So it's been a while since the last post, but I have good reasons for the lapse, I promise!
Anyhow, the long and short of it is that we're moving back to Iowa! Alexander recieved an excellent offer from his preveous employer, so we'll be living in our house in Newton.
(There are extenuating circumstances we took into consideration on whether to stay or go back; however, I won't go into details on here. Sorry for being cryptic - if you really want to know more, call me).
So I've been busy re-packing some of our stuff, and packing up the rest of everything.
Don't exactly know the timetable yet - for now we're leaving next Wednesday and arriving in Newton the following Wed. or Thurs.
In between packing, we've been doing some fun stuff too. We went out to the State Fair last Thursday. It's a lot smaller than you'd think, but someone explained that the state is broken into regions and each region has their own State Fair. We do have pictures but I don't have access to them at this time. I'll post them later when we get set up in Newton.
We've loved living here in Wasilla, even with the rainy summer they had this year. The people are wonderful, the scenery is beautiful, and we'll miss the friends we made here. But we look forward to being close to family and friends Outside as well.!
Till next time....
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
It's Official
"As of Monday Anchorage has had 30 consecutive rainy days, beating its previous record of 27 days set in 1951.- from KTUU Channel 2If the overcast weather holds up, Anchorage is going to smash that record. Meteorologists say we can expect rain through Tuesday and Wednesday, and possibly for several days after that.
It doesn't need to be a downpour to count as a rainy day: all it takes is a trace of rain at the airport, or the National Weather Service."
Here's the kicker....Fairbanks is 300 miles NNE of Wasilla, and it has been sunny and in the 90's for most of the summer! Maybe we'll get up there yet this summer and dry out for a weekend!
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Last Saturday, we went for a drive. We went north of Palmer and found this scenic pullout:
These pictures really don't do it justice...
You can't really tell from the picture, but it's a long way down to the bottom!
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My children have an obsession with "Mack Trucks" stemming from the Disney movie "Cars." The last few days there has been a lot of truck activity in the dirt lot that our window overlooks.
Hours of watching out the window. Christopher loves that bulldozer. :)
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Can You Guess...
...What our weather has been like? Yep. RAINY! I heard that this summer has been the third rainiest and fifth coldest on record! This is our typical view out the window every morning; and yes, there is a mountain in there somewhere!
At least it will clear up at some point during the day, but everything is so wet we haven't been able to go do much. When it is nice (read not raining), we do go out for walks. The pictures below we went to a new walking trail and found really pretty flowers. It took a while to get anywhere because the boys kept wanting to stop and smell all the different flowers!
We came around a corner and as soon as they saw the benches they needed to "Take a little rest, Mom!"
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The first week of this month we had VBS at church. The theme was Zip Zap and Zoom For Jesus which had 5 different bee characters that told the story of the day. The kids don't have just one teacher; instead they go around to different stations, and each station incorporates the theme of the day into what they are doing. I got to be the Snack Leader at the Sweet Honey Bee-stro; it was fun but not easy to keep the attention of hungry kids! It was also interesting because we had 6 or 7 kids that had some type of food allergy that we had to work around. This is the snack area:
I had three other helpers which was really good. They distributed the ingredients to the kids while I read the story and asked them questions. On Thursday the theme was Jesus' Tomb. We made trembling Roman Soldiers:
When it was nice out, the kids got to go outside to play games. Here Noah is learning how to play Hopscotch - he's in the foreground in the red and white shirt.
Noah did really well for his first VBS. The first day he had a tear or two because he couldn't stay with his brother and play with the toys. Once we got him into the classroom with all of the other kids (12 kids ages 3/4!) he pretty much forgot about me or the toys!
Sunday during service they all went up and sang two of the songs that they had learned. He didn't catch on for the first one until it was pretty much over...I think he was nervous as he kept lifting his shirt up and watching the bigger kids! Of course, he was also standing in the front doing this!
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On Monday, we went to Lucille park. We blew up the big soccer ball and took the bubble blower too. Noah loved the bubbles, but Christopher was more interested in the slide. The other kids there also thought that Noah's bubble gun was pretty cool. :o)
Shortly after I took this picture, Noah and Daddy got a soccer game going. Everyone played for about a half hour. I was with Christopher at the slide. He'd climb up to the top and watch the soccer game for a while, then go down and do it all over again!
We've been having fun inside too. Lots of Legos and train track building. Wednesday I got out an old sheet and built a fort for them. They had so much fun pretending to go camping! They'd load up their backpack with toys and climb up the mountain (the chair and couch) to get to the tent. Then for a while it was a garage for their trucks. They'd take turns coming out and doing a lap around the room and then go back and knock and announce "I'm back!" I don't have any pictures of this because the batteries died. Next time though... : )
Thursday they went in for their doctor checkups. Noah weighs 36.4lbs and is 39.5" and Christopher is 34.6lbs and 36"! Both are very healthy and growing/developing normally for which we are very thankful.
Until next time....
At least it will clear up at some point during the day, but everything is so wet we haven't been able to go do much. When it is nice (read not raining), we do go out for walks. The pictures below we went to a new walking trail and found really pretty flowers. It took a while to get anywhere because the boys kept wanting to stop and smell all the different flowers!
We came around a corner and as soon as they saw the benches they needed to "Take a little rest, Mom!"
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The first week of this month we had VBS at church. The theme was Zip Zap and Zoom For Jesus which had 5 different bee characters that told the story of the day. The kids don't have just one teacher; instead they go around to different stations, and each station incorporates the theme of the day into what they are doing. I got to be the Snack Leader at the Sweet Honey Bee-stro; it was fun but not easy to keep the attention of hungry kids! It was also interesting because we had 6 or 7 kids that had some type of food allergy that we had to work around. This is the snack area:
I had three other helpers which was really good. They distributed the ingredients to the kids while I read the story and asked them questions. On Thursday the theme was Jesus' Tomb. We made trembling Roman Soldiers:
When it was nice out, the kids got to go outside to play games. Here Noah is learning how to play Hopscotch - he's in the foreground in the red and white shirt.
Noah did really well for his first VBS. The first day he had a tear or two because he couldn't stay with his brother and play with the toys. Once we got him into the classroom with all of the other kids (12 kids ages 3/4!) he pretty much forgot about me or the toys!Sunday during service they all went up and sang two of the songs that they had learned. He didn't catch on for the first one until it was pretty much over...I think he was nervous as he kept lifting his shirt up and watching the bigger kids! Of course, he was also standing in the front doing this!
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On Monday, we went to Lucille park. We blew up the big soccer ball and took the bubble blower too. Noah loved the bubbles, but Christopher was more interested in the slide. The other kids there also thought that Noah's bubble gun was pretty cool. :o)
Shortly after I took this picture, Noah and Daddy got a soccer game going. Everyone played for about a half hour. I was with Christopher at the slide. He'd climb up to the top and watch the soccer game for a while, then go down and do it all over again!
We've been having fun inside too. Lots of Legos and train track building. Wednesday I got out an old sheet and built a fort for them. They had so much fun pretending to go camping! They'd load up their backpack with toys and climb up the mountain (the chair and couch) to get to the tent. Then for a while it was a garage for their trucks. They'd take turns coming out and doing a lap around the room and then go back and knock and announce "I'm back!" I don't have any pictures of this because the batteries died. Next time though... : )Thursday they went in for their doctor checkups. Noah weighs 36.4lbs and is 39.5" and Christopher is 34.6lbs and 36"! Both are very healthy and growing/developing normally for which we are very thankful.
Until next time....
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