Project 52 - Week 22

Week 22 ~ May 29-June 4

Memorial Day (which also happened to be Baby Bear's birthday!) was bright, sunny, and warm. We took advantage of the weather and decided to try a short hike to Thunderbird Falls. It is located just a mile or two up the highway from where we live. The path was actually quite crowded with people. A bunch of people had the same idea, apparently. Not quite the out in the wilderness quiet hike I was imagining, but still fun just the same.

Daddy packing baby and packing heat! (The gun is for the bears, but the path was so busy this day that we probably would have been fine to leave it at home)

Heading down the trail.


I love signs with goofy illustrations! (There was a great one back at Tinker showing what would happen to your car should you run into the barricade)

The falls!

Unfortunately, they looked more like this. The viewing deck was pretty far away.

A nice lady took a family shot for us.

We took a side path down the to the water on the way back. I think we could have gotten closer to the falls using this path but it would have added quite a bit of walking to the hike.

Elijah's Birthday Celebration

We made sure that Eli got his own special cake on his birthday! This one is a special milk free cake. It also happens to be gluten free, but I made it because it was milk free. Since Eli has had problems with ear infections, we have taken all cow's milk out of his diet. Milk allergy/sensitivity is a common cause of recurring ear infections and we are trying to do everything we can to help poor Baby Bear! The cake was just as delicious as regular cake! Everyone loved it (except James who doesn't eat sweets)!

Getting his first taste

Chocolate beard!

Daddy helping him get a nice big bite

Chocolate everywhere! (It actually got worse, but I had put the camera down)

Project 52 - Week 21

Week 21 ~ May 22-28

We are on a quest to find great fishing places. Our first stop was Sixmile Lake. It is right on the Air Force Base. While driving around the base to find the lake we stumbled upon our first bear in Alaska! Isn't this just the cutest black bear you've ever seen!?

We packed a picnic lunch and enjoyed the beautiful scenery while eating.

An beaver swam right by us!

Kindy Graduation!

William is now a Kindergarten graduate! I can't believe he is already a first grader! His teacher, Mrs. Carlson, put on a very cute little ceremony. It was originally to be held in a park down the street, but road construction right infront of the park made that impossible. I think having it in the classroom turned out nice though.

William with his cute little graduation hat!


Getting his certificate



All the kids with their certificates



William and Mrs. Carlson