Fall Fun

Fall in Alaska is beautiful! Reagan has found a new love for leaves. A new love for leaves after everyone else has raked them up into a pile :) We all have had some fun playing in the leaves, well I enjoy watching from the side. Here are a few pictures of our fun. Brian managed to stay out of all the pictures but he really did enjoy them too.

It's not letting me write between the pictures so hopefully you can figure out who's in them and what's going on :)





Randomness

Well first off, we are still alive! I take most pictures on my phone so I can't load them on here from my phone.

And well yes I'm still pregnant. Have about 4 weeks left, give or take a few days.

And Brian is still working everyday and playing basketball and working out. He actually starts being a Ref this weekend, this will keep him way busy and his city league basketball starts next week as well.

As for Reagan, she just enjoys playing around all day! She especially loves when Ming Lu(cousin) is home because they can play all day together and seem to never get bored! Reagan has also started a little preschool once a week at the church. It's a pretty big group, about 15 kids attend but they are split in 2 groups. her vocabulary has also expanded in the last few days. But her favorite word is "No", she thinks it means yes so she says it all the time. Here are a few pictures of our little princess. Enjoy!

she loves her icecream these days :)

"cool breeze"

reagan and ming lu playing

always wants to wear her goggles :)

and some sunday night twister. Brian, Ben and Peter

(ben thought he could actually get me to play, haha, i was helping reagan spin)

Fair Time

It's time for the annual Tanana Valley Fair. This year we decided to get season passes so I could take Reagan during the day. Her most favorite part of the fair is all the animals! And of course my favorite part is all the food :) Well actually we've all eaten a lot and gained some weight... Here's a few pictures that are from my phone, camera is dieing so its charging so we can go to fair tonight :)

so after icecream and.....

elephant ears and....

more icecream....

you gain a little weight :) we still love our chunky monkey :)

El Dorado Gold Mine

In Fairbanks there are 2 major tourist attractions, The Riverboat Discovery and El Dorado Gold Mine. I had never been on either of these until last year when Brian got free tickets for the Riverboat. It was fun and now I can say I've done it! On Wednesday, Reagan and I did El Dorado Gold Mine with Rebecca(Brian's sister), and her kids, Ben and Ming Lu. We had great weather and found lots of gold! We rode the train into the gold mining town and on our way we stopped in a Permafrost tunnel and they told us all about the mining operation. Reagan had a great time on the train! The highlight of the trip is always gold panning and cookies at the end. Gold panning is definitely a lot harder than it looks! Reagan and I came home with quite a bit of gold. And the cookies are made fresh and very yummy!!

waiting for train to take-off

tunnel

Reagan gold panning

train ride back to our cars(Rebecca, Ben, Ming Lu and Reagan)

yummy cookies :)

Lake

It was so sunny Saturday that we decided to take the jet-ski out. So glad we did, the warm sun felt very nice :) and it was fun to have family time at the lake.

she kept pushing me further out until she fell in

Family Nights @ the Parks

Reagan loves to be outside so most of our nights are spent at the park! See for yourself how much fun we have together :)

Pearl Creek Elementery(sp?)

Brian's work had a little get together at The Salmon Bake so we decided to go early so Reagan could play on the park for a bit. Glad his work was buying because I wouldn't have paid no $30 for what we ate. It was alright, nothing special. It has halibut, salmon, cod, dessert(which was my favorite), rolls, salad, and many types of macaroni salads. Now I can say I've been there after living so close to it my whole life.

girl loves to swing!

"choo-choo"

Playing at the Salmon Bake

Leaving Salmon Bake

Playing Catch-Up

For the longest time I was unable to upload pictures to our blog so I decided if I couldn't upload pictures then I wouldn't blog :) Well finally I am able to upload pictures so now it's time to play the Catch-Up game!

When it isn't raining or smoky, Reagan and I like to head over to Alaska Land(Pioneer Park) and play on their play ground! Reagan's favorite is probably the swings and slides! I took her on the carousel(sp?) because she seemed interested in the houses. Well that wasn't the best idea, she was scared the entire ride! And of course I enjoy all the ice cream they have available :)

ok so now I can't upload pictures again so I shall update again once I can upload pictures :(

GRR!!!!