Mint Hut Hike

20 miles and 4000 ft later...I am sore:)

Great times were had by all!

Thank you to my awesome hubby and Grandma Patty for taking great care of the little ones (esp. Dave the Sickie!) so I could have a wonderful time out in the woods...I mean brush.  Love you.

Shel

Starting Hike

 

Is it lunch yet?

 

Hello Marmot!

 

7 hours later we finally reached the hut.

 

back of hut

 

front of hut

view from hut

 

next day (today)--hike up to Jewel Lake

 

View from Jewel Lake

 

Hiking with good friend and God father "uncle" Steve

 

Back to hut

 

Our decent...to the car and then home!

 

Dave's 1 year photos - from Shelley Biss

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Fwd: Dave and Marian's 1st Birthday

Al, Shelley, Anika, and David Biss

6600 Cutty Sark St.

Anchorage AK 99502

(907) 229-9437

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From: Allison Biss <shelal@gci.net>

Date: July 23, 2011 8:27:41 PM GMT-08:00

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Subject: Dave and Marian's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Dave's 1st birthday today with our friends who had a baby girl 12 hours before us, named Marian. We had a great time.  Thank you to all who came!

Shel

Before the party

 

Nice flowers

 

Hi Mom, I'm 1!

 

Grandma and Dave

 

My attempt at decorating cakes.

 

We love our juice boxes!

 

Mom, I look like a dork.

 

Birthday Babies

 

Happy Birthday Marian!

 

Dig In Dave!

 

The Fam

 

God Mommy "Auntie" Linds

 

I Love Cake!

 

Pinata: wacking the monkey.  

 

The candy Grab

 

Playing in Our Back Yard. Delightful Dave--what a Ham!

Anika attended her first Vacation Bible School this week. Lovely Mrs. Donna was her teacher. A truly wonderful and Godly woman! She was so patient with Anika, understanding that she gets overstimulated with load noises and many people. She praised Anika's strengths in reading and while acknowledging her weaknesses, did not catastrophize them into some kind of syndrome. I pray that Anika will have a teacher like Mrs. Donna when she goes to public school. You can see her preforming the songs she learned at VBS "Commencement" in this video I downloaded on Youtube. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT8NZ91VPGM

I can't believe our lovely children's boutique Junior Towne is closing tomorrow. I LOVE that store. 70% off everything meant that I got Anika dresses and shoes galore! I think she is set on clothes until she moves out. So long Junior Towne. I will miss you!

How much David eat in a day...

One cup lentil soup, 2 ice cubes spinach and tofu, 2 cups berry yogurt, 1 cup salmon chowder, 1 cup banana prune quinoa, 1 cup apricot banana apple tofu...the list goes on and on. How can one little baby put away this much food???

Alaska Zoo Field Trip

Sunday was fairly nice weather, so we decided to take a family trip to
the zoo. Needless to say that the kids were very whiny and
unwieldy. We didn't stay long, esp. since Anika's favorite
"animal" (Bees) were not on display.