Life Jacket

We were picking up some essentials at Walmart when Amelia saw the rack of puffer vests aka Life Jackets. Of course, she couldn't live without the pink one. It's reversible with a pink cheetah print on the other side. Can you tell she loves it?

Cuteness

Is that a word? I'm pretty sure I just made it up. I couldn't think of a better post title.

Baby Quilt for Marshall

Our friends Nick and Mary had a baby back in August. Marshall Nicholas Johnson. Mary wanted bright colors for the baby's quilt with gray. So here's what I came up with. Do you like my quilt holding helper?

Quilt pattern was taken from here.

Blue Tongue

Amelia's new favorite picture pose involves sticking her tongue out. It worked out perfectly after she finished her blue sucker from dance class!

After School Downtime

A few weeks ago we had a 'cold' spell. It got into the 70s, so that is why Amelia is in pants in these pictures. She's just enjoying an afternoon snack while she watches Tangled on my tablet.

Makeup

This is for those of you not on Facebook. A couple weekends ago, I woke up at the leisurely time of 8:12 AM. Instead of feeling energized, I felt panic. Amelia never, ever sleeps that late. She had to be up to something.

I found her in our bathroom, covered in lipstick. Her face, arms, and legs all had a lovely, shimmery Bamboo Pink color. She was quite proud of herself. I'm just glad she didn't get it all over her pajamas.

First Fishing Trip

Amelia was very excited to use her light up Tinkerbell fishing pole. She caught bluegills so fast, the poor worms didn't stand a chance!

New Playground

We found a new playground for Amelia this weekend. She isn't quite up to the recommended 5 years old yet, but she still had a blast!

Alaska

Rob and I spent the first week of July in Alaska. We were celebrating our 10 year anniversary and it was amazing.

Alaskan Railway from Anchorage to Seward.

Momma and Baby Moose, as seen from the train.

Our haul from a day out fishing. That big guy weighed 101 pounds.

Just a great photo.

Humpback whale diving.

A glacier calving.

Scale of a glacier. It was over 700 feet tall.

Mt. McKinley

On oxygen while we flew over Mt. McKinley.

Deana Rose Farmstead

One of the best places in town to take kids is the Deana Rose Farmstead. It is in the middle of a suburb, but is a working farm. There are goats, cows, pigs, turkeys, chickens, bison, horses, etc. for the kids to see. One of Amelia's favorite parts is petting the goats.

We had some friends visit at the beginning of the summer and thought it'd be fun for Amelia and their daughter to go. Here are some pictures Rob took of them having fun.