Susan - First Snow

We had our first snow of the year on October 5th, David's birthday.  It stayed for a day and then melted.  A couple days later it snowed again and the ground has been white ever since.  

The kids had fun making snowmen in the wet sticky snow.

Susan - Loving Sarah

Here are a few photos of Grandma and the kids cuddling Sarah.

Grandma Effie got lots of time to hold Sarah while she was visiting.

Abigail is teaching Sarah to wash dishes at a very young age.  She's wearing the wrap she made for Sarah.  It's very comfortable! 

The boys think it's cool that Daddy is changing a diaper!

Quentin loves to hold his baby sister.

Anna and Sarah

Joshua and Sarah

Caleb and Sarah

David and Sarah

Benajmin and Sarah

Katherine and her little boy Julian with Sarah

Susan - Birthdays

Within our fellowship of believers and the next door neighbors we had six birthdays between Sept 4th and Oct. 5th.

Anthony turned 9 on Sept 4th.

David Martin turned 17 on Sept 5th.

Skye turned 13 on Sept 9th.

Susan turned 45 on Sept 10th.

Gilana Martin turned 3 on Oct 1st.

and David turned 4 on Oct 5th.

Susan - Berry Picking

We flew home with our favorite Pilot and were amazed again at how gorgeous the trip home is... 

We normally have quite a few extra kids hanging around the house so Paul took everyone target shooting and berry picking so Sarah and I could rest. 

Susan - Abigail's Birthday & Driver's Permit

Abigail turned 14 on the 10th of August.  We had cake for breakfast before we went to church so my Mom and Dad could leave with four of the kids on their trip to Fairbanks.

Her favorite gift (besides the socks) was her ipod complete with docking station. (That's so the kids don't walk around with cords hanging out of their ears.)  It's the family's first ipod and after the first month Abigail has got to share because we don't plan on buying every kid one.

In Alaska you can get your driver's permit once you turn 14 and take a written test.  When you turn 16 you can take the driving test and get your license.

Abigail turned 14 on Sunday and took her written test on Monday.  She got to take her first drive later that afternoon (when Paul got back from flying).  Caleb got to go along for moral support.

The rest of us followed behind in the motor home taking pictures.  The sidekick is a stick shift and she didn't stall it once.  (On her first drive, we won't talk about the rest of the month in Anchorage...  Actually she did great.  She's been practising for some time in Nondalton where it is unregulated.)