Super sour sweet 16!

Thomas , Rome and Brandy Lynn

Thomas' slushy umbrella drinks with a sugary fruit slice

All the goodies for his friends

His party invititations

Thomas is now 16! He made it! I couldn't bare to give him a sweet 16, so we threw a Super Sour Sweet 16, full of candy and soda! The table decorations were mason jars full of jelly beans, licorice and lolipops. Thomas made a bonfire out back and it even survived the hail and snow. There was a cupcake fight and dogpiles galore, giggling girls and wresteling boys, what more could a 16 year old want? He requested a recliner and was gifted a very cozy reading chair. He got cash and gift cards for Itunes, the bookstore, and subway. This week he has been busy blowing his cash and loving it! We are truly lucky to have found him and are greatfull for all the joys and challenges he brings to out lives!

Our evening stroll through WhiteSands Beach

Spring is here!!!

Icicles hanging from a cave.

Side shot of the icicles

I put Albert in this picture so you could see how BIG the icicles are. The red on the rocks is mineral deposits from the icicles. This is a new favorite spot of mine, good job Albert and Tony for exploring. Boys can surely see a different beauty in the world. I am truly blessed!

Our favorit beach

Arctic driftwood at our favorite beach, Mill Bay

The trail we use to get back to our cars from Mill Bay Beach

Father and son, what is more precious than this!

Snow at the beach! Our favorite place to have picnics, bonfires, and watch firework shows. Mill Bay is also the property of choice when doing the new year polar bear plunge. The plunge is a celebration of the new year by jumping into ocean and taking a swim. Refreshing yourself for a new year of opportunities.

Lighten up. This was the name of Albert's spring concert. It was meant to lighten our mood during to dark days up to spring.

Albert's class sang songs like, Do you Ears Hang Low, Whacky do ,re ,mi and Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips. The hilight was the black lights and white gloves. Albert kept this as a surprise from us, we had no idea! it was really fun.

It was a just for fun, happy times, smiley concert. The kids were encouraged to wear bright, cheerful clothes, of course as soon as the concert was done, we walked into a lovelyKodiak blizzard!

This is my view at work. The Chiniak bay. I love living by the water.

This is the view from my front door! lucky me! Kodiak is a great place.

Kodiak winter

Distant view of WWII bunker. Kodiak was the military headquarters of Alaska during WWII

This eagle lives in our neighborhood!

A wintertime view of Kodiak

Kodiak Eagle.

View of the harbor with the new windmills

Russian Orthodox church. Kodiak was the capitol of Russian America in the late 1700's.

Albert's birthday weekend

The Alberts playing legos!

CASH!!! WooHoo, It's burnin a hole in his pocket.

Just one set of his many legos.

We had 2 birthday cakes for Albert because he invited so many friends.

We rented the pool for Albert's party. It's a great deal! We got the pool to ourselves for an hour then lunch was provided at the pizza parlor, Grandma Judy and Grandpa Al helped decorate! It was typical Albert style, camoflouge!

Our family picture taken at our home after Albert's baptism on Feb 5,2010. Albert took pictures with his Grandmas and Grandpa too. Happy birthday baby Albert! Mommy loves you very much!!!

Pics of our Hotel that I LOVED

more Arizona pictures

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Avondale, Arizona. If you want good service this is the place to go! Every morning we were greeted by name and they made any arrangments that I wanted. There was a free shuttle to anywhere in 5 miles! Tony and I used the hot tub and sat under the outdoor pavillion for dinner. There was an outdoor fireplace at the pavillion that added to the luxury! We can't wait to take the boys there!

The things we did in Arizona

This vehicle was donated to UTI from Nicholas Cage. He has family that graduated from this school. I think it was his brother.



This is me sitting in the tire of Grave Digger, the monster truck!

It was unique for me to see so many cactus. Arizona has it's own kind of desert beauty.

Our weekend in Arizona

Our time in Arizon was very short but well enjoyed. Tony went to UTI and I had a spa day and took lots of pictures. I tried to lay in the sun for a while but it got really hot in just a few minutes. The only things that could have made our trip better was to bring the boys and have the ocean closer. I can't wait to go back someday and see the sun!!! IT WAS AWESOME!