We love South Carolina!

Goodbye again to our family. We are so happy to have spent time with the Larkbys, Tita Ma and Tito Jun, Jojo and Frank, Jade and Sabrina, Tito Sam and Tita Del, and of course, Victoria, Tita Joy, Nanay and Lolo Tatay. We love and miss you already.

Budding Picassos

Tay set Tyler and Joe up for some backyard painting.

Fishing Frenzy

The kids and I went swimming in our pool and fishing almost everyday of the trip, rain or shine, on Windsor Lake where I grew up. They would have been content if fishing was the only thing we did all week. We had all kinds of rods, reels, and lures but in the end, it was all about a cane pole and worms! (Deb, I felt like a great mama this week cutting and putting worms on the line.) On our last day we caught 22 fish: bream/sunfish and perch. I think I still smell like fish.

Fun in Columbia

Its so great to be in S. Carolina and here are the boys hanging out with their cousins Matthew and Nathan Larkby. Over the weekend, we went to EdVenture with Tita Joy, and then the Riverbanks Zoo and Chucky Cheese's with Lala, Chris, and Frank. Joe really enjoyed Chucky Cheese's but would not play any games; instead he just road the small toddler rides. He loved them.

Summit Lake

We've been having a great time hanging out all month with the Tasso Family. We followed each other on the ride back from Kenai into Anchorage and Eagle River and stopped for lunch at the Lodge in Summit Lake. What a blast. I hope the summer never ends.

Fishing for Dummies

Dipnetting on the Kenai River is crazy, ridiculous, and a lot of fun- It's like Woodstock for Alaskans, but about the fish and not music. We spent the day with the Perkins and the Tassos. Rob and Wayne did a great job trying to fill our freezers with Reds (Red salmon, that is). And of course the boys (7 of them: Tyler, Joe, Bryce, Cole T., Cody, Cole P., and Camp) had a blast getting dirty and whacking fish on their noggins.

Another day with Bryce and Cole

Go Orange Crush

Tyler played T-Ball on our good friend's (Christine) team, Just Kids. She has been coaching for 9 years! The season lasted only two months, June and July- that is long enough for 5 and 6 year olds. Wayne was assistant coach and is convinced this was all for the parents!!! Because the kids are just too adorable in their uniforms. Many would rather rip up grass than actually go after the ball. By the end of the season, the kids figured out which base was which. Here is Tyler with his friend Johnny.

The 4th of July

We spent July 4th in Eagle River with the Tasso Family, Rob, Christine, Bryce and Cole. We are all former Nomeites that escaped to what, we debate, may or may not be the real world. But the boys had lots of fun and are true little pyromaniacs.