Oman

Curtis was just tasked with a deployment to Oman. He leaves around the 12th of April and will be gone for 4 months. It is sad that he will miss the best time in Alaska to go to the desert!

Soccer is over and we are taking a much welcomed break from sports(Nick is still in Tae Kwon Do). We are looking forward to spending as much time as possible together before Curtis leaves.

Happy Birthday, Caleb!

On March 5th, Caleb turned 6 years old. He requested a vanilla cake with Indiana Jones on it.
His favorite gift was his Lego Indiana Jones Temple of Doom. It was on our kitchen table for many days. We learned to eat around it!
Here he is sporting his new Indiana Jones coat, which is better than his first one because it doesn't have a white inside. Picky picky!

Exciting month for Nick

Nick has had a pretty exciting month. He turned 8 on the 18th. It is hard to believe that he can be that old. He has decided to wait until the first part of June to get baptized so family can come, so if you want to join us, you are more than welcome. Nick wanted a Mario Bros cake. Since Curtis was at work, I attempted it. Not too bad if I say so myself.
Nick also won 3rd place for his class in the school's science fair. We are proud of him. He did the traditional volcano but it was a success. He got very involved in it!

And lastly, he received his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do. He does well at it and is enjoying it. The movie is a bit long but it is the only thing I have since I haven't taken any pictures of him in his yellow belt.

Now we are ready for March!

Nick's Tae Kwon Do

Well, I get some serious Mom points today! I deleted Nick's tae kwon do video that I just made of him testing for his next belt!! Oops. Oh well. There is nothing that I can do about it now.

But he did great. He did it perfectly(at least to my untrained eye!) He will receive word next week to know if he passed and will get his next belt.

I will try to be a good mom and take a picture that I don't delete!

Oh...Coconut Cake

Curtis' birthday was last week. He requested a coconut cake like he always does. This year he wanted the "Ultimate Coconut Cake". We saw it on a Bobby Flay Throwdown show.
To order the cake it cost $100 plus $113 shipping. Obviously that wasn't going to happen. So I decided to make it. It was 6 cake layers and weighed over 10 pounds. It had over 2 1/2 pounds of butter, 6 cups of cream, and 11 cups of coconut. You could only eat a sliver at a time.
But it truly is the ultimate coconut cake. Everyone that we shared it with (cause you would NEVER be able to eat it on your own) loved it. It truly is amazing. And by the way, Happy Birthday, Curtis!!

First haircut

Well, Megan is three years old. She has never had her hair cut. It was getting long, uneven, and ends were splitting. This is what it looked like before we took her to get her first cut.

We asked her if she wanted it cut and showed her some pictures online of what it would look like. She was so excited.

Here is the outcome. She absolutely loves it!

The Most Beautiful State

The most beautiful state in the Union......

Destroys vehicles.

Our second back window since we moved here a year ago. We also have several cracks and dings in our front windshield. But we are going to wait til we leave this state before we fix those!

Last summer's broken window!

45 Below

It has been COLD here. Today the high temperature got to 42 below.

We had gotten some requests last year to show the water trick in the day time. So here you go; I hope that you enjoy it!

Ice Fishing

The other day Curtis and the boys went with a friend to go ice fishing. The temperature out that day was about -15. They had a heater inside the ice tent but it was too cold out for it. The boys only lasted about 2 two hours. Curtis came home about an hour and a half later. Nick caught the biggest fish. Curtis caught the other. They caught more but released the others.

Christmas

I know I am a bit late...and I have no good excuse. We have been enjoying the lazy days at our house.
Christmas was wonderful. Megan and the boys enjoyed themselves.



This is one of the last pictures of the puppy. She has gone on to her new home. The kids miss her. Sorry the picture isn't so great. Hopefully we will get a better one when we see her again.
We are loving the Rock Band. The Beatles songs are great!


We decided to switch it up a bit this year and make a gingerbread tree instead of a house. It was so much easier. It turned out pretty cute considering my lack of frosting talent.