Out for a hike

So we were dragged out for a glorious autumn hike by Storman and Nathania, and here are the obligatory photos....!

You can just make out on this photo Mt Denali in the distance. we were hiking out in Eagle River which is closer to Denali than Anchorage, but it was still a good 250+ mils away. On clear days, especially when it's cold, you have an amazing view of Denali.


Storman and Nathania - and she's not wearing leg warmers...she got hot so unzipped the trouser part and couldn't be bothered to take them all the way off...crazy Dutch girl

Lilian did a great job of putting up being in the back pack for the 3 hours we were out walking. She got a little cold towards the end as you can see by her cute red nose!

Lilian at 10 months

I know I know...MORE pictures of Lilian? well right now she is pretty much the focus of our life seeing that she takes up most of our energy. That and we don't seem to take photos of anyone else but her. Sad, but true. Maybe I can work on photos of the other people and places in our lives!

So here are some obligatory photos of our oh-so-old 10 month old

Mummy made some bread...and she's not too sure about it, after giggling about it!

She loves her touchy feely books and I caught her looking at one all by herself!

Oreo, our lazy cat, caught on camera mid-yawn...

We had a carpet picnic and Lilian decided I needed to eat more greens so fed me lettuce!

Aah look, the family Kurth. Not the greatest protrait but all you're gonna get for now!

Lilian's new face!
Elisha came to visit for the afternoon!

Kelvin and Bec visit July/Aug 2007

So Kelvin and Bec made the treacherous journey to the North of nowhere to visit his big sister and her growing family. Needless to say we were VERY happy to have him and his wifey, especially as there was a bit more of that British accent to keep me company! We did A LOT of touristy fun stuff and here are a few piccies t o prove they actually came!

Here are K and B at Byron Glacier, just up from Portage about an hour from Anchorage...


Look! Snow in August!

Vin went clinbing up on rocks to find the base of the glacier (you can see it on the left of the picture). Bec and I sat and sunbathed at the bottom not willing to risk our necks on big sharp rocks!
Self portrait looking away from the glacier

View across Portage Lake

Not sure if you can tell but these people are actually related....

Vin, Bec and Lilian in Portage

Lilian and her Auntie Bec!

Camera phones?

So we have invested in new phones and they have camera's on board. Welcome to the 21st century family Kurth (finally). The best bit is we can text and email pictures so here are some of our latest phone snaps....all of Lilian of course, but I just can't get enough of the little monster!

Lilian at 7 months old

Although FaceBook seems to be the new thing to do, I am still faithful to my good old Blogger so here are a few recent piccies of Lilian...

More photos!

Here we are out for a bike ride at Indian...and it was actually a nice day finally!

Me and mum being goofy...
And an obligatory photo of Lilian of course!

More pictures....

Me and my precious girl!
The view across the lake near Jane's home....depsite the mosquitos Alaska really is a beautiful place that I love!
Mum's favourite place...we visit one everywhere we go...
Mum and dad the day we had Lilian dedicated. Lilian just about had had enough by the time this photo was taken!

Ma and pa posing in front of the mountains near Bird Creek
Lilian and her doting grandpa...

We went for a ride around Eklutna in the rain, and as soon as we got back to the car the sun came out....typical! Here are the girls relaxing in the boot of the car...!

Mum and dad visit

Mum and dad are here for a few weeks so be prepared for a lot of boring family photos....sorry!

Out for a walk at Lost Lake in Seward. We didn't find the lake............boom boom




This small (!) stream blocked our continuing along the trail. What with a baby on James's back and mum still recovering from pneumonia we decided to turn back...

We spent the day in Hope with Sara and Jay and went for a walk with the babies on our back!

The cousins seemed to enjoy being bounced around....

To be continued...

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo....

While Colin was up here visiting we took the opportunity to go to the zoo....so here is the photographic proof!





The gang at the zoo. Mike, Sara, Colin (me taking the picture obviously) and the two babies! Lilian was in her chariot and was watching us all through the plastic! If you see the nice red spot on Logan's forehead...no Sara hasn't been beating him again....Logan took a tumble at my house and fell into the bay window seat. Oops!


The only time I get to see a grizzly!

Here is one of the two polar bears taking a nap. Lazy thing.

This is Maggie, our one and only elephant. They are trying to decide whether to keep her here or let her go to another zoo where there are other elephants. It's gotta be lonely being so big and only havinbg little humans to play with :-(