wow.. what a close up!

Here are a few pictures of us... we love you all

There are no excuses... here is a much needed update.

Joe and I are still here in beautiful Alaska, Joe working as an associate chiropractor. The weather has turned warm and the daylight is crazy! It now stays light till midnight, and then the light returns around 5:30 am. I have not minded the extra sunshine... though a certain bird loves to perch outside our bedroom window and chirp all night... i need a slingshot or something.

Jace just lost his first tooth and the bottom one to the left is hanging on by a toothy thread. Its all I can do to not yank it out for him. I now understand my Dads "help" with my loose teeth growing up. He will be starting kindergarten this year. In Alaska that means full day school. I think he is more ready then i am.

Hyrum is growing so big! He is 4 and off in his own little world. He loves to pretend and plays by himself a lot, mumbling about something he is pretending. usually it involves a superhero. He often spaces out while we are talking to him and then makes a random statement like, " are all pirates bad?" or " I love pudding."Enough said.

Bekah turns two on the 29th of May. She is talking all the time, either repeating what we said or asking for something... usually food. Each morning when we go in her room she says the cutest "good morning". Joe is in the palm of her little hand. She has a lot of emotion and drama in her and has a literal melt down when she is denied something. Her hair is finally coming in and just long enough to put into pig tails. When she throws a fit and her hair is done she screams and yanks out her hair ties and throws them on the floor. It would be more hilarious if some precious hair didn't always come out with the ties.

Last night dinner seemed a little quieter then usual. It took us a minute to realize Bekah was out like a light. This picture does not show it well but there is some of her dinner stuck to her neck... saving it for a midnight snack I guess.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!

The kids spent every second of Christmas day playing with new toys. Bekah loved her new baby doll and bottle. She sat on the couch and fed her baby for over an hour! It was precious.

We had a wonderful Christmas!
Brand new pj's for all three. Bekah loves jammies. She calls them her "happies". Hyrum, however, would rather sleep naked. We often go in at night to find him in just underwear. What is it about boys stripping down?









The boys gave us a full hour of blissful quiet while they played in the living room with new tractors. I love the hats!

Hello everyone.... we are well, we are safe, we are happy. Living in Alaska is far from everyone... but we love you all and I promise to try harder to keep in touch and keep up the blogging.

Jace is getting so big! He came up with the idea of building a fishing rod out of knex. I found him sitting on the stairs fishing one snowy afternoon. I guess living in Alaska, it's probably a good time to start learning the art of fishing.

The kids love being by Grandma and Grandpa. Bekah finally feels comfortable enough to show off her pearly whites. What a cheesy smile!!

Grandpa took us out on his beautiful sailboat before the weather turned cold. We sailed around big lake. The kids loved the boat, especially seeing the huge salmon on the bottom of the lake.

Jace uses his hands to make his own sunglasses when he thinks it is too bright to watch a movie in the car... maybe I should just break down and buy him some.

A great fact about Canada: Almost every hotel we stayed in had a water slide.... Canada has the right idea. After driving all day in the car, having a nice hotel with a water slide was a little slice of heaven for everyone.

Here is Daddy and the kids having a blast breaking the rules and making trains on the slide. We were the only ones in the pool... it was so fun, one of our favorite parts of the trip.

Waiting...

Here we are at summit lake in British Columbia. The weather turned from autumn colors to snow storm. Apparently the buffalo and caribou like the cold weather because we didn't see any animals until summit lake, during the snow storm. It was beautiful!