The 9th anniversary of my 27th Birtday!

I had a great Birthday! We had to turn off the smoke alarm, notice all the smoke after I blew out the candles.

Record High Temp

We have so few days of warm and sun shine that we do not have a pool for the kids. We have had record highs last week of 87 and 84. The kids started by putting their feet in cold water in a rubbermaid, then Cort wanted to swim in it. Would you call this a redneck swimming pool?

I do not know why they needed their army helmets on to go through the sprinkler? I am sure that it was Cort's idea.

Grace decided that the helmet works great for watering. My little sweetie.

They had to check out all the little holes on the sprinkler. Next year when the grass is in they will be able to do the sprinkler on the grass! Till then it will have to be on the pavement.

Fishing With Dad

The kids love to go for boat rides with their Dad.

The only way Frank can get some fishing in is if he can bribe the kids with soda. I guess a fisherman will do what he has to do.

Grace being Cute, she always wants her pictures taken.

Fish 1 Frank 0. Frank broke a pole not only 10 min. into fishing.

Frank got back at the fish though. Say hello to Mr. Ling Cod. We even let him go so that the Fishing Gods would keep smiling on us.

New Yard?

This is what our yard looked like when the kids and I left for Montana.

This is what it looked like the morning after we got home. They were doing digging at 8:00a.m. the morning after we got back home to Metlakatla.

We had a gravel parking lot for about 5 days. I had accepted that we were going to have gravel for a yard:( I wanted to plant some trees out by the road for some privacy, so I called housing and asked if they were done digging. A housing guy came by and said they did not want to put grass out there, because they did not want to take care of grass. I promised to take care of it and to even get the grass seed and everything. The next morning at 7:30 a.m. they were dumping and spreading top soil! On Thursday the 16th Frank and I raked it smooth then planted the seed.

These last two pictures were taken a week after we started the seeds. I love my green little baby grass! At first I thought that it was moss growing in the dirt. NO, little green spears of life!!! I took both the bottom pictures right after the other, I think the bottom one looks the best:)

July In Superior with Natalie's Family

Grace enjoyed her time with Aunt Natalie!

Uncle Glenn got a lot of Grace time too. There was even Talk of Grace and Austin switching places.

This was one of the few pictures with all 5 kids. Not everyone is looking, but they are all there. Beggars can't be choosers:)

The kids enjoyed their sparklers at Jeff & Autumn's wedding. The wedding was really nice.

This is Austin, Natalie's middle son, trying to land on the whale from the diving board. So many great memories from the pool this summer!

The End of June in Superior

Dad was busy with all of his saw mill jobs, I even got to help him with a few things. Moving the saw mill to hooking the logs it was nice to get some good time at home. He never would let me drive the backhoe:) I don't think I would have wanted to.

This was after the kids had just finished playing in the water. I think that is the only way we got Cort to sit still. Grace, Mathew (Natalie's youngest), Grandma Moles, and Cort.

We spent one afternoon in Missoula at a water park. The kids all had so much fun and came home with some nice sun burns. Grace loves her cousin!

We went in and spent a weekend with Grandma Moles. She had to get the bat and ball out, Grandma loves her sports! Cort actually hit the ball about half the time, I was impressed this was the first time he had ever held a bat.

Oh yes and don't forget the "Slip N Slide". Summer is not summer with out slipping in the water and sliding through the yard! I can't believe how fast the month of June went.

Fun At The Park!

Grace at the top of the slide. She was loving the little cover on the top of the slide.

Austin and Mathew at the park. We had to try out the little park in town. The kids had a good time till the rain started and we had to go home.

Cort on the move! This is the only way to get him on film:)

In Lewistown with Grandma and Grandpa Stewart

Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids.

Grace and her cousin, Sayler, at the park in town.

Stan and Sandy watching the boys in the field. The field is in the back of the house.

Locks of Love

Grace loves her new hair cut!

Today was the day! We went and got Grace's 10 inches of hair cut. Grace is donating the hair to Locks of Love.

I was more worried about the cut than Grace was. She was so excited about the new hair cut!

Before the big cut, well actually there were lots of little cuts.

Stopping to smell the flowers

Tonight when I took Annie out for a potty break I spotted this little slug smelling my pansy. I wish I could have gotten a better picture:( It was just a strange thing to see. I guess in Metlakatla Alaska even the slugs stop to smell the flowers.

The Kings Are Here!

Frank had decided that brushing the scales off first is the only way to go. It was funny to see him out there scrubbing on the fish:)

Grace was there to help wash off all of the scales. She is her Daddy's little helper. Grace and her sense of fashion is amazing:)

After the scales were cleaned off the two jokers thought the king needed a drink of water. They thought it was soooo funny.

The Years of Grace

Our little Gracie Girl! Grandpa Zimmer getting some time with is new little girl. Grace about 1 month old.

Grace just over 1 year old. As you can see our poor little girl has no toys to play with:)

Our little lady is having fun with the nativity set that Aunt Natalie sent. Grace is 2 in this picture.

Grace was a trooper for the big trip from Fairbanks to Metlakatla. She is 3 in this picture.

I made a summer dress for our Montana trip this summer. Grace loves modeling her cloths, can you believe she is 5!

The Years of Cort

Cort my "little" boy about 4 days old. Lounging on mommy's lap, notice my hand in relation to Cort.

Cort playing with his Thomas toys at 2 years.

Cort being "Joe Cool", 3.5 years old.

Cort at Pt. D on Annette Island, 5 years.

Cort in Ketchican this spring.

I got this idea from Peg, thanks Peg!