Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Just a normal Sunday afternoon

This past Sunday was a gorgeous day and Michael and I didn't want to waste a chance to be outside. Our options of physical activity are getting more and more limited due to my pregnancy, so we took a drive up to Euklutna Lake. It was absolutely breathtaking, as usual. Michael threw the ball to the dogs for a good 45 minutes! They were in heaven! This area is a usually all water, but the lake hasn't defrosted yet! This is a great area for the dogs to run because it is so large! Here are some of our photos:

Moose Moose Everywhere...in the city!

Amy and I went for a brisk walk this afternoon on the coastal trail in Anchorage. As soon as we got there, we see this giant moose butt staring us in the face...I mean, our faces were staring at it's butt! haha!

When we were finishing up our walk, we walked around the corner to that same moose right in the path to our cars! We had to backtrack and take a small "hidden" path back to the parking lot!


When we get back to our vehicles, look at what was staring at us! We think this was a different moose, though, because it appeared a lot larger than the other one we saw! So, if you come visit us and want to see a moose, we will take you to the city because the moose all seem to reside in town! ;)

Car Cat?

Not sure if we've ever told you about Riesling and car rides? She LOVES them! Anytime we have had her in the car, she has freaked out being in her carrier and insists on being let out. Most of the time when you let a cat loose in a car, she will be all over you or trying to hide! Not Riesling! She likes to look out of the car windows! When we moved houses, we had the dogs and the cat all out and about in the car. Riesling actually pushed the dogs out of the way so she could look out of the window! We know who runs this house!

Random Things...

This past weekend was the Spring Equinox! Woohoo, summer is on it's way! Michael and I went with a few friends to a bonfire on a beach in Anchorage. The beach up here is a little different than a North Carolina beach! haha! We had to walk about a mile and then go down a pretty steep hill to get to the water. There is still plenty of snow on the ground but it is slowly melting! We took the dogs out with us and they loved it!


The area where we had the fire is near the mudflats. These mudflats are like quicksand and you have to be careful around the flats. We stayed on the hard ground in the snow! No quicksand for us! (The mountain range in the background of this photo is the Talkeetna Mountain range).

Michael and Freedom near the fire.

Michael works in the valley which is about 45 minutes north from Anchorage. Michael has a gorgeous drive to and from work everyday! This is one of the views!

Another view on Michael's drive!

There are TONS of American Bald Eagles up here in Alaska. This eagle was actually hanging out at the McDonald's parking lot! He was craving some Mickey D's french fries! I hear you baldy!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

New Look

Yes, you are at the right page.

Since I check my own blog several times a day, I get very bored, very quickly with the look of my pages. I have been trying to find a blog look that I am satisified with. After looking at a fellow blogger, Erin's page, I have learned about these websites that have free backgrounds for your blog! I should have known!

Now that I have this new found knowledge, I hopefully will never get bored with the look of my blog again! So sit back, continue to read our blog, and enjoy the view! :)

Monday, March 15, 2010

I hate moose!

Okay, so I'm totally lying, but they do piss me off!

When we lived in Anchorage, we saw moose all of the freaking time! We then buy a house about 30 minutes outside of town in a nice suburbia neighborhood where there will surely be tons of moose, right?

WRONG!!! Not one damn moose...

until we are kicked out of our house for a little while so our friends can set up for our baby shower. Then the moose shows up in our side yard! Damn these moose! I hate them all! (not really...I still heart them so much)!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

March Roller Derby

We went to the latest roller derby bout this past weekend. I love roller derby! Heart it, actually! Once I have this baby, I think I'm going to try to roller skate again. If I can get good at the skating, I think I'm going to try out for the roller derby team. :)


What better way to get all of your frustrations out, then to skate around a rink and push or knock people out of the way!?!?!


The theme of this bout was "Brawl of the Wild". A few of us ladies made costumes to wear to this event. Don't we look "wild"?? Rarrrr!

Many people think I'm nuts for wanting to do derby, and I'm not saying I will definitely be able to do the derby. I have not roller skated in a really long time, so I may not have the skating skills. However, if I can get good at my skating, I would like to try out for the roller derby team. We'll see. ;)