twilight

this time, the excuse lies within a certain series of books.  if you've been like me, you've been incredibly annoyed by all the twilight-hype.  well let me stand up for the twilight series and tell you that it is TOTALLY worth reading!!!  i cannot even express how much i have enjoyed her books.  now, let me back up and say that i am in no way a previous lover of the vampire type.  werewolf either.  my cousin lindsey was the first to ask me about these books over a year ago, and i just laughed in her face.  hand over my open mouth, laughing at her.  "me?  read twilight"  ha!"  here i am, a year later, telling others "you MUST read!"  so yes.  i have completed all four books in just over two weeks, the last one i finished last night.  i am sad to think i will no longer have them in my life.  (but, i guess it's time to get back to reality, huh?)  

aside from my pointy nose in a book, june has been FULL of excitement.  papa frank came for a hunting trip with benji.  his four days were consumed by being in the woods, so sadly, there wasn't a whole lot of time for visiting.  they started early, came home for a bite and a snoozey and would be back in the woods for the evening.  i did manage to keep the bubba awake (mostly so they wouldn't wake him when they got home) but also so jackie could see two of his favorite dudes.  on the third and final day of hunting, they arrived home at 1 a.m. (yes, jack was still truckin around the house) with a beautiful 6'2" black bear.  too bad they couldn't have scored her on day 1.  this was on the last day, few hours before his flight left.  up at hatcher pass.

grandma d showed up two days later.  we definitely made the most of her week visit.  saturday, we visited with the jenkins and attended a going away bbq for them at their friend's home.  yes, the jenkins have left alaska... still trying to wrap my head around it!  bright and early on monday morning (6 am to be exact) we loaded up the bubba and cruised on down to homer.  this was the first place of residence for grandma d, back in '65.  homer has changed just a tad since then.  lots of tears, but man, a whole lot of memories.  we played on the beach, shopped like tourists and consumed halibut as if it were candy.  mmm.  the rest of the gorgeous, beautiful, sunny week, we played outside, shopping at garden nurseries and watched jackie run circles around us.