Gone Fishing

When we went to the Mat-Su Sports Show back in March Ed signed up to take a halibut fishing charter. We wanted to get some fish in the freezer. Here he is on the morning of the trip.

On the boat heading out to the fishing grounds.
Here he is with most of the fish that were caught on the boat that day. You are only able to catch two when you're out on a charter. Both of Ed's were around 25 pounds (good eating size) and we got about 15 pounds of fish in the freezer now. It's so yummy!

NCOA

Yesterday Ed graduated from the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy and that night there was a dinner and ceremony for all the graduates. This is a picture of Ed and I before the ceremony. We had a great time but I know Ed is glad for the academy to be over.

Easter 2010

Katie was so excited to dye Easter eggs this year. She reminded me every day for a week that we were going to color the eggs on Saturday night after dinner. She was so cute!

I remember when I was a kid I would let the egg sit in the dye for a long time to see how dark I could get the color on it. Let's just say our kids are not as patient. They dip it in for a couple seconds and then call it good and reach for the next egg. I think we were done in under 10 minutes.
And then we have Logan. Always doing what he can for a laugh.
Katie presenting me with all the eggs in all the different colors.
I don't have any good pictures of the boys on Easter morning. They kind of found their "goodies" and then took off. This is Katie posing with her chocolate bunny. I don't know if you can see what she is using for a basket but late Saturday night we realized we didn't know where all of the kids' Easter baskets were. So Katie ended up with an old ice cream bucket. She didn't care though she was just happy to see what the Easter Bunny brought her.

Katie and the Unicorn

Today we went to the Mat-Su Valley Outdoorsman Show. After walking around and looking at all the booths Katie wanted to get her face painted and get a balloon from the clown. She chose the unicorn design. The reason she doesn't look very happy was because she wanted to get a balloon but we pulled her away to eat lunch first. She did finally get her balloon.

Pinewood Derby 2010

Today was Logan's Pinewood Derby. Here he is with Daddy getting ready for the race to start.

Logan is showing off his cool car. His car didn't place in any of the races but he did win "Best of Show". Congratulations, Logan!
This cool new track was donated to our pack by the good people at BP. This is Pack 338 after the derby was over. I think all the boys and families had a great time.

The Fancy Dinner

When I was trying on the dress I bought for the formal dinner that Ed and I will be having on our cruise this summer Katie told me she knew what dress she was going to wear to the "fancy dinner". We had to tell her that it was only going to be mommy and daddy and she got really sad. She got this beautiful dress for Christmas and she really wanted to wear it to a fancy dinner. Ed decided he would take her out to a fancy dinner so she could wear her dress. Here they are getting ready to go on their "date". (She waited to wear this dress for her dinner)

Bowling

This year for spring break we really didn't do much of anything. The weather was so bad that we stayed home much of the time. We did decide to go bowling one day. Logan wanted to go ice skating but ice skates and I do not get along real well.

Logan is happy to be out of the house and doing something fun. Katie really did have a lot to dance for. She beat us all on the first game. We won't tell her that the bumpers really helped.
YIPPEE! We are almost done and everyone is still smiling. I consider that a huge accomplishment. Ed was working that day so he didn't get a chance to join us. We missed you, Daddy!