Last Night

Last night after reading some books Joachim asked if he could sleep with Macrina. We let him, and after Macrina crying (she does this every night) and tossing and turning, this is how they fell asleep. Their feet are near the pillow, their heads on the edge of the mattress. And then Katie joined.

Fishing

The other day I went halibut fishing out of Seward. I was invited by my brother in law, Peter, who was invited by Sam a co-worker of his who owns a boat. The weather in Seward was awesome! We had a bit of sun, and the seas, even outside Resurrection Bay were calm. I did not get seasick, plus I got two monster halibut and one rockfish. My freezer is now full of halibut! Below are some pictures:

This was my approx 100 pounder fish. It was so big we had to shoot it before bringing it into the boat. It was the second fish like that we caught that day, the other was caught by Sam. This was the last fish caught for the day, and I was so hungry when the fish bit that by the time I got it up in the boat my legs were shaking and I thought I was going to throw up!

Here is Peter with a rockfish. We all caught one of these, they are ugly, but supposedly real tasty. They die when reelling them up because of the pressure difference.

Here was the first fish caught for the day. It was my approx 50 pounder. When reelling it in I grunted quite a bit and throughout the day we jocked about that. All in all it was a great day of fishing and I hope to be able to go next year.

Joachim's First Day of Preschool!

On Thursday Joachim had his first day of preschool. He is attending St John's. He was so excited to be going to school. For weeks he has told of that only big boys go to school and what they will do etc. Since we have been watching a lot of Star Wars in our house lately he think everyone will also get a light saber, he wants a green one. Anyway, on his first day he got to play with playdough, do puzzles and play with his 'new friends.' Below are some pictures.

Macrina got to play a little before school started.

On his first day of school Joachim wanted to wear his 'Texas running shirt'. To him any thing that is short-sleave and has letters is a 'running shirt'. He want to wear one everyday. It is only an issue on Sunday's when we go to church. Then we compromise. We put a running shirt under his church appropriate shirt. But right after church, at coffee hour, that church appropriate shirt has to come off.

Oh yeah, today is our 5 year anniversary.

Trees

Home Depot is having a 50% off all remaining trees and shrubs now, so I got these five Alberta Dwarf Spruce trees for less than $20.00! I hope they 'take' and survive the winter.

Mom's House

Above are some pictures of my Mom's newly remodeled house. Some of the major changes are the new flooring and paint. Also new bathroom counters, sinks and tub enclosers, a new French Door with blinds between the glass and all the books have been moved downstaris.

Another Before and After

This post really should just be titled 'After' - I cannot find the before pictures I do have. Anyway, last weekend we had some people come over and help clean up some of our back yard. This is right behind our bedroom, looking out to where an old chicken coop used to be. About two years ago I tore down and burned the coop. But I never got around to actually cleaning the garbage and junk - and believe me there was a ton. We got it all cleaned up in about 2 1/2 hours and had pizza/soda afterwards.

Before and After

Above is a picture of the wood pile Kari and I had gathered over two weekends in March with they help of Dn Pat and Peter Lamb. I am pleased to say it is finally all cut, split and stacked in my woodshed. I big thank you goes out to Tim, my father in law, who when he was up here visiting for our hunting trip, bought me a new chainsaw and maul, and helped everyday tackle the pile. While he was here the pile got noticably smaller everyday. I could not have finished so soon had it not been for him. Anyway, below you will find what is left of the wood pile. And pictures inside the woodshed. I estimate I have about 3 1/2 to 4 cords of wood. I think I'm ready for winter!