Coming up....

September 16th.....

You can tell who was more important! =-)

Carson's birthday is coming up in a couple weeks and I wanted this background and know I will probably forget with the time comes..so it will be up before his birhtday. I think we are going to go to Juneau for a few days, which will include his birthday. Danny will be super busy and I need to hit CostCo...so we'll celebrate his birthday that weekend...

Finished!!

I finished the dresser and got the kids room back in order. I moved some things around and there is more room in there! I love it! Of course when we move Aubrey to a twin bed it will take away the extra room. Sigh, oh well!

Since it has been raining for a week and a half, and Carson has been asking for his moonsand, I rearranged the entry/nook and set up the sand boxes.. This is the greatest toy for bad weather. Carson loves it and it will occupy him for an hour several times a day. Aubrey usually will sit as long as he does and seems to enjoy it also.

The kid's room. The saying at the top middle says " Love makes little things grow" and the plaque says " Mothers of little boys work from son up till son down"
If you can't quite give up those tiny clothes...here is an idea.. a clothes line. I just changed out the tiny summer clothes to the tiny winter clothes... It would look better with the closet doors on, but then I loose about half the closet because it isn't easily accessable...

Close up of the dresser.....

Catch up!

I am way behind on blogging...sorry. Don't know if anyone besides Nana looks here anyway! =-)

So, Nana...here are some picts!

We have kept busy painting, picking berries and playing in the sun. I got most of the trim finished but there are a couple windows that Danny is going to replace, so I am waiting to do those later. He is also replacing one door, so will paint the doors later.. with all the rain we are having that may wait till next spring. I also jumped in and painted the kids dresser. Just finished yesterday... have to wait till Aubrey is down for a nap and Carson is in his quiet time. I tried to let them paint it, but... WHAT A JOKE! Once Aubrey was done painting she still wanted to walk around with a loaded paint brush. She made it well known that she didn't like me taking her paint brush away...so into the tub she went, a fussin all the while! And while I was getting her settled, Carson decided to refill the little container I had given him to paint from. He climbed up on the top and spilled paint everywhere...so decided to paint with is hands and feet....and legs and bum... SOOOO into the tub with him. Then to quickly spread the paint around so it wasn't gloppy and then to wash the kids and rewash the kids, cuz the water was green after the first round.. then to wash the tub.....SOOOO. no paintin for them unless strictly supervised! =-)

I did get their hand and foot prints on the drawer fronts. Once I get the drawer pulls put back on and the dresser back in their room, I'll take a finished picture. It is quite bright...almost glows. But will be nice in the winter when we need some color!!! =-)

We spent one day picking blueberries. Drove about 20 miles up the highway and then another 15 or so on a dirt road to the end of the road way up the mountain. Was absolutly beautiful! Got about a gallon of berries. Hope to get more, but with the rain I haven't been getting out as much. I am catching up on housework! I was lucky to have a good friend volunteer to take Carson for the day on Friday so I was able to finish his birthday presents. I made him a doll quilt as he is playing dolls a bit with Aubrey. I also made him a Lowly worm. Those of you who read Richard Scarry books will know who that is. It is Huckle's best friend and Carson has a cat Huckle that he loves. So I figured he also needed a Lowly. I'll get picts of those on his birthday. I also sewed a "4" on a shirt as his birthday shirt.

I guess that about wraps it up...and here are the picts....

I often see them setting together in the chairs reading, or playing...or fighting...

Aubrey sitting pretty in her pillowcase dress...
Everyone working on their computers...

OOPS, sorry turn your head for the next one...
Painting the dresser...at least he didn't ruin any clothes! =-)

Aubrey painting in her rain suit....

Cool girl, or alien?!?

Checking the crab pots on a horribly smokey day, Thankfully this was the only day like this...

At the fair... Carson and Danny rode the farris wheel. I wasn't going to get on that thing, especially with a wiggly Aubrey!!!

Carson and Aubrey and Bethany on the Merry-GO-Round...

Riding the train with Bethany...

I sewed a dress from one of my grandmother's pillowcases... It is a bit tight at the top and a bit long... I do have another matching one, so could remake another one.

Aubrey dressed herself...at least pulled on the "skirt". You'll notice the sleeves hanging out the sides.... and her bed head do!

Aubrey wipping Carson's kisses off..... A game the both love.. I don't mind either because that means I can keep kissing them!

Being sweet...

Aubrey's hair is getting longer... She is growing up so fast!

Fishing boat out on that really smokey day. That is the sun in the sky.. and there should be mountains back there somewhere! just hidden...

The state is putting up an new tower on a close mountain. They used this Vertol to pick up the generator building to put up on the mountain. We watched from below where they hooked onto the bulding. then headed out to the airport when they were done. Carson and our neighbor and friend Owen got to check it out inside and out...

Serious Carson in the pilot's seat...

Picking up the building...

Carson and Owen taking pictures of the heli... Owen had his dad's camera...Carson had one of my old ones that doesn't work. Some day I'll get him a camera...would be fun to see his perspective!

quick note

Just a quick note to let you know we are still alive. I am still slowly painting the trim. The only time I can paint is when Aubrey is sleeping which isn't much! The SE AK fair is this weekend. Tomorrow is a parade and then we'll head to the fair. It really isn't much, but it is something fun and different. The logging show is a hit, as well as the Juneau Jumpers....a jump rope club. they do the coolest tricks! and fair food...yummy! So, we'll have a busy day and then maybe I can get some time on the computer on Sunday to post some pictures from the last little while. the days are getting shorter so we are squeezing the summer for all it is worth! looking forward to picking berries and cherries. hopefully more fish too.....
Hope all are having a wonderful summer!

Summer fun

Humm. yes it is sunny outside and we are inside... wonder why?!?
We are going outside right after I post this! =-)

I saw on a blog the recipe for oobleck and decided to give it a try.. super cool!

2 cups corn starch and 1 cup water. beware of food coloring... it will also color hands! it acts like a liquid when delt with gently and like a solid when delt with more roughly.

PUSH AUBREY, PUSH!!

Ok...here is the new trim color...is it hideous??? sure hope not because I have finally finished 2 windows and am not redoing it! I still have....too many more to do!

My first finished quilt. a layer cake sewed together and the left over pieces make the binding...

My second finished quilt top is going to be quilted soon!!

we are going to try black thread! Can't wait to see how it turns out! Thanks, Lisa!

more random picts..

You are formally invited to a tea party......

Carson and Bethany... best of friends....
My patriotic geraniums...

2nd attempt at the criss cross braid...she sat still better for this one...

Summer....

Here are some random pictures... we have gone hiking...but all those pictures are on my cell phone...

Today got up to 82! WHEW>>>>HOT!!!!

Aubrey is so cute when she reads to her dolls and rocks them....

She didn't really like being still for this hair do...she isn't used to me combing that far down... she did better the second time...

Oh, boo.....I was trying to get the freckles that are appearing on Carson's nose.... can't really see them on here... =-( But they are so cute!