christmas pictures 2009

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year from way up North! The kids are doing good, Tre just had his school party they all went sledding in our new 2 feet of snow. He has a little girlfriend named McKayla. Cali had a PJ party at school, and they got cocco and watched the polar express. Adalee is excited for christmas she is already trying to open the gifts under the tree and walked 10 steps by herself. Well we hope everyone has a great christmas we miss you all. We are very thankful to have our new home, and be able to be together. love to all and to all a good night.

Wedding photo's from 2007

Wow look at us, we sure look all dressed up. We got our pictures in the Alaska Bride Magizine
that was cool.

OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN

Adalee's first Halloween she was 7 months old and only weighing 15 lbs but we shoved her into a pumpkin anyways. She was dressed in Tre's 1st Halloween outfit. He wore it at 4 months old. She is so small she is already walking, she pushes a firetruck around walking behind it. Between aaron and I she took two steps. She is such a joy so happy. She was a mini Dorthey from the Wizard of Oz and then she also had a flower costume and is suppose to be a munchin from the land of OZ. Enjoy her fall pictures in October 2009. We all just went in and had the Swine Flu shot the kids and Aaron all qualified so they got the shot not the mist. I could only get the seasonal flu shot. Stay healthy everyone.

GRANDPA I LOVE YOU!

EDWARD PITTA was my grandpa this is a picture of him in the USA Navy. He was in World War II from 1940-45. He was aboard the Navy ship the Yorktown and survived the battle of Midway. He lived in California, he passed away on Nov 1st 2009. I want him to know how much I truely loved him, as a kid I didn't get to see him alot but when we did it was always fun. He always cried and got emotional when he expressed how much he missed you, I am happy to say he met Tre and Cali and saw a picture of Adalee. I have some fun memories of him and I will never forget him, I am so sad that I couldn't say goodbye to him in person. I love you amore amore forever and ever you'll be in my heart. One day we will all be together again, wait for me, and in the mean time take care of my little baby Leia for me. LOVE YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER ANNIKA AND HER FAMILY.........................................................

The Wizard of OZ

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY>>> We had a cold one up here in the north. 27 degrees with wind chill so it made it in the teens but the kids were troopers they trick or treated in two neighborhoods with no coats, because that would not be fun no one would see their costumes they said. My mom spent a couple weeks making Tre and Cali's costumes. They turned out awesome. Tre loved being the tin man, he always has loved the movie the Wizard of Oz too. Cali loved being Dorthey and it was cute that I found a mini me Dorthey costume for Adalee. But we also found this flower costume which is suppose to be a munchin outfit from the land of Oz. Another year getting tons of candy, and good old dad(aaron) is already steeling candy from their baskets. Well I hope everyone else had as much fun as we did. Oh my little nephew Blake was the cowardly lion too it was fun he came on Friday night with us to the kids school to go to the little trick or treat town they do every year.

I Love My Kids

Our children they mean the world to Aaron and I. We are so blessed to have healthy children. We pray everyday that they stay healthy. They are wonderful. Cali is 7 and is an great big sister she helps get me diapers and wipes. The other day I let her change heer first real baby diaper and did great. Even with Adalee moving everywhere. Tre is an awesome big brother he protects both Cali and Adalee. He hates it when Addie cries which isn't very often but he trys so to keep her happy. Adalee loves Tre where ever he is she looks for and laughs. Last our miricle baby is the best baby ever and so cute. Tre is 9 and getting too old he join his 4th grade bball team, so excited to start that. He is so small I hope he grows one day. Thank you God for my children and please lets us be together forever to enjoy each other as a family.

Our Hungry Hippo

Little Adalee growing up too fast she is 5 months and six months old in these pictures enjoying sitting in her high chair with the family at the table. She is eating oatmeal and famila for breakfast then for luch she has a jar of fruit and meat or veggie and same for dinner. She already drinks out of her sippy cup and can hold it and drink from it by herself. She trys to eat with holding the spoon, so independent for such a young girls. Mom and Dad have to fight the fingers though she will take a couple bites and then shove her two fingers or as we call them her pacifer into her mouth so then we have to pull them out and then feed her more bites. All kids are different with their eating habits including her. She loves to eat teething biscuits. What a cute little girl we love her too much.

SALMON EGG RETRIEVE

SALMON FIELD TRIP AT SPRING CREEK IN PALMER ALASKA
Tre's 4th grade class does a huge unit on Alaska this year. They start off by learning the life cycle of salmon, the types of salmon, and much more. On this cold fall morning October 6th we went to a small creek in Palmer where the salmon return to lay their eggs and die. The kids got to open a salmon and retrieve the red salmon eggs and then they got a male salmon and milt comes out of him to fertilize the eggs then the fish and game lady dumps the pitcher in the water and 3000 salmon eggs are fertilized. Then the 4th grade class from Tre's school takes them back and puts them in a giant fish tank, they have to keep the tank at a certain temp, and it get insulated with blue board to keep it dark and warm. By spring these salmon eggs will grow into baby salmon and Tre's class will release them into a river. This was a pretty cool field trip.
Here is Tre with the girl in the back is one he thinks is cute her name is Bailey.
Tre holding one of the male salmons.

The eggs are coming out of a female salmon just by cutting open its belly.
Tre's 4th Grade class his friend Michael is on the left and friend Reed on the right.

State Fair 2009 Continued

Well here are some more pictures of the state fair, The first show we went to was a logger show where to logger do races cutting wood with hand saws, chain saws, axe throwing and even where the balance on the log in the water and try to beat the other person by staying on the longest. Pretty entertaining. The next show was the pig races not the same as at the La Grande fair but somewhat the pigs are pigger and the track is bigger. The kids rode rides and then when we were walking Tre found a whole booklet of 20 tickets so we went back over and rode some more rides. We went into a reptile exhibit Tre and Cali in the pictures are petting a tortise and in the tankl swimming is a snapper turtle. They had snakes, lizards, alligators and more. It was pretty cool. Then we saw some animals the little piglets were only days old, it reminded me of my little piglet eating dinner at home on good old mom. Then we saw this billy goat and we laughed alot because it reminded Aaron and I of Justin's old goat tee. Remember how long his grew to be, well here is his twin. To end our day at the fair we got huge elephant ears and sat down and listen to some native alaskan (eskimo) dancing, and then a local family band came on stage. Little Adalee such a trooper, not one cry out of her and we were there for 8 hours.

The State Fair 09

Well we all did the last fun outting of the summer but in Alaska it actually takes place in the fall because August up here is the start of Fall. We attended the state fair. This year at the fair there was a world record set with the largest cabbage the last one this big was back in 1989 in the united kingdom someone had a cabbage 124 lbs. The cabbage weighs 125 lbs then the same farmer brought in another cabbage from his farm it weighed 127 lbs. The other world record was a rutabaga which was 82 lbs. They grow them big in Alaska. It is because this summer was so sunny and warm. The kids had fun we did rides, ate nachos, and went into a cool lizard and reptile exhibit.

Baby Adalee

Our little girl we are so happy you are in our lives we love you so much. You have been a bundle of joy from the moment we new we were expecting you. You have been a wonderful baby. Sleeping thru the nights from the first week till now. You are so into your older brother and sister everytime you see them you get so excited. In the piglet and bunnie picture you are a month old. In the my sister picture you are 3 months old and in the picture with the kids all dressed up you are almost 4 months. The last picture is at the state fair when you were 51/2 months old. You are crawling, trying to sit from a crawl, you are sitting pretty good on your own, your drink water from your first sippy cup, you have eaten rice cearl, and some foods like squash, bannanas. You are growing up way to fast you need to slow down and let me enjoy my last little baby. I love you and can't wait to enjoy all my last with you. You are the joy that puts smiles on tre cali and mom and dads faces.

My Aaron

AARON JAMES MACKAY
Well it has been since the summer of 1997 when I met this husband of mine. When I met him It was crazy he called me Annika Pitta Cornacopia, he new my name I thought that was weird. He was a cutie, so I told my friend Katie who was friends with Aaron to invite him to our softball games at the moonlight tourney. We spent time together while he was home that week. then he went back to Vegas I thought we would never see each other agin and the more I thought about him the more i wish we could hang out some more. Make a long story short he came home that Thanksgiving and I attempted to hang out and eventually we started dating. It was so fun back in those days he would come over and we would go to Justin's high school basketball games. I use to help aaron pick up little Carlene from school. I look back and aaron and I have had some great times, good times, not so good and bad times. We have now been married 9 years. I look back at pictures of aaron and I think he is so hot, I use to listen to a song it was Marriah Carrey Dreamlover, he is my Dreamlover... He and I are looking old but I think he still is hot I love him alot. As years have gone by we have argued about really dumb things. I rememebr getting married in Vegas and aaron holding me fat and prego and just feeling loved. I think Aaron and I got all wrapped up in the stresses of marriage and got to a point where we were not liking each other, some how we always made up. We have the most gorgous wonderful children thats one thing we do well have great KIDS. I havce to admit I have said some mean hateful things to aaron I think alot of times we hurt the ones we love because they are suppose to love us no matter what. But I know that if you love someone you should show it everyday it could be the last. I never grew up with that kind of love. So it has been hard for me to show how much I love. I truely believe Aronius and I were meant to meet and I think we are a good match. I owe alot to Aaron, The year of 2007 I graduated and he moved to alaska, he spent two years living like a pioneer building us a house. In the past two years I have realized how much aaron must love me. The moment I truely felt so much love was when we lost our little baby Leia. I din't think I was going to make it thru the ordeal. My body was numb and the tears flowed and every night Aaron would try to help me make sense of it and when nothing would make sense he would just hug me and wipe my tears away. I love him so much and I dodn't know what I can do for him to show him. I think our great times were the births of our children, our good times were the fun we had dating, our drive to california, hunting that one time, playing together with the kids, are not so good times all the needless fights, threating splitting up for years, bad times losing Leia. Marriage is a roller coaster there are up and downs God is testing us to see if we can live the vows thru good times or bad. We have done all of that so far. But marriage has to be also love and showing love and communicating that love. I say I love aaron and I know I love him but if I have trouble showing it then how does he truely feel it. Well I am 32 and if we live to be 82 then we have 50 more years toigether but we can't predict how long we will be onthis Earth so love the ones you love outloud and don't let go and take advantage of each other because it will end one day at least your earthly love will. I don't want to ever lose Aaron I couldn't live with out him.