trip to ANC

I went to Anchorage this past weekend to meet up with a friend and do some shopping. I never thought going to Old Navy could ever be so exciting!! I got some new jeans and sweaters there. I also picked up ton of winter cloths from the Amy Navy store so I should be all set for the winter up here now; we will see if I turn into a popcicle :)

The mountains pics here are all taken on the plane ride to over to ANC. It was really a breadth taking ride.







I know that all of you have missed seeing my smiling face so here is a pic for you -

Aren't the mountains really amazing in back of me?!?!

Playing in the snow

Here is Puffin really enjoying the snow - don't worry she always wears a sweater.  She is getting really good at following me.  I have even let her off leash around the school and she stays right with me.  I am still worried about letting her be free when we are around other dogs because she is just WAY too friendly and doesn't realize that a growling husky chained to a tree may not be the nicest dog to make friends with.  She also still thinks she is a bear.  We went hiking this weekend and she kept sticking her nose in the snow covered berry bushes looking for berries.  She would just look at me like "where are my berries?".  It was VERY cute.  She also got cold or the snow got too deep so just like when she would swim at Revere and would get cold - she just would jump on me until I held her and carried her through the deep snow.  She is sooo funny!!!

These are icicles already forming on the roof kinda crazy huh!!

This is ice flowing down the river - those are HUGE pieces of ice!!  The smaller streams and rivers are all frozen so the ice is just rushing through.

Here are some kids sledding down the main street.  

I called my mom yesterday and said it was so warm here that I didn't even have a jacket on - she said it was so cold there she had to put on the heat - it was 40 here and 45 there!!  

SNOW

OMG (that says Oh My God!!!) - I woke up today and it snowed! Just a light dusting, but still SNOW...don't the weather gods know this is NOT allowed! It is only Oct 3rd...hmmmm...I don't think I can do too much about this...

Oh By the way...it is still snowing!

Happy Birthday!!

Well...my baby turned 1 today!! She got some wonderful toys and had a great time tearing them apart. John also got her the cutest hoddie ever, and she looks so happy wearing it! We had a birthday diner of chicken and rice, but Puffin was so excited about digging the squeaker out of her now toy she let the rice wait. No worries she devoured the chicken, but left the rice until her toy was sufficiently destroyed.







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Other than Puffin's B-day nothing much is going on here. The weather is changing here and it is getting a bit colder, but that is what long john's are for, right?

Also THANK YOU all very much for the care packages. They are the highlight of my week - it is sooooo great to get them and the food really wonderful! The lady at the post office always comments how much my family must love me and I just "Yes, they do!"