December 11 - 31st

Addyson after her dance recital

Utah Sweatshirts For All

Mary and Dan near the Bunting Trail

Peek a Boo Hummer Tour

Beautiful Day Sunny but Cool in the Slot

So cute

December 11, 2013 - December 31, 2013 Christmas with the Nagle Clan!!!!!

Mary and Brian Nagle shared their Alaska photos with us.

On the train from Anchorage to Seward

Train trip from Anchorage

Closing in on the Glacier

Picturesque side street in Juno

Skagway - Sarah Palin's home town and jumping off point for Gold Diggers.

 

Big Ice Cube ;)

Skagway before the fog lifted and revealed cruise ships

Icy Straits Point Alaska before a passenger jumped off

Ships Pool with Alaskan Tribal totem pole

Vancouver City Park

Vancouver Skyline Population 670 thousand live in those buildings.

Skagway has a population of 950 residents and 951,000 visitors a year.  They had a great time and would go back.  Alaskan Population 600,000.   Anchorage has 350,000 people.  One in six residents is a licensed pilot.  They went the first week of August and it was great weather.  The Icy Straits stop had one passenger jump over board with a life jacket on.  He spent the next three days in the brig.  Who knows why? Good news is homeland security was on top of it.

More photos

Andrews Grandparents visit over Thanksgiving

We seemed to pack a lot of activities into a week.  Paula and Daron cooked most of the Thanksgiving meal.  David and Paula attended Addy's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast.  Everyone helped me transport my art to the Holiday Inn Express for our Christmas boutique.  Paula was instrumental in finishing my curio bottles with wire and arranging and rearranging my artwork during the show for maximum retail punch.  Addy and Paula decorated the Christmas tree and fairy garden and David fought the Black Friday crowd at our local True Value and scored two room heaters which my parents will especially enjoy!  Luckily there was no shoving or pushing in the store.  One highlight was taking Addy to dance class to try on her new costume for her December 17 recital.  Paula and I shopped at TJ Maxx, Target and Michaels  on Black Friday and it wasn't bad except for the three hour round trip drive.  Saturday we all went to cut and haul wood and there was SNOW.  W e were in heaven and so was our Alaskan Malamute Opal Luna!  More photos to come. 

Kids say the darnedest things

Addy:  My knee hurts

Dad: What happened to it?

Addy: There's a bitch at school that scratched it.

Dad: What?

Addy: Yea that little short bitch.

Dad:  In the classroom?

Addy:  No on the playground.

Daron and I got this story separately and heard the same thing.  It took us a minute to realize that bitch was BENCH.  Please read again with Bench.  

My Birthday Present from Daron - A GREENHOUSE!

I love it but don't know what to do with it yet!  I am reading about winter crops and it looks like Kale will be a good crop for the winter.   Wish me luck!!!!!

Best Birthday Poem Ever from my awesome hubby Daron "The Rock" Andrews

Today I became the husband of a 44 year old girl

I’m so honored to fill my place in her world

She paints, she pays bills, she makes our home

She teaches, she protects, she gets the dogs bones

She delivers, she picks up, she shops for all

She’ll watch Dr Phil but not Football.

She dreams, she reads, she waters our plants,

She cooks, she bakes, she washes our pants.

She loves, she cares, and arranges play dates,

After school every day she’s early and waits.

She knows of all birthdays, both family and friend

And she gets all the cards for me to sign and send.

She tells bedtime stories of book and of not

She cuddles with Addy even when she’s too hot.

A nurse, a teacher, a chef and a ride

Our daughter’s so set with you on her side. 

She calls me her rock, but I’m sorry to say

I know I’d be lost without her every day.

It doesn’t seem fair that I just work and play

While she does all this day after day.

So what do I do on number 44?

I build her a greenhouse so she can do MORE.

Sufficed to say I’ll love ‘til the end

My wife, my rock, and my very best friend!

I LOVE YOU JENNIFER!

Halloween 2013 Perfect Fall Weather!

Halloween. Addy chose to be a white tiger.  She picked out a witch hat for me to wear and since she couldn't wear a mask to school and wouldn't let me paint her face the first few photos are her school costume attire.  The photos with her with her mask on were pre-trick or treating photos.  Daron had the brilliant idea that I go as Little Red Riding Hood and Opal Luna could be my wolf.  Daron had been fighting a cold all week and wasn't feeling great so he went as a Raiders fan.  Our cat Bella took a safe high view on the front porch.