Just hangin' around

The Saturday of Beaver Round Up we just kind of hung around, down at the beach.

Near the iceburgs. We basked in the sun, played in the mud and jumped around. It was a lot of fun.

This was after the "Needle in the Hay Stack" event.  This BRU event was fun too... the kids got to root around a bunch of hay looking for prizes. There was a rumor going around that there were $50 and $100 dollar bills to be found. Sadly, we found none of them, but there were $1 and $5 that we saw!

They came away with candy and a few dollars, well worth the effort.

February Birthdays

I know, I know... February is long past. It is March now. But we are a busy family and unfortunately, blogging has gone to the back burner. I'm still going to acknowledge them, cause that's how I roll.

My baby turned 2 on 2-1-14. She got to celebrate her birthday with her Auntie Jen, Gram and other extended family members.  We even got to see Uncle Max, Coleman, Jess and Caitlin!

We were all in Anchorage to celebrate the birth of my niece, Reegan Ellamae. She is beautiful beyond words.

Baby K got to have THREE "happy birthdays." Yes, three. One in Anchorage, one at home and then a special one to celebrate all the February birthdays. She is now non-stop singing the Happy Birthday song.

Last, but not least, was Mommy's turn. Her happy birthday was spent doing Parent/Teacher conferences until late into the evening. We celebrated a day early.  It was a wonderful birthday with my beautiful girls, hunky hubby and Matthew. I even got to go into Anchorage a day later and celebrate again (yahoo! & that's what happens when you get old like me!)

Here's to another year!

Happy Beaver Round Up!

"By the shores of Nushagak, Beaver Round Up. When the trappers all come back, Beaver Round Up... where we travel in the old familiar waaaaay! And celebrate the Round Up time in Dillingham, Ak!" Yes it is a song, and you should download it from iTunes, it is a top 100 hit.

We are celebrating the final days of our yearly Beaver Round Up, with about 0 inches of snow, which is very unusual.  This doesn't mean we haven't been having a lot of fun, it just means we haven't been able to watch snow-go races or dog sled races (sniff). I can't remember the last time we didn't have one or the other.

The start of Beaver Round Up is the parade, which was a lot of fun, very loud, with a ton of candy, snow or snow!

 

We have really been looking forward to the costume race, which happens after the parade.  We dress in our favorite costumes and run like crazy animals from N&N to the fire hall. This year Jon was a crazy bird, first K ketchup, me mustard, Sis was a witch and baby was Tigger. We had people yelling at us, "You are my favorite condiment!" haha. Priceless.

What a fun way to start BRU!