More from spring 2011

Here's some new pictures:

Ben's Birthday!

Hello all!

We just finished celebrating Ben's birthday at a public use cabin at Dolly Varden Lake. We had a great time with friends and are settling back at home for the end of the winter. On a side note, if you've been following our Picasa albums (where we get the slideshows from), Ben's Picasa account (http://picasaweb.google.com/Benjamin.J.Stanton) is now full, so we'll be using Debbie's account (https://picasaweb.google.com/debstanton1) for new pictures.

Here is a slideshow of Ben's birthday pictures:


And a link to some videos from the cabin:
https://picasaweb.google.com/debstanton1/Winter201011Videos?feat=directlink

Halloween 2010!

It was a freezing, windy Halloween but we managed to build up a stockpile of candy and are keeping warm with the extra layers of fat :)
Sam = sock monkey (costume made with real socks!)
Debbie = flower
Ben = well... you guess [hint, it's political]

Fall in Alaska

Yes, it's Fall again, and not just because Sam is trying to learn to walk :) Here are a few nice pictures of the little man:

Summer 2010

Well, it's almost the end of the summer and we've been having so much fun that we've forgotten to post our pictures and stories. We'll start off with a slideshow of pictures from when Ben's parents (Lon and Kay) came to visit us in late June - early July. The first 3 pictures are actually from Lon visiting Ben's grandmother and great aunt Vincil in Carthage, MO, but we wanted to leave them in here. So here they are:


The next set we just called "outdoors". It includes pictures of Ben working in the yard, Debbie's raft trip down the Kenai River, and some salmon dipnetting on the beach:


We also spent some time inside during the summer, as is documented by our "home life" pictures. They mostly consist of us playing with Sammy, but a few also include some special visitors we had in late June:


We took a few pictures on Sam's actual 1st birthday, and those are here for your perusal:


Finally, we have some pictures from the end of the summer, just taken this last month. They include some at-home pictures of Sam, some pictures of Sam taken in Arizona, and some of Ben with his family in Topeka, Kansas:


Hope you enjoyed this tour through our summer! We're still making the most of it before the snow hits.
* The Stantons *

Spring 2010

Here is a good collection of pictures from this Spring, including Sammy's first ride on a swingset. So ready for summer!!!

View and download the pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Benjamin.J.Stanton

Master of the Universe

Here are some pictures of Ben with this Master of Humanities diploma from Tiffin University!!!:


And some pics of the family in February (warning: those offended by baby bottoms should not view this slideshow):


Can't believe how quickly the time has flown! February is over and Sammy is almost eight months old. He has his first two teeth and is starting to figure out self-propulsion through any means necessary. We're finally having fun outside of the house, as demonstrated by this weekend's list of events including a community dialogue roundtable, bbq/jam session, and birthday party. Looking forward to many fun events as the weather turns spring-like :)

All the pictures on our blog can also be found (and downloaded) here.