Mother's Day

This year we had a barbecue with the Waite's, Bowen's, Napoleon's, and Clarke's.  This was a bitter sweet get together because it was a farewell to the Bowen's who are moving to Boise.  Nate and Jared cooked burgers and hot dogs, even though it was raining and cold.

We played our last game of "Stick It".

The kids hung out one last time!

We gave Heather and Nate a picture of Alaska with all our signatures, and said our good-byes!

We have all become such great friends...well actually family!  We will really miss the Bowen family!

Father's and Son's campout

Every Mother's Day weekend our church does a Father/Son Campout to celebrate the Aaronic Priesthood Birthday.  They campout in the Alaskan Wilderness...the bears are out, it is still in the 30's at night, and it doesn't get dark until 10:30!  The boys look forward to it every year!  The have a great weekend and I get a night to myself (the best Mother's Day gift ever!)

Hydrothunder

The Young Men and leaders in our church go on what they call the HydroThunder every Spring.  They drive down to the Kenai River and go rafting and then drive back to Turnagain Pass and go snow machining.  They have a great time...as you can see.  Jared was the only one who caught a fish, so he was VERY proud!

Game Nights

We have the best friends here in Alaska...and for the past several long winter months we have been getting the families together on weekends to play games.  One of our favorites is Hand and Foot.  It is really just an excuse to get together and eat yummy food, but we have so much fun.  The kids play and watch movies and we get some good "friend" time.  Even Sawyer gets in on the fun!  This has made out winter not so bad!

Cinco De Mayo

We celebrated Cinco De Mayo with a bunch of friends this year.  It was a great party, with great food, pina coladas, piñata, and of course mustaches!

Satefest

Joshua's 5th grade had a "Statefest" day at school.  Each of the kids presented their "state" projects, brochures, and food.  Joshua's state was West Virginia.  He made Pepperoni Rolls.  All the parents walked around and the kids had to tell them about their state.  It was a lot of fun seeing all the kids (aka: parents) work!

Only in Alaska.....

Can you go ICE FLY FISHING!