Anniversary Fun 2011

Ok so I know that this is way over due, but I had some family and friends asking to see our Anniversary trip this year, so here it is......

We started out camping on the side of the river, right on the road...definitely as first for both of us

Then we started to fox Island bright and early the next morning.

To get to Fox Island we took a water taxi with all of our gear, we even took Drake (the dog) and he seemed to enjoy the boat ride, he did really well actuallly....

After we were dropped off onto the Island we decided to go on an exploration of the Island....

We found this starfish which was very amusing to watch....

It was fun to walk around the Island and know that it was just the two of us...we found so many fun stumps and of course a lot of rocks to take fun pictures by...

and more stumps and rocks.....

You know you can never have to many pictures in front of or on or by a stump or log or rocks....

We had so much fun just exploring and spending time with one another....

I think that even Drake enjoyed our walk around the Island. It was fun to see that the Island was so diverse from one side to the other....one was filled with lots of large rocks and the other was small rocks and sand...but it was all beautiful in its own way...

After we explored we decided to set up camp and get something to eat....

I did say something to eat right...well this is Brandon's idea of food...I had a different idea....

I think that he had one thing on his mind and that was it.....yep you guessed it "FISHING"! I think that he could have stayed there forever if he could just fish all day and all night....
After dinner, which is much easier made with utensils..yep we forgot cooking utensils...we had a very interesting time cooking on our adventure, we had fun fishing. The next day we went exploring and this is what we found.....

We found this amazing rock...with an amazing view....

We had a lot of fun taking pictures.....

more to come later......

Team Ra-Ras Kicks Breast Cancer - Susan G. Komen for the Cure Philadelph...

What an inspiring video! The Komen for the Cure has helped so many women, including myself! These beautiful women are cheering for the best team ever, LIFE!!! Wish I could have been apart of it!!! It looks like it was so much fun!!! Enjoy!!!

Fairbanks and snow!

The white stuff is here! Normally I would be very excited for a white Christmas but I am not sure that I am going to be that excited this year! I think once I start listening to the beautiful music and start seeing more of those wonderful Christmas lights appear maybe I will get more excited. I am just getting "Cabin Fever" I guess you could say. It is so dark here in the winter and I am sure missing those beautiful sunsets from home. We have about a foot or so that I get to tromp through anytime I go to the truck, boy am I missing a nice enclosed garage, any type of garage is better than no garage at all.
Yesterday on my way to church the truck vapor locked, I was a 1/2 hour late for church, and ended up sitting in the foyer the whole time, the only perk was that I got to see Sister Baker. She too has just arrived in Fairbanks. Seeing a familiar face yesterday was what I needed to bring me back down to warm and cozy. On my way home yesterday after Brandon had fixed the truck and traded me for the escape, the escape decided to die on me, I guess sitting with it idling with the lights on was not the smartest thing I could have done but it just wasn't what I needed, thank heavens Brandon was able to come and safe me yet again.
One lesson learned yesterday for sure was that I need my snow gear with me where ever it is I go. You never know when you are going to get stuck on the side of the road in below zero temperatures. I definitely got the I told you so from Brandon on that one. But I have to say I am SOOOOOOO grateful for him and his williness to come and safe me when I am needing to be saved. I guess it could have been worse, I could have been in the ditch again and then I would have been really stuck. Oh how I love the snow!
Now that the snow has fallen, you know it hasn't dumped it all yet, I just need to get into that wonderful winter spirit. Bundle up my friends I hear it is going to be a cold one tonight!!

Adoption

Well as many of you know Brandon and I have moved from Wasilla to Fairbanks. With this move brings new adventures and new trials. We are learning to be more conservative with water, wood, and our patience. But the one thing that is always difficult about a move is that our adoption profile is put on hold until we update all of the important documents that go along with trying to adopt. We are discouraged that we are "off-line" currently with our adoption profile, but we hope that our friends and families will continue to keep us in their prayers and keep their ears open for leads per say for opportunities for us to increase our family.

We truly have been blessed to have been living in the Wasilla area, we have made so many friendships that will last a life time. We were so blessed to be with Brandon's mom and can't express our appreciation for her. My parents also helped to make our last couple of years managable. Thanks does not even begin to repay them.

We have secured a rental home just a little bit outside of the main town of Fairbanks up on Chena Ridge drive. It is very unique to what we are use to living in, but it is all ours. It has two bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, a large living/kitchen area and a blaze king fireplace, a small artic entry, and of course NO garage. Things are starting to settle in and I am on the search for a new job, something that is always one of my favorite things to do, NOT!!! Brandon has been very supportive and is making sure that I stay nice and warm! It is amazing just how much colder it is here in Fairbanks vs Wasilla. I am adjusting though. I can successfully get from the house to Home Depot without getting lost so that is always a blessing! I will post some pictures as soon as I get them down loaded, but until then here are some pictures of our adventure getting here....hope that you enjoy it!

Funny how my car seems to be fuller than his..... but that is totally not the case, he had all the firewood!

And down the road we go.....

Until next time..........

Fall Adventures

Just thought I would share a few pictures from one of our Fall adventures!

This scrapbooking design personalized with Smilebox

Summer has begun!!!

Ok, so I have been really bad at blogging! I know that I need to blog more often for those of you that only see me every 5 years and those that I don't get to see ever! So here it what has happened in pictures since school got out in May! Hope you like them..........

We watched moose in our back yard......

Went to a Joe Diffy Concert.......

We played with Raylee......

Watched a few movies for date night........

We celebrated Ann's and Susie's Birthdays......

I went to Girls Camp.......Survived........

Went to Jim's Creek for a little fun......

Went for bike rides......

Took a family vacation to Homer...... Where we......

Went Clamming........and ........

We had a picnic ........ and we ........

Took lots of pictures by big fish......... because we could only catch.....

The little fish after we had fished and fished and fished..........

But we had fun so we decided to keep........

Eating and fishing and having a wonderful time! We enjoyed the ......

Ocean and beach........

The eagles ...... and .........

Beautiful sunsets! When the journey was done we .........

slept, and then we started our next journey!

Brandon and I always like to take road trips, they are never very far but they are always fun. This week during his day off we decided to go to Whitter......this is what we found.......

Before you actually get to Whitter you have to wait to go through the tunel. The unique thing about the tunel is that the train also goes through this tunel and so you have to wait your turn. Why we waited we studied the map......

When the light turns green you are free to go through....

And when the lights green you get to proceed.....

And our journey began......

and when you get to the other side ........

It was a little rainer than we were expecting but we made the best of it. We found some beautiful spots to take some amazing pictures.....

We had so much fun just spending time together.....

Making sure we enjoyed the day......

We know we are crazy but.........

we have so much fun with one another........

we had a lot of fun and I am so glad that we took this time just for us. I hope that we get to do it again really soon.