Trick or Treat Town

So Laura (Brianna, Justin, and Joshua), Rose (Baylee and Jack) and I took our kids to the Anchorage Trick or Treat Town.  It's basically a safe and little kid friendly place to take the kids to trick or treat about 100 "doors" put together by some of the local businesses around Anchorage.  The kids had so much fun!  Who wouldn't when your getting candy handed to you? Declan was really unsure about the whole costume thing, but that lasted about a whole 2 minutes.  Ian was so excited to be a pirate again.  I'm so happy my boys had a good time and were able to share that with some good friends!  Happy Halloween everyone!

And Again...Here Comes the Snow!

I'm totally excited so see snow on the mountain to the right of my house once again.  It had completely disappeared as of yesterday (shown in the first picture of the previous post Where is the snow going?).  But  the cloud cover parted long enough for me to get a picture of the snow that has reappeared this morning!  I have a feeling we will be seeing some snow in our yard shortly!  I don't know that I've been this excited for snow in a very long time.  I guess it was the last winter in Georgia that gave me such an appreciation for the beloved snow of winter.  I'm convinced that a winter without snow is just weird!  Don't get me wrong, I totally love warm weather and you can give me the beach in Hawaii any day, but there is something about seeing that fresh snowfall!  All sparkly and white, making everything look so clean and pure!  Can you tell I'm excited?  Ok, I'm done rambling.  Here's a picture of our most resent snow coming down the mountain!  Yippee!

And of course, I had to stick some random pictures of Ian in here just for good measure!  Have a good day all!

Sorry for the delay...

So it's been a little while since I last posted anything simply because Declan and I were sick (and no, it wasn't the swine flu!).  But I knew Declan was feeling better when he was running around like his normal self this morning.  He has been really enjoying coloring lately which I'm totally excited about but today I had a little surprise!  After he was done coloring he came to me and was saying his nose hurt.  I didn't think anything of it since I've been wiping his nose constantly and it looked like it was sore.  But he kept telling me it hurt so I took him to the bathroom to spray some saline up there.  It sucks but it does help you breath better when your sick.  Anyways, low and behold, this is what popped out of his nose.  For those of you that don't know, it's the tip of a crayon!  No wonder he was telling me it hurt.  I guess he is doing yet another thing I never had to worry about from Ian!  Nothing like keeping me on my toes!  Oh, the fun of having little kids!

Some more pictures just for fun...

Can I tell you, I just love the birch trees here!  They are awesome!  And the gorgeous blue sky isn't to shabby!  I hope to go back to this spot in the winter, spring, and summer just to get a perspective.  So much fun.These are pictures of the Eagle River and  the mountains right at the bridge before you get to my neighbor hood.  I love passing by here almost every day and as you can see there aren't too many leaves left on the trees here.  Even though it's been warm, I know the snow will be coming soon!  Weatherman says next week...we'll see.

And of course, one of my boys being extra brotherly.  They are so cute sometimes!  Ian was actually bringing Declan back to me after he tried to run down the street to check out the Giant blow-up ghost.  Notice the snow shovel in tow.  They are ready!

Beautiful October Day!

So it was so beautiful today and I was in such a good mood (since I finally got an appointment to put the tires on Ryan's truck) I decided that we would go to Kincaid Park in Anchorage. I just wanted to walk around outside and maybe get some pictures. Cooperation from the boys is always an ify thing when I have a camera and today was no different!

The Nortic Ski Bear just for Daddy!

The one patch of daisies left on our walk/run. By the way, this is Ian declaring himself the winner of the race.

Run is one thing the boys will do no matter what their mood. Just say ready, set, go and they are off!

Off the path and quite wet. Should wear boots next time!

Ian's look cracks me up and there's Declan just checking out the airplane flying by.

Feet in the leaves.

Very unhappy Ian at this point. Time to head home!

Ian picked me a flower and was so proud of it.

Little Declan is such the explorer! He loves checking everything out!

Where is the snow going?

So apparently something crazy is happening here in Alaska! The snow is disappearing on the mountains instead of coming down to us! It's like in the 50's today and it's October! Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining at all! It's just so odd to me! I just assumed that I would be up to my eyeballs in snow by now. After all, it is Alaska! ; )

Fun at Bouncing Bears

So it was another rainy day and the boys just have too much energy to play in the house again. Where to go? Bouncing Bears of course! I really honestly think these things are awesome and completely drain the energy out of my boys. If I could meet the person that decided it would be a good idea to put a bunch of bouncy things in a big building I would owe them so much! Thank You Thank You Thank You!