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

3 minutes of a dog, rolling over, and talking to a bunny

Smile and Stick Your Tongue Out

This guy is the smartest

O my Gosh, we turned into "those" parents (Front Yard Photo Shoot)

       Before Brittany and I had our lil Chi-town, we would see parents post pictures obsessively and in large quantities.  Britt and I said we would never be those parents.  Everyone knows a couple like this, who posts like a hundred pics of their baby, and only like 7 are worth looking at.  Well, where we aren't as bad as posting 100 crappy pictures, I am about to post a lot, but keep in mind that I filtered through 145 pics to get these 13 pictures.  I hope you enjoy.  O, and a shout out to Aunt Emily for sending us some cute cubs stuff.  We love you.

 I love my mom

 My mom is the best

 Insert caption

 I am a looker

 Look at my sweater

mmmmmmmmm 

 Big eyebrows

 My Papa kisses me

 We just hang together

 Papa's whiskers are funny on my lips

 I love my Papa

 Thanks for my sock Adeline, Brooke and Mike

Construction Part 3, Fishing, Three Generations, and Baby Bonanza

        Britt, Chicago, November and I are finally back at home enjoying our remodeled rooms.  Dad came up all the way from Honduras to help out with the construction (not really, but thats what we did).  Having him up here was good.  As of now we are trying to adjust to living at home again.  Be praying for us as we are at a crossroads, and we are waiting on God to show us which direction to head.  I had an exciting Thursday, were I went to Seward (a city southeast of Anchorage) and we fished for Salmon which are beginning to run (that means swim up the river and spawn and then die...bad for them, yummy for us) up our beautiful rivers.  Here are the pics:

Sleeping on the Opa

Three generations of Mallasch boys 

Our bedroom with paint almost done 

Trim top cap detail on flat wall

Floor in Chicago's room 

Josiah with his monster catch on Thursday (Josiah is one of our Jr. High students) 

The one the only Don Curry with his 6 limit of Reds (Don is Josiah's Dad)

Big Daddy with his 4 sockeyes, man the reds were hot in Seward! 

Reading with Papa (notice I trimmed?) 

 The family hanging out in front of Sleeping Lady