beach bums

A few families we know decided to get together this weekend and have another beach fire. This time we went to the beach right by Sheep Creek down the Thane Rd. I am sure this is going to my husbands favorite weekend activity as most of you know he loves to "burn it down". Anyway, the kids had a blast running around. We roasted some hot dogs and marshmallows. Avery had her first s'more and I had 2! Yum!
The weather held out and with all the daylight we were able to hang out until about 9 with light. No kids fell in the ocean or in the fire which = successful outing!

preschool!

It is official, Avery will be starting preschool this fall. She will go Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM to noon beginning in September! Auke Bay Cooperative Preschool is the school we have chosen. Twenty students, two teachers and two parents will make up the class day to day. The school looks awesome and has great feedback. The fact that it is a cooperative makes the cost MUCH more affordable and I get to be more involved having a job and work days. I am excited for her. They get out on 1-2 field trips a month going all over the place from the glacier to the tram and even on a whale watching trip! It should be a lot of fun!


Avery testing out her future preschool!

We had a fun and busy weekend with Avery's Gigi and Grandpa Rick. We did lots of shopping and lots of playing! They stayed in a great little apartment nearby and Avery had lots of one on one time. She already misses them and can't wait to see them again.

Avery eating frozen yogurt with Grandpa and Gigi!

Avery got some sweet temporary tattoos all over her belly. She is pretty proud of them!

I also was able to squeeze in a 5K and did alright, thanks to Paige and Rick for watching Avery! It was only my 3 time running since the half marathon I ran last June. 26:33 was my time. Not sure what place as the newspaper seemed to leave out most of the participants from the results. The overall winner was well under 20 minutes. Here is the link to the article that lacks much information: http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-04-15/heart-hospice-fund-raiser-run-results#comment-43805

Thank you guys for everything. We had a lot of fun and LOVED that the weather held up through your visit! See you guys soon.

spring is officially here!

Mosquitoes are back. Big and thirsty and lots of them. I don't remember seeing many late last summer. I am hoping these guys are just hatched from the melting snow and there has just been a population explosion that will settle down soon!


My first casualty of the season.

they broke ground today!

My friend sent some photos and a video of the action today. Her little boy is in Avery's nursery school class and LOVES to watch the diggers and trucks in action. So he will be fully entertained for awhile as he lives just down the street.

Sam and I went for it and picked out a lot. There will be more, but got quite a bit done for now. The house will be green! Our house package is currently on the barge to arrive next week and our windows have been ordered. Things are rolling and our contractor is shooting for just after the 4th of July. I am not holding my breath, but that is a full 2 weeks early. Which means it will hopefully be good to go by our original close date of the 20th of July!



They said foundation should go in next week and once they start framing that will go up in about a week! I can't wait to see the progress! We are over the moon excited!