Watch This Video Before it Gets Deleted!!!

This is a scary video that needs to be distributed around our country before it gets deleted!!! Watch and share with others!


http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

We're Having a Baby!!!

Yup, yup... it's true! So I hope that everyone has heard by now that our lives are forever changed! On October 5th, the morning that I was leaving to visit familia in Arizona, we made the surprising discovery that we were pregnant! Wow, what a surprise it was. lol. It has already been quite an exciting journey, and we couldn't be any happier to expecting a little bundle of joy into our happy and blessed little family! Yesterday we had our first ultrasound (which was amazing!!!) and found out for sure that I am 9 weeks and one day along today! Lil jellybean is 23.5 mm long with a really strong heartbeat and the Dr. said it is really surprisingly active for such a little one. Brandon just had the BIGGEST grin the whole time, it was so special! And it really makes it all much more real to have an actual visual of the little blessing forming perfectly inside of me! Wow. Still feels crazy. I have been battling some horrid morning (hah- all day) sickness and have lost quite a bit of weight, but am praying that it will go away soon! And hey, research says that the sicker I am the healthier the baby is, some say it will have a higher IQ too... so I'm thankful for it -kinda. Well, we're so excited to be going on the new journey into (ahh) ...parenthood! :) And can't wait to share it with you all! We love and miss you! Have a blessed day, and I promise I'll be updating this more often! (This is the first day I've been able to look at the computer without puking... ug) Feel free to call anytime, I'm not doing much. Ok, God Bless you today! xoxo ~Cortney, Brandon.... and lil baby bean!

Kodiak Fall!

Happy Fall Ya'll!!! Hope everyone is having a great start to this fall season! Here are just a couple of our our recent fun photos! Enjoy! Love and blessings to all!

Pics of our Saltry Trip!

A beautiful lake out there!!! We just sat there and watched red salmon and the cloudss with Ray and Wanda!!! Awesome!!!
Gotta love these waders! LOL!
Awww.....
Beautiful on the go picture! Those flowers inthe foreground are fireweed. And supposedly when the fireweed bloom, summer is over... :( At some points on the trip whole mountainsides were covered with blooming fireweed! Breathtaking, yet a bit sad.
Ray and Wanda and Brandon and I on our 4-wheelers!!! I know I look silly... :)
Out at Saltry!
He has majorly been bitten by the fishing bug!!! :) This is a hole with many many pinks, and ONE silver! He's caught it twice now and it's broken the line both times... hmmm.... :)

The Adventure of a Lifetime!!!

We were blessed beyond measure yesterday and had the opportunity to go to Saltry creek on Kodiak!!! It is a half our ride in the truck out to the trail and then you hop on a 4 wheeler and go on a little muddy trail up and over a mountain, it's 40 miles round trip just on the 4-wheeler!!! It was amazing! We went with an amazing and inspiring couple from church. They are in their 70's! Awesome people! The beauty and adventure we experienced yesterday was AMAZING! It truly was a once in a lifetime experiece!!! Execpt that we plan on doing it again within the next couple of weeks!!! YAY!!! I guess it was rare that we didn't experience a bear up close and personal, but that's ok with me! Maybe next time! We went out to see if the silver salmon have come into the rivers yet, but they haven't.We did spot a couple though, among many, many ugly pink humpies. The masses of the silvers will start running in a couple weeks! But Brandon and I each caught one( you could see it flashing silver under the water and Brandons jumped way high!), but it broke our lines.... I know, the typical fishermans tale, but it's TRUE! :) Anyways, enjoy some of these pictures. They just did not capture the awesome beauty that surrounded us, but hopefully you can tell just a bit. It was amazing to see first hand the awesome beauty that God created here in Kodiak. ONLY God himself could have created such amazingness with just a breathe!!! He is so good!!! Well, enjoy and leave comments, please! :) There will be more to come!!! ...Oh and yes I know I look funny in that helmet. But I wasn't going to not wear one and the only thing that we had was Brandon's Coast Guard combat helmet...lol. I know, silly, but I was at least a bit safe. :) Ok, God bless you!!! And enjoy this video of us going through some deep water!!! :) FUN!!!!

Pink Salmon and Their Transformation!!!

Here are some pictures to show you how the Pink Salmon transform when they go from being in sea water to fresh water. As you probably know (or might not) salmon come here to Kodiak to lay their eggs. I believe it is many millions of salmon!!! Crazy! But they swim from the ocean up into streams around the island. The video I posted previously showed some of the masses of Pink salmon. Different types of salmon come in at different times. First the Red salmon ran the rivers, now the pinks are running the rivers, and in September the silvers will start to run. The pinks here are called trash fish and all you do is catch and release them because their meat is yucky.... BUT down in the states pink is prabably the only type of salmon you have ever tasted. We are extreamly spoiled here and only eat red or silver or king salmon. lol. Funny. So anyways, pinks are also called humpies because when they go from the ocean water to the fresh stream water their bodies completely transform!!! It is amazing!!! In the ocean they are just another beautiful looking fishy, but.... when they are in the fresh water they turn NASTY! Dr. Jackle, Mr. Hyde type of thing, lol. Sooooo....... without further delay.... here they are!!!Here is a normal pink salmon that has lived it's life thus far in the ocean. Pretty!

Just me and a fishy @ the dock!
This pink is kinda in the middle stages... you can kinda see (if you ckick on it to make it bigger) that it is starting to get a hump on it's back.... weird.

Fishing just for fun at Brandon's dock. Catching these guys are fun because they put up a good fight!

A yucky pink Humpie!!! See how even it's mouth has changed? And it's coloring and back? It is just amazing how God designed these creatures!!!