Summer, summer, summer

Woo-weee, another stretch of good weather means a noticeable lack of posting. Let's get ourselves all caught up.

Max has been honing his party tricks, here he tries out his 'look, I'm adorable face.' Bravo Max. 

Jaci came to visit and we took a trip to the Museum.

Max checked in on his plane. Note the pilot's cap, he's official now. 

I took a couple trips to Juneau to check in on the ol' building. Things are really turning out well, here's picture of the main library space, the ceiling is going to be really something. 

Max has been quite interested in current events lately, he takes time in the morning to read the paper. It's really quite impressive.  

We stopped by the Boots for a dinner party. Max and Elsa continue to get on swimmingly. Pardon the distortion in the image, phones, what are you going to do? 

I got out for a nice stretch of running. Here my mates and I sit on a mountain somewhere in the midst of Penguin ridge. The ridge in home to a number of peaks that are named after Penguin sub-species (Gentoo, Emperor, Adelie, etc.). Great weather, great company, everything went great except the dehydration.

The following day we got out for a hike out of Glen Alps. Max got some quality outdoor time in. Here he gets a hug from mom... outside.

Here are a couple candid shots. Max enjoys the grocery store much more if he gets to drive his own cart.

Here Max sits in his play room (otherwise known as our entire house). Note the calm expression and confidence in his interior design sensibilities. The room looks great Max. 

I went to Juneau again but this time it was sunny, hooray!

Max snuck out for coffee again. 

This past weekend was Jes and I's anniversary so we took the occasion to head down to Girdwood. We all got out on a hike with Max quickly finding the throwing rocks. 

...and the dirt bike course.

It's been a great 7 years with this lovely lady, here's to many more!

And finally, Max catching up on the news on a Sunday morning. 

Good times, until next time, cheers!

Time is flying by

Summer is zipping on by and we are zipping right along with it. Let's see, what's been going on...

Max is starting to experiment with coffee. It's a slow process, very slow, and the stage we are at now is the empty coffee cup. So far it's been going well.  

Our friends Chase and Isabelle visited us a while back and we took them down to Kincaid Beach. Kevin, Michelle, Elsa, and Waylon came along as well. A gorgeous day topped off with some great rock throwing. 

Max really likes being outside and he's noticing things all the time. It's a bit tough to see but here, Max has identified what appears to be an earthworm. It needed a closer inspection. 

He's also getting pretty into tight spaces. Here he has managed to squirm his way behind the chair, between the book shelf and the wall. Well done. 

And he still loves his Adirondak chair and yogurt. 

Our friend Kate and her mom visited recently. We took them to the Alaska Native Heritage Center where we met some sled dogs. Don't let the below photo fool you, Max loved the dogs. What's happening is that he sees another dog and wants that one in his lap as well. As long as the first puppy has his paw on Max, he's free to try and get more dogs to come over. 

Walking can be tiring. 

The coffee experiment continues.  

We've made a couple trips to the local awesome playground. Here, Max wonders aloud who is driving this thing. His playground buddy thought Max was driving it. 

On sunny days, there's a lot of chalk and driveway time.  

For documentation purposes, here's what our living looks like typically.

The canoeing has been good as well, here we slip down a slough off of Sand Lake. Max pointed out all the dogs, airplanes, and other items of interest. Fun fact, we saw a beaver a bit later!

Max is pretty non-stop and so is summer but every once and while, he snuggles up for a break. Great stuff. 

Until next time, cheers!

That was a whirlwind

Well then, we've had ourselves a busy couple of weeks and as a result, the blog has been neglected. So here's a smattering of activities that occurred recently. Where to begin? Where to begin?

A post-work hang-out happened at Jenna's new summer digs, the hose was turned on much to Max's amusement. He's a big fan of water. 

The animation does a good job of depicting Max's enjoyment. We drank beers in the sun so everyone had a good time. 

Our friends Wendy and Jason kids had out grown their tricycle so they passed it on to us. In addition to water, Max enjoys wearing a helmet and roamed about on his tricyle. No pedaling yet, a lot standing up and pushing, mostly backwards.

And then I went to Colorado! I stopped by Aidan's and Renia's for a quick dinner before my ultimate tournament. I got some quality time in with my nephews Seamus (pictured above) and Jack. They rule. 

The next morning I woke up, drove to the ultimate fields, and promptly injured myself. Bummer.

But the weekend was salvaged by seeing friends and family. I spent an evening with my folks which was great. 

Then fortuitously, I was able to attend Pete's birthday party!

I rode the mean streets of Denver with Timmy D!

And enjoyed several tasty beers with Matt. 

All in all, a good weekend.

I was great to return to Jes and this little guy...

...getting lost in the jungle that is our backyard.

Jes's parents and family friends, Susie and Erin, came to visit which was great. Max got more deserved attention and we enjoyed the long 4th of July weekend together. 

We got a spot of golfing in...

Some burgers and hi-fiving...

...and a 4th of July bbq with Jason, Charlie, and Hazel. 

Speaking of the Swift-Turners, they kindly let us borrow their canoe and once the weather turned towards the better, we got out to Sand Lake. 

Max did great...

...and made an attempt at becoming one with the Lake. Savvy parenting Jes.

Lots of smiles round thee parts, until next time!

It's the freakin' weekend!

Lots of posting 'round these parts, must be summer. A few housekeeping notes, I've been getting out for evening runs and it's been great. The mountains out here are close and a whole lot of fun.

The weather cooled down a bit but stayed dry this weekend so we were out and about. First stop, reading in Max's room to prep for the day.

Then to the Spenard Farmer's Market for Max to catch up on art. 

Then home again to get cleaned up.

Sunday was Father's Day, we started the day at the Anchorage Museum... 

...where Max went bananas over everything at the Imaginarium.

Lately Max has been taking a single long nap during the day. This is fantastic and I just jinxed it. 

After resting up it was off to Kincaid Beach!

There was walking, talking, and rock throwing, basically a great time. 

Until next post, cheers!