Happy Birthday Auntie Jenna!

We love you more than 1,000,000 rides on a swing!

Happy Birthday Auntie Stephie!

We love you!
We hope you have an awesome day!

Movie Monday

Look who's walking! This video was from a little over a week ago.



And here's another short clip from Friday. Isn't it amazing what can happen it just a week?

Sunday Snapshot

Well, the sun has definitely disappeared and the rain & wind have arrived! It's been downright nasty out the last few days. We still managed to get out yesterday despite the sideways rain coming down. Juneau had a Play For Free Day hosted by the Parks and Rec Department where they had all their facilities open for free to the public. We decided to head to Mt. Jumbo for their toddler open gym time. The boys had a blast even though we had to elbow our way in. We even left with a giraffe balloon animal which was a highlight for Dane. We then decided to stop by Project Playground on the way home to see what they had and we certainly didn't have to elbow our way in there! I think the above picture shows why. We managed to stay long enough for a bowl of chili (which Jaeger Ray LOVED!) and a cup of hot chocolate. But after about 5 minutes, Dane was ready to go home. And quite frankly, so was I!

Another first for Jaeger Ray

Coloring with Crayolas!

We were at the Juneau-Doulgas City Museum and they had this great interactive children's room. The room was set up like a classroom from the early 1900s and filled with dress up clothing, vintage toys and games, antique school desks, and a science area with animal skulls and a place to touch their fur and guess which animal it came from. The boys had a great time playing with all the vintage toys and seeing the exhibits. And as you can tell above Jaeger enjoyed some good 'ol fashioned coloring.

Here's a picture of Dane's friends, Kellen and Maddy, who met us at the museum.

Sadly, our Indian Summer has come to an end!

Knowing the end was near, we took full advantage of this unusual fall weather. Dan texted (yep, I'm finally up with the times and I now text!) and said pack up the kids, grab a few potatoes and dessert at the store and head to Auke Rec for a BBQ. I was so exited!
Unfortunately, Daddy didn't get off early at Ward Air like we thought, so it was just me and the boys. We still made the most of it though.

The boys enjoying the sun on their backs and dirt in their hands!


The incredible view.
A collage of Jaeger Ray and all that sand! He sure ate A LOT of it. :)

Smile for Daddy!


Dan did manage to get off early the next day, which was the very last day of our incredible weather. So we packed up the kids & Bailey, the essentials for S'mores, and headed back to Auke Rec.

Here's our bonfire.


That's pretty much the only picture from our night as we were running after Jaeger Ray. This new found love for walking has us on our toes!

I did manage to get this photo on the way home. It really doesn't do it justice, but it was the MOST AMAZING moon I think I've ever seen. I love that it's tucked in the trees. I actually stopped on the side of the road and got out to grab my camera in the back.

Movie Monday

A little hidden gem at the Taku Harbor Cabin.

*Other pics about our trip will be up soon. :)

Sunday Snapshot

This is now Dane's preferred spot to go potty! That's what camping will do for you. (Thankfully, I caught him before he wanted to go poopie!)

A Hunting They Will Go!

Look who made the Juneau Empire!



Yep, that's Bailey and our friend Erik. The other guy in the back -- that's Dan. :)

Two Things to Note -
1. They're clearly not being safe! Shame on them for not wearing helmets. Dane would definitely not approve. ;)
2. Notice that Erik is towing a baby bike trailer. Don't worry there are no babies in there, just guns and ammo. ;)

To see the actual link to the paper, click here.

Sun, sun, sun!!!

The weather here in Juneau has been incredible! We've had sunshine and 70 degree weather for a week straight and the forecast shows more of the same for the next week. Since I knew about this awesome weather from the forecast, I challenged myself on Monday to see if I could go do something super fun with the boys each day.

Here are our photos of our super sunny week.

Monday
We went for a bike ride on the Airport Trail and the best part was watching Daddy take off from the float pond. In the picture below you can see Daddy "waving" to us with the airplane wings!

An extra bonus was watching the all the construction equipment in action! They are expanding the runway at the airport, so this is a little boy's heaven! ;)

Tuesday
We hiked the Auke Lake Trail with Grandma Wennie. Dane was able to hike the whole way (it's only about a mile long.) But the only way we could get him to not complain was playing hide and seek the entire way back! Here he is in action. :)


Wednesday
Castle Park!

I just love this picture of Jaeger Ray waiting for Dane to come out of the slide!


Thursday
Mount Roberts Tram
We went up the tram with my good friend Angie and her two kids (Hayden & Riley.) They all had a blast. Here's a picture of the boys looking out the window. Can you tell which one is Dane?

Here they are trying to find the perfect hiding spot!

What's in the mystery box?

The view from the top.


I didn't think there was any blueberries left in town, but Dane found some!

And here's his sweet blueberry face on the way down!
Friday
All this sunshine and fun has gotten to me and I'm sick! ARGH! So I didn't feeling like doing anything major this morning, so we just played in the front yard. Although, this is still pretty fun for my two lovebugs. ;)

Jaeger Ray absolutely LOVES this Little Tykes car! He actually cried when I had to take him out to head to school. :(

Here's Dane playing "squirt the fire!"

The best part about being home this morning was seeing Daddy circle around the house in the plane.

Sorry for the picture overload! It's hard to just choose one from each day. :)

Movie Monday

Any one need a dose of laughter?

Sunday Snapshot - "It was the NUTS!"

As Grandma Lorraine used to say, "It was the nuts!" I fretted way too much as this trip was nearly perfect! We have lots of pictures and many fun stories to tell, but for now I'll leave you with this cute picture of Dane and Daddy on the flight over to Taku Harbor.


**Thanks for all the positive vibes you sent our way! I'm certain it helped make our trip wonderful. :)

Are we NUTS?

We'll be staying here on Friday & Saturday night.....

with both kids!!! I know - it looks really cool, however this is just a one room cabin with a stove, a table and that pretty much sums it up. Oh, and it's on the water! Now, if it were just Dan and me I wouldn't be nervous (we met hiking after all and many moons ago, I actually lived in a tent for a summer), but going with 2 kids (actually, I should say 1 baby!) makes me VERY nervous. I'm pretty sure Dane will be the easy one and he'll have a blast. In fact, here's what he says about out impending trip...
"We're going to a cabin and there's only ONE room. They don't have any toys, so we have to use rocks as toys. We are going to pretend to eat rocks outside. Maybe we should throw balls outside when we wake up. We are going to fly in a float plane and it's very far away in the forest. We won't see any bears." Needless to say, Dane's super excited.

Now, this guy.....

is a whole different story.

Sure, he looks all sweet, innocent and happy here, but I'm not too sure how he'll do in the wilderness. I imagine he'll eat lots of dirt, try to put rocks in his mouth, crawl straight for the water, and basically keep Mommy & Daddy running after him all day long. Then I'm certain he'll keep us up all night as he won't be able to fall asleep if we're all in the same space. (We definitely tested this out from previous vacations and he does much better in his own room! My mind is racing back to California and recalling him waking up every 2 hours just to say hi and since you're up Mom, I'll take some milk please.)

So wish us luck on our little adventure! And if you have any words of wisdom, we'll take those too. :)

Movie Monday

More, more, more!!!

Sunday Snapshot Take 2

Daddy came home with these lovely treats tonight!
He certainly knows how to cheer me up - wine, flowers and Bullwinkle's popcorn!
Oh, and coming home to take care of the kiddos so I can blog. ;)

Sunday Snapshots

Best part about Sundays

......chocolate donuts after church! :)

Jaeger got to try a donut for the first time today and if you look carefully, you can see the remnants on his tongue. I'd say he liked it! ;)

Home Depot Day!

What 3 year old little boy doesn't need one of these?

Yep, it's a football stand! A great place for Dan's old Minnesota Vikings football.

Dane, as usual, had a blast hammering, gluing, screwing and building. Besides Ward Air, Home Depot is his favorite place to be.

Not quite ready for hammering, but Jaeger Ray still loves coming to watch.

As much as Dane loves doing all the manly things at Home Deep, I think his favorite part is the cookies...
And I'd say Jaeger Ray likes that part too. :)