Frickjrs: Summer Time Fun!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Summer Time Fun!

The Winter's snow is FINALLY gone from our backyard and most areas around Anchorage. There are also actual, real live leafs that are starting to sprout on the trees. I guess technically the title of this post should be "Spring Time Fun," but the seasons (except Winter, of course) are so short here that we go from winter right to summer with a brief stop at Break Up.

Anyway, I wanted to send out a few pictures of the boys enjoying the great outdoors on their swing/sled set. I tried posting a video of this scene, but I am not sure if it'll come through or not. It seems to be taking an awful long time to load. Anyway, as you can see, both boys inherited their mother's love of being outside.

Finally, I meant to post this picture with my New York posts, but I forgot. This is the Peace Garden (AKA Strawberry Fields) in Central Park. It was so nice and quiet there, even in the middle of one of the world's largest cities. There was a nice feeling there, and you can almost believe that everything in the world will turn out alright...

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