Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The newest Maddrey child: It's a girl-Lyles



So cute. Susan had a home birth. I am so proud of her and Smith. I originally thought the babies name was Lylef. So for the last 24 hours I have been trying to figure out how to say the name. I was so happy to see her name is actually LYLES with an S. Very feminine and pretty. Lyles was born on February 20, just one day shy of my birthday.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy Valentines Day!

Ruby painting some flowers, soon after Moxy came along and bumped her and spilled paint all over her flowers.
Moxy sleeping like a baby, my favorite time to hold him.
The kids are so excited about their valentines day presents from the grandma's and papa.
Moxy loves his hamster, Ruby has to remind him "moxy it's just a toy."

Roller Skating in Bethel

Every Friday night the kids get to roller skate around orange cones in the local elementary gym. It is just like skate world. They have funky music playing in the back ground. Notice Moxy in the background watching. He refuses to skate and instead runs around playing, and climbing this little climbing wall.

Dressed up for the chicken dance.
Little boys helping Ruby not fall. They would take turns holding her hand. Ruby came home saying that she did not get to skate by herself very much.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Moxy is potty trained...yippy!

Moxy is finally potty trained. He gets really angry if I accidently say the word diaper. A friend tried to put a diaper on him because he refused to use their potty and he was going to play outside, and Moxy gave her a glare and said, "I don't wear diapers." Good for you Moxy.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Christmas Highlights 2010

We have a friend that makes beautiful cookies and taste good too. The kids got really excited to eat these treats.
Ruby and Moxy had a kids table for christmas. They seemed to enjoy being away from the adults at their very own dining area. Ruby eventually fell backwards in her old car seat...we stopped using it. :0
Kristy bid on this pie at a fundraiser. We think it took about two hours to pick all these blueberries used for this pie.
Ruby cozy in her pink robe.
Moxy opening up greg's presents. He would just open up presents without knowing if they belonged to him.
Not sure what greg is doing.

Greg's bottles of sparking cider exploded in the freezer after leaving them in the freezer the night before.
Ruby so proud that lady wants to lay on her lap.
Celebrating the end of the christmas holiday as princesses.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Total eclipse-Alaska time.

Fire at zero degrees on a -20 windchill night. It felt overall warm by the fire.
What are they looking at?
Total eclipse. Andrew says that this occurrence of a lunar eclipse at the winter solstice has not happened in 400 years.


Moxy trying to eat a marshmallow.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Andrew's Caribou

This is Andrew's first caribou, caught near the Kasiglak river one week ago.
They will get over 100 pounds of meat.

Kristy showing the kids about the caribou's leg.

cutting the meat off the bone. Above with an ulu.