Mt. Redoubt

I never thought that I would live somewhere where a volcano would erupt. And honestly when we first moved to Alaska I didn't know there were any here. But this week has been an exciting experience! Mt. Redoubt has been erupting since Sunday night. We had ashfall warnings for the first time today. Other than that, we are not really affected. The ash is pretty bad for you to inhale and drive your car in. So just pray that we would be spared the large amounts of ash! I just wish the sky would clear up so we could actually have a view of the volcano. Just wanted to let everyone who checks up on us through this blog that we are safe and sound! Here are a couple pictures from March 23rd. One is during an eruption and the other is after the eruption.

"She's a Big Kid now!!"

Brooklyn is officially a "Big Girl" now. She has done an incredible job potty-training! No accidents for a whole week! She tells you she has to go and does well when we are not home as well. I truly can't believe how easy this was with her. I am so thankful!! But I can't believe that my baby is a big girl now!

Tea Party

Brooklyn was invited to a Princess Tea Party last weekend. She got to wear one of her 'Cinderella dresses'. She was very excited to go! Many of her little friends were there, so she had a lot of fun. When moms came to pickup kids, they put on a fashion show for us. Brooklyn was not up for participating, she had a early morning and no nap. If she wouldn't have seen me come in, she probably would have been fine. All the little girls were all dressed up with crowns, hats, jewelry and all the necessities of a princess. The did a model walk, did some poses and then sang for us. It was so cute! Miss Becky is so brave and did an awesome job, as always.

It's Time!

We decided that it was time to really start in on the potty training. Brooklyn has been showing interest for quite some time, but we weren't planning to be home much until recently. So we really started on Tuesday and we had no accidents until dinnertime last night, which was my fault since I didn't make her go before we sat down to eat. So 3 days with no accidents- YEAH!!!. She did great away from home as well. She even played in the snow yesterday and came in with dry pants. I am so proud of her! She loves wearing her panties and prefers going on the big potty like Si. I knew that she would be pretty easy to train, but I wasn't expecting this. Now it will be some time before we conquer the nighttime issue. But we're taking it step by step and she is being such a trooper and becoming such a big girl!

Retreat

A few weekends ago, our church held its annual Ladies Retreat. It is an awesome way to take a bit of a vacation without kids and with your best friends. It is an event that is very much anticipated and it always ends too soon. This years retreat was in Homer. We had a great time and can't wait until next year. This picture is the view of Kachemak Bay from our hotel room balcony.