The start to this school year has been filled with goals and progress. The girls started strong in school this year. They love their teachers and have awesome friends that are in their classes this year.
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| Madi, Lexi, and Mia so excited for the first day of school! |
Lexi has made a great group of friends, Josh, Izzy, and Avery, that she hangs out with every day in and out of school. They enjoy doing parcore, hanging out and doing tricks on their bikes.
Lexi's favorite subjects in school are Science and Math. She has been busy finishing up her application to ANSEP where she will further her studies in Math, Science and Engineering at UAA through the program. Lexi loves helping out around the house too and has been learning how to cook as well.
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| Lexi writing up her essay for ANSEP |
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| Lexi cooking spaghetti |
Mia loves school and studies on her own. She likes Math, Reading, and Science. She has been reading so much that we are constantly having to get her new books. She also loves doing Math work sheets on her down time for fun. She has a great group of friends, Marina, Dylan, Alex and Alexis that she hangs out with in and out of school. She is also playing soccer this year.
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| Mia ready to practice soccer after her game. |
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| Mia cuddling with Merek while doing a Math worksheet on her own time. |
Madison is learning new concepts in Math and loving the new challenges this year is offering her. Her best friend is a girl named Mia. They hang out with a boy named Toby too. Madi loves cuddling with Merek and showing him new things. When Madi is home she loves listening to music and playing learning games on her Leap Pad. She also really loves climbing in our bouldering gym. She has gotten so strong from climbing and she loves finishing routes she really had to work hard for.
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| Madi climbing in the gym |
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Madi on the beam and getting over her fear of being upside down.
Merek is growing fast and is smart as a whip like his sisters. He loves to "chat" with his mama who in turn chats back and makes him laugh hysterically. He is almost mobile, he is trying hard to crawl, but until then he can scoot and roll over. He just started eating cereal. He loves being outside and he likes to look outside when he cant be outside. Hes constantly fascinated by the world around him and watches everything. He sometimes talks and it sounds just like the words we say to him, Nic and the girls swear that he says mama when hes upset and crying out sounds lol. |
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| Merek in his high chair ready for lunch |
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| Nap time |
Nic and Natalie finished up designing and cutting in the second section of single track biking trails at Tsalteshi, then turned their attention to the fall and winter projects.
We have been super busy with the kiddos, projects around the house, and with our new business teaching bouldering. We got our business licence and are on the rise with new students.
We have been building volumes for the climbing wall, setting routes, teaching class, picking new holds for the gym, and designing the add on to our gym that we plan on building this winter. Nic also finished building a folded horn speaker which sounds amazing!
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| Our business licence :) |
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| Nic cutting trail |
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| Natalie and Merek mclouding the trail after Nic cuts it |
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| Natalie and Merek at the trails, taking a break from moving all the fresh cut and polishing |
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| Nic fixing some corners on the trail |
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| Nic and his folded horn speaker |
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| the inside of the speaker |
With Merek sleeping through the night more Nat has has been able to enjoy a few days of being able to do her hair which to those mamas out there know that even small moments such as that are a real refresher sometimes for all the hard work!
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| Natalie after she was able to get a moment of free time to do her hair |
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| Natalie teaching class |
We also painted some ascent walls in our home making it look fantastic. The girls also got their own rooms this fall so all the kids have their own rooms and the girls have their own bathroom.
When we are not busy with kids, business and projects we go downstairs into the climbing gym and train. We enjoy setting challenges for one another and training hard together. Merek loves watching us climb too.
We are constantly looking up and finding deals on ebay for ice climbing, running shoes for next year, and climbing gear/outwear. We also like looking up places to ice climb and adventures we can take in the near future.
Aside from that we love watching movies and relaxing with the kids and having our family dinners where we can share and discuss all our days events and plans as a family. The life we have made down here is seriously awesome and our little family looks forward to another great year of progress and accomplishments!
