Boy vs. Dog

Last Friday, before the smoke moved in, Josh and I took the dogs to a local gravel pit to cool off. Turns out Josh's dog, Beu, wants nothing to do with the water. My Golden, Ali, however, cannot get enough of it. You cannot even skip rocks when Ali is around as she goes crazy trying to retrieve the rocks!

These are pictures of Josh and Ali racing to see who would get the ball first.

The race is on!


Josh surges ahead.


Josh gets the ball first!


Ali, however, is still searching for the ball.


Josh threw the ball back in the water so that Ali can "find" the ball.


Ali's got the ball and is heading back to shore.

It was a fun way for all of us to cool off.

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

Even though it is not dark enough this time of year to do fireworks, they are still sold locally and you will be able to hear them all night long! We have fireworks on New Year's Eve each year. Besides, with Governor Palin's announcement yesterday we are having plenty of local fireworks!



Take some time today to reflect upon the freedoms we are allowed in this country, and thank a servicemember today for their work to protect our freedom.

Rockin' and Rollin'

We just had our second shaker in less than a week. At least this was during daylight hours and the dogs didn't go too crazy. The one last Saturday morning was about 5:30am when I was in bed thinking about getting up. When that one hit the Golden Retriever ran into the living room growling, and Beu jumped right on top me! The local newspaper story on this is found at this site. The site I always go to right after earthquakes is run by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska found here.

I'm just thankful we are getting a few smaller earthquakes and not one big quake!

Minute of Honor

Americans are asked to stop whatever they are doing at 3 pm local time today, Memorial Day, to reflect and honor those who have died in the cause of freedom.

Memorial Day

To honor the "memory" part of Memorial Day, the following editorial cartoons are just wonderful. In appreciation to our service members for this past and current service, and in memory of those who gave their all. We thank you!

Karly Pictures

Karly is just perfect:

Mom and daughter:

Proud dad and his daughter:

Learning to change diapers:

Cousins:

Welcome Karly!

Krissy and Brent just welcomed Karly Jeannette/Jeanette (still deciding on the spelling of the middle name) to the world. Karly weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces, and is 20 inches long.

I'm talking to mom by phone right now. I'll go to the hospital tomorrow to take some pictures and then post them. Josh can't wait to see his new cousin.