More photos from the shoot.

Ok, time to start blogging again.

Wow, so its been close to a year since my last blog entry. I have no excuses but laziness. Lets see....whats happened....LOTS! My most important and favorite thing though is Scarlett Kay. She was born on May 20th. She is 7 weeks old today and is one of my favorite things about life. She was my most painful delivery. I think the epidural wore off. She had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice and then tucked under her arm. It was very scary. Everything ended up being okay though and she is healthy and beautiful. Connor and Grayden cant get enough of her. Connor is constantly kissing on her and saying how cute she is. She is a very good baby. Im so lucky. She sleeps about 6 hrs at night then wakes up every two after that. I really need to start going to bed when she does but all of the kids are asleep at the point so its nice to have some alone time.




These pictures were taken by a girlfriend of mine. She is just starting out her business as a baby photographer and did an amazing job. You can find more of her work on her website sweetshotsalaska.blogspot.com/ She is working really hard to build up her portfolio and could use more people to gain more experience. If you know anyone who wants newborn shots she is very reasonably priced and will come to your home to take the pitures. Scarlett was a week old when we did them.

Bella

For James' birthday/anniversary present I got him a puppy. He has wanted a mastiff for the last 9 yrs and I finally got him one. Her name is Bella and she is awesome. She is over 30lbs all ready and not even 3 months yet. She is super cute. Everyone stops to look at her and pet her while we are out. I have been taking her to the dog park the last few days. She does really well off leash. The first picture is when we first got her, the second is yesterday when she decided to ride in Graydens carseat to the dog park.

Time to play catch up

A lot has been going on lately. I've decided to get back into the swing of things now and get caught up. About 2 months ago my dad had a double bypass surgery. He is doing great. He still gets tired easily and his scar bothers him to have anything on it including shirts, but given the fact that they opened his chest and operated on his heart he is amazing. He is back at work now but taking it easy.

Sadness surrounds me.

Today one of my best friends 3 month old died. When she woke up he was discolored and not breathing. I am sad.

Vocanic Eruption

There has been a lot of activity recently from Mt. Redoubt, a local volcano. There were a lot of false alarms before it finally blew, and blew, and blew. At first we were not directly effected in Anchorage but then flights were being canceled left and right. People trying to get home were stranded in Seattle. People trying to get out, stuck here. On 3/28/09 Mt. Redoubt erupted yet again sending a layer of ash covering Anchorage. Here are some pictures of the eruption as well as pictures of the ash in Anchorage.

A little update.

There isnt really any new news here. Everyone is doing great. Connor is in pre-school and loves it. Grayden enjoys the quiet time when Connor isnt there. He also is picking up quite a few words but still jabbers a lot. He knows exactly what he is saying. Wish I did. :) I still am doing hair here and there but get to hang out with the kiddos the rest of the time.
My sister and I volunteered again this year at the American Diabetes Associations bachelor auction. Even with the economy being bad it was still a success. We were able to raise $70,000.
James is still enjoying work and watching sports. He tries to get Connor excited about watching basketball with him.
The weather here warmed up quite a bit for awhile giving us hope for spring, however, it started snowing on Monday and hasnt stopped for more then a few hours at a time. :( Thats it for now.