Berit is now a walker!!!! She took her first few steps on her birthday, but really took off about 1 week later. No stopping her now! And Olin is potty trained! After weeks and months of effort on his mother's part, he had refused. I gave up and then he decided he was ready. What a big boy. He also is an excellent bike rider. He calls it his Big Blue Motorcycle Without and Engine. He is a funny boy.

Berit is one! She had a great time at her party and really enjoyed the cake!

These are all from Seward. The bottom one is Mimi at about 1130pm at our campsite, then it's Berber on our little dinner cruise out to the fjords. The picture of Nate and the girls is at Exit Glacier. To get there, we hiked about 1.5 miles and there are signs along the way showing where the glacier used to be. It is hardly a glacier now. In fact, we didn't see any glaciers that extended to the ocean. They all used to. The top is Berit and I on the way down from the hike.

The bottom picture is an aerial view that Addi took of the homestead while she was on her UltraLite ride. The next two are from the homestead also and this one at the top is from our campsite in Seward.

We have had a wonderful summer. Alot has happened and the kids are getting so big. These pictures are from Alaska. We flew into Anchorage and rented an RV. We planned the trip because we had a family reunion outside of anchorage. We stayed 2 weeks and saw Denali, The Carpentier Homestead, Homer, and Seward. It was gorgeous and it really does stay light almost all night. These pictures were taken on our drive to Denali and on the bus tour in the park.

Pensive Olin makes a reappearance with his new big boy haircut and his shirt expressing his feelings about the female persuasion. ( his shirt says "I love chicks)

(below)It is really, really hard to get a picture of 2 kids under 3. I need more light and a faster shutter.

Addi is trimming the spinnaker on the first place sport boat in the Seattle NOODS.
Berit was born knowing how to have fun at bonfire parties.

Berit is a champion tongue roller. Xander can still roll his, so can Auntie J. Can Uncle Jon roll his tongue?..?
Look at this, almost last picture with Olin and his long locks.

Happy 14th birthday Addi Paddi pudding pie!
Had to do quite a bit of work to get ready for the party. Shhhh. Don't tell all of those crazy people that don't think kids need to work for their food!

Updates this month: Berit is eating! Olin loves the phone and toothbrush parties. We were very happy to have some warm weather last week and to get out in the snow!

We had a great holiday season. Berit is growing up so fast. At times, I'm kind of sad that she is my last baby. She is at a super cute age. At least I think so: )