Tanana Valley Fair

Our county fair is in full swing, and although it was cold (50 degrees) and rainy, my sister-in-law Tashina and I decided to brave the weather and go to the fair with the kids. There were quite a few kids rides, but Lily was not tall enough to ride them. So to avoid the crys and screams from Lily, I allowed her and Liberty to ride on two rides. They got to ride on the safari train and the pony carasell. We visited the 4-H barns with all the animals from ducks, rabbits, goats, sheep, cows, turkeys, chickens, horses and pigs. The girls had alot of fun in the petting zoo that they have for the little kids. Lily loved petting the goat and Liberty loved holding the rabbits. All in all it wasn't such a bad day until the end, because it was their nap time and hadn't had a nap all day. So we headed home and put them in bed. Phillip started his 4 day on rotation out at Clear Air Station today, so I have been trying to keep the kids busy so they keep the "where's daddy" questions to a minimum. Tomorrow we are headed to base to go to the community center so that the kids can run off some energy. Here are some pictures of the girls at the fair.

VIP Comes to Eielson AFB, AK

So we had a very important visitor come up our direction. President Bush and Mrs Bush and his daughter came to Eielson today. The girls and I were very excited to be there. He talked to the troops and their families before heading to the olympics in Beijing. Here are some pictures of Air Force One, Brig. Gen. Graper (Base Commander), Pres. Bush, First Lady and Barbra Bush. Enjoy!

Finally! House Pictures

The Kitchen LOVE that it has tons of cabinetspace
View from the Artic Room into the house
Up the stairs are the rooms, down is the basement
Dining Room
Front of the house


Ok, so I know that we have been in our house for almost 6 months, but I am just now posting pictures. We enjoy having our own home, but could definately do without the extra expenses if something brakes. But you always have good with the bad.

Birthday Fun

Ethan, one of our old neighbors, had his 4th birthday on Saturday. The theme was carnival fun. They had all sorts of games with prizes including face painting, cotton candy, and popcorn. Liberty had an elephant painted on her face and Lily had a heart. The kids had a blast playing outside and winning prizes. Here are some pictures.

Cleaning Helper

Liberty for some reason loves to have everything in an orderly fashion. She has to pick up her room and make her bed everyday, and she loves to do it. Today I was vaccuming the living room and she decided to pitch in. It's nice that she is getting old enough to help out with household chores, even if I do have to go over and inspect what she has done. She is such a big help with her sisters as well. I am very blessed to have a child that pitches in and does chores every now and again.

Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!

We have had the strangest weather for Alaska. Normally for this time of the year we are right around 80-90 degrees with TONS of sunshine. Needless to say this year is definately out of the norm. We have had non stop rain for the last 3 weeks. Here are some pictures of our driveway and ALL the rain we have had for the last two days. Phillip emptied one of the rain gauges this morning and we had 3 inches in it, that's just for one day. If I didn't do anything with the kids, I'm sure that we would all be climbing the walls by now. I really do hope that the weather breaks so that we can go out and do some family activities before the REAL weather of the season hits (SNOW!!!). Liberty's new thing is that she wants to be a doctor when she grows up! Lily, I have noticed definately has her father's temperment. And Cheyenne is the most easy going baby of the three kids. My kids are my life and there is nothing I enjoy more than to be able to raise them with great values. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying every min of their lives. Until next time.

Crazy Life

OK so I really need to update more on my blog. Our lives have been extremely crazy the last week or so. Phillip is getting ready to start his new job out at Clear Air Base about 80 miles from our home. So he has been running around trying to get out processed from Active Duty Air Force and inprocessed into Active Duty Guard. He really hasn't been home very much when the girls have been awake. It suprises me when he walks in the door and the girls go running to greet him with lots of "I love you Daddy"'s and great big bear hugs. I don't think that I could ever imagine my life without our children. They really do bring such joy to our lives. Liberty was playing with Cheyenne and I heard her laughing. I went into the living room to find out what she was doing and to my astonishment Liberty had plucked one of my flowers from my arrangment that was on the table and had put it on Cheyenne's head. It was pretty cute. This was one moment I was glad that I didn't have to search for my digital camera.

I was looking out my back porch the other day and my heart sunk. A little bit of background; this summer has been wetter than any other summer I can remember. We have lived in interior Alaska for 3 years now and most of the time we have to worry about fires. This year has defininately been an exception. I feel like we live in Seattle WA. It has rained almost non-stop for two weeks. My yard is starting to look like a jungle. Anyway, I looked out my back porch and saw a bush already starting to change into fall colors! I am so not ready for winter yet and our -50 degree weather, and I really hope that the winter stays the course and doesn't start flying until the end of October. I have so many things I have to do around the house before the snow starts flying. Anyway, here's a picture of my colorful bush.