Kids in the kitchen

Same furniture, same dishes, same picky eaters...different day, different state!

Our window front view

Here is the view from my front window. We gaze at the Chugach Mountain range. It is awe inspiring. The first few days we were here it was crystal clear and you could see every peak!

Brittney's new sledding hill

Here is Brittney's new front yard snow park! She goes out every day and sleds down the hill. I'm sure all the other kids are watching from inside the windows sipping their hot chocolate! She has been a champ in the transition. She loves her new teacher and even got to take pictures with her teachers camera of the Moose right outside her classroom window!

Goodbye to our Best Friend

Bar none, the day I had to say goodbye to my dear Buck will remain one of the hardest ever. Although we know he is happy and running again we miss him dearly and sometimes I still hear him following me up the stairs. I'll miss his warm soft nose, the way he would always do every trick, listen to every woe and remind me politely by going outside the glass slider and staring at me whenever I had forgotten to refill his water bowl. I'll miss the way he slept with Brittney when she wouldn't sleep through the night and then when he was there..she did! I'll miss the way he would lay on my feet to make sure he knew when I would get up again (besides he kept my feet warm!) Ill miss never worrying about him running off. If he ever was left outside he would just sit on the front porch until we let him back in. I'll never forget the times when people would stop us in traffic to tell us what a beautiful dog he was and I'll never forget how he would get invited to go camping even when we weren't! My favorite memory that he did like clock work was his daily bootie scratch under his favorite tree-it made me laugh every day.

We decided that Buck finally got that big rock at our Coeur d'alene beach that he has been digging up and diving under water for, for over 12 years. Goodbye my sweet brown dog, I'll see you at the beach in heaven.

Buck was one in a billion.

Joshy finally is a train master!

Grandma Patti had been saving Joshy's dream come true with his new "ride". She had the train waiting and ready for Josh in his new home in Alaska. The outfit came with it too and we had no problem getting him to wear it! He rides his train everyday downstairs now while mommy puts away all the boxes and boxes of stuff. I'll try to get a picture of Brittney driving Josh around on the train. Pretty funny stuff. Everyone loves being a kid! Thank you Grammie!

Joey with Buzz Lightyear Alaska Ice Sculpture

We arrived safe and sound in Alaska to start our adventure on Feb 5th. With fabulous blue skies and sub zero temperatures Chad picked us up and took us to our new home. The kids were in school by that Thursday very excited and ready to meet their new teachers and classmates. One of the highlights of our week was when Grandma Patti took us down town to the Anchorage town square where the local artists had carved Galaxy themed ice sculptures surrounding the outdoor ice rink. Bundled in our snow gear at a chilly -14 we had a blast and the kids loved every minute.