Milo and I left Seth here in Anchorage to hold down the fort and we headed to Idaho.  It was in the high 90s even into the 100s.  Milo learned how to garden with his Grandparents and do a lot of wading in the pool.  Than we headed to Oregon for a beautiful family wedding and drove off to Flathead Lake to visits good friends.

Watermelon lemonade at the Moscow's farmers market

Boating at Flathead

Swimming with Grandma and Calli

In La Grand, Oregon for Molly's wedding

It's been spring, than it's been summer, now it feel a lot like fall.  I know, "it's only August Bonnie!". Well, August in Anchorage is usually rainy and the day it turned August 1st we had our first hard rain and it has only let up briefly.

We went to the cabin, than to Idaho, than Montana on Flathead Lake, than back to the cabin! Wew, I was thrown off on days, I woke-up every morning not knowing where I was, it actually wasn't that bad.  Never a dull moment.  Really, only now that we are home am I feeling not so great, hmmm. We'll chalk that up to the new addition due in Febuary, that was something else that transpired this summer, a sibling for 'ol Milo.

Finished!

We had beautiful weather at the cabin.  Actually, all of Southcentral Alaska was hit with the best summer since 2004, we hit the 80s! It was hard to know what to do with ourselvs, so there was lots of beaching, wading and nudey time for Milo!

Fur Rondy and Iditarod

Looks like I've been a bit negligent on the blog.  Keeping up with this and my school one is endless.  The school one is great these days though, check it out if you have time.

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It was Fur Rondy last week, really busy.  Parties, fireworks, dog sled races on the streets downtown, snow sculptures, parades, oh man.  Milo learned how to cheer on the dogs, he seemed to really enjoy that.

Milo and Ginger enjoying each other in a snowstorm

Jay teaching Milo how to cheer on the dogs

Seth and I took Milo on a back country ski that was very short as he threw a huge fit on the way up.  But it was a beautiful day, we did get out and saw some sunny mountains.

A momentous occasion also occurred, Seth cut Milo's hairs.  A bit more than his Grandma cut, it seemed to be shorter than we thought when it dried.  The sucker helped, there was hell to pay when we were done and the sucker had to go.

Sucker cut!


And lastly Milo's big moment.  We were playing at a playground yesterday when a photographer from the Anchorage Daily News asked if he could do a little photo shoot with us.  We played along, I'll add any I find in the newspaper. When the Iditarod is over I'm sure we'll be in there somewhere.  In the meantime, "Go Ally!"

Youth Art Month

We hung the Youth Art Month Show in the museum week before last.  It was fun, 3 days of just being an artist and getting to be very picky, it is practically rewarded when hanging a show.  In the end it looked O.K, I don't care for the museums new "look" and the space they have put us in, every year I swear it will be my last and every year I end up back there.

Committee members adding the final details during a photo shoot.

     Hawaii was a blast.  The plane rides were bearable but not my favorite part, although it's hard to complain when Milo sat on Seth's lap the whole time, 9 hours one day!! Milo had some much needed Dad time and Dad had some serious Milo time.  After three days on our own we met up with 9 of the Van Hemert's and the boys had a great time together.  Both Milo and Cormac took to waking at the crack of dawn, as early as 5 some days.  The Dads took the boys out in the morning to see turtles, explore beaches and watch whales jump.  There was quite a bit of sand eating, swimming, wonderful food, pools, hikes and time with great friends.  I already miss the warm air, walking out on our beautiful lawn and the SUN!!

     Now it's back to the routine, work and snow.  We had some icy days back here in Anchorage, school was canceled and it has hard to enjoy outside with so much ice.  Thankfully it snowed a little and the sun has come out, it's a beautiful sunrise as I write.  Milo and Cormac are growing so much, interacting and playing games together, really wonderful.  Milo is eating on his own now, he uses a spoon quite a bit although putting a tarp around his high chair would be wise.

A rare morning that Mom and Milo enjoying the sunrise.

Sand surfing

Seth pulled the boys around on the beach and they were quite the attraction, like little celebrties.

We are off to Toddle Time, where Milo runs amuk with other little ones in a big padded room with new toys! We'll meet up with Seth and complete some much needed errands.