Fall officially arrived Labor Day weekend. Evidently, that’s when it comes in Alaska. In our vast Alaskan experience, both last year and this year the the tree at the end of the road turned yellow in one weekend – Labor Day weekend. We are enjoying the foliage; it truly is a beautiful time of year.
Hannah celebrated her 22nd birthday on the 17th. Susie Bookbinder and I planned a frog-themed birthday bash for her. It was a hopping success. ”Frogs?” you ask, “Why Frogs?!?” Well, let me tell you. Last summer when Hannah was decorating the Klatt’s wedding, Suz and Hannah were floating tea lights in dishes of water. Suz said, ”These would look great with lily pads floating alongside them in the dish!” Well, that was all it took. From there they started running with the whole frog theme, and then Hannah informed us that she wanted to have a frog-themed wedding when she got married, complete with lily pads for the bride and groom, lily pad centerpieces, tadpoles swimming in the vases, etc. Needless to say we thought the birthday frog decorations would be better than wedding frog decorations. Now she’s off the hook on that one. 
The moose have been around a lot lately. This mom and baby keep coming back and spent all last Saturday hanging out in the yard. 
Our nephew, James, came to live with us last Friday. He seems like he’s enjoying Alaska – though you can’t really tell it from the picture. He’s only almost run into one moose and fallen down one mountain since he’s been here. So why wouldn’t he love it?
