busy, busy!

These are in random order....

We had a wonderful Mother's Day.. Was so nice to have my Mom here along with Dad and Grandpa McElroy.

We had Mother's Day Brunch at Hotel Halsingland, a very nice gourmet restaurant. Absolutely yummy!

I made matching jumper for Aubrey and skirt for me! Fun!

The moms.... and the kids....
The night Nana, Poppy and Grandpa got here we had a bonfire on the beach. Carson is checking out a tide pool..

And all the kids had to throw rocks in the ocean!

L-R.. Aubrey, Anna Stout, Carson, Ania Koverdan, Noah Ford, Bethany Ford, Amber Ford(with camera), Haley Stout, and Tia Heywood.

Mother's day again. walking with Carson..

My two kiddos...

Nana and the Kiddos...

Hugs....

and more hugs...

Aubrey is getting bored...

The weekend before Nana and Poppy and Grandpa got here I got them all decked out in their oldish outfits.. it was a wonderful spring morning...

Ugg, these are random... back to Mother's day...

Her personality is blossoming!

Mom, the sun is too bright....

Poppy and Grandpa

Great- Grandpa McElroy and Aubrey go for a stroll...

Great Grandpa, Poppy and the Kids...

Poppy and Aubrey...

We sure enjoyed having my folks and grandpa up. Nana spoiled me, doing dishes and laundry and watching the kids while I sewed! Dad and Danny tore off the rotting deck and got most of it back up. The lumber store had told us that we didn't need to order wood... then found out that we did... UGG.

A little less than 2 weeks till we head to Juneau for convention. Due to the Ferry schedule we will be going down Sunday or Monday as there isn't another ferry till Friday and that just doesn't work!. We'll get some doctering done and some shopping done.. watch out CostCo here we come! =-)

We have had a wonderful spring so far and since today is another sunny day, after Aubrey gets up we are going to get some flowers to plant. Planning to hike to Battery Point with Shannon and Owen tomorrow morning. Hope everyone is enjoing their spring and had a wonderful Mother's day.

beach fun

We made it out in the boat today. Carson and Daddy went out and trolled for King Salmon for a couple hours and after Aubrey got up from her nap, she and I joined them for a run out to Battery Point for a short walk and snack. Poor kids, can't move much in their lifejackets...but better safe than sorry! It was about 45 and felt colder on the water. But so nice to get out and get a different perspective from the water.

On the beach at Battery Point...
We have also made it out to another beach a couple times. When the sun is out and the wind is calm...it is actually warm! Carson was taught how to throw rocks in by Owen and Shannon...

sharing a snack on a log..

Aubrey enjoyed the seaweed...yumm...not!

Loves to eat anything that won't eat her first...

I had to stop and take a picture of this junk heap of a house with a nice candy dish in the window....

enjoying more seaweed on a different day. It was windy and cold so we weren't out long.

We are looking forward to having Michelle for a couple nights before she and the other sisters head to Juneau for preps. Then Friday, Nana and Poppy and Great Grandpa are coming up for about 10 days.. We are all really excited about that!

got dirt?

It is finally starting to feel like spring! Some bulbs are poking up...

But there are still piles of snow....
Yay! Dirt! and the construction vehicles can now go outside instead of in the living room where we trip over them!

The lawn isn't quite ready to mow yet...

Carson really doesn't want the snow to go away...and Aubrey loves the sled...

I keep reminding Carson of all the things we can do without the snow..picnics...hiking...playing at the beach.. which we got to do for a bit today as we waited for the workers to arrive on the ferry.. it was impromptu so didn't have my camera.. It was a beautiful day... don't think we quite reached 50...but close!

criss cross puffy braid with piggies...

Last Saturday it snowed a couple inches...but we were having company so Danny had to dig out the front entrance where the snow had slid off the roof and made a huge pile.. Carson loves being in the backhoe with Daddy!

This is Carson-Kitty... He loves cats and often acts like one...

on the run...chasing our cat...

curled up in the sun... like Garfield...Carson loves Garfield...to funny to hear him giggling while reading Garfield comics! =-)

We are looking forward to gospel mtg. this Wed and Sun.. Brian and Andy will be here a week and we'll get them Friday night! Then they head up to Skagway for a week before heading to Juneau for preps!! Convention is the end of May.. all are welcome! =-)

4th photo

These instructions came with my name on them:
1. Choose the fourth folder where you store pictures on your computer.
2. Choose the fourth picture.
3. Explain that picture.
4. Tag four other people.

I like Jeannie's idea of not tagging folks but letting anyone who so desires to do this...

This is a view of the front of the ferry headed to or from Juneau... a view I always enjoy but don't get to enjoy much anymore as the kids don't usually want to sit up front for very long. And it seems the last few times we were on the ferry the weather hasn't been this fantastic....

Spring!!!

My geraniums are blooming! YAY! Some color!

The roads had been all cleared and then it snowed about 6 inches... but melted off the road quickly...
So we had to build one last (hopefully) snowman...

Last week we went up to a farm to visit a calf and some bunnies..

Aubrey wasn't afraid like Carson was last year. She walked right up and patted this gal!

She also gets into everything.. and everything goes in her mouth.. one of my stamp pads...thankfully it washed off easily!

She finally has some hair to play with! I have found some neat sites with good ideas for little ones...

She doesn't like hats so this didn't stay on very long either.. but she looked so summery!

More piggies.. and a cute boy

we played at the school playground some lately.. the park is covered in about twice as much snow as this...

But we were able to get around without too much falling in as the kids have packed it down all winter.. the kids are loving being outside more! We are getting up into the 40s and the snow is melting slowly!

Aubrey in her rain suit.. kept her mostly dry!