Silvis Trail 7.15.13

I (Christina) didn't join Quent and Natasha on their adventure on this hike, but the pictures tell me that they had a great time together and enjoying the beautiful, rugged, Alaskan country.

Natasha in the tunnel taking some pictures.

Wow!  Spectacular!

Upper Silvis Lake.

Beautiful, clear water!

Optical illusion

Coast Guard Beach (again) 7.14.13

A week later we found ourselves at Coast Guard Beach again, but this time with Natasha.  We brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed the warm, sunny day at the beach.

There's a cruise ship in this photo.  Can you see it?

Our little Tigers fan!

Natasha and I

Coast Guard Beach 7.7.13

Stepping back in time a bit since Quent recently edited some photos from his camera.  This particular Sunday afternoon we hiked down to Coast Guard Beach and then grabbed some burgers/shakes on the way home.  We had a great time at the beach!  Quent found a couple of starfish for Jeralyn to check out and play with.

Quent buried her legs under the "sand".  She thought it was fun!

Video: 1-2-3 Go!! 7.16.13

Video: Xylophone 7.16.13

Video: Giggles 7.10.13

This is probably my most favorite video of Jeralyn.  I think you will like it too!

Video: Waving 7.4.13

After we left the food booths after the parade we were caught in some traffic (which is rare).  We had to wait awhile and while we waited Jeralyn was waving to the cars and people outside.

Video: Her Favorite Word 7.4.13

Video: Dunked! 7.3.13

Video: Blue Slide 7.2.13

Video: Oh Tiggo! 6.20.13

I caught her playing with her animal stuffed kitty.  She calls all cats "Tiggo" for Tigger.  She even calls Shadow "Tiggo".  I thought it was so cute that she set out a plate of food for "Tiggo".  Super cute!

Video: Pretend Coughing 6.17.13

I have these fabric pieces I keep in an old wipes container that she can pull out and stuff back in.  I caught her this day using each fabric piece like it was a tissue.  It reminds me of something I would have done as a child.  Silly girl!  

Video: Log Rolling 6.16.13

Video: Father's Day Beach Splashing 6.16.13

Video: Shelly Shakes 6.5.13

Quent was putting "Shelly" on his head and making her shake around.  Jeralyn thought it was hilarious!  Here are her giggles recorded:

Park with "Tasha" 7.15.13

(See earlier post for more explanation of Natasha's visit)

We went to the park this Monday morning.  We had some beautiful weather when Natasha was visiting, so we took advantage of it with some visits to the park(s) and beach.

Here they are swinging together.

Aunt Natasha 7.15.13

Little did I know that Quent and his sister Natasha were planning for her to visit us for 10 days.  They had this planned since February and I had no idea!  She was visiting her brother and his family in Juneau and then flew down to see us.  But all this time I thought she wasn't going to be able to make it.  I was so bummed because she was in the same state and we wouldn't see her.  [insert frown]  Well, I went hunting for garage sales on the morning of Saturday, July 13th with a friend.  Quent told me he was going to do some shopping with Jeralyn...which they did AFTER the picked up Natasha from the airport.  When I came home, I could tell something was up.  I walked into the kitchen and I asked, "Is someone here?"  And then Natasha came around the corner and I freaked out!  Like super excited, jumping up and down freaking out.  They got me good!  And they got me on video!  So thankful she was able to visit us after all.  And what a great surprise to pull off!  We really enjoyed our visit with her...which you will see in upcoming posts.  And maybe, if you are good, I will share the video.

Jeralyn absolutely LOVED having her aunt here!  She calls her "Tasha" and loved every moment she had with her.  It was precious to see them spending time together.

Counter Cutie 7.12.13

Sunglasses 7.11.13

Sensory Bin 7.5.13

I was making pizza and Jeralyn was staying busy on top of the counter with a rice sensory bin.  I took some photos of her rice bin with the animals previously.  It's a messy activity because rice ends up all over, but she enjoys it.

Dude Mountain 7.6.13

Quent talked us into doing a hike up Dude Mountain.  It was a pleasant hike, although challenging at times, especially toward the end.  We spent some time on top taking photos and enjoying the beautiful scenery.  Jeralyn had a blast!  I'm so glad she enjoys the outdoors!

Finally at the top!

I think I had to tickle her to get her to smile for this picture.

Watching Daddy climb the rock and contemplating it herself.

"Hi Dad!"  "Hi Jeralyn!"

It was a little bright!

I caught Quent laughing.

Lupine.  There's a lot of wildflowers up on the ridge.  So pretty!

Jeralyn brought Shelly with her.  Quent tied a noose around Shelly's neck and tied her to the backpack so she wouldn't get lost on the mountain on our hike up.  I love this picture of her with her!  So sweet!

This is one of several pictures I took of Quent jumping over Jeralyn.  I don't know if you can tell, but she's super excited about this and laughing.

Canoeing 7.5.13

We took Jeralyn on her first canoe ride on Harriet Hunt Lake. She did so well with sitting in the middle and didn't try to get up once.  Such a good girl!  She really enjoyed the time on the lake and we did too!  We will have to do this again soon!

Here we are before launching off.  Quent bought her sunglasses on our way to the lake.  They are SO cute on her!

She sat in a plastic bin in the middle of the canoe with Shelly.  Quent picked her a lily from a lily-pad and she was smelling it in this photo.  It didn't smell like anything, but it was really pretty.

I sat in front and Quent was in the back steering.

We stopped mid-lake to have a picnic lunch.

After we got back to shore Jeralyn was pretending to clean the canoe.  

It was such a fun time!

The 4th 7.4.13

We had another beautiful 4th here in Ketchikan!  Yay!  We went to the parade, ate meat sticks and tempura from the food booths, came home so Jeralyn could "nap" and then we went to a friend's house for a BBQ.  It was a great day!

Jeralyn watching as the parade started.

It didn't take her long to realize that it was all about the candy!

One of the locals runs in the Iditarod. I thought it was cool that she and her dogs were in the parade.

Me and my girl.

Dinner with my friend Valoree, her husband Jere, and their daughter Emma.

Jeralyn had fun playing with Emma.  Not sure what she was doing here, but it was all her own idea.  Silly girl!

Nutella Face & Crib Fun 7.2.13

Jeralyn and I tried Nutella for the first time...

And her face pretty much portrays what we both thought of it--except my face didn't quite look like hers when we were all done with our Nutella slathered toast.

This picture was taken after her "nap", which she probably didn't take place this day.  She was too busy taking off her shirt which was stuck at her waist.  There's all sorts of things that happen during nap.  More recently she has been taking off her pull-up during nap time, which means I need to do a load of laundry.  So now she sleeps in a sleep sack inside out and backwards so she can't unzip it.  I have a few more tricks up my sleeve if that doesn't work.