Nussbaum Foreman Outing

Kodiak is known for its rain, but May was beautiful.  We had so much wonderful weather and were able to get out a lot.  This particular day we headed out for an adventure with our wonderful friends the Nussbaums.  We went to Spruce island visited the chapels there and also went to Ouzinkie.  Of course we ate wonderful Salmon burgers and watermelon, sooooo good!  There were lots of bees that decided to visit us on the island so we had to get in the boat and head out on the water to actually eat the watermelon.  

Stephen and I love to sing with Ted and Kathy so I added one of our little videos of this.  Enjoy! 

wyldlife 2009

So it's been a year already and Stephen and I found ourselves back on Woody Island for wyldlife.  We loaded a boat with 100 other 7th and 8th graders and adults for 30 crazy hours.  We did a little bit of everything and overall had a wonderful time.  I got 4 hours of sleep that night much more than Stephen's 45 minutes.  Praise the Lord for His sustaining strength!  I hope you enjoy all the pictures! wyldlife 2009

It's Warm!!

Puffin Island 
Kelp Bed 
Beautiful snowy mountains that will hopefully be green soon!  It's amazing that they actually get all green. 

It's warm dance!  

IT WAS WARM!!!!  Really it almost felt hot!  Stephen and I walked out of the house and down to the ocean without even thinking about being cold!  Oh, it was wonderful!  We went kayaking to Puffin Island, explored it and then kayaked around some more before heading back to Kodiak.  Then we took the dogs for a little hiking adventure, but there was still snow and we found ourselves sliding around much more than we wanted to.  

Stephen is almost finished with his second Master's class of the semester so he had to work on his final.  I did the grocery shopping and then we grilled out!  Oh, what a perfect little day.  It is so amazing how just one nice day can make you forget all the cold rainy ones. 

But because we played a lot today, tomorrow will be a busy one.  

A Very White Easter

Well it was a very white Easter this year.  Around 10:00 it started to clear up and the day was beautiful.  We spend the day with wonderful friends and ate way to much food.  He Lives!  

The Biggest Snow Storm of the Year

Monday afternoon it started to snow.  By Monday night we couldn't see the road just 50 feet from our house.  The snow just kept piling higher and higher and by Tuesday morning we were literally snowed in.  I had to put on my snowshoes just to get down the lane to the office.  School was cancelled and the city pretty much was shut down.  We ended up getting around 3.5 feet of snow.  Gus had so much fun running around and Roscoe was a little scared.  He followed right behind me and my snowshoes.  I was reminded of just how much I love snow days.  

Most cars were completely buried and some drifts were huge!  By Wednesday morning it was was raining and we were in flood warnings.  What a mess trying to get all those kiddos to school.  To top it all off the volcano is erupting randomly and volcanic ash is making travel to and from the island very difficult.  So in one week we've had a volcano eruption, a blizzard and flood conditions.  Wow! 

Spring Break 2009

What a trip. Stephen and I now know that we will never go on another cruise, but we are thankful for the experience. We just don't do very well being stuck on a boat in such a controlled environment. We did make some incredible memories though. We had the opportunity to go to Judson Baptist in San Bernardino and visit some great friends and talk about the Mission. We decided to road trip out to Joshua Tree National Park, that was a huge highlight! We did a 12 mile hike up to the Airport in the Sky on Catalina Island, it was beautiful, peaceful and wow were we tired at the end. We met a wonderful couple that gave us a ride back down, showed us there house and made us feel extremely blessed! Mexico was alittle cold, but we had a great taxi driver that was lots of fun. We rode horses on the beach and just flew! Stephen is quite the rider. I had to work to keep up with me. Oh, on the cruise we ate dinner in a nice dinning area. Anyway there were three other couples that we really enjoyed talking with.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures!

Click here! SpringBreak2009

Eagles and Ice

Saturday was extremely beautiful and felt so much like spring!  Stephen and I sat out on our deck and soaked in the sun trying to get all the vitamin D we possibly could.  I'm a bit under the weather so instead of a big day long outing we opted for a trip to Pillar Creek.  We spend a lot of time out there in the summer especially in late July when the Pink Salmon are coming in forcefully.  It's extremely easy for the kids to catch fish and it is amazing watching all those fish.  Anyway, it's much different in the winter and much easier to walk around.  Gus loved chasing all the eagles and helped keep our little guy, Roscoe who looks like a really tasty bunny, safe.  We did loose Gus for a while, but he's to much of a wimp to go to far.  Anyway, it was a perfect little afternoon.  The most precious memories in life come with the everyday moments.  

We thought it might be fun to see how many eagles everyone can find.  They were all over the place.  This picture was after Gus had scared over half of them out of the trees.  The sound their wings produce as they fly over is remarkable.  They are amazing!