Chicago being Dedicated at Baxter Road Bible Church

      Here is my wife and I dedicating our son in front of the Body of Christ.  Lord, our prayer is that our son loves You, and loves people.

Sean, Rachel, and Penner come to Alaska

       Our close friends the Durbin Family came to Alaska to visit us and to see the great state of Alaska.  It was a good time for both of our families.  It was good to see our kids interact, and we learned, encouraged, and challenged each other.  We had an awesome time, and here are a bunch of pics from our travels around the 49th State.

 Penner made the cover oF ALASKA'S SINGLE MEN

 The two gangbangers

 Praise you God for our Family!

 Me and my boy

 Super Babe

 We were rearing to go!

 Penner is already reading and writing

 monster paw

The Durbin Crew 

 Penner conquers man's best friend (good girl November)

 Penner is obsessed with Elmo on my computer

 Penner really liked kissing Chicago

 Elmo role-around

 Coffee from Holiday for early fishing day

Silver Salmon caught on the Kenai River in Soldotna, ak 

 The two fishermen in Homer, Ak hungry for some silvers

 Sean caught a monster with his Salmon roe

 Our two silvers caught in Homer

 The tide coming in

 Are you Elmo?

 Sean traversing a mountain

 Girdwood, AK

 Rachel is a momma grizzly

 Early on in our blueberry haul

 Wild Alaskan Blueberries

 Blueberry picking in Girdwood, AK!

 We picked that patch dry

 Our Final haul

 Homer silver salmon being grilled up....yummy

 The boys cooking it up

 Penner looking at the crazy animals...I mean youth, youth

I think they almost fit

Saying Goodbye to Good Friends

          August 1st, our good friends/brother and sister Tim and Karys Lee, left their home Anchorage for Chicago to attend Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to get their Masters.  It is a bitter sweet thing, we are going to miss you Tim and Karys, but we love you and we are so excited for what the Lord is doing in your life!  Blessings, and we are praying for you diligently.

Karys and Chicago 

Saying bye for the last time 

One last picture in Alaska

Gaggy comes to Anchorage!

      Carol came up to Anchorage to give us a hand.  She graciously watched Chicago as Britt and I worked.  She cooked, cleaned, and took care of us.  Thanks Carol.  Here's what you are really looking for.

 Sunday getting dedicated

 I love my Gaggy

 I tired

 ""

Gaggy is the best

Uncle Lukas comes to AK for the second time

      Sorry folk, Lukas and I worked most of the time that he was here.  Not really any pictures to show except for some timber-framing that him and I worked on.

Trusses 

 Gable Truss

 View of Master Bedroom Timbers from the Bathroom

 Sky view of Master Bedroom Truss 

 View of Master Bedroom from Great Room

 Trusses tied together with perlins, a strap, and some timberlocks

I love Doug Fir

Nana and Aunti Sophia comes to visit!

         Mom and Sophia came up to visit in early July.  We did tons of stuff, and Mom was gracious enough to watch Chicago as we both had to work a ton.  She cooked some awesome Indian Food, cleaned, and took a load off of our backs.  But we definitely had some fun times. Here is what your really want anyway. 

 I'm a sailor Papa

 I love my Mommy

 Nana's a shoulder to sleep on

 I love the glacier cruise

 Death by smooches

 Gorilla nostrils (just like his Daddy)

Nana's the best  

I love hanging with Mommy

Hanging out at Exit Glacier