A nun from the Sound of Music just bestowed that bit of wisdom upon me.
We had to stop on the drive up for a mini photo/ukulele session.
We stayed at a hotel and the little girlies loveddd the pool.
We bought lots of things. And by we, I mean I. I bought lots of things, but all things that I’ll need whilest being on a mission in Brazil for a year and a half.
We had a yummy yumkins smoothie and such.
We partied it up at Costcoland.
We read books and hid from alligators.
We played a lot of Lemur.
And then we drove home. Ahhhh home. Sweet home.
And this darling niece of mine is the coolest of all pirates.
I love dressing her up just for kicks.
And I love playing lemur with her.
And I love playing lemur with her.
I’m sad I will be missing the next 18 months of her life.
She’s gonna be so big when I get back from Vitoria, Brazil in April 2012.
She’s gonna be so big when I get back from Vitoria, Brazil in April 2012.
I caught my
first king salmon
the other day.
Yippee skippee!
I wish I liked
to eat it. But
I’m sure after
my mission
I’ll be ecstatic
to eat good ol’
fresh Alaskan
king salmon.
to eat good ol’fresh Alaskan
king salmon.
=Pollock can grow up to 1.07 m and weigh 21 kg.
=Pollock can be found in water over 100 fathoms.
=The Alaskan pollock fishery in the the Bering Sea is the largest single species food fish fishery in the world.
=Imitation crab is usually made out of minced pollock.
=Sometimes I find pollock in the fish boxes when I clean boats.
=Pollock is what we caught when I went out with the Keintz fam. :)
17 September 2010
Happy 5 year anniversary Dad and Lee!
Wishing you more time and happiness together.
and also…. happy belated birthday to Dad!
We all got together at Holly and Jordin’s house (party central) and had a feast.
And Lee did a funny trick with Dad.
And Pops opened his sweet presents! A nice D.A.D. picture of us kiddos.
And since we decided to get most of Dad’s presents from Salvation Army this year, he had a bunch of funny random presents too, of course wrapped in newspaper. Classic Dad. :)
One of his best presents, aside from the tie dye shirt I made, was these wicked glasses I found.
“Come outside, Chels. I have something to show you.”
Stacy whips two sharpies out of her pockets.
“Let’s go draw on the chicken eggs!”
We run back to Holly and Jordin’s chickens house and see four beautiful chicken eggs.
“Hehehehehe.”
Later we fetch Natalie and Katy to go check the eggs.
Natalie says, “Heeeeeey, someone colored on the eggs.”
Natalie girl pulls out the little eggies and Stacy and I snicker snicker.
Then Natalie proceeds to play with them for a while,
until Mama informs her that we don’t play with chicken eggs.
So she plays with the neighbor girly instead.
And Katy waters plants in the greenhouse.
Another day of sunshine with my sistas and my nieces.
Woke up at 4 am to road trip to Anchorage.
Went to the temple with my parents. Wow.
Got to see the wonderful Wilsons.
Shopped for goods in the big city.
Jammed to sweet tunes the whole way home.
Chatted and chortled with the fam bam.
So wish Jakey Bob would’ve been there too.
Realized that I am leaving in two weeks.
Wondering how I will say goodbye.
I’m just not ready to leave this goodness.
Not looking forward to the day I leave.
But Brazil and the mtc are calling.
I’m sickie. It’s boring and not fun.
I’m just laying around, sleeping and staring.
Thought I’d share this little picture I took on Sunday.
Didn’t know we had such creepy spidies in AK.
Hopefully I encounter no spidies in Brazil. Not likely.
Sunday was beautiful and sunny!
Gave my farewell talk on stewardship.
I’d say it went swimmingly.
And I love love love Homer ward.
Enjoyed a smoothie party on the porch in my new dress.
Ukulele and harmonica jams were of course present.
Took pictures of a big spider and my new polar bear.
Had the best talk with my old neighbor lady.
A conversation full of loving, warm, fuzzy feelingsw.
Only cleaned one bauteau.
Beach jaunt with ukulele and Cody love.
Pictionary and sticky popcorn fiesta with favorite peeps.
That is one very good day.
Joyous trip to the ground of play with my two favorite girls and a free harmonica.
I love summertime in Homer, Alaska.
This is what my lovely summer has consisted of.
oodles of beach excursions
evening beach jaunts after boat cleaning
expeditions with Cody boy, my new best friend
lots of adventures with my darling nieces
xtratuf wearing all summa long
fun loving times with fun loving peeps
playing my ukulele all day everyday
I love jammin’ with Matilda.
lots of time spent with Penelope as well
Wowie Zowie I love this car.
many boat voyages too
some fish cleaning, but mostly boat cleaning
fish catching with my favorite crew
one very very big hailbut
more fishing
spectacular kayaking trips
four wheeling wanderings with the fam bam
a few sweet bonfires
fun art projects with nieces
a plethora of tie dye
berry picking
delectable soup and sammy feasts at Maura’s
chillin at Keintz manor with the chickens
finding flowers and making cookies
And the best part of summer is that I spend all my time with all these peeps, ma famille.
I get to play with them all day, venturing around the Homer/Kachemak Bay area, and then I go to work and scrub sweet fishing boats all evening, making sweet monies, and listening to the grand podcasts and learning so much.
I spend muchos time at the beach, I wear tie dye everyday, and I take my ukulele with me everywhere.
I love summer. Not ready for it to end.
Mission in Brazil is coming soon!
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
The sunset was so absolutely beautiful last night, especially with my new camera!
P.S. Happy Birthday Janey! :)
I love summers in Homer, Alaska. And I love playing with my darling nieces.
Building forts. Playing chicken. Speeding around in the stroller. Peeing in the woods. Eating toast. Going to the toy store. Getting baby cones. Walking to the lake. Painting nails. Water coloring. Lots of lovely fun.
I’ve had many most beautiful beach evenings lately. Me and Cody boy go down there after cleaning boats. Boat cleaning has been slow, like two boats a night. So I’ve got lots of beach time with my ukulele and dear ol’ doggy. It was so so beautifully starry one night and I saw two shooting stars and made lovely wishes! How magical.
I cleaned my sweet ride yesterday. I lovey love Penelope Q. Subaru. Holly dyed my hair dark dark brown the other day. Love it. And I’ve been sending out lots of mail lately. And went to lunch with a captain, waiting for my camera to come, working on visa paperwork and enjoying summer very muchly.
Here’s a birthday shout out to my favorite dad!
He’s pretty much one of the coolest dudes on the planet.
He’s hilarious too, always cracking me up.
And he is wicked healthy, taking such good care of the body.
He spends lots and lots of time out in beautiful nature, enjoying wonderful Alaska.
He takes me on all sorts of grand adventures.
And he teaches me all sorts of grand things.
I don’t know where I would be without this father of mine.
He makes my life so much better.
I am one lucky girl to have a dude man like him for my dad.
I have learned so muchos from him.
Hope you have the best day ever Pops!
I’ve been going through all my thousands pictures on my computer lately, reminiscing on good ol’ times, and listening to Round Table Discussions.
I’m deleting oodles of images too because I just have so many. And if a picture isn’t a framer and you never look at it, there’s really not too much point in keeping it. And I’m running out of space on my hard drive, so time to deleto.
Speaking of pictures, I just bought a new camera. I’m so excited!
Looking through all my pictures makes me miss a lot of things, a lot of times, a lot of places, and a lot of people. I especially miss this girl Carla. I sure wish she was always around to adventure and explore with me.
At least I’ve got Cody as an adventure buddy around here, but he sometimes smells and is kind of hairy. He barks on occasion too. But other than that, he’s the greatest. :)
