Photo Friday 2

The freeze has begun! Not much snow yet, but morning temperatures are now generally in the teens and daytime highs rarely get above 30. What this means...

1. Back to plugging the car in every night.

2. It's now acceptable to wear your hat and winter jacket (if you get caught doing this on a day above 30 degrees in Alaska, you'll be chuckled at and called a rookie/tourist/cheechako)

3. A diet of hot oatmeal, hot cocoa, and hot soup. 

4. Brown Bears hockey season.

4. Outdoor ice skating! Which happens to be my Friday photo:

When you dog sit an Alaskan Malamute...you take him ice skating.

And since today happens to be October 31st, I also have to share mine & baby's Halloween costume.

Way to go Giants! World Series Champs!

Got a little excited with the photo editor there. Happy Halloween!!

Favorite Photo Friday

Well, needless to say, blog writing has taken a backseat for the past few months. But for good reason. We have a baby girl on the way!! Avery Ana is due January 23^rd, 2015. We couldn't be more excited!

First trimester was a little rough (helloooooo, nausea). Second trimester has been a blast (baby shower, prepping the nursery, feeling her first kicks). And this week is the first week of third trimester. Three more months until we meet our little munchkin!

In the meantime, autumn in Alaska has come and gone. It lasted approximately 2.5 weeks. The colors were amazing (see last year’s blog post), but gave away quickly to early winter frost. The days are getting quite short now and the temperatures are rarely above freezing, which can make things seem pretty gloomy headed into winter. So, in the spirit of brightening up this cold/dark time, I've decided to share my favorite winter photo every week.

Despite the gloominess, Alaska is truly amazing in the winter. I found myself taking millions of photos last year, and they are still on my camera unshared. Sad :-‘(  This year, I plan to post one every Friday… as pregnancy brain allows. Here is the first:

Not exactly representative of winter, but definitely a sight true to life in Alaska. This is the definition of an Alaskan “airport”. One tiny bush plane and a long stretch of open field. And check out that security fence. Fear not, the public Soldotna airport is at least twice this size. I love it.