State Fair - Here we Come!

We decided to hit the fair today since it was a nice day out. Boy, am I glad that we did - it was gorgeous all day. The second the gates opened we were in, and so was thousands of other people.

We let Rachel ride 3 rides and she wasn't too thrilled being by herself on the first one - she came around later in the ride though.

We stayed for about 4 hours - but we had a ball and I hope the you guys enjoy the pictures.

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Daddy Time 2!

Karen had to work today, and it was quite the eventful day, so I got the joy of watching my two little angels (no sarcasm in that - I'm serious). We started off the day by watching a movie and cleaning the house (it needed it bad). Then we decided that we were tired....and we should ALL take a nap. I thought it was a genius idea and so we all climbed into my bed and went to sleep for an hour or so. Then we got up and went to Palmer to see mommy and to see the train. We played on the NON-USED tracks and under the trees for a while until we decided to head to the store.

Then we went home and there was this awesome sunset so we took a shot of it from the road - hope you guys like it.

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Greg

Jeff & Heidi's

I know, I know - I haven't had a blog post in a while. Well, things are pretty busy up here in the AK, so the blog posts kinda had to wait. Ah well, on with the blogging, or the posting.

I was invited over to my brothers for dinner and it just so happened that I was free for the evening. I was able to get Rachel and Matthew to clear their schedules as well and join me and their cousins for the evening.

We had a great time, of course, the kids jumped on the trampoline and the adults played bad mitten - so we were all playing Olympic sports. If you look at the pics, I think that Bry and Blake could go to the Olympics and be pro tramoliners. Hmmm.... that's a funny thought.

Here are the results of the bad mitten throw down:

Brad and Greg vs Jeff: Jeff Wins
Brad and Jeff vs Greg: Greg Wins
Jeff and Greg vs Brad: Greg & Jeff Win

There you have it folks, thank you for listening to ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio.com for all of your Olympic needs. Good Night.

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Greg

CROQUET!!

Well, Grandpa Dick is leaving tomorrow so the whole family got together for one last shin-dig. We had crab, and well, nothing else really matters because, well, we had crab. But, we set up the croquet set and we had a blast - we played 3 or 4 games and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Matthew and Rachel tried - but the clubs were just a little big right now - maybe next year guys. Anyways, I hope that you enjoy the album of the family enjoying the sun and the family time.

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Greg

Good Bye Grandpa Dick.

Well, the time has come to watch Grandpa Dick ride off into the sunset sunrise towards the warmer weather of Oregon. We had a great time with you Dick and I hope that even though it was rainy, that you enjoyed Alaska. Let's see here - you got to go to Fairbanks, Whittier, Seward Sea Life Center, Wasilla Transportation Museum, Anchorage Aviation Museum, Portage Wildlife Center, and of course got to have a lot of family cook outs. Sounds to me like a pretty good vacation. So I hope that you had a good vacation and that you will have a good trip. It was nice having you up here and we hope to see you soon. God Bless.


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Greg, Karen, Rachel, and Matthew

Casting Crowns Concert

Our College Group at our church went out Saturday night to the Casting Crowns concert. This was unlike any concert that I have ever been too - it was remarkable. They had the words up on the screen the whole time (which made it feel more like a worship service than a concert), and more importantly they basically had a sermon that they then used their songs for emphasis. I was very impressed with their attitudes and their desire for Jesus Christ, you knew for sure that they were there for his glory only.

If they ever come back up this way - make sure to see them - they were awesome.

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Greg

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Plant a Tree!

Hey,

We finally had some sun tonight and so we ran out side and planted 2 trees and hydrenga flower (spelling is wrong I'm sure). Anyways, we had fun and we finally have some green in the yard - and of course tons of smiles.

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Welp I love you all. Gotta get some sleep.

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Greg

Sea Life Center

Another weekend was cloudy, which this summer equals gorgeous day; so, we took the opportunity to go with the Gross family to the Seward Sea Life Center. This isn't a mere jump across the pond, it's 190 miles each way - and takes about 3 hours to travel. We left at about 10 AM and the kids were done driving at about 11 AM - they finally fell asleep at about 12 PM and we showed up at the center at 1. All of you parents out there know what happened, we had to wake our young lings up from their much needed naps. So, Rachel was crabby and Matthew was a ticking time bomb.

Now on to the center, once we got in there - Rachel was just enamored by the fish. We must of stood at that first exhibit with simple silver fish in it for about 10 - 15 minutes (kind of made me laugh to myself).

Then we moved on to the little pool that has little touchable living creatures in it. Rachel was not too keen on touching them, and since she was already cranky - I didn't make her touch them.

We then went out and met Steve - is that the Sea Lion's name - no but I have now named him Steve. Rachel loved him - she got a kick out of watching him go under the water and then come back up and then go back down (could have been there all day).

Rachel went into this cave and I instantly thought, "OH - RACHEL - PHOTO OP!" That wasn't too smart - she was not in the mood to be cooperative at all - as you can see.

We then went to the next exhibit where there are rare water birds that go crazy, and splash which of course Rachel loved.

Then we saw the Sea Lions from underneath and Matthew thought he was watching TV (we could have left him there and he would of loved it.) So, I got the worker there to let us have Matthew up close with the big Lion since he liked him so much.

Finally, we saw the birds from below - I know that that sounds boring, but there are some birds here that go swimming. The funniest part about it is Rachel's shoes had lights on them, and one certain bird - loved the lights, and kept on pecking at them. Downright hilarious.

All in all it was a good trip, and we saw some great nature along the way - as well as some great nature scenes and settings.

Love you all - and miss you all.

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Greg

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