Catching up

I'm finally getting the blog all caught up! I can't believe how long it's been! So much has happened that I don't know where to start! In order to stay sane, I've skipped A LOT and just put the pictures we've recently taken on the blog. Long story short, we had our 4th baby (Ella) last June in San Antonio. A week later, we had to pack up our house and move to Anchorage Alaska where Ron started working as an internal medicine doctor. Talk about your polar opposites! I had some serious culture shock once we got here (not to mention I was still recovering from having a baby)! Luckily we were able to stop off in California and visit with family for awhile on our way to Alaska. Ella was 6 weeks old when we got here. It has been a rough 6 months but we're finally settling in and getting used to Alaska as well as having a new member of the family. We're all enjoying the snow, but it gets a little too cold for my liking. Makenna is doing very well in school and LOVES ice skating lessons! Kyla enjoys preschool, dance class, and playing with her friends. Wyatt is growing so fast! He loves to find hangers from the closet and pretend that he's captain hook. He's really good at baseball and basketball (which makes Ron sooooo excited). Ella is such a great baby, we all enjoy her! She is now 7 months old. She sits up, claps, dances, says mama, baba, (and a bunch of other noises), loves carrots, jumping in her bouncy seat, and is working on getting her 4th tooth. She loves her family! She gets so excited to see each one of us when she wakes up. She is simply a joy! Ron is enjoying work and has been playing church basketball. He does a great job keeping up with the kids and all their energy! They love to play in the snow while he shovels the driveway. My time is spent hanging out with the kids, getting them to and from school and lessons, keeping up the house, and going to the gym or playing basketball with the ladies at church.

I found moose tracks in my driveway after taking Makenna to school the other morning!!

Yea, the sun has reached our neighborhood! Woohoo!! It hasn't hit our house yet, but it's in our neighborhood for about half an hour on a good day now! Usually we can only see the sun if we drive to certain parts of town. It's starting to get light around 9am instead of 10am and it's getting dark around 5pm instead of 3:30 or 4!!! So exciting!
Makenna received an award at school for her "exceptional writing". Great job Makenna! Cute scarf belt (it's interesting to see what kids do once they get to school)!

Kyla wanted Ella to dress up with her. What cute little ladies!

Makenna was so proud of herself for building this train track exactly the way it was shown on the box. After the picture, she said that she used her hands to say "I made this". Funny lady!
Kyla all dressed up after going to a tea party birthday party. She was so excited about her pretty nails!

We took the kids sledding/tubing the other day. I hung out with Wyatt and Ella on the little sledding hill while Ron took the girls on the tubes. Ron switched with me and I got in on the tubing action toward the end of our visit! Ella did such a good job all bundled up in the ergo! She even fell asleep for awhile! I was so surprised that Wyatt slid down the little sledding hill since he wouldn't even sled down the tiny hill beside our house!


Kyla performing in her "rock star" show.

A photo opp during our game of uno before bed. The girls love putting their towels on their heads "just like Nanna".
The girls love playing with Ella. What good big sisters!
Kyla took this picture!


This is how I found Wyatt during his nap. I guess all that hard work putting every single book he owns in his bed tired him out!
Wyatt and Kyla love the train set that Wyatt got for Christmas!