Camping On Erin Island

We finally went camping after 2 years: We took all 6 children with us. Aren't you AMAZED?Beside having little sleep our children had many memories. And it was beautiful.... Erin Island is my favorite camping place. I've even told David he could buy the island for me. That will always be wishful thinking on my part. However I can keep wishing right? We found a rope swing that was the hit of the trip and as you can see well enjoyed by all. I even took a turn and enjoyed my swing. As you can see from some of the pictures the kids really enjoyed camp life: EVEN THE DIRT.

I know this is a lot of pictures. So I'll post the pictures of the kids on the swing at a later date. Sorry for the long post of pictures. I guess that is what happens when you don't go camping for long periods of time. Or it might be that I really had fun taking pictures of my family that God has blessed me with and His beautiful creation. I'm going with the 2nd thought.

The Things My Husband Will Let Our Children Do:

Jumping Off The Rock Hill Cliff !!!!

A while back I posted about the dirt and rock piles we have across the street. Well the neighborhood kids and my "boys" have come up with something else to do with it. David was the one taking pictures. I watched for a little bit then ya know with me being a MOM and all I had to leave. They had so much fun doing this and they even went over last night to do it again. Justus is always asking "Are the workers done working so I can go over to the rock hill?" Silly BOYS and their DAD. Enjoy the pictures anyway.....

Pray for Stellan

For a few month now I have been following a blog of someone I have never met. Her son Stellan has touched my heart. He has a rare heart condition called SVT. As I am typing this he has been in SVT for three days. His little heart has been beating 230+ beats a min. So today in your prayers could you lift this little boy up. If you would like to get to know this family click on this link http://www.mycharmingkids.net/.

Full Circle Farm....

Our First Box!!

Our Box Contents:

2 bunches Green Leaf Lettuce FCF
1.25 pounds Roma Tomatoes
2 bunches Bunched Carrots FCF
1 each Cantaloupe
1 bunch Broccoli FCF
1.5 pounds Lapin Cherries *
1 each Cucumbers FCF
1 each Blueberries
5 each Valencia Oranges
4 each Yellow Peaches
1.5 pounds Yummy Beauty Plums
2 each Walla Walla Sweet Onions *

FCF = Grown at Full Circle Farm * = Grown in the Pacific Northwest

If you are interested in trying Full Circle Farm be sure and enter the code SUMMER2009 to get $15.00 of your first box. Also by putting my name in I will save some money too! They really have some great fruits and veggies.

Katelynn Marie

I've realized I haven't posted any pictures

of Katie when she was a baby.

So I thought I would let you see what she looked liked as a little one.

I think you can see the resemblance between her and the boys.

What do you think???

This is Katie at 3 months

This is Katie at 1 year

Nugget Falls

Tuesday I went for a walk with Rachel and Katie to Nugget Falls (Joe and Luke were on Shawn's boat halibut fishing). Next year the walk should be easier because they are redoing the trail to get to the falls. It was a beautiful day and the tourists were plenty. We saw many interesting things; like several tourists swimming in their underwear and one lady took off her pants to take her pantyhose off. Yes!!! We do see it all during tourist season. The cool part was watching a IceBerg roll over in the lake and hearing the glacier calve. Both of these things are something I have never witnessed since moving to Juneau almost 16 years ago. It was nice watching Katie play with the little boys in the sand (Isaac even put hand fulls down his diaper) and water because it was so warm. Orion slept almost the whole time in the ERGO (David calls it the nerdgo) he only woke up to fill his diaper and went back to sleep. I wish I had known he did this job because when we went back to the truck and I put him in his car seat I noticed he had leaked out of his diaper. I had two streaks of yellow on my shirt. Even with this happening it was a relaxing afternoon. Enjoy the pictures!!!
Here is the IceBerg we saw roll over. You can see the deep blue on the ice; this is the part that was under the water. We have a lot of burgs in the lake right now because it has been so warm here in Juneau. If you are ever visiting Juneau give us a call we would love to show you around our beautiful town.

Building a Rope Swing (ATTEMPT #1)

David took the the boys out on Friday to attempt to make a rope swing on one of the islands. It's probably a good thing I'm not able to go because to build the rope swing they will have to climb tall trees. Mom's don't do very well with watching their boys in tall trees. Dad's are so much better for jobs like this because they themselves have done this in their younger years. Unless of course you are David and you still climb trees. Their attempt failed because every island they would pull into had someone camping on it. So they ended up just having a nice evening on the beach. Joe and Luke got to spend time with Addi. Jon was able to go and he is the one who took all the pictures for me ( David isn't really a picture taker) so thanks Dad. Jon took some beautiful pictures of the sunset. I think they had an enjoyable evening anyway and I am sure they will attempt the rope swing another day.