Joshua is pretty good about sitting still for his hair cut. If we give him a car, he will happily sit as Quent cuts his hair. I just love the expression on his face. He looks like a little Quentin here.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Kitty Love 8.11.15
Jeralyn loves the cats. And since Shadow is more likely to put up with the children's antics (even though it took her 3 years), she is the one who gets the most attention. Shadow is more gentle of a cat, where Tigger isn't afraid to let you know to back off. So Shadow gets carried around a lot and sort of is forced to come under Jeralyn's command--unless of course Jeralyn can't find Shadow, which happens a lot. And when Shadow is actually enjoying Jeralyn's affection, Jeralyn will say, "Mom, Shadow likes me!" And Shadow really does; she will rub on Jeralyn and seek her affection--until she is done. But aren't most cats that way?
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Play-dough 8.3.15
The kids both played with play-dough this day. I think it was one of Joshua's first times playing with it. He just doesn't want to miss out on what his sister is doing.
Kitties 8.2.15
Quent got a deer this year (it's been a few years since he's hunted). Tigger LOVES venison! It's like a Thanksgiving dinner for him.
Shadow comes around too, but she's not really into venison.
Tears to Smiles 7.26.15
I had this idea of tying Joshua's sippy cup to a stool in our dining area so he wouldn't lose the cups. I feel like I'm always looking for his sippy cups. Well, it really disturbed him that it was tied to something. It was comical, but wow, he was really bothered by it. So he was crying about it this day and I thought I would capture the tears on camera (because I'm totally like that). And as soon as I got the camera out, he immediately stopped crying and he smiled. Oh man! Silly boy!
Love & Reading 7.25.15
Moments of our day...
Jeralyn and Joshua are such great friends. They have their moments (of course), but they are truly developing a great friendship. It's so fun to watch them interact and play with one another.
Josh will often grab a book and go sit in the rocking chair and look through books.
Raspberry smiles
Blanket Time 7.22.15
I think I've mentioned this before, but I haven't been as consistent with Joshua (compared to Jeralyn) with blanket time, but he's still great at it! Yay!
Good Morning, Sunshine 7.19.15
And this was the morning after they hiked up Dude. I can't fully comment because I wasn't there, but I can say that I know that Jeralyn and Quent truly love spending the time together up there on the mountain. And look at the views! Wow!
Breakfast is often instant oatmeal, which they usually add in fresh-picked blueberries. She will eat 3-4 packets of the instant oatmeal after all of that hiking up the day before (big appetite).
I believe this was their camp and breakfast spot.
Heading back down the trail.
Looks like she stepped in some mud.
Happy girl has her blueberry picking cup in hand.
And when they come home, she's already talking about their next hiking/camping adventure.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
She loves Dude 7.18.15
Jeralyn's favorite hike and camping spot (and mountain) is Dude Mountain. Quent took her hiking and camping overnight; and of course she LOVED it! They really enjoy their time together.
Jeralyn brought her little red cup for berry picking.
A spider among the berries.
Berry picking is very serious work.
I LOVE this photo of Jeralyn because it totally shows her personality and enthusiasm for life. She just loves life. Seriously. Everything is fun. She's ready to take on every day. Life is awesome. Adventurous. Overflowing with joy. This girl lives life abundantly...in JOY!
Jeralyn was talking on the phone with me in this photo. She's so cute and she loves to talk to Josh on speaker phone. Josh gets REALLY excited to hear her voice. One of these days we will join them.
She's wearing a hat my Aunt Judy made for me when I was about Jeralyn's age.
And this has to be one of my most favorite photos. Pretty amazing!
Jeralyn is holding dragonfly larvae.
I'm not sure if Jeralyn was already in bed at this point...because I only see Quent's boots.
Land of the "midnight" sun...except it doesn't stay light *that* long in Southeast Alaska. Close, but not that close.
"Reading" 7.11.15
Jeralyn asked me to put Joshua next to her on the chair so she could read him a bedtime story. So sweet! I love Josh's expression!
When they are eating 7.5.15
Sometimes the best times to take pictures are when they are eating (and still).
Ferrying HOME! 6.23.15
The car deck on this ferry was the most packed I have ever seen. Lots of cars and passengers!
It was about a 6-hour ferry ride back home. We stayed busy playing, reading, coloring, walking around, and eating.
Jeralyn playing a game.
Quent took Joshua outside to run off some energy (in hopes of taking a nap--which never happened).
Beautiful day to be out on the water!
Home sweet home!
Taking down camp 6.23.15
Well, the day came (after 10 nights of camping) that it was time to go home. (Yes, I was silently excited to know I would be sleeping in my very own bed that night!)
But wait, let me back up. The night before we found a beautiful campground and a nice site within walking distance to the beach. We swam and played in the water and enjoyed the beautiful evening.
Jeralyn loved helping set up and take down the tent. Such a great helper!
This was how we washed our dishes at most of our camp sites. Quent would heat water in a pan and we had a sponge to wash the dishes and then we would rinse the suds off over the cold campfire pit.
Jeralyn was brushing her teeth in this photo.
After this we drove toward Prince Rupert to wait in line to go through customs before getting on the ferry.
Hazeltons (one of them) 6.22.15
We drove and drove. And listened to audio books. Around this time we were listening to the story Heidi. Very sweet story!
Anyway...we stopped at one of the Hazeltons (Quent can't remember and I certainly do not). East or west? We had a picnic lunch at this pretty spot. Not bad, aye?
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