Jake is on the swim team. On Friday they had a meet. Jake did well in his age group. He came in 2nd for back stroke, and 3rd on butterfly. His relay team came in 1st. They have 2 more meets of the season and are hoping to improve their times. 
Last weekend we went down to Anchorage. Unfortunately we didn't get a lot of pictures. I would like to say that this is a special mountain like Mt McKinley(Denali) but it's not! We went past Denali but didn't stop, we will this summer.
Curtis eating reindeer. Yummy! We told the kids that it was Rudolph. They didn't believe us.
We went to the Zoo. They didn't have many of the traditional animals because of the weather, but lots of Alaska animals. It was fun but cold.
We were able to do lots of other things in the big city(do we sound like country folk?) too. We went to the temple, to Chuck E. Cheese, the mall, Target(!!!), and an indoor water park. We had a great time. We are already looking forward to our next trip.
On Saturday we went the the annual Firefighter's Ball. It was a great time. The food was good and we got to boogie it some out on the dance floor.
We had our family pictures taken this fall...and I think they turned out fabulous. (Thanks Karla!)
Well, yesterday it was officially the first day of fall....for the rest of you! Here in Alaska it was the first day it snowed. The boys jumped on the trampoline, dancing in the snow, way too excited than anybody should be for snow. I didn't expect it to still be here this morning, but still it is snowing. It is supposed to warm up into the mid 40s for the rest of the week, so I don't think it will last. But it is a good reminder for me to dig out coats and boots and gloves. So, I hope the rest of you are enjoying the beautiful crisp fall weather!!
This is as close as Curtis could get to getting a moose this hunting season. But he was at work with no bow. The irony of it all! Well, there is always next year!
Curtis decided to take a day of his 3 day break to go hunt for some moose. The area he went was about 20 miles away but still on base. He saw about 7 moose but they were all not huntable(if that is even correct terminology?!) But he got some great pictures. Better luck next week!
Nicholas broke out in hives the other night. He was one big, red rash. He looked pretty scary. I took him into the doctor because they weren't going away(and he hadn't eaten anything that he was allergic to). The doctor said that he was allergic....to himself. He had had a virus the week before and was now having an allergic reaction to the antibodies that he had created to fight the virus. He is completely fine, we just keep him drugged up to keep the itching at a minimum. Until the antibodies go away, he will just have to be allergic to himself!!
I can hardly believe it. Where has the time gone? Where is my beautiful chubby baby boy?
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