Happy Halloween 2008

Abby really enjoyed Halloween this year. We went out to North Pole and she got to go out with all of her cousins. She has no problem keeping up when it comes to candy! I asked her if she was cold and wanted to go back to Grandma and Papa's house and it was "no I get more candy". She was a very polite trick or treater. She would tell them "thank you" and "Happy Halloween". When we got back to my parents house all the kids dumped their candy out and we caught Abby trying to take a piece from someone else's pile. To top the night of we went to her god grandma's house and she got about as much candy there as she did when we went out. Grandpa Re and Grandma Yogi love to spoil her!!! Hope you all had a fun and Happy Halloween.

Abby with her goods

Our pumpkins and Abby, she love getting the insides out!

Dr. Abby checking the pumpkin out!

Abby's First Visit to the ER

Last night around 8:30 Abby decided to place a crasin in her nose and shove it way up there. We tried to get it out but decided we best just head to the ER. Thank goodness it was nothing more serious. The only problem was that she enjoyed it way to much! Hopefully she didn't enjoy it so much that she trys this again. She was a very brave good girl. They gave her some drugs to relax her and it was hilarious. She got giggly and woozy(she acted like a drunk adult). They thought for sure she would fight them so they had two doctors and three nurses in the room to hold her still. But she never even cried and was very patient with them. So below is a picture of her at the hospital. She got a bunch of stickers and lots of attention.

Choo Choo Train

So we received an Alan & Peterson catalog (kitchen supply store in Anchorage) in the mail a couple weeks ago and inside it was a Choo-Choo Train cake. Abby feel in love with it at first sight and wanted it for her Birthday Cake. Her birthday isn't until April! So for several days I heard about the Choo-Choo Train cake and her birthday party. She carried the catalog around with her for several days, she even sleep with it. One day we went to Marc's work and she showed his co-workers the catalog. Cathy who works with Marc thought it was pretty cute and wanted one for her grandson and it just so happened that her son was headed to Anchorage that weekend. So she was going to have him buy us one too! There ended up only being one so she was so kind to let us have it so long as we let her borrow it.

The only thing I would have done differently was get halloween candies and black and orange frosting for it. So we are going to make a family tradition and we are going to make themed choo-choo train cakes for different holidays! Here are some pics of Abby and her cake, she is very proud of it. Hope this finds everyone well and until next time take care.

Blueberry Picking and Jam Making

In the past few weeks we have also gone blueberry picking and have made jam with them. At first we didn't think the blueberries were going to be very good this year. To our surprise they were plentiful and big for Alaskan Blueberries.

Abby and Marc acting like Bears protecting their blueberries.

Just Posing for a picture

Getting ready to mash some berries

Mashing the berries.

Fishing and Camping at Nome Creek

A few weeks ago we went camping and fishing with my parents at Nome Creek. My dad and Marc caught a lot of grayling and spent most of their day doing that. Abby got my dad to carry her around a lot so she was in heaven. We tried our hand at gold panning and enjoyed just hanging out cooking "hot dogs and marshmellows for dinner" as my sister Carrie would say (you would have to see the video of her with her pigtails and missing teeth when we were kids to understand how funny that really is to our family). So as usual are pictures below for you all to enjoy. Abby making Papa carry her around the creek in his waders.

Just a picture of the view we had all weekend long, this is why I love Alaska!

Abby was suppose to be reeling in her line but insisted papa do the fishing!


Little stinker, you have to watch her like a hawk, she got a hold of the sunscreen when I wasn't looking!

Not sure what is going on in this picture?

We were trying to get her to smell the flower, instead she was wrestling it.

Marc enjoying the afternoon in the creek

Now and Then (finally)

I finally got around to scanning the photos of Abby and her friend Kiara. I believe they are 3 months apart in age. So the 1st two pics were taken in July of 2006 and the last one was taken this past July. They were really cute together and seemed to really enjoy each other. Hopefully it won't be another 2 years before we get them together again!

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Fourth of July

Our 4th of July was awesome. We started out putting our screen tent up (marc's dad and I) while Nana played at the park with Abby, and Marc helped the Fire Department prepare for the parade.

This years parade was pretty lame but it was still fun. Those of you who have never been to an Ester Parade are missing out! It lasts for all of 3o minutes. The first group is kids on bikes and they actually finish in about 2 minutes! The fly through the parade route while their parents chase behind them. Usually Ester parades have a lot of political satire involved which was lacking this year despite the fact that it is an election year??? The Fire Trucks are tucked in between the other groups along with old cars. The most awesome part though is the Calypso Farm and Ecology center throws out to the crowd radishes or turnips, so you best be be paying attention! I would like to enter Abby in it next year so if any of you have a good idea for a little float let me know! I'm not very creative when it comes to things like that!

After the parade there is a big picnic while the kids run around playing and get hosed down by the local water truck. (those of you who don't live in Alaska, some of us have our water delivered instead of having our own well or being on city water. Here in Ester a lot of mining went on back in the day, so if you have a well you could have problems with arsenic in your water).

Then we headed home to meet up with the Tuckers and the Carringtons to enjoy some homemade ice cream made by Abby's Nana. She made Chocolate and Strawberry.

To top of our 4th of July Marcus, Trish, and Kiara came to visit us. They were up visiting from Anchorage for the weekend. My next post will have pics of Abby and Kiara. The last time we visited them was July of 06' so I am hoping to get a "Now and Then" Post, just having a problem getting the then picture to load on the computer:(

Below are some pics for everyone to enjoy!

Sean and Emily Tucker being silly!

Miss Alison blowing bubbles, what a cutie!

Caroline and Abby having fun in the pool!

The swing set Nana and Pap got for Abby and the other little kids who visit us, including Kyle

Emily soaking her toes!

Jen, Emily, and Sean's mama hanging out!

Caroling hanging out with Abby's Nana

Abby sporting her new dress Nana bought her waiting for the parade to start

Carrington Family Portrait!