Som and I took Allen to the State Fair yesterday. He loved it because he loves being outside and luckily it turned out to be a really nice day. It was Alaska Grown Day, so we had Allen wear his little Alaska Grown shirt. I don’t know what made it Alaska Grown [...]
On Saturday we went on a picnic to Kincaid Park. Luckily, it turned out to be a very nice sunny day, so we have managed to salvage some summer in this last month. I hadn’t been to Kincaid since I was in high school, so it was pretty much like I was going [...]
I am very behind on all the pictures I want to post. In July, most of my family were here visiting so Allen was able to meet a lot more cousins. It was fun to have almost everyone here. My brother Dave wasn’t able to come because his wife Tara just had [...]
Maybe I shouldn’t make the titile of this post so dramatic, because no one I know got attacked by a bear, but we could have. There have been a slew of recent bear attacks around the area–three in the last 2 weeks. They had to close down a hiking trail because two of [...]
Just a little late. His birthday was last Thursday, but we celebrated with the family on Sunday. It is our niece Eloise’s birthday today, so we did a combination party for the two of them. On Som’s birthday, we went out to Kobe Teppanyaki House (a restuarant like Benihana’s where they cook [...]
Since it was a low-tide weekend, we decided to take another road trip to Homer so Som could get some more clams. We found a great little cabin in Homer to stay in. Usually we just camp on the Spit, but this time we tried a cabin up on the hill in Homer [...]