Bewitched by Samantha

No this isn't referring to the Will/Nichole version.. thank goodness. My dear little grandaughter Samantha Moya is almost 10 months old. Her mom (my Anneka) had these pictures taken for when she turned 9 months. She is still very petite, but growing steadily. She really loves yogurt and is now doing the commando crawl. Can't quited get that body off the ground to really get going. She should be getting some teeth soon as she is fussier and her gums have "lumps". Lori and I will try to get down south to see her for her 1st birthday in November.

Down South Visitors

Last Sunday we had a huge amount of visitors from the lower-48. Lori's Aunt Kathy(her mom's sister) took a bunch of her family on a cruise to Alaska. Sitka was one of their stops so we arranged to meet them and spend a bit of time showing them our town. Kathy was joined by her daughter Cheryl. Cheryl's husband Rick and his daughter/son-in-law/grandson; Lori's cousin Terri with husband Tony and daughter Erin; another cousin Cody rounded out the party. Charles and I took the biggest bunch on a hike to Mosquito Cove while Lori took Aunt Kathy and Cheryl to the Russian Church. Then we had a bunch of really good food... halibut, cheesy potatoes, etc. We didn't get much time with them as they had to get back to their ship, but it was really nice to see them. In addition, Aunt Kathy had a hip replace 3 weeks prior to this trip and Rick(not me) had a heart attack less than two week ago. Thanks for coming!!