boys were going to pass out with excitement when we finallly got there. I have to admit, museums always amazed me as a child and they still do today. It was really cool. Part of the experience was seeing true Star Wars fans seeing the exhibits. One guy dressed up like Yoda, yes he was with his kids that were also dressed as various characters. Well worth our 3 hours!


Here is Avery trying out his self-built cruiser. It runs by magnets. You have to figure out the configuration of magnets to allow it to hover, and cruise. Pretty cool. Lots of interactive exhibits that link science and science fiction.

Here the boys were able to manuver a hovercraft, much like young Aniken (I know it is spelled wrong) in his big race in the desert.

Had to have our pics with the Wookies! Star Wars is not Star Wars without Wookies! The boys all tried speaking Wookie on the way home!

Such a fun Spring Break treat!