He's baaaaaaack!

Yes, I took 1 picture.

No, I don't have it uploaded.

Wanna know why??

Oh, yeah, my hard drive totally CRASHED on Friday.

It's a complete gonner. Nothing is savable.

Pictures. Itunes. Waaaaahhh!

So, until we get our hard drive replaced, I'm using Scott's dinky lab top (which I'm very grateful for considering the situation).

In the mean time, I'm enjoying EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE.

I love my husband.

I love watching him play with the kids. I love hearing Henry say, "Daddy?" as his first words in the morning.

Life feels....right.

Smells good

I 
LOVE
baking sweets in the afternoon quiet. 

Henry's napping. 

Lydia is playing barbies.

I'm wearing my lovely apron from Anthro.
(the only Anthro I own...thanks Gentri :))

I'm mixing away as I listen to my favorite music. Click HERE for my current fave. (she's on itunes)

Happy Afternoon!

10 things that made me happy today.

1. SUNSHINE. All day long! Such a rarity here in AK. 

2. A trampoline that I can set up all. by. myself. 

3. Henry getting serious air on the tramp. 

4. Moose eating their dinner in our yard while we eat dinner and watch them from our dining room. 

(I know, bad picture...you can see bits of them though)

5. This babbling brook in front of my house. 

6. My children having great attitudes about working around the house. 

(So she was pretending to be Cinderella and I the Stepmother -which comes much too easily I would say- whatever helps her to get the job done)

7. Henry and Lydia being best buds now that Gracie is gone at school all day. 

8. I can see Mt. McKinley from this spot close to my house on a clear day.

(Okay, so this was taken with my cell from behind a dirty windshield with screaming children in the back of the car. -it made a difference, I swear- if you look hard enough, you can see the tall shadow that is in between the light pole with the flag and the one behind it. Also keep in mind that it's roughly 300 miles away)

9. This handsome man (who hates these pictures because they were taken when he was only a 1Lt. (only) and we had just buzzed his head. Whatever, I think he's drop dead if ya know what I mean)...anyway, he comes home in approximately 15 days. Then his office owns him for a week. Then I own him for 3. 

Yay!

10. Watching this (short) video. Over and over again. So, this one is sort of bittersweet. Getting rid of Penny was one of the dumbest things we ever did. But we've learned our lesson....I hope. 

I am now obsessively shopping for a new member of our family. 

Can't wait to meet him/her!

Just for fun

 There is a street...er...."circle" named after me.

Don't feel jealous. Only needy, spendy, hot-tempered, unintelligent red heads get one. 

Don't laugh at my cheesy pose. I felt like the whole world was staring down at me while I took my picture with a street sign (???) and I couldn't open my eyes because the sun was blinding me. 

So, everywhere I turn I'm getting requests for pictures of the inside of our house. 

I understand. I'm one of those needy, hot-tempered, red heads that will be a pebble in your shoe until I get what I want. 

Please keep in mind this is FAR from finished. And there are toys on my floor. 

But who am I kidding? Will there EVER be a moment when it's perfect?

The front bathroom is the only other pic you'll get for now. 

I'm pretty sure I want to paint those cabinets...

You should see my "want to" list. 

Utah to Alaska

Were you wondering if we were still alive??

I'm sure you were. 

The last 3 weeks have been so insane. I'm certain I've completely forgotten how to be a normal, stay-at-home mom who's single.

But yet, I'm sure I'll spring back in no time. 

Until then I have some blogging to do!

I would post pictures of my house, but it's not complete...

yet. 

Here is a rundown of our road trip:  

Remember Alberta Beach? The place where I locked my keys inside my trailer:

The cutest, quaintest little place. 

With nice people. 

Toad River:

(I'm pretty sure it's hard to even find this on a map and I have no idea if it's in British Columbia or Yukon Territory)

I thought it was going to be hard to hold Henry in his spot and smile in mine at the same time. 

But no, he just climbed right up and held himself. 

We saw "some" wildlife. 

I was a little disappointed in the end, but I guess I can't complain. 

This was right along the edge of the road, we could have reached out and touched them if we wanted. 

But who wants to touch a goat? (Stone sheep to be exact)

This guy was not interested in smiling for our camera. 

We made a pit stop at Laird Hot Springs. 

If we hadn't had 2 more hours to our nights stay we would have jumped in and swam around. There were a lot of tourists soaking in the natural hot tub. 

Alas, losing Henry's shoe under the dock was enough for us. 

Thank heavens for playgrounds where Henry can work out his mad climbing skills. 

I may have given birth to Spiderman. 

A few cries, movies and fruit snacks later:

Bada bing Bada boom

We made it to our destination. 

Thanks to Gentri's help we're pretty much settled in our house. My bedroom is still a mess, and so is the garage, but the rest of the house is set to go. 

Unless you count painting the poo brown walls in my family room. 

But that will have to wait.