And here we are with our very own new blog. We like being in Alaska, but sometimes are sad that we are so far away from our friends and family. We decided to start this blog to post news and pictures every Sunday to keep our family members involved in our life. Hopefully y'all will start blogging too so we can keep updated on your lives also!
So what's going on with us this week? Our computer bit the dust on Monday (most likely a fried motherboard) so I am currently using Milan's laptop (Milan is Chris's brother, staying with us for the summer). We had a nice Sabbath today. We walked to church (as usual) and didn't even get wet. It has been nice and dry all week. Maya & Sophie joined us during sacrament meeting and stayed through the rest of church (Sarah and Jesse had planned a scuba excursion and their babysitter was sick). Jefferson & Lola had fun with their cousins at church. After church we had an outing out to Hans & Amy's house to celebrate Hans's birthday (friends of the family). Sarah, Jesse, and family were there also, so we got to see them twice in one day. What a treat! It has been such a busy summer. Last summer we were pretty good about getting together on Tuesday nights for some family fun, usually barbecues at the beach. But this summer we have all been so busy. Well, mostly Sarah & Chris. Right now it is 10pm on Sunday and Chris is out at ATA doing some emergency brake jobs on four jeeps. This is Chris's part-time job that he does on evenings & weekends. Let's just say that we don't see him at home very often. This madness should stop by the end of September when the cruise ships stop bringing all the crazy tourists that take the jeep safari tour and decide to roll their jeeps into the ditch. Oh, and ride their brakes.
Joy has been busy just chasing around Jefferson & Lola this summer. She has also been picking up some violin students (and one cello student). Teaching music lessons is a new thing that the community begged her to start (there aren't many options here for music teachers). Occasionally she also finds some time to sew. Her online shop is pretty empty, but she has been helping some friends make some stashes of cloth diapers as they decide to make the switch from disposables (yay!). She also is working on a wedding dress for her neighbor who will be getting married in September.
Jefferson is doing great in the underwear club, yeah! He also loves to cut paper (that's what he's doing right now, if only he would also love to pick up all the little tiny scraps of paper that are left in his wake). He knows his alphabet and is progressing well down the road to reading. Today he told me to write his name, and he told me it was spelled "J-E-F-E-F-E-F-E-J". Pretty close!
Lola is as cute as ever and getting so grown up. Her hair is getting longer, but Jefferson still think she has "boy hair". She is running all over the place and constantly busy with her little projects. Her projects usually involve paper and pens, I think she will be an artist.
Well, it's late and I think I just heard Chris pull up in the car. Sorry this is a pretty lame blog post. Next week we will post pictures and make it all pretty!
