Jake goes skiing!

Our flight back to NJ didn't leave Alaska until 5pm on Friday. So Ryan, Josh and Jake went back to Alyeska Ski Resort south of Anchorage had a great 1/2 day on the slopes!
Jake had his first ski lesson and did awesome!
On another note, we are back in NJ now after a pretty easy trip back. We were worried with all the bad weather here that we would get delayed but we didn't.

Last Day in Alaska

Luke on the front porch and Jake in Uncle Ryan's Hummer

Today is our last day here in Alaska. Ryan & Josh took Jake back down to Alyeska to go skiing.

I opted to stay at the house with Luke so I could get us all packed up and ready to go.

Our flight doesn't leave until almost 5pm here so hopefully they got some good skiing in.

We hear the weather is pretty bad back in NJ. So far, our flight is leaving on schedule. I just hope that we don't get stuck in Seattle!! We are due to arrive in Newark at 6am Saturday morning.

We really did have a good time visiting Ashleigh and Ryan. Hopefully we will be able to get back here to see them before they make their next move this fall.

Morning Shoveling/ Play time

The boys love going outside every morning to help Uncle Ryan and Daddy shovel the driveway.

This morning they also had a great time being thrown all over the place!

Luke was so tired after it all that it is only 10:30am and he is taking a nap!

Jake is very excited that later this afternoon Uncle Ryan is going to take him to see some Army vehicles. We also might head over the the sled hill on post for some fun.

We made it to Alaska!!

the view from Ashleigh and Ryan's backyard


Good Morning!
We made it to Anchorage yesterday afternoon to visit Aunt Ashleigh and Uncle Ryan.

The boys were excellent on the plane and are really excited to be here. Its only about 7am here and we have been up for awhile. Trying to get used to the time change!

Today was pretty low key. There are some pictures to the left of the boys outside this morning helping to shovel the driveway. We went to the store to get a few things and then came home and napped for a bit
We just got back from an early dinner. Jake is exhausted and is in bed. He fell asleep in about 2 minutes! Luke is still running around like a maniac and playing with the dog.

Tomorrow we have to get up early for our trip on the Alaska Railroad. I am sure I will have a ton of pictures to put up!

No New News

Pretty busy and dont have a whole lot to report this week.
I got this as an email and thought it was pretty funny. And I really do not mean any offense to any of you dads out there:

The Mom Test (this is cute!)I

was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth.

I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.

"Why?" my daughter asked."

Because it's been on the ground, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and probably has germs," I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,"Momma, how do you know all this stuff, you are so smart."

I was thinking quickly."All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mom Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mom."

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.

"OH...I get it!" she beamed, "So if you don't pass the test you have to be the dad."

''Exactly," I replied back with a big smile on my face.