Life In the great North

Yes, it is true, I am up in Alaska working for a company called EMC Engineering. They contract with the state of Alaska on several jobs around the state. The one I am working on is up in Northway, Ak. there is literally nothing up here. There is an airport that was originally built during WWII as a staging point for Russia. It is used now as a customs checkpoint for planes coming in from Canada. A few years ago there was an earthquake up here that damaged the airport. They have torn up the old runway and are currently in the process of builing a new one which will be a 2 year project. My job is to take densities of each layer as they build. It is built in 4 layers. I also have to take random samples of the material they are using to make sure it will support the airplanes that will land here. I work six 12 hours shifts, which isn't too bad. I have included a picture of the view I get to look at from the office of my lab.

Birthday Cake

So I am not as together as I would like to be right now...but yes it took me 2 days to get Cameron's cake cooked and iced (took over an hour and 20 min to bake and at one point when I checked it the pan had tipped and started spilling out over the side, too hot to frost that night before I went to bed so I planned on icing it after I got off work the next day just a 7 hour shift but there was a super bad accident on the freeway coming home so a 20 min drive took over an hour then I got it iced and was ready to put the details on and low and behold I let my neighbor borrow my tips last weekend and they weren't even home, another night too tired to finish it, the next morning I was able to finish the cake)but it did happen and he loved it. On his 3 b-day I did Lightening McQueen from Cars, this year he requested him as Dinoco(in his dreams). Not my best work but it turned out good enough.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMERON!!!!

Cameron turned 5 today. I had all his presents waiting for him when he came home from school. Jeremy wanted me to take video since he was going to miss it. You don't have to watch it if you don't want to but my mom also wanted to see it. It is not quite 3 min long.



Jeremy and I went and bought the kids' birthday stuff before he left. Cameron has been dieing for a 2-wheeled scooter as he has outgrown his 3-wheeled one. Here is a video/picture of his first ride.




Here is a little video of Alexander walking outside on the rocks as Cameron scootered around. He LOVES to be outside...it was too hot to stay out long and he threw a fit going back in.

Cameron wanted to have dinner at McDonald's with my sister (and boyfriend)and Conner, then we tried to go bowling at a place called Bedrocks, but they wanted me to pay $10 per person even the kids. Holy Cow that is NUTS!!...granted that was for 2 hours of bowling and shoes but we would have been barely able to make it through 1o frames let alone 2 hours of bowling, so we let the kids play some games and pick out some prizes. Then we headed home in time for Jeremy to give us a call on the computer and Cameron opened up my sisters presents with Jeremy watching via web cam. Conner is now spending the night with him. Party all night long here!!!!

Overall a good birthday I cant believe how fast 5 years has gone by for my first baby.

First Day of School

So Cameron started Kindergarten this year. I was so excited but sad at the same time because it meant that he is growing up. Terrilyn is doing her first year of preschool 2 days a week in the mornings. Here are some pictures taken Monday Aug. 4. The one of Cameron in his class is with his buddy Gabe who was in preschool with him last year. It was sooo hot and muggy that morning and we walked to school because parking the first day is INSANE so he was a bit hot and sweaty not really sad. Jeremy took Terrilyn her first morning and she has a couple of little girlfriends in there with her so she went right in put her back pack in her cubby and said "bye dad" and waved him away. Such a big girl.

Lemon #4

Oh by the way did I mention that we are 12 weeks prego? Here are some ultra sound pictures that were taken this week. The first one is the perfect 'gummy bear" picture, the second is a profile.

Jeremy in Alaska!!! Crazy!!

Yes you all have read that clearly Jeremy is in Alaska until sometime in October when the snow hits and they can't work anymore. That leaves me all by myself and hopefully staying sane with three kids and a dog. He is in a little town called Northway on the Canada/Alaska border(see the red dot on map above). What is he doing you ask I'm not sure I really understand it myself but I will try to explain it the best I can. There was a runway built there during WWII and it has been damaged by an earthquake and age so it is being repaved. His job is to make sure that those that are laying the concrete have the correct mixture blah blah blah and that the density of the soil is right. (I think). He isn't doing the physical work of laying it just watching and testing. Hopefully he doesn't come home as a popsicle and we here will all be in one piece.

It's been FOREVER since my last post....

I know that it has been awhile since I have posted but I do have excuses. I had two classes that I needed to finish before Sept to renew my teaching certificate. I know talk about waiting until the last minute I have had 5 years to take 6 credits and I have left it down to the wire. Timing has never been good, we have either just moved, gotten prego(and was super sick), just had a baby and not to metnion the $$ it takes to take 6 credits it's not like we have had the extra moola laying around. So I told my self the only thing I could do on the computer was finish those up no playing around. Needless to say house was left to fend for itself but my kids have survived I am done and I got an A and a B. YEAHH!!!! Now maybe life will be back to normal.