This was my view of a sunrise out of Emily's kitchen window in Palmer, Alaska in early December. I was awestruck. It was more fantastic than any Arizona sunset I had ever seen. Joe and I were in Alaska to meet our newest granddaughter, Ainsley. Plus I hadn't seen our two other little ones there for a whole year, so we were very anxious to spend some time with them. Alaska was cold and beautiful but we were warm and toasty in their darling home and had lots of quality time together.
Emily is a perfect little mama and is totally in love with her 3rd little daughter.
I loved just holding her and getting to know her. She is a beautiful and sweet baby.
Addison is finally a Big Sister, and seems to be loving every minute of it!
Avery wants to hold her constantly and is very sweet with her.
Ainsley was blessed on Sunday and looked like a little princess in her fancy dress and the "Blessing Quilt" which was made in 1953 by my Grandma Hair and has wrapped up me and each of my children and all of my 16 grandchildren on their blessing day. It is blue satin on one side and pink on the other.
We played lots of boardgames together.
Making a gingerbread house together was lots of fun. We ate more candy than we put on the house!
One day Addie and I went to school with Avery. We spent most of the day there and had fun meeting her friends and teacher and helping out in the classroom.
Avery and her great teacher, Ms. Bishu
This is what recess looks like in Alaska. Brrrrrrrrr....coats, boots, hats, gloves and snowpants.
Jared sure is crazy about his girls....what a great Daddy.
Our four Alaskan beauties...
It sure was a fun week together!! Thanks, Palenskes!!
3 comments:
So delightful to see you in Alaska with your adorable granddaughters. They are beautiful little girls. Interestingly I have a blanket that looks just like yours-blue on one side- pink on the other. We found it when we cleaned out my Dad's house. Sadly, I don't know the story of it like you do, but I got to keep it and just love it.
I also enjoyed very much seeing your Dad's funeral program and your family. You are all precious to us and it was good to see you gathered. Parting is hard no matter the circumstances, but it's easy to let go when suffering is ended for them. I've done it both ways with my Mom and Dad. It was good when Mom left us to see her at peace and much harder with Dad when it was sudden and he still seemed too full of life to leave us. But it's never easy. Glad you had such a sweet family to buoy you up at that hard time. Love your blog. So fun to keep up on your world.
What a cute gingerbread house! I'm sure the girls loved every second you guys were there...as well as Emily! Sure wish I could go back soon!
I can't believe they even let them go out for recess! Never thought about it before! Fun trip... CUTE girls!
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