six months

These are some pictures from today. The ones in the white shirt are right after Bear woke up from his nap. I don't think he was quite awake yet... he looks a little afraid of the camera.

In Memory of

Queenie

This afternoon my mom called to tell me that they couldn't find their dog, Queenie. My parents searched the neighborhod to no avail. I decided to go look for her and after no luck returned to my parents to learn that they had just found her in the backyard. We aren't sure what happened but it looks like she died sometime early this morning. She was a really good dog, and we will all miss her very much.

Juneau

Here are some pictures from our Juneau leg... they are not in sequential order...
This is my cousin Mark and his family: Jessica and daughter Sequia. Mark, Barrett, and I.
Sequia.
Godmother Lourill and her daughter Rachael with the Bear.
Friend of the family Celina playing with Barrett.
Great Grandma Beth and Barrett.

Uncle Mick and his family.
Uncle Dave and his family.
Aunt Judy and Bear.
Aunt Sherill and Bear.
Kimball and I on the Westy (my Uncle Rudy and Aunt Judy's boat).

Uncle Rudy with Bear on the Westy.
The whole family on the Westy.
A beautiful Juneau day : )
Here are Mick and Liza at my uncle's bar/restaurant, The Sandbar.

Uncle Johnny, Nina and my mom.
Cousin Tauna and Uncle Jerry.
Bear, Uncle Jerry and my mom.
Uncle Jerry, Aunt Judy, Uncle Johnny and Mom.
At the Alaskan Brewery.

Surprise Uncle Mick!

Uncle Punky and Aunt Betty with Bear.

Barrett loves faces!

Fairbanks

The whole reason we planned this trip to Alaska:
Gabe and Tessa's wedding... aren't they a beautiful couple?

We had a group baptism... at my Aunt's church. Here is Winter. She was a little freaked out about the baptism. I have to tell this funny story. Winter went to church with Meg and saw Jesus on the crucifix. She asked Meg who that was and Meg answered. "That's Jesus Christ, he died for our sins." Winter then said, "And they just left him like that?" Oh, the things children say!

Barrett at his baptism.
Isabelle.
Ebin.

This is my Aunt Meg and Uncle Gary's backyard! We had family pictures done in Fairbanks. These are not the professional photographers pics, these are the candid shots. My dad, Aunt Meg, Grandma, and Uncle Drew. This is not a flattering picture, but it is my favorite one of Ebin.
This is Ebin's mom, Holly in her brother's wedding.
Gabe (the groom) and Gary (his dad).
Auntie Meg in her first photo with the Bear.
Bear on his first plane ride.
My Aunt Meg's cat weighs more than Barrett. Her name is Niko but I affectionately renamed her "Square Kitty" due to her square shape.
Here we are at the Alyeska pipeline.
Isabelle and Barrett... something about those binkies.
Very nice, sorry guys, but this was too funny.

My cousin Katie's family with Barrett. Brian, Rory, Robin and Rachel.
Cousin Katie with Barrett at his baptism.
These female 2 year old moose were in my Aunt's backyard daily. They put out a salt lick that was apparently irresistable.

This one is a male.

This is just a small snippet of the pictures we took. We actually had to load some to a disk after using up 2 memory cards!

Under Construction

We are currently in the process of installing bamboo flooring. Here are some pictures of our construction zone. This is the foyer midway through. Here is the dining room before.
Here is the dining room with the carpet pulled out, pretty, huh? The wall on the right was the same rose color as the rest of the dining room but we decided to add an accent wall where the hutch goes that matches the foyer, hall, and living room.
And here is the front living room, temporarily the dining room, with the majority of the floors down. It is really starting to look nice. I can't wait til it is all done.
Of course, we have to have the token picture of Bear. He just loves his jumper. We were able to move him to this larger doorway so he is very happy to have more room to jump around.
We are heading off to Alaska in a few days so don't expect any new posts for awhile. We will be updating the blog with tons of pictures from our trip when we get back.