Boys in Action

Here's some recent footage. Get better soon, Gramma!

Never-ending summer?

What did we do to deserve these warm September days? Ah, well. Instead of worrying that our luck is running out and that this winter will be so much the worse, we're enjoying ourselves.

Here are some flashes from the recent past (in reverse chronological order).

"Traces of Places and Spaces"

Garrett's site-specific drawing for BERTH

Labor Day at the 2009 AK State Fair

Unsmiling (soon-to-be sick) Edison w/pal Anise

Poor boy. He was quite a trooper for coming home with a 101.5 fever. Even mustered the courage to ride a real pony -- for two laps, anyway, before he wanted off. (And Mommy got her money back without even having to ask!)

Inexhaustible Jasper

Pensive Jasper

Farmer Jasper

Anise, June, PIGGIES!

Edison's 4th birthday

Poochy cheeks and pirate cake no. 1

Cap'n Eddie

First mate Dad

Bosun Jazz

(Mom weren't aboard. Women be bad luck fer pirate ships, ya know. ARRR!)

Pirate cake no. 2

Legos + pirate ship = very cool birthday present

Bermuda

From the beach entrance

From our back door

From the beach

Hangin' with cousins & Great-Grammy

TV zombie cousins

Edison & fresh-caught salmon in Naknek

Jasper's 2nd birthday

Jasper: "It's a happy birthday ball!"

Random fun

Uh-oh... the roads aren't safe now!

Turning 2 & 233

Photos from Jasper's birthday and our July 4th camping trip to Talkeetna.

Birthday pile o' strawberry shortcake
















J: "It's a happy birthday ball!"
















Ooh! Why so much tape, Mom?















Aaand... that's all he got this year. Just kidding! My camera batteries ran out at that point.


Talkeetna:

S'more, please!




































At the boat launch without a boat? No problem. There's always rock-throwin', log-steppin', toe-dippin', and naked-gettin'.






































































































We had them sleep in cabinets to, uh... block out the noise of the fireworks. Yeah, that's it.









































At Talkeetna's super-cool community-designed playground. G, where are the pictures of all the cool stuff? Where's the working telephone? The working digger? The raven's-tongue slide?
















(Although Daddy & the swing were really all the cool stuff Jasper needed.)

Cutie pies

Need I say more? I think not.

Bedtime Stories

Thanks to the extended daylight hours, bedtime feels even more like playtime these days. Here are some recent episodes.


Pre-haircut for Edison; post for Jasper







Post-haircut for Edison (it took a little finagling and a donut with sprinkles)










On this night, I guess Eddie just couldn't wind down enough to stay horizontal...