Uhhh, Color???

A couple of you have posted nice beautiful pictures of bright, brilliant colored flowers. I got to thinking where I could find things that have such vibrant colors. Then I thought of my (well, Jacob and Emilys') strawberry plants. I, also, started laughing to myself because they are, of course, dead. I think they turned out well though. I did one in color so you could see our "color" around these parts. We can start planting our flowers about the end of May. So, we still have a couple of months before the snow stops and everything unfreezes. After that, with about 23 hours of sunlight that we get in the summer, our flowers will be BIG and BEAUTIFUL.... Just hang tight until then!!

Reflections

Today I thought that I needed to get a picture of Emily before I got in trouble for not having one. For those who know my precious Emily, which I think most do, she is a camera hog, showing off all possible talents that she possesses or thinks she does. She likes to pose for the camera. She is such a typical girly girl. However, because today I thought that I would capture her posing as usual, she did not want to have anything to do with the camera. So after taking about 30-40 pictures, this is the best one. As you can see, she isn't real thrilled. I thought it would be cool to get her reflection, but, she thought otherwise. She doesn't know this, but I think the picture, or the idea, turned out anyway. SHHHHH!!! I would never let her know that though!!

Sweet piggies

I am having fun with my new camera. McKinley is probably flash burned by now. I wish I could have captured the way she was looking at me when I was holding her feet like this. The look on her face was, What in the world are you doing to me mom. I think the sweetest thing in the world is baby hands and feet. And I just love the bottoms of them. The second picture is a cute picture of my baby's sweet cheeks!! This is for you, mom.

Stranded

We were out and about today, downtown at the Fur Rondy. It is a festival that kicks off the Iditarod. Anyway we drove down to Cooks Inlet, and saw this boat by itself. What was really cool, was that the white ice you see behind it was actually moving along with the water, but you couldn't see it until you were actually focusing on it! Oh and who says I can't figure out how to copyright my pics!! AND put a cool border on it!!

STICKS!!

We went out to Wasilla, AK today, which is about 25-30 minutes from my house. On the way out there, there is a tundra. This tundra has "sticks" in it. My kiddos always think that we are almost to Nana's when we go by them. Let me explain......As all of you know, when you are coming from Beaufort, on Hwy 17, there are some trees out in the marsh that dead from the salt water. They have become a landmark for my kids. When we moved to Alaska, and were exploring, we saw these dead trees and my kids shouted, "We are almost at Nana's!!!! I see the sticks!!!" So here are Alaska's STICKS!!

Theater

This is the on-post movie theater. It is right across the street from my house. I always drive by it, and think that this is exactly what it looked like way back when they first built it. They have done some renovations just recently on the inside, but thats about it. Alaska, in general, still has that old timey look.

An Alaskan sunrise

There is a creek that runs near our house, called ship creek. I have always loved this creek. It flows down from a glacier. This creek is SOOO cold, even in the summer. The kids love to put their feet in it. I don't know how they stand it. But, this winter, as every other winter, it has frozen over. It froze so solid that it pushed the water upfrom underneath, and caused it to flood. The army tried so hard to contain it. I think they have finally gotten a grip on it by piling up snow piles along the bank. The first picture is looking towards the mountains from where the creek is flowing. The second picture is taken on the other side of the bridge. It is amazing to see the steam.