Alaska at last!

daddy went inside....so sad.



andy loved riding in this

fly away home

mary and boyfriend Brad
planting flowers with grandma!

Well we finally got here! its been 4 years since our last visit. and this one marked the first time my dad and my sister audrey and her 2 kids (david and emma) got to meet my baby. hes 14 months already... so its been busy. my sister mary is going on a mission july 2 to Guatemala for 18 months, so it was good to see her. So here are a few pics. oh, it was also andrews first airplane ride. he did really well. slept the whole way to san fran, and then the first hour or hour and a half of the ride to anchorage. he got restless towards the end (as did I!) of the 5 hr flight. so its been busy here. its light forever here, and so we are always up until midnight or later, right now its 20 minutes to ten, and its still very much sunlight outside. when we drove home sat night, we got home past midnight and it was still very much daylight. mary and the kids were outside jumping on the tramp. we were up until 2 am, and it was still dusk/light outside. and its not even the solstice!

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Andrew reading...

He decided he should read IN the book tote.

tom and michelles

admiring his balloon.



eating his first ice cream cone.

playing carnival games. he loved it.

Here are a few pics from mon night with tom and michelle

Pool Time!

katie was so nice, she was sharing her dirt cup with gummy worms with andrew, he REALLy appreciated it! MMM! he would clap after each bite. the bbq was excellent, and the weather was perfect. a very fun day!
playing with aunt heidi

checking out the little one, Carter, 3 ,months , always seems to be sleeping ! what a nice baby!
mommy and andrew at the park.
andrew following the girls. he almost went off those steps...we caught him just in time.
climbing the stairs...
daddy and andrew
chasing some kid with a basketball. he thought it was soo funny when the kid would shoot the the ball.



I just thought these pool pictures were so cute.



he was trying to catch the big ball.


So we went to the pool yesterday and then to the park for a bbq. andrew loves swimming, and he especially LOVED the ball and the noodles. he would hold his hands out to catch the ball, it was really cute. he loves playing with other kids and watching them and following them.