Reindeer

So Tater got to meet Santa's reindeer. Of course he couldn't remember which one was which, so I am not sure which one this is. But Tater had fun feeding them.

And we know that these are Santa's reindeer because his sled was on the property.

Tater better hope that Santa doesn't mind little kids sitting in his red ride.

This may be an older and retired reindeer.

But not only does Santa have reindeer, but he has Elk. . . .

. . .and moose, but didn't catch sight of any elfs.

Last Day of School

So Tater is loving his new school and making many new friends. The teachers also have lots of good things to say about him, but I don't think that suprises any of us. The last day of school consisted of a big Field Day, lots and lots of games and fun! So here are a few pictures of the fun.

And this last picture is of Tater and his teacher during their award ceremony. Even though he was there for such a short time, Tater received an award for "Excellence."

Alaska State Flower

So in seeking for an emblem

for this empire of the North,

We will choose this azure flower

that the golden days bring forth.

For we want men to remember

that Alaska came to stay,

Though she slept unknown for ages

and awakened in a day.

So although they say we're living

in the land that God forgot,

We'll recall Alaska to them

with the blue forget-me-not.

~Esther B. Darling~

Alaska's state flower is the Alpine Forget-Me-Not. It was chosen in 1949. The alpine forget-me-not is a perennial that grows 5 to 12 inches high in alpine meadows. The flowers have five connected symmetrical petals, colored sky blue, that are a quarter to a third of an inch wide. They have a white inner ring and a yellow center. The best time to see the alpine forget-me-not is midsummer, from late June to late July.

Moose on the Loose

Look Mom. . .look what is in our front yard!

It's a moose.

This curious animal was just wondering through. Stopped to munch on our grass.

We just sat there for about 5 minutes and watched as she made a loop in our yard.

And then she was on her way.

Hatcher Pass

So on Mother's Day we took a trip up the road to Hatchers Pass. It was only about a 10 mile drive, but a beautiful one at that. The ground at our cabin had been baren of snow for over a week now, but there was lots of snow to be seen at the pass.

This is the view looking out towards the valley from our sledding location.

The bad thing about going sledding. . .getting to the top.

Lets say the snow was melting fast, so each step we took we all sank to our waste and by the time we left that day we were all soaking wet.

But we sure had fun! This is Eric trying to pull Tater out of the snow.
After a hard crash it was hard work getting pulled back out of the snow.
As you can see in this picture, Tater is buried in snow, or can you see him?

This is Tater trying to help pull Eric out of the snow. . .that one was tricky.

Finally a good run. . .watch out Buford, mad snow driver comin' by.

Tater taking a look around to see how far he made it this time.

And they just flew on by, without even stopping to get me!

After we were done sledding Eric dug a snow tunnel. This is Tater peering out of the snow tunnel. Kind of hard to tell it is a snow tunnel, but that is what it is.

Our great weekend ended in celebrating not only Mother's Day, but also my birthday.

Tater decorated this cake all by himself just for the occasion.

It was very beautiful and very delicious.