My oldest is 28

Birthday season. My baby and my oldest each had one this month. Happy birthday Jacob! I'm glad you are back with us. Ed and Larry had one last month. We combined Ed, Larry and Jacob's birthdays and had a big roast dinner for them all on Friday night. It's so much fun when they all come over. And Steve's Mom and Helen came too. Tim, you missed the german chocolate cake... I miss making it for you. :-(((( And tomorrow it's Kelly's birthday. I love having a big family, and love that it keeps getting bigger.
Now if it can get bigger with babies...... :-)))))

Steve's been working around here doing various projects. He's redoing our entry way and making me a pantry. He's building me some shelves in my closet. He is almost finished with our dresser/entertainment/room divider thing. ( this one is gorgeous!) I see a pattern here.. could I possibly have too much stuff? No, not me. I'm not a pack rat who can't get rid of anything and keeps acquiring more. Not me. And I certainly don't have too much yarn. See, not too much.
I have beautiful glass doors on the cabinet now, but I haven't taken another picture. Yet. :-)

It's been raining and cloudy, misty this week. Steve took me to take pictures last Sunday at the downtown harbor. I love how the mountains and ocean look when it's cloudy. I remember when I first came to Juneau and thought cloudy days were ugly. Now I see the beauty in them, and would miss not having them. Sunday was a great day. Lots of pictures.

Well, it's time to go to work, so I'll post this and hit the road. Hope everyone's day is fab. Here are some pics.. from the birthday party and our cloudy day drive. Enjoy. I took this picture last week while it was still sunny... Steve called me from work and said that I should go take the Don Ables picture, the fireweed looked great. He was right!


This fireweed is growing in my backyard.. so pretty. I took pictures of the ducks the pond, didn't post them here though.
I love these kids!


"no, don't make me hit her!"







What a great day.

My baby is 20

David Andrew Peterson. My youngest boy... is 20. 20! How do our kids grow up so fast? I still remember being pregnant with him, and having his brothers call him "my baby david andrew". I love thinking back on the last 20 years, the funny things, the sad things, the scary things, the wonderful ones. Life is such an adventure.
I took David, Gabe--he came for a visit--, Ryan H., Dan, Adam, and Jacob to Mi Casa for lunch on Sunday, then came home and made David a cake. No party this year, just hanging out for a bit.

Next Sunday Jacob will be 28. Again, 28! I have a 28 year old. How can that be? I don't feel old, but I guess I'm getting there. :-) Since Ed came home, and we missed his birthday, we're going to have a dinner/birthday party for Ed, Larry (they're 25) and Jacob on Friday. I don't know what I'm cooking yet, but I'm sure they'll tell me.
And next month......Karla is marrying her David. I am so excited. :-))))
What a summer this has been.... sun. Hot days. wonderful flowers. tomatoes, lettuce and peppers. birthdays. and a wedding. wow.
Oh, and of course there was yarn. :-)) Didn't think I would miss talking about yarn, did you? Here are a few pictures from this past week.




Felix at church.. He is so cute! Every time I see him, he makes me smile.

my july 4th in pictures

I took over a hundred pictures yesterday, here is a sampling. I'll leave most of my flower shots for another day. Hope you all had a great 4th of July.




If you look closely, you'll see I was really there. This is how people usually see me. :-))

















This is Steve's old truck, the one we moved all my stuff to Juneau in. It's good to see it being loved and used again.