Mother Nature Responds

Reahna passed her driving test today with flying colors. She is now a licensed driver. Right after we got home from the DMV at 10:20 this morning we had a nice little earthquake that shook the house pretty good. I guess you could say this milestone in Reahna's life has caused the earth to tremble : )

Watchful Eye

Yesterday morning was beautiful. I was outside working on the fence and it was so peaceful. You couldn't hear anything except the river. There was just a slight breeze and I happened to look up and sitting there watching me was one of the eagles that lives nearby. I guess he was enjoying the quiet Alaskan morning too.

A New Look

A few weeks ago we picked up some wood fencing that was being replaced. We figured if we couldn't use the wood we could burn it this winter in the wood stove. This is the before picture of a shed that was here. Well we needed a place to put tools since someone around here is always working on a car. So I thought this thing might have possibilities. This is the before picture of the outside. The inside was too awful to even take a picture of it.


I used some of the fencing as siding. It kinda looks like an old miners shack so I guess it fits here in Alaska.


I'm still working on the inside. Dad said if he had known what I could do with power tools he would have given me some .

A Little Gnome Repair

The other day when we were in Anchorage we found some Gnomes that wanted to come back home with us. But they didn't stay too long at our house, except for one. He had been in some kind of mishap and was missing the top of his cap. I'm glad I could help him out. Now he wants to stay forever (:I wonder if he could be a long lost son :)

Fun Friday

Today we decided we needed to get away and relax. So, we stopped at Subway for a couple of sandwiches, packed some chips and drinks and went to Crow Creek. I took pictures and just enjoyed the beautiful day and husband panned for gold. It was great. Just the right temperature no wind and hardly any mosquitoes.

Glad I Was Listening

When you are in school you sometimes wonder if you will ever use some of the stuff you learn. Well......I finally got to put to use that square root thing. Believe it or not there is a lot of math in building a set of steps and knowing how to find the square root of a number is just one of the steps.

A Step Up

This past week-end the back steps decided they wanted to take a break, literally!

So on Monday Amanda and I decided we would build some new ones.

Then today I finished the hand rail. They may not be perfect, but they're very sturdy and level.
And we got them done. Now on to the next project. Not quite sure what that is yet but I am loving these tools so I know there will be one.