But Baby Its Cold Outside

I feel like I am back in Wasilla. One of the reasons I love Sandpoint so much is because it is a "milder Alaska". Its being in Alaska, without having to be all the way up in Alaska. We have beautiful mountains and lakes; rain in the summer and snow in the winter. We have everything AK has to offer (beside the PFD, of course) but its not so cold that you cannot stand yourself. No, not here; not in Sandpoint. Haha. Jon, Ja'el and I all went up to Schweitzer for the weekend. We had this amazing suite and had grand plans of X country skiing, snowshoeing, and maybe alittle tubbing. I think we spent a total of 10 minutes outside. With the temps around -15 and then about 40 mph winds to boot, it was freaking cold!! We went ahead and bundled little Munchie up Christmas Story style

and enjoyed all of 10 min before our faces were blistered by the winds and then went and gawked at new skies. Ja'el found some she wanted and tried to steal them.

I love being a Dad

So last night was awesome. I had to work a bit late but we all sat in the living room and Jael dumped all her toys on top of me and then we all played with her toys. She's learning to put things in the shaped holes for them. It's a amazing thing to watch the synapses firing and connecting in her brain and to watch learning happen right in front of me. That's all.. I love being a Dad.

How to deal with a messy eater

This was Ja`el's ideal way of getting clean after a meal.

Frankly, I like Jon's idea better.

PS go to http://www.jaxcreations.blogspot.com/ to see some pics from a recent photo shoot we had!