First Day

So, the first day of school is long gone. Actually we are almost through the third week!  The kids are doing great. It took us all a while to get used to bedtime schedule and waking up early. Emrie misses them terribly while they are gone and as a result MAKES ME CRAZY!! This girl is high maintenance. Here are some cute pictures of the kids on the big day.

Big sister loved showing him around, and loves picking him up at the Kindergarten gate everyday after. She was all excited the 2nd day because Liam let her kiss his cheek at the gate and didn't even get mad at her. She is a sweet sister.

My big 2nd grader!!

anticipation!

This is Liam's teacher Mrs. Hill. She is amazing with them and the best part is that I can tell she loves her job and being with them. It's a huge relief knowing that she's happy to be there. He likes her alot too!

Dinner picnic with Emrie after the first day. She is so glad to have them home!!

I hope the whole year goes as well as these first three weeks

Alaska...part 1

Wow...what a trip! Can't believe we were gone for an entire month. We had a fabulous time. Some of the highlights were...

Daddy home all day, everyday, not to mention Gammy and Papa to spoil our kiddos everyday.

Visiting and getting to know good friends.

Spending time with Cody's brothers and their kids, some of which live in Texas.

Not a day above 75 degrees.

 Crazy sleep schedule... bed at 1-2am and up around 10.

Catching dinner almost any night we wanted to.

Camp fires and smores in our own yard.

Long walks and quad rides through forest and tons of wild flowers.
No TV (there was one, but we never watched it) or news.
Eating good, naughty food everyday. (homemade ice cream, biscuits and gravy, everything with butter! all the stuff we DON'T eat here.
Doing whatever we wanted, all day, everyday.

It was such a special time with our kids and family, something we will never forget. I have so many pictures to go through, I'm sure this will be the first of many Alaska posts. These are some of my favorites of life at the cabin....

Back side of the cabin...all these windows face the river

View from the dock

Garage side of the house

Hanging by the fire

Everybody loves the fire...

We created a fenced in play yard for the kids...with a tent, and sand box. We locked the babies in to play so they couldn't get near the river.

Avery practiced and practiced with her new toy...she got pretty good too! I won't post the pictures of me trying it out...not so cute!

The boys even put up swing sets..kids were in heaven!

on the dock watching daddy fish

 

as Cody likes to say... "FISH ON"

Daddy's favorite helper

Taking a walk with Uncle Cy and Wyatt

This picture explains why we were so messed up with sleep...this was taken at 11:20 pm. How do you convince kids it's time to sleep when it's this sunny?  I'm pretty sure Liam was still throwing sticks in the fire...gotta love vacation!