July 8th, 2008

Ok this blog thing is new to me so bare with me as I tell you about the adventures of the Alaskan McCoshum's!

This year has been a whirl wind one let me tell you. After a long pregnancy and an even longer labor on February 12th, Kevin and I were blessed with Dennis Braydan born at 1121pm after 17 hours of labor. It was such a long day but totally worth the wait.

Today he is almost 5 months old and rolling over, laughing hysterically, smiling and sleeping all night most of the time ~YEAH~ He is such a cute baby I think I will have to post a picture lets see how this works:

Yeah it worked! So here is little Dennis now! We took him to the air show at Elmendorf and let me tell you ear protection is a must. He had these little ear head phones on that my girlfriend Chanel has a picture of I will have to post it later.

Ok so on to what else is happening in out lives. We still have allot of work to get done around the house but the lack of sleep and energy with a new baby has put a damper on those plans. Although we did teach Sierra how to ride her bike without training wheels and all she wants to do is go on a bike ride every eveing so we have been taking Dennis along with us. My mom gave us one of those bike carriages that you pull behind the bike for him and he loves it. Its bright yellow so he stares outside and really doesnt say much else about it.

Kevin is taking us on vacation to Oregon and Idaho this August so for those of you that know us we have a large circle of family and friends in that area and we are going to have a HUGE Alaskan Style feast at Pat's House on August 16th. There will be more details to come, we are still in the planning phase. I am excited we have been on trips but there has always been a motive like a wedding or something going on taking up our time. But this time there is no working, no wedding just family to see and to enjoy ourselves. Sierra is looking forward to seeing the horses and of course the water park in Boise. I am sure she will have a blast considering since we were there last and it was November and there was no snow she has already said she wants to live there because it doesnt snow. And when she gets older she said that she wants to have a farm in Oregon. But you know kids they change their minds like everyday and she is only 7. I wanted to be like 30 things by that age and I didnt do any of them YET! Yes I said yet. It looks as though I will be graduating from college next year if I keep my classes going, and stay focused, its exciting because I will be the first to graduate with a bachelors degree. My brother Mike has his associates but I think that is it.

Kevin is getting busier by the day at work with more responsibility comes more hours but he likes what he does and he is good at it. He will be going on quite of few fishing charters this year and we will be dip netting for salmon the end of July. I am just glad to be getting out of town for awhile.

Oh and I started my own business. "Vantel Pearls in the Oyster"

We actually take Oysters with pearls inside to home parties (the only of its kind) and you pick the pearls and set them into your very own jewelry. Its really fun and I get out of the house and make a little cash too! I am having a great time with themed parties. I have had a chocolate/strawberry and a leopard themed party and it has been allot of fun meeting new people and showing up at parties seeing people I havent seen for years. I am currently booking parties so if you having a wedding shower or a birthday there are tons of different things we can do and brides get a discount on their wedding jewelry.

Well I am about blogged out I am going to post some more pictures for you to see:

Mommy and the little man!

Sierra's first grade picture and my baby Dennis~