Kid Pics #2 Fall 2012

 Chou-chou loves to play the piano MANY times each day!

 "The forgotten kid"  She's still cute though.

Always Smiling!

Kid Pics Fall 2012

New Arrival

Oh, I'm in a blog now? Whatever.

Actually, Heh heh, Cool!

Me when I was little, chillin' with mama.

Ah, summer time!

Bacchus' Last day with us.

Don't be sad, it's alright.

Me-n-Sophie

Me-n-Monkey

Auntie Claudia, Niecey 'Lizabeth, and mama and me at the beach.

Mama and Elizabeth having trouble with their shades.

Papa and me hiking in the mountains.

This is a cabin we all biked to.  We saw a family of 3 Grizzlies walking up the beach toward us,  That was exciting!

The rest of the time was pretty much boring.

We also biked the trail of blue ice this year, I loved it!

This is papa's birthday,  I let him bike me into the backcountry across snow patches and through mud.  I think he likes it or something.

Hey, see that toy there?  Maybe you could just give it a little nudge?  Come back now, y'all hear?

2012 Feb./March/April

Birgit and friends doing the "Ski for Women" in February.

Tami and Cade and Birgit skiing Portage Lake toward the glacier.

 Steve and Cindy and Birgit 7 months pregnant hiking Peralta east of Mesa.

 Told Birgit she shouldn't have eaten the whole thing–Whatcha gonna do?

 Freezing at the Grand Canyon!

 This tree was mocking me, I showed it reallll good!

 "Chocolate hills" of Petrified National Monument.

 Anchorage had a record snow year, our driveway was twice as narrow as normal!

Philippines January 2012

Hiking to the underground river near Sabang.

 Underground river we hiked to.  Boat tours run into the cave.

Where the river meets the sea.

 At the entrance you must be wary of the monkeys who love to pickpocket tourists.

 Water fall we hiked to near Port Barton.

 Boy fetching us some coconuts just above our cabaña in Port Barton.

Playing with kids on the limestone just outside their shanty homes in El Nido.

 Kicking back at breakfast in El Nido.

Snorkeling tour in El Nido.

 Cool narrow strand of sand we visited on a boat tour.

These boys were playing restaurant with all the local wild flowers.

 Birgit is seated at the table on one of the fine sand chairs they custom made waiting for her meal!

  Palapa we rented for a week on the beach with the "restaurant boys".

 This is the view out the other way.

 This cat visited us every day and every night!

Waiting at the corner store to arrange a ride to remote beach.

 We rented one of the few places available on this pristine beach where the care-taking couple made our every meal–usually fish caught that day, and always fresh fruits.