Here is a picture of our friendly neighborhood moose that likes to hang around the house. Here he is munching on some plants growing in our back yard.

Seeing as how I have a few extra min. I thought I would add some shots of some of our adventures here in Alaska. These are some pretty shots of our trip to Valdez, Alaska. While "the boys" went deep sea fishing Dallas and Alex went on a bear hunt. We finally found a small black bear fishing not even 20 feet from us catching fish to eat. Also some shots from our cruise of a whale swimming close by and some of the many ice burgs we saw. We did all of this in the summer of '08.

Well, boy do I feel old, Matt turned ten this week. We had his birthday party at glow in the dark Putt Putt in Fairbanks, Alaska. He had many friends from school come and celebrate with us we just wish Dad could have been there. We miss you so much.

Well, I finally got the pictures made that all the grandparents have been asking for. I got a family picture of me and the boys I think it is darling.

Well, now for the unveiling seeing as how Travis has seen me now. I have my first before and after. THe before picture was taken the day Travis left for his deployment. The after photo was taken 3 months post op. I have lost more weight than this picture is reflecting. I will try to update it periodically with all the cute clothes I get to buy now.

just me

just thought i would say hi

Wow, the snow in North Pole, Alaska has been incredible this year. It is now April and I am getting sick of looking at it. However, as I am typing away I hear the sweet pitter patter of snow and ice melting off the roof which means break-up (that is code for spring for you non-Alaska types) is near. We got nearly 4 feet this year which is unusually high for this area. Temperatures reached -50 and below for weeks on end, so our outdoor wood stove came in handy. Also, Dallas gets the bragging rights of shoveling over 9 tons of coal and at least 3 cords of wood single-handed. Please, save your applause. I'm ready for the summer sun. Bring on the sweat.

Our Christmas tree at home. The kids got way to much, and of course Travis was there via webcam

Alex's 4th birthday was December 8. It was at McDonald's and we had a blast.