Seattle Trip

I am sadly back from my trip to Seattle. I had a wonderful - albiet not long enough - trip. The boys are the most precious thing in the world and Petal is more beautiful and smart with each passing day.

The way God weaves us together individually is amazing to me. I would describe Petal as a perfect blend of Stewart and Becky, while Finn is all Becky and Sawyer is all Stewart!

I have a new-found respect for parents in general, but in particular for Becky and Stewart. I think anyone can have kids...but not everyone can have infant twins and a toddler under the age of two and do it well...it takes a very special call from God and major supernatural gifting, which I have witnessed in them firsthand. They are both doing an outstanding job and now that mom is back in Idaho, she and Stewart are depending on the grace of God, so praise God for His faithfulness! I say this every time, but I wish I were closer!

Finn

Finn and Auntie Livy

Sawyer

Sawyer

Grammy and Petal at Starbucks

SOON!

Less than 24 hours till I get to see Becky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4th of July

We arrived home this evening from our 4th of July McCarthy trip. We (Jer, myself, Jenn, Geoff, Tony) started in Anchorage on Wednesday night and drove to meet John and Barb in Glennallen where we stayed one night. The next day we all drove to McCarthy/Kennecott. We celebrated the 4th of July in McCarthy where we watched a parade (if you could call it that!), then took a shuttle up to the old Kennecott mine. The boys all biked up another 3/4 mile to the glacier. After two nights in McCarthy, we drove to Valdez, stayed a night and then took the ferry this afternoon back to Whittier. It was a good trip, although it's good to be home and in our own bed! The road to McCarthy from the Glennallen highway was only 60 miles, but it was all dirt road, so it took us about 3.5 hours each way, which between the speed and the bumping around, it was quite exhausting. The drive from Glennallen to Valdez was my favorite part. Reminded me a lot of northern Idaho. Here are some highlights!

All of us "kids" goofing off!!

Here's a cool shot of Geoff's van in our rear view mirror

Jeremy with Kennecott Mine in the background.

Jenn and I enjoying breakfast our first morning in Glennallen.

Bridal Veil Falls about 15 miles outside Valdez.

One hundred and first

So, this is my one hundred and first blog posting! Many months ago I made sure to watch carefully so I could post something spectacular for the 100th, and lo and behold, I passed it right by! On the upside however, I guess this counts as the FIRST of the next 100, so it's still worth mentioning.

I do have to say however, I don't have anything particularly "spectacular" to blog about. It's overcast and 54 here in Anchorage and yes, it is almost July. Meanwhile, I continue to torture myself with an igoogle gadget that tells me Maui's real time temperature and 5 day forecast (85 and clear).

I suppose I could rouse myself into doing something spectacular and blogging about it later, but Jeremy is at work (he has been working 6 10's for about a month, with no end in sight) and Tony (our room-mate) is off watching a movie, and everyone else I know is working, so I am here alone with the dogs, having already done enough house-work that I don't feel guilty contemplating playing Mario Olympics on my Wii, albeit all alone.

I really can't complain however, as this time of nothing-ness will be short-lived. As soon as my order of supplies comes in, I'll be working on Kendra's wedding invitations in my spare time and in a few short weeks I'll be going to Seattle to see Becky and the family (which I am THRILLED about) and then on to a summer full of weddings and baby showers and church activities and camping trips.

Why is it, I wonder, when I'm busy I wish things would slow down and when they do I wish I had something to do?? I'm going to think about the answer while I play Wii. Aloha for now.

Update

So many things have happened since my last blog...where, oh, where to start?? Well...

1. Big shout out to Becky and Stew on the birth of their boys, Sawyer Gray and Finn Michael! What a blessing and so many answers to prayer! For pictures, click here.
2. On the 8th of June, I turned 29! I remember my 19th birthday 10 YEARS ago in Ketchikan...when I believe my "real" life actually started! Praise God for new beginnings and even better in-betweens! Jer, who is the KING of birthday presents, got me a Nintendo Wii! I have become a Mario Kart addict in the last week! As I type, Geoff, Jer, and Tony are quite loudly losing! Also, my friend Geoff, brought me a sports car to test drive...let me just say, zero to 90 in very little time (my adrenaline was rushing too fast to keep track!) was quite invigorating! It was a blessing to be surrounded by family and friends for my birthday!!!
   
3. Here's a mommy and two baby moose (twins are everywhere :) ) right off my back porch.
4. We're going to go camping this weekend, which will be a nice break...I'll post pictures when we get back.
   

Well, I think that's all I can think of for now...signing off!