Zion's Animal Impressions

Here are just some of Zion's animal sounds! :) He is a Pro animal impressionist. :) He knows so many that Brandon and I have a hard time remembering what to ask him! lol. ENJOY!

Pillar Mountain Beauty

We live right next to that runway you can see back there! :)

Here are just a couple of pics of our Autumn adventure up Pillar this week! :) So gorgeous!!!

Zion's First Haircut!

The deed is done... I have cut the mane. He was being mistaken for a girl. It was time. :( My baby is a big boy. How is it that simply chopping off some hair could make such a huge difference??? He thinks he has officially made the transition from baby to quite a dapper little boy. Oh how I love him!!! :) He has battled a cold the last couple days, but we are on the mend and are more just dealing with a cough. :( Poor guy. But he is tough and remained his happy self most of the time. And he was just perfect while I cut his hair! Brandon took pictures and video and I just went to town on his head! (I am TERRIBLE at actually cutting hair, I've gotten acclimated to just using the buzzers on Brandon's military head with no risk of really messing up!) :) But I am actually satisfied with how it turned out! He is a true cutie patootie!!! I only had one mini melt down in the middle!!! :) At first I just cut the sides and top and was going to try to leave some of his adorable curls on the back, but alas... he looked like a trucker with a hard core mullet! Brandon was about to just grab the scissors and start whacking off curls so I had to get done with my sentimental moment and cut them off. But it turned out fantastic (it still curls, just not the big ringlets in the back) and we think he is cuter than ever! :) He just doesn't look like a baby anymore. :( I guess he is 15 months old! When did that happen??? Well, he's wanted to move on to another activity! :) I'll update with some cute videos soon!

And Happy Birthday to MeeMaw Karla! Hope she is having a fantastic day! xoxoxoxox

Camping with the Girls

We had the opportunity to take the girls camping at a private Coast Guard beach for one of the last nights that they were here. It Was AWESOME! Brandon and I and my brothers had camped out there with a group of friends the first summer we were here in Kodiak, but this was the first time we've had Holiday beach all to ourselves. It was an amazing experience to have a private Kodiak beach all to ourselves. After getting to camp late after church we ate a lovely meal of hot dogs and beans cooked over the fire. They were the best hot dogs EVER! :)Why is it that camp food tastes SO good??? The 4.5 of us were crammed into a little Scamp trailer that Brandon rents out at the boathouse and before we went to bed Brandon said a special prayer that Britny wouldn't fall out of her top bunk 'bed' that was a full foot and a half wide. :) We fell asleep to the crashing of waves and woke up to an amazing and serene sunrise. It was such a blessing!!!! We loved our time with the girls and will treasure these memories forever!

Crazy Hair!!!

After his bath last night Zion's hair went crazy! :) He has his Daddy's hair! Yay! I just thought I'd share with you a little bit of the madness! lol. Enjoy!
PLEASE DISREGARD THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! I APOLOGIZE!
What a doll!!!

Family Moments

Best friends! :)
No words are needed... :)
This little dude loves studying things! :)
Mommy and the Little Mr. (Oh how he makes my heart melt!)
Our super duper blessed little family in the back yard.
He LOVES running on the beach! (How is this going to work in AZ? ... hmm.)

Awesome Auntie Adventures

We had an incredible visit with the Aunties! (Also known as Bryana & Britny) lol. It was an awesome Alaskan adventure and our month together went by quite quickly! We had many occasions to celebrate including: my 24th birthday, the Coast Guards birthday, Brandon's 24th birthday, new Pastors arriving at our church, Britny starting the 8th grade, Zion turned 14 months old (!), I started my college courses for the semester, my swim lesson business becoming HUGE, I started selling NORWEX cleaning and personal products, and many other things I am sure I am forgetting! :) Overall, it was an action packed month!!! We saw 2 bears, lots of jellyfish, sea anemones, sea urchins, an octopus (that was in the local touch tank aquarium) :), buffalo, bald eagles, puffins, halibut, lots of salmon, and many other wild things... including Zion's hair in the morning. :) Zion happily awoke every day to get bounced on Auntie Brit's air mattress and just spoiled with attention. He loves being the apple of everyone's eye and will actually put on an adorable little show and dance to keep the focus on him. lol. He is just as sweet as sweet can be though and I love to just sit back and watch him sitting in a pile of books happily flipping through the pages. Anyways... we also painted seashells, baked lots of yummy treats, found lots of sea-glass on Jewel Beach, played lots of racquetball, AND made salmonberry jelly! (Which turned out FANTASTIC!) Yup yup. We had an awesome time and utilized every moment! They left Kodiak with many wonderful memories, some sore muscles, a few new skills, and suitcase full of fish!!! Thanks for making the trek up here girls! We love and miss you! xoxo