Halloween

The kids carved some pumpkins and had a great time.

Andrew was a Hobo, Sarah Red Riding Hood, Lena a Witch and Jeffrey an Army Man.

Mark and I took the 3 youngest kids Trick-or-Treating.  Andrew went with a friend and Brian stayed home to hand out candy, or so we thought.  When we got back with the 3 youngest Brian was gone.  A friend of his came by and several TEENAGERS went Trick-or-Treating.  They rode 4 wheelers around the neighborhood, no costumes, and got a lot of candy.  All of the kids had a great Halloween and had to much candy.  We were lucky the weather was not to bad, there was some snow but it was not to cold.  I'm glad they all had a fun Halloween, even our Teenager.

Happy Birthday Andrew

Happy Birthday Andrew 11 years old.

Blueberry Picking at Hatcher Pass.  Sarah found the Blueberries for us.  We were not able to find them and Sarah bends over, picks one up and say's "Here is a blueberry."  We were not close enough to the ground so it took a 3 year old to find them.  We made muffins and pancakes with the blueberries, yummy!

Alaska State Fair

Sarah loved the goats at the Fair.

Andrew, Jeffrey, Lena, & Sarah at Wasilla Lake.

Salmon

The boys went dipnetting and caught 14 Salmon. We ate one Saturday night and it was so good. Hopefully we can get more, the boys love it.

14 Salmon

Dipnet used to catch fish.

Boys covered in mud.

Lena and Sarah in the Fireweed.  This grows wild all over and is so beautiful.  They say when it starts to bloom, Summer has started and when it starts to die Summer is over.

Wild Flowers

Andrew and Mark fishing in Jim Creek.  The boys have fished in some beautiful places but still no fish, but we enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Brian at Eklutna Tailrace.

Andrew fishing at the Eklutna Tailrace, notice the color of the water caused by the glacial runoff.

Alaskan Combat fishing at Willow.

Prince William Sound Cruise

Here's some pictures.  It was rainy and foggy and a little cold.  Some of the scenery didn't fotograph well due to the humidity, but here goes.  The glacier was calving in this picture, but you can only see the splash toward the right side.

Here is some of the ice we had to go through.

You don't think of Alaska as a rain forest, but PWS gets 15 FEET of rain and 20 FEET of snow each year.  Waterfalls were everywhere!

Watch out for icebergs!

We're getting our Christmas cards ready early this year!

More pictures to come.

Hiking

On Memorial Day we went on a little hike in Hatcher Pass.  We hiked a trail for 1 mile and then turned around and hiked back.  It was beautiful, many of the wild flowers were starting to bloom and the weather was wonderful, hot for Alaska, almost 80 degrees!

These are some pictures of another hike we did to Tunderbird Falls.

Jeffrey, Brian, and Andrew

The kids enjoyed this tree.

Palmer Family at Thunderbird Falls

Teenager

Happy Birthday Brian 13 years old.

We spent the day in Anchorage visiting different places.