Its a Wild Life

Random Acts of Kindness~Lets Do it Together!

2012-01-11T13:16:00.003-09:00

I have been planning something similar to this for my upcoming birthday. In the meantime, I am going to practice with this project! I found the project HERE. Here are the details, pulled from Toddler Approved. 1. Accept the challenge to accomplish 100 acts of kindness with your families or students over the next four weeks (Jan 16-Feb 14). Use the link for the project above. 2. Let us

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T13:58:00.000-09:00

Can you believe it's 2012? Did you ever think about this year, where you would be? I'm not sure I ever did. Life seems to be going so much faster than I ever expected it would. That said, I'm in for the long ride. Loving (mostly) every minute of it. I wish I could hang on to my girls a little longer but they are pulling, testing their boundaries and growing so quickly. So me, I'm hanging on, to

It's Cheer Time

2011-10-24T14:37:00.002-08:00

It's that time of year...The first of our cheer competitions. We are in crunch mode. Practicing nearly every day of the week and counting out routines, all.the.time! Cassi with her team including a little mini mascot and one of her coaches- Jaimee. Cali's Mini Team and one of her coaches- Terryn. It's all been worth it though because this past weekend they did AWESOME! Cali had a

2011-10-23T21:55:00.000-08:00

Daddy is HOME! And all is right with our world!

It's a Family Affair

2011-09-26T13:48:00.000-08:00

My Dad recently made a rather big decision to start working on an addition to his house. No one is really certain why since all of his kids are grown and moved out or getting close to doing so but regardless he is doing it and so it is. I decided to head out to take a few pictures. He'd worked hard to prepare for the concrete pouring. I'd hear it in his tired voice each night when I called. I

My Girls

2011-09-19T11:57:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted here in so long, I just thought you might be interested in what they look like these days. :)

Fish In!

2011-07-21T08:00:00.001-08:00

Some places one might say "Fish On" but here in Alaska in late July, we are slaying 'em. We are throwing our nets in the water and fish are jumping in them! Fish In! (I don't know this lady, but her fish was trying to get back to the water, she couldn't get a hold of it so she just flopped down on it! Maybe you had to be there! :) Truth be said, we didn't dip net this year, Scott did. He

Holy H (ot) ell?

2011-07-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

That is exactly what I was thinking each time I stumbled across my children acting like heathens in our hotel this past weekend. Certainly I am not the only mother in the world who believes they have wonderfully behaved children only to find out they are evil little monkeys! Behaving like clowns for all the world to see. All I could think was, how did I end up with my very own little circus?

Daddy Day!

2011-07-20T09:48:00.003-08:00

(I'm catching up on a few old posts- I'll never catch up on everything I've missed but I'm trying) I should start by saying Happy Father's Day to the most wonderful Daddy. My girls are lucky ladies to be sure. Also to my Daddy. I am grateful for him and for the relationship we have. We are fortunate to live closely- I know many who aren't as lucky. The girls started the day with Breakfast for

Practicing...

2011-07-20T09:14:00.002-08:00

and Learning. I was a little disappointed that Cali wasn't reading better than she was by the end of Kindergarten. Then they had a cool camp for kids still needing help and she wasn't invited. I was a little disappointed by that too. I decided If I didn't know the right people or wasn't one of them, (it's often a lot about who you are or you know- isn't it?) then we'd make our own path. Cali's

I Got the Hippie in Me

2011-07-02T22:36:00.001-08:00

After much deliberation, I forced myself to head up to Girdwood, Alaska today for their annual Forest Fair. I heard about it a week or so ago and told Scott I really wanted to go. I thought the trip was going to coincide with Nana's return trip home and figured it was perfect timing. It turns out the fair was a day later and Scott ended up having to work anyway. I am often game for new

Tugging Heart-Strings

2011-06-15T18:53:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted life's happenings in so long that I am unsure if many of you realize that we had a small addition to our family this past winter. Now technically she isn't a permanent addition but we love her just the same. Little Annie was on loan to us beginning in January. And what a wonderful holiday gift she was. She was laughter, determination, curiosity, love and joy. Cassi had the most

amongst friends~ A special message

2011-05-16T22:30:00.000-08:00

To all my 'amongst friends' friends, don't give up on me. I'm so sorry for me lack of time. I will be back on track soon.

amongst friends #75

2011-05-01T13:45:00.002-08:00

The letter F~ Yet again, it’s been a while since I received everyone’s pictures. It actually took me a few minutes to find everything. I hadn’t saved some of them from email and thought I was missing a few. Sheila we are missing you this collage, I hope things look up for your family soon. Now, onward. Many of you are still sticking with your photo search and sending me pictures. Thank you

Still my Baby

2011-04-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

While taking baby Annie for a walk today, her Daddy came to pick her up. He was running late so he grabbed her at the top of our road and took off. Of course that meant the stroller was empty. So Cali jumped in! I was already carrying Boogs in my jacket to keep him out of the stroller. He felt sitting on the baby's lap was the perfect place to ride. It was just like old times pushing my baby

amongst friends #74

2011-04-17T10:39:00.000-08:00

~The Letter E Well, I am finally getting around to the “E” collage. I sincerely appreciate all of you who just keep on clicking. That is truly the way I envisioned it to work and while I’d like to think I will eventually catch up, it’s nice to know most of you have now made this your own and you continually look for creative ideas with me hassling you.  As you might notice there are many

amongst friends #73

2011-04-11T14:47:00.000-08:00

~The Letter D It’s been so long since I received the ‘D’ pictures I am hoping I can recall all the descriptions or at least locate them in my email folder. J In case you were unaware, I was out of town for a week. I spent all of last week trying to catch up which I have still not managed to do. Ha. Not that I am ever caught up anyway, so I’ll just keep moving forward. Some progress is better

amongst friends #72

2011-03-24T11:45:00.000-08:00

Well, I am two days earlier than last week, that counts for something right? :) I am loving this week's collage. The colors, the content, the quality and effort. Seriously, they are becoming quite unique and I feel like we all get a bit of an insight into the lives and hearts of others through their photos. I like that. Guess what, Justin is back! Justin, we've missed you and I hope you

amongst friends #71

2011-03-20T00:26:00.000-08:00

The Letter B~