February 2010

So my littlest little girl is almost 7 weeks old now. I can't believe how fast time goes by lately. I wish it would just slow down a bit so I can enjoy it a little longer. Gabriella is trying to figure out how to get to things. She kicks her little right foot like she is trying to jump start herself. It is so cute. She is the sweetest easiest going baby ever. I don't know how we got so lucky. The kids are still loving her like crazy but she is always a mama's girl when upset. I keep hoping to get the kids all together to get a picture but we don't have many opportunities lately.

Soccer for Summer 2009

Action shots of the boys practicing soccer before a game. They really have improved and played hard this summer. James is playing in the Kohl's Cup tournament this week and doing well. Donovan's team is practicing hard for the state cup in Kenai starting on August 10th.

Flying Kites

This is some of the fun activities that we did together as a family this summer. Donovan helped his brother and sister get the kites into the air. Typically in Fairbanks you can't really fly kites since there isn't much wind.

Donovan's Graduation

Of course this is way behind, I was unable to find the cord to connect our camera to our computer. Donovan had a great day graduating from 6th grade.

Our family will be growing!

We are expecting our fourth baby!! Due sometime in January.

Graduation!!!

We are so proud of our graduate. It has been a long hard road but he did it. I can't tell you how wonderful Tim truly is and how greatful I am to have him as my husband.

Easter Fun

We had an Easter egg hunt on Saturday with the primary . There

were so many eggs out in the snow. We had a lot of people show up for this activity and everyone had so much fun!








The second picture is the boys teaching Allison how to do jump rope. She loved it and didn't want them to stop.

James & Donovan

I thought this was so hilarious. I truly love being a mother and not missing these moments.

James's pine wood derby

I am trying so hard to keep adding things to our blog. As you can see from the picture James is the ham of our family. Always wants to make everyone laugh.

Orchestra Concert

This was Donovan's second year being in Honors Orchestra, his third playing the Chello. He seemed to be very at ease this year. He tends to get nervous easily, just like me. He will be playing the Chello while in Junior High School next year as well, orchestra is offered as a year long program.

Mexico

I had to share these pictures of Mexico. We had the most amazing time there, and of course I should have taken more pictures. The sun feels so amazing there, how could anyone feel anything but happiness there.













This is the kids club area of the all-inclusive resort. You could drop the kiddos off at 9 am to play and pick them up at 6 pm. They keep the kids busy with so many activities going all day. They had 3 different areas for the kids to play at.

Here is some of the view of the Gulf of California or what the locals call the "Sea of Cortez".

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas this year, very modest. Tim got us all up at 5 a.m. because he was so excited. The kids really likes their gifts and played with them all morning, while the parents went back to bed. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but Donovan has officially out grown me, height and weight.

We took these pictures of St. Elias on our way back from Valdez to Fairbanks. The temperature in Valdez was a warm 20 degrees above, when we got to Fairbanks it was a chilly -40 below. This marked winter as officially here in Alaska.

Christmas Orchestra Concert

This is was Donovan and James's christmas orchestra concert. The pictures didnt come out to well since the lighting wasn't quite right. Donovan's back is all I get to see most of the time. James is in the back right. Donovan is the one foward left.

Ward Christmas Party

We had our ward Christmas party on December 13. Stan and DeeAnn came for Keegan's surgery so we got to bring them to the party as well. Stan was not interested in dancing but how could he say no to his grand daughters! We had a lovely time, the parties theme was a fiesta. We had a salsa (dip) competition, pinatas, singing, and real live band. We have a gentleman in the ward that has a band that plays here in Fairbanks, they are really great.

2nd in State

This is Donovan's team in Soccer, they are going to be training hard this winter to be the best next summer.

Fishing in Valdez

We had a great time fishing in Valdez with family, we wanted to share what a lovely day we actually had.

Back to School!!

This is a Big Week, we are currently at the State Cup for Soccer in Donovan's age bracket. We have won our first 3 games now. We will have our final game on Saturday for who will become State Champions. If we win, we will go to Reginals next year, which means leaving the State of Alaska for this team. We will keep everyone updated.

4th of July weekend

We went up to Chatinika for the 4th. We had so much fun. The weather was great, we were in the 80's the whole weekend. If we got hot we just jumped in the creek. We camped out for 2 whole days with lots of friends from Church.

Angel Rock's

This was our fun weekend camping/Hiking. We hiked Angel Rock's, the distance is about 3.5 miles. Both James and Donovan have hiked this in the past with us. This was Allison's first time and she was a real trooper. The trail up has an elevation of about 900 feet to the top. We really had a great time and wanted everyone to see the beauty of Alaska.