Jeffrey's Baptism

Jeffrey Thomas Palmer was Baptized and Confirmed a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on May 1, 2010.  It was a very nice baptism.  Mark baptized and confirmed Jeffrey.  It was a little different not having tons of family there but our Bishop came, the Primary President and Jeffrey's Primary Teacher.  We appreciated them coming.  There was a good Spirit there.  After the baptism we went out for dinner.  It was a very nice day and one I hope Jeffrey can always remember.

Easter and such

Wow we had a pretty awesome March/April.  The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh.  Margaret lost the baby the fist week in March, the Lord taketh.  At the end of March Mark was given a job offer to work for Providence Hospitals running a Medical Clinic.  The Lord giveth.  This is truely a blessing in our lives.  Mark will be working about 1 mile from home, what a wonderful commute!!!  He will begin the new job on April 26th.  We had a really good Easter.  We did en egg hunt for the kids, in the snow.  They had a great time.  Brian and Andrew hid all the eggs but forgot where they had hidden them so they even had to search.  I think some of the eggs fell into the snow so it made for a great hunt.  

Andrew and Brian had a Pinewood Derby with Cub Scouts.  They enjoyed making thier cars with Mark and had fun racing the cars.

This past week we went to Hatcher Pass.  It is a popular place for people to go snowboarding and sledding.  The kids went sledding for a while and had a great time.  Spring is coming to Alaska.  We are loving the warmer temperatures and the snow is melting.  We are excited for Summer so we can get out and explore Alaska.  There is so much to do.

Happy Birthday Jeffrey

Jeffrey turned 8 on March 29th.  He will be baptized in May.  He had a great day.  He got a bike for his birthday.  The weather has been beautiful here lately so it's been great bike riding weather. 

Happy Birthday Jeffrey, we love you.

We see a lot a moose in our yard.  Here are some of the latest pictures of them.  We still get excited to see them. 

Happy Birthday Lena

Lena is now 6!  Happy Birthday Lena.

Sarah's 3rd Birthday and Spring Break

Our Sweet Little Sarah turned 3 years old on March 9th.  Happy Birthday Sarah, we love you!

The kids are on Spring Break this week but the weather has been very Wintery.  It has snowed for the past 2 days.  They have played outside some and enjoyed the new snow even though it's about 9 degrees outside.  This picture below is on Wasilla Lake a few weeks ago.  Many people ice skate on the lake.  They plow the snow off the lake and you see people playing hockey and ice skating.  We don't have skates so we just walked and slid on the ice.

We saw this Moose in our yard.  The other picture is a picture of Moose droppings Andrew, Jeffrey, and Lena collected.  We were at Wal-Mart the other day and they noticed that Jewelery and other items are made out of Moose poop and sold, they decided they could collect some.  Very gross I think. 

Ice Sculptures

We went to Anchorage today and saw Ice Sculptures. They were neat!

Jeffrey, Lena, Sarah and Andrew in front of the dogs.

Happy New Year

I don't have any pictures to post, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year!  We enjoyed (I use that term loosely) the fireworks over Wasilla Lake (Ice) last night in 8 degree weather.  It has come down from the 35-40 we have been seeing the last couple of weeks, but still better than the 15 below before that.  It was interesting to see people watching the fireworks in their cars with the engines running.