Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Instagram December 2014 - January 2015

I haven't posted Instagram photos for awhile now.  But since I didn't use my actual camera to take pics for a few weeks, it's only fair that I share these photos.

Jeralyn asked me to put Joshua in a basket so she could push him around.  She pushed him into the kitchen and then pretended it was time for him to sleep.  She gave him blankets and stuffed animals.


Big boy is standing alongside things a lot these days and "cruising".

Could they be any more cute?

Jeralyn eating a delicious chocolate chip cookie from a batch we baked together.

We made homemade play-dough.  Keeps her busy for awhile.  Notice the dress?  That's her Cinderella dress-up dress--which she literally wears all the time.  


She's been taking swim lessons since the end of December.  She's doing really well!  She loves it!

Joshua napping.  See his puppy dog underneath him?

So this photo is for "scale".  A couple of days before this we had 10 inches of rain (in two days) AND an extremely high tide.  So combine those together and the ocean water was up to the bottom of the green fence and splashing into the parking lot.  It was CRAZY!!  I think the average precipitation for January was 1 inch a day.  I never feel this way, but I was tired of the rain.

Mommy and Joshua exploring the beach together for a few minutes before another rain squall came through.

Jeralyn doing a turtle craft on some cool watercolor paper we made the previous day.

Mister Moo's first day using a plate.  He did very well.  He's been using a plate for weeks now and only has knocked it to the ground a handful of times.

Painting "blueberries".

"What?  You want me to crawl around in the wet grass?"

Jeralyn asked to feed Joshua his morning bottle.  She did such a great job and Joshua didn't mind a bit. :)

Jeralyn doing a sorting project.  She loves "learning time" (homeschool preschool).

I made whipped topping and both kids licked the beaters.  They are so cute!

Wasilla, AK December 27, 2014-January 3rd, 2015

A couple of days after Christmas we flew up to Anchorage to meet Quent's family for a week.  We all stayed in a vacation rental/house together.  The house was beautiful and spacious, which was perfect for 9 adults and 7 children under the age of 4 (Jackson turned 4 when we were there).  So it was pretty busy.  And we all took turns getting sick.  That part wasn't fun, but otherwise it was a really wonderful time together!

Jeralyn and Zion (Mikaela and Chad's daughter).

Zion LOVES Joshua.  Natasha made a time-lapse video of all of Zion's affection for Joshua.  It was so sweet!  And he loved the attention!

All of the grand-kids, minus Joshua (who was probably napping).  
Left to right: Aurora (2.5 yo), Jeralyn (3 yo), Levi (19 mo), Josiah (2 yo), Zion (19 mo), Jackson (4)




Joshua and Grandpa

This was a first for Josh (offering to share his food).


Family Photo with everyone!


The kids praying while Uncle Chad prayed.

All of the grandkids with Grandpa and Grandma.  This picture cracks me up for several reasons (one being that that's not even Josh's sippy cup).

The siblings...together.  This only happens every 3 years or so.

And then it all ended...and we booked it out of there one early morning to the airport.

Our flight back is a flight that stops in 3 different locations: Juneau, Petersburg, and Wrangell.  Each stop is about an hour long.  And then we had a delay in Juneau because of high winds.  It wasn't too long of a delay, but the turbulence was felt (especially by Jeralyn who threw up when we were on the ground in Petersburg).  We were GLAD to be home after that!  Home sweet home!

We loved every moment with our family!

Happy New Year!

P.S. These are Natasha's pictures.  I think Quent took pictures when we were there, but it might be awhile before I post them.

Merry Christmas 12.25.14

Christmas day was one I think a lot of would like to forget.  Quent and Natasha were sick.  Jeralyn said her tummy hurt and that she "didn't feel good".  So we all shared germs and napped and tried to be "normal".  Bah-hum-bug!

We opened presents first thing (after I heated up some pre-made homemade cinnamon rolls--which only Jeralyn and I ate).  I'm not sure what Jeralyn was talking about in this photo, but I love her expression.

Legos!

I'm opening a present from Quent and I'm totally smirking because we bought each other the same gift.  Great minds think alike!  Right?



And what's a Christmas without a turtle gift?

And this is my little man recovering from sickness (he and I got sick at the same time).

And then Natasha left that afternoon.  I never got to say goodbye to her because I was sleeping.  It was sad! But we were going to see her again in a few days, so it was okay.

Christmas Eve Presents 12.14.14

My (Christina) birthday is December 23rd and unfortunately, I was sick in bed all day.  So sad!  Who wants to spend their birthday in bed?  Not me!

The next day I felt better so I was able to sort of participate in the activities of the day.  We gave Jeralyn a couple of presents to open after dinner and a bath.  She opened some Frozen pajamas...



...and a movie from Aunt Natasha.  

And then we watched the movie.

Outside 12.22.14

We had only one day of snow (in November), so we had a lot of moss to play on.  Ha!

Silly girl!

He wasn't sure about crawling around on the grass, but he was happy to get to the ball.


And then we went up on the deck and Josh tried to eat everything he could find.




Reindeer 12.14.14

Every year, right before Christmas, some people who own reindeer here in Ketchikan invite the community to come and see/feed the reindeer.  Quent took Jeralyn out to see them and it looks like she enjoyed seeing them.