Hy

Mr Personality Deluxe.

L: Plant Tanner gave me for Mother's Day
R: Pinch Pot and flowers Sam gave me for Mother's Day

Anchorage Temple

We wanted to show Eric's folks the Anchorage Temple.

Fourth of July Fun

We took Eric's folks to Girdwood and showed them some Alaskan sites. So much fun to have you with us!!!

Eric and Grumpy Warner who had a fever. Poor kid gets a crazy high fever whenever he's cutting teeth.

Fourth of July

Our little town celebrates the Fourth of July with a bang. Starting at 12:30 a.m. they city puts on a firework display.

The fireworks were amazing, but even more incredible was that these pictures were taken at 12:30 a.m. and YES we could see the fireworks.

Radiance

I took this picture of my sister-in-law on her wedding day. Not only am I jealous that her wedding dress is probably the size of my right thigh, but look at her beauty. There is just something about the hope and peace in her countenance. . .

Congrats Greg & Jess

My baby brother was SO KIND and flew me down to Utah for his wedding.
Aren't they a great couple?



I never thought that I would feel so "mother bearish" about my little brother getting married. I think since I live so far away from him and his GREAT wife, that I felt like I didn't get to see them fall in love and see first hand all the wonderful qualities that Jess has. So I found myself calling my sisters and asking, "So how wonderful is she?" "How much does he love her?" "Is this going to be an awesome marriage?" Greg's eager YES! during the wedding ceremony answered it all.

Me and My Sisters.

Summertime Addition

The trailer has been set up in the driveway for the past couple of weeks. The boys have spent every night in there possible. Even little Hy will crawl in there around 9 or so and fall to sleep. It is cute. They love it. And I encourage it. Because here in the Last Frontier we won't be letting our kids spend the night on the sleeping on the trampoline with the roaming bears, the moose, and the mosquitoes.
Last night C&T, after THREE hours of listening to me read Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, headed out to the pop-up. In the morning the reported with pride that they stayed up so late and were able to see their watches switch from Thursday to Friday. Simple pleasures.

Little Purple Pansies

Me & My Little Purple Pansies.

Hip Hip Halibut

In May Eric went Halibut fishing with some friends from work. They chartered a boat out of Homer and spend the day at Sea.

This is my man in action!

Seeing a Ocra (a.k.a. "Killer Whale)

This is Eric's catch of the day (which also happened to be the biggest of the few fishes that were caught that day). That bad boy is now in the freezer slowly being rationed and savored.

2,3,4

How can a 2 minute nap in a WalMart Shopping cart energize a 3-year-old as if he had had a 4 hour nap?

The Farmer

Yesterday Hyrum was singing The Farmer in the Dell. It was so cute. As I leaned in to listen closer this is what I heard:

The Farmer in the Jail.

The Famer in the Jail.

Hi-ho-ma-no-no-no

The Famer's in the Jail.

Quest for Crazy

Searching for Crazy? Look no further.

(christian)

Tow Head

This is as blonde as it gets. I always thought that I would be a mom of tow heads. Instead, I (like Mrs. Weasley) am the mother of a band of red heads. But if I put this little one in the right light an do a lot of squinting, then just for a moment I can pretend that I have a little tow head.

Helping T

Tanner has been begging to mop. So we pulled it out and let him have at it. He did a fantastic job. I'm trying to figure out how to keep it this mystical, special treat? Wish I was just dying to get my hands on a mop.

Summer Fun

Little Man's Best Friend

Some people like dogs. We like Cheerios. We take them on walks with us. We buy them their own special containers . . . And we sing their praises when they can entertain our 8-month-old for more than 5 minutes. To us, Cheerios, are like family.

Hooray for Warner, who can now eat Cheerios all by himself.

Capturing

I love this picture of Warner. . . mid-giggle.