Thursday, May 20, 2010

Mayfest 2010

This last weekend Payton, Madelyn and I hopped on the fast ferry and headed to Petersburg for Mayfest- Petersburgs annual Norwegian heritage celebration. There's always lots of activities, great food and of course...Vikings!


Payton with Jodi the Valkyrie

Madelyn sporting a Valkyrie hat (snuggled in the Snuggli baby carrier my mom got when Amber was born 32 years ago *sorry to rat you out in age Amber!*)

Those crazy vikings hitching a ride during the parade.

The viking mother-ship "Valhalla"


I lied about Payton's age (saying he was 3) and entered him into the Dolly Derby. I won $100 when I was 6 fishing in this same derby! Baba did most of the fishing since Payton had the attention span of a gnat.

Finally, our patience paid off and Payton got to reel in a small scrapfish. He was really excited about his "big catch"

Feeling guilty about lying, we decided to release the fish w/out weighing him. Payton was a good sport about this.

Then we headed home. It was POURING out. Lucky Payton got a dry seat in the stroller. (notice his pole taking up half the dock!)

Add in some quality time with Baba and Nana.

And some new toys...

And you have a GREAT weekend! Next time we hope to bring Erik with us. He was stuck in Juneau working.

Friday, May 7, 2010

What we've been up to!

Playing dress up. Madelyn's not too sure about the hat!

Enjoying morning snuggles.

Trying to catch smiles on camera.

Baking a cake for Grammie's birthday.

Welcoming "Bishop", Mason's new puppy!