Eklutna campout with new friends

We had another beautiful campout at Eklutna.  This is one of our family's fav camping spots so it was fun to share it with our new friends.  All 7 kids had a blast playing in this freezing creek, stacking logs and 

 getting stuck in the silty muck!  I was just about to tell Noah not to walk with his flip flops in the mud but I was a moment too late...

 thanks to dad's determination... the flip was rescued!

 Parker spent the weekend tying knots!  Isaac taught him how to make survival bracelets and that was a hit for Parker!

 Noah and Lucas loved sending the boats down the creek!

Lucas, Parker, Noah, Natalie, Isaac, Savannah + Naomi= entertaining camping!

hiking in snow in JUNE!

We were shocked to find this much snow in June up in Hatchers especially since we were all dressed in shorts!  oops!  We got very wet and muddy but another fun family hike!

Rosco was pumped to roll in the snow again.  He is an all-AKan dog!

last hurrah before the men go FiShInG!

Kenai Lake 2013

We love Kenai Lake and it's just where we go after Memorial Day.  I don't know how we get so fortunate to have such gorgeous weather but we don't take it for granted!  We love this place and so did Rosco!

Parker spends the majority of the time tooling around on the canoe.  I thought it was pretty cute to watch him give the younger 2 rides.

There she goes getting braver by riding with just one training wheel.

Oh, and here she has goes with ZERO training wheels!!!

YAY~ we are officially done with noisy training wheels.  The boys were so proud of their sis and pedaled at her speed!

Rosco loved all the time in the lake~ I couldn't believe he could swim in those frigid temps!

One of the best parts of our campout was having Uncle Teag along.  For our last meal we broke out the $1 aisle neckties to give Uncle Teag a good laugh.  He is one of the only young guys I know to wear a necktie so when I saw these silly little velcro neckties at Target~ I just had to buy them for our boys!

Mary Poppins

The kids and I love the movie "Mary Poppins" so the 4 of us were so excited to go see the Broadway version.

Ha~ this is what Savannah looks like the next morning after she wears her piggie buns!  It's so funny to see her with curly hair and to watch her hair bounce as she walks!  

Hatcher's spring ski

The weather was ideal and some of our backcountry ski friends were available so he climbed back into Hatcher's and enjoyed a Sunday afternoon in the sun.  It was hard to believe that there was this much snow left at the end of May!  CrAzY!

Savannah was in to making these tiny snowmen.  I thought it was adorable that she gave her fav snowman a home in her Camelbak!

Rosco, Rosco!  He can be so much fun on our family outings and then he can be such a nuisance.  I was getting tired of being yanked around by him as he kept wanting to smell (or devour) everyone's snacks so I tied him up to one of our skis.  I took this picture to help me remember that I shouldn't push for him to come on the next backcountry ski event... because I will be the one in charge of the rascal!

Katie and Maci!

Maci and Katie~ we love these 2!  We don't get to see them often enough but when we do... Savannah makes sure she is right in the middle.  Maci just recently got engaged and asked Savannah to be her flower girl in June.  I think it would be safe to say that it is every mother's dream to have their daughter be a flower girl (or maybe it's just me!?!) so I am so excited!