Marshall, Melissa, Cam, Jake, & Zach

2010-01-21T09:33:00.003-09:00

Jacob's first day of Preschool. What a way to start the new year. He had such a blast. They even gave him a really loud whistle to blow on the whole way home, and in the grocery store.

2010-01-21T09:23:00.003-09:00

This is the 2ft candy cane that I buy every year for all of us to eat. This year we only got a quarter of it eaten.

2010-01-21T09:13:00.003-09:00

Getting started on opening presents.

You can tell that came really loved this present. It's a candy machine that poops out the candy.

The boys really loved there tool set and bench. After that it was chaos opening the rest of the presents. Zach thought most of Jacob's presents were his. It was a great Christmas day. I was a little said that we couldn't spend it with family.

2010-01-21T09:11:00.001-09:00

Setting up the food for Santa and his reindeer.

2010-01-21T08:53:00.002-09:00

This is pictures of Christmas Eve. Jacob was the most excited about opening presents. He just couldn't wait.

2009-11-09T16:25:00.003-09:00

It's that favorite time of the Halloween season. That's right carving up the pumpkins. We've decided that every year now we will try to find the biggest pumpkin we can find. So our big ol' pumpkin came in weighing 38lbs. Last years was 56lbs. So next year we will try to beat it. This was Camberley's big pumpkin. Of course Zach and Cam loved digging the guts out. Jacob would not have anything to do with it.

Dad had to start the whole process of cutting the lid.

A couple of days earlier Zachary did his pumpkin for the first time ever. Which he absolutely loved it. He had no problems pulling out the pumpkin guts.

Look at all the slimy, gooey, pumpkin guts.

2009-11-09T16:15:00.003-09:00

We weren't going to go trick or treating this year. Then we found out that Anchorage holds a trick or treat town. It's in a huge warehouse, set up with all these booths giving away candy. So we ended up scrambling for costumes. Zachary was Dumbo the elephant. This was Jacob's last year halloween outfit.

Jacob was bumblebee, a extra halloween outfit our neighbor had. Camberley was a punk rocker.

Jacob was sooo excited that he got to be bumblebee. Camberley was excited to just be going trick or treating for candy.

2009-10-10T10:20:00.002-08:00

Zachary thought sitting on the beluga whale was cool. He explored it a lot before he settled on it. Camberley also sat on the display of a beluga whale.

Jacob took his turn as well.

We have a great picture of the cousins sitting at Potter's Marsh. This was a really great photo. Not to mention the kids had a great day.

2009-10-10T10:14:00.001-08:00

What a great day to go out and adventure the glaciers. These were the ones that we could actually walk on. I only walked halfway on the glaciers before I chickened out, and left. The kids, Marshall and his Dad sure did enjoy the time they spent on it.

Train ride to the Glaciers

2009-08-17T18:58:00.003-08:00

We got to ride a train for about ten minutes that took us to some glaciers. We had to hike 1.3miles to get their. It was a beautiful site to see. No seal, whales or otters, because this glaciers resides inland.

Big Moose

2009-08-17T18:47:00.003-08:00

Here's the moose we followed out of our neighborhood. We have a few regulars that like to come and munch on the leaves.

2009-08-17T18:33:00.003-08:00

Pictures of the Land

We thought we had found a blueberry patch, but it ended up being crowberries. Which are very gross to eat.

2009-08-17T18:25:00.002-08:00

My mom came to town for a visit, and we stop at the Potter's Marsh one day. Then we stopped at another point along the highway. All the kids got their pictures taken with a beluga whale made out of stone.

2009-05-02T22:09:00.000-08:00

Jacob had his birthday party, and it was a great day for him. He was so excited to have a dinosaur cake, with dinosaur stuff on the table. When it came time for presents he didn't know what to think. After opening the first one he was done and ready to play with it. We had to coaxed him into opening all the rest. It was so cute!

Jacob had a hard time blowing out the last one.

Here's the cake that Marshall and I put together for Jacob's party. It's all he talked about.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-14T03:57:00.000-08:00

We tried to get all three of the kids in a pose, but Jacob was too overwhelmed with pumpkins everywhere.
Zachary didn't know what to do with the pumpkins, so I he decided to touch them for himself.

Jacob wanted all the pumpkins for himself. He
kept running around and grabbing all the pumpkins up.

At we got a family photo at the pumpkin patch. Jacob wasn't about to sit still though for more than a few poses. I still think it turned out fine.

Backyard

2008-10-07T00:27:00.000-08:00

We decided one day to get outside to takes some photos. I love this one of Marshall and Zach. They both were looking the same way at the same time.

Zachary got the chance that day to touch the grass, and the tree leaves. I love the first time the kids get to see or do something.

Farm Day

2008-10-06T23:58:00.000-08:00

We took a family day out to one our favorite farms. It's called Jimmy's Farm. They added a butterfly house. Marshall had gotten a really good shot of this butterfly. It was so humid in their, my glasses fogged up. Their were so many different kids of butterflies flying around. Their were some really bigs ones as well. They even had a pond in there, with some huge flowers that were taller than us. The kids really enjoyed that. Jacob kept running around trying to catch one for himself.

Zachary and I posed in the woods where they let you build little forts with the dead tree branches. It was too muddy to let the kids play in there for long.

Marshall was letting Jacob get closer to the horses to pet. I don't think Jake actually pet one though.

June 08

2008-09-30T01:04:00.000-08:00

We went to a park that was on Lake Superior, and we got these great photos of the boys in the trees. Then we headed on down to the water. The beach was covered in rocks, and the kids sat down to throw them into the water. It was such a beautiful day.

Water Falls

2008-09-30T00:54:00.000-08:00

We went a river that has a water fall in it, and there was great spot for the younger kids to swim in. It was so warm Jacob just loved every minute of it until it was time to go.

Camberley went down into the bigger area to try out the water. She almost got taken away by the current. This summer was her first swimming experiences. She loved swimming.

June Vacation 2008

2008-09-30T00:40:00.000-08:00

Jacob and his cousin Evryck checking out the toad they all found that day.
Camberley actually picked it up. I was surprised that she did because she doesn't like slimy animals.
My dad has an old water pump in his yard as a yard ornament, and the kids had to try it out.

Marshall's homecoming

2008-09-26T05:21:00.000-08:00

This is the day that Marshall came home from Afghanistan. They had to come to this hangar on buses, and Marshall was on the fourth bus that came through. I was tears because I was sooo overwhelmed. It took Jacob a few seconds to realize who Marshall was, and Zachary just smiled because that's what he does. Camberley got to stay home from school that morning. Their flight actually came in a little early. It was such a great day for our family to finally have Marshall home from the desert.

2008-09-26T05:04:00.001-08:00

This photo was taken in the last week. I just love spending time with the boys. I also love dressing them alike, which Marshall doesn't care for too much. Marshall has just gotten home in the last two weeks. So he is enjoying time with the kids as well.