Bordering on insanity

Having lived in Alaska a combined 9 years, I've learned the true meaning of "Only in Alaska...". And today, I have something brand new to add to the list! That would be:

• Only in Alaska...do cute little nursery rhymes mean JACK!

For example: "April Showers Bring May Flowers". Doesn't that just warm you to the soul? Well, let me just steal that little warm fuzzy right from underneath your feet and say that the Alaska version apparently goes, "April Showers bring 18 inches of snow with another 12 -18 forecast over the next 12 hours". Lest you all become overwhelmed by the ungodly (literally) level of cynicism in this diatribe, please enjoy the following pictures, along with my meager attempts to be positive...especially considering I know full well it's at least 82 degrees in Maui where I could be on the beach getting a tan.

Stuck in my own driveway...but look how pretty and white!

Our friendly neighbor Steven who was kind enough to dig/snow blow me out!

My back yard...but look how white and pretty!!!

Me after shoveling in the downpour...is it technically downpour when it's snow? Anyway, who knew my hair was so curly??

Ketchup

I logged on today, astonished at how much time has gone by since my last blog! SO much has happened, I don't even know where to start. We've both been working hard, praying for spring. It is the 16th of April and we've had constant snow and temps in the 20s and 30s for the last week. At least its light out...that much I can be thankful for!!! We've made several improvements to the house, which we're happy about. We're looking forward to real spring and camping trips and not having to wear jackets! :) I keep forgetting to buy batteries every time I am at the store, so I have no pictures to post for the moment. More soon...

Jim Brickman

Sam and I went to see Jim Brickman at the PAC last Saturday. The pictures aren't great, but we had a great time! He is an amazing entertainer with a great sense of humor and of course the music was outstanding!

Me and Maui

It was -21 as I drove to work this morning....has been all week...blech! I'm home-sick for Hawaii. Someday I am going to be so wealthy I'm just going to buy Maui for myself and live there...or better yet, maybe God's building me a Maui in Heaven and not a mansion...I'd take a shack on the beach if I had a Maui! :) I actually purchased vanity plates for my Jetta...LVMAUI. I'm obsessed, what can I say.

Trip to Maui

Well, Jeremy and I arrived home safe and sound at about 3:30 this morning. We had an incredible time in Maui. We were blessed with outstanding weather (despite the forecasts), experienced a LOT of the F.O.G. (more on that later) and were able to see so much of the island of Maui. The first thing I did when I got up this morning was download all of my pictures. 551 of them to be exact!!! I went through and chose the best 34 and put them on my gmail photo blog, which you can access here:

Hawaii

I will most likely post other ones randomly as some of the pictures have a very long story attached...more than the captions can handle!! I hope you enjoy these...feel free to ask questions, etc. There's so much I could tell, but if you ask questions then I'll actually be taking about stuff people want to hear! Thank you to all of you who prayed for us while we were gone; it was evident we were covered in prayer.