First day of Preschool!!!

Hey there family and friends - Julie here! I finally got a much-needed new 'puter and Paul taught me how to do this blog stuff, so hopefully we'll be able to keep this up a little better. You're welcome, Mom!

Today was Kellyn's first day of preschool. She could not WAIT!!! She wore her backpack all morning and couldn't wait to get rid of me when I dropped her off this afternoon. Now Breckyn is taking a nap and I'm doing absolutely nothing. Ah, some peace and quiet!!

company picnic

tonight we went to the LSI company picnic at All Star Sports, we had a lot of fun, here are some pics:

busy, busy, busy, sorry for the lack of posts....

so here are some pictures:

Breckyn's first haircut:

Preston's 1st day of 1st grade:

funny faces:

Alaska Trip

Here are some pics from my July trip to Alaska. A friend and his Dad went with me and we stayed with Julie's sister and her family for 10 days. As you can see we had a great time, caught lots of fish, and saw some beautiful sights. Can't wait to go back!!

this is in Prince William Sound (we put the boat in at Whittier)




Salmon fishing along the Kenai River @ Bings Landing (we caught our limit of 3 per person that day)



this is the harbour in Homer, where we put the boat in for Halibut fishing



me with Zach, Zoey & Zara

a stop between Soldotna & Anchorage

Halibut from our 1st day

Our limit of Halibut from the 1st day

this was the 1st fish I caught on the 1st day of Halibut fishing, it was called an Irish Lord......very ugly fish

picture from the campground in Homer

these were the rock fish (red snapper, sea bass, etc) (and some salmon) we caught in Prince William Sound

lots o rain = basement work

with all the rain we've been getting, I've been doing some work on the basement. I've got a couple walls put up, here are some pics:

went to the zoo to see the new penguins

they are from south america

here's a pic of the fam with the LAZZZZY penguins

here's another pic of the kids and a peacock

this girl loves spaghetti!!!

swingset

the kids had been begging us to go to the park everyday and we didn't always have time so Julie and I decided I'd build them a swingset....here is the finished product. They've been using it quite a bit

back from Mexico

Well, we made it back. We had a great time, didn't do too much, just lounged around on the beach and by the pool. I'll give more detail on another post, but I've got much to catch up on, so here are a few pictures to look at for now. Enjoy!

Graduation & Vacation

well, Preston graduated from kindergarten last night.....it was quite the ceremony.

Julie and I are leaving for our much-needed-10th-anniversary-trip to Cozumel on Sunday (she got her passport yesterday!!).

pics to follow when we get back

have a great couple of weeks!!

Preston's field trip...

Preston and his class went on a field trip to the Build-a-Bear workshop. Julie also went as a sponsor. Here are some pics:

checkin' out how he looks with his new bear!!


he picked quite the original name for his bear: "Big Brown Bear"



Preston, Mommy & Big Brown Bear.......aren't they cute!!

Kellyn's 1st soccer game

here are some pictures of Kellyn's 1st soccer game. The game was very fun (ny) to watch :)

there weren't too many action shots to post, so here are a couple others.

this is her little friend Maddy

here she is congratulating the other team after the game.

potty training

well, we've started the potty training process with Breckyn (going very slow), so of course the 1st thing to do is get some panties. Here she is modeling her new Dora panties!! She's pretty proud!!

deck is done!!!

the deck is finally done, stairs and all........just have to apply the waterproofing sealer.......now on to the next project