Mykenna's Party Posse

Anna played a birthday tune.
My pretty friend Brittney and the couch monkeys Wendy, Rebecca and Mike.



Anna fell in love with Mykenna's new WebKinz.

WHOA! Veon says "Hello".

Good times, good times!

Andrew's Camping 7th Birthday Party

Here's the birthday boy now!

It took many helping hands to setup the mini condo the Milligans call a "tent".


Happy Birthday to Andrew!

The only thing to do with a delicious leftover gluten/dairy free cake. We couldn't risk attracting bears now could we?



Space-the final Frontier is a big interest to Andrew.
Yes Aunt T wrapped his July birthday gifts in Christmas paper. It was all I had in the house and I was informed that the presentation of a gift is a huge part of the gift receiving/opening process, so plastic shopping bags will no longer be used by the Sadler's to wrap gifts.

Aunt T and Uncle Jerry got him a new football and nerf compound bow that can be used indoors and by himself to practice with.

Gramma and Gramps also joined in the Sports and Space theme with baseballs and an aluminum bat. Then his mom and dad got him a bow and arrows (real), that he can use only with their supervision.

Guess who gave him the lousy T-shirt? :)

Camping+ Celebration=Good Times

Anna is ready to CAMP!
Anna Chillin' w/ Gramma until the fun begins.....
MMMM-watermelon!


Mike and Rebecca working on the annex tent...
Kimberly gives Jacob a hand and a push on his bike


The thrill of the (slight) downhill ride makes it seem worth dragging your bike uphill to experience it.


My friend Brittney joined us. She had never made a S'more before. It was her first one. Anna seemed to be a S'more pro. MMMMMMMM!!!



Mykenna gets a big hug from her Mom. Or did Kimberly get a big hug from Mykenna?? Does it matter? Hugs are awesome.
Who wore it better?

COOOOOL picture. Mike is actually a really great guy. These are not the flames of hell licking at him. :)

My First Red Salmon

Ok- so I've lived minutes from the world famous Kenai River, known for it's salmon fishing, for 8 years now. And you know what? Just this July I actually fished on it. Rebecca's new boyfriend Mike was in town and she wanted to take him fishing, so I tagged along. I generally don't like eating salmon, which is why I never fished for them. But I have a new mission for my honorary nephew Zak in NY. He only likes salmon when he has an appetite to eat. Unfortunately, the only salmon in NY is inferior Atlantic farmed salmon. So I am fishing for him. Problem is, this was the only stupid fish I caught after standing in the river for 4 hours. You catch reds by snagging them with a hook and you can only keep them if they are snagged in the mouth. I beleive this to be dumb. So now I will fish for Silver salmon next week. You actually use bait. Much more to my liking. Then I'll actually have something worth sending-hopefully.