Adventures of an Alaskan Transplant

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Family

For the last few weeks my mom has been in town! The weekend after she arrived we had a small family gathering at our house for dinner. Below are some fun photos from that evening.

Abby and her mommy

Abby posing for me

A budding photographer

Trying to get Connor for a family photo

Trying to get Connor to stay still for a family photo

Abby and Mom taking our photo

Twins

Mom and her girls

Three generations

Connor lounging on my coffee table...

Nana: "Abby, can I see your loose tooth?"

Nana: "Oh look! It just came out!"

Nana and Connor

The last week Mom was here, Dad flew up to hang out with us. On the way to the airport, we stopped to take some photos at Earthquake Park and Point Woronzoff.

A view of the airport from Lake Hood

Mount Susitna a.k.a. "Sleeping Lady"

Mom taking photos, with McKinley in the background

Mount McKinley

Take off

Downtown Anchorage from Earthquake Park

After we picked Dad up, we went to the Woodleys' for dinner and a belated birthday celebration for Dad.

Connor lounging on his daddy

Uncle Andrew tickling Connor

Abby helping Pop-Pop open his presents

Monday, October 1, 2012

This past weekend (the first day of snow we got this year), I got to take photos of my nephew who turns two later this month. By the time we got outside, the snow had mostly melted, and the sun was out. It was still quite chilly (in the low 30s), but we had a blast!

Had to get his six-year old sister in on the action

Beautiful sunny day out at Mirror Lake Middle School

Autumn in Alaska

Well autumn has arrived in Alaska... and left! We had our first snowfall this past Saturday, September 28th. It melted in a few hours, but fall is definitely over. This morning it was a brisk 23 degrees outside at the house. Our few weeks of autumn have definitely gone by quickly. That is one downside of Alaska, the shortness of my favorite season. It was a great fall while it lasted. We keep chugging along with our classes, and Andrew started a new job as Flight Operations Coordinator at UAA. The view from his new desk is great - Merrill Field! He of course loves being closer to and working around planes again.

We've had some breaks from the rain this month and I was able to get out and take some pictures around the Chugiak/Eagle River area, some of my favorites are below...