Wow, it's been awile

I realize I haven't posted in a looooong time. Well, I've been crazy busy. My friends Chris and Jessica got married yesterday (not my sister Jessica), and I was in charge of all the food for their wedding. Basically, I cooked (with help) a complete meal for 350 people. It was madness, but it turned out really well. The wedding was beautiful, and the food was great, and I am really happy they're married. Wish I was off to Hawaii too, but that's a different story.

Things here are good. I am starting to really sense fall in the air. It's a bittersweet feeling, since I do really enjoy fall--the colors, and smells, and the harvest--but after fall comes winter which pretty much sucks. I suppose that's not fair, since there are good things about winter, like Christmas, and watching snow fall, plus all the cozy days inside sewing and baking. I just don't like being cold. I also don't like driving on ice. Ah well, part of the hazards of living where I live.

Our entryway is coming along, slowly but surely. I have new pictures, but I'm not sure where the camera is, so they will have to wait. Dn. John hasn't had much time lately to work on it, so he gets in a couple hours here and there. I am hoping it's done before snow flies (mid-October), but if it's not, we'll just keep plugging away until it is done!

The girls are doing great. Marina is working on her sixth tooth. She took her first steps last Saturday, and has adamantly refused to do it again since then. In the meantime, she is a lightning quick crawler! I can hardly keep up with her. Megan is also great--busy busy busy with all the little things she likes to do. We find pictures that she has drawn on scrap paper all over the place, and she is constantly "cooking" us treats in her little kitchen.

We're excited to go on a little trip this weekend--Dn. John has the state softball tournament in Fairbanks on Saturday and Sunday, so we're driving up on Friday and going to stay in our camper for the tournament, then drive home Monday. I'm really looking forward to it--we've had a busy summer, and it will be really fantastic just to have some family time. The Rogers together....oh yeah, and the whole softball team too, but I'll take what I can get!