Terminations Dust

Termination dust hits the Chugach range. That was one of the headlines in the Anchorage Daily news this morning. For those of you outside of Alaska that means that we got the first snow fall of the year. It was just a light snowfall and only stuck to the ground in the mountains, but summer is over for the year.

Igloo

This post is for Landen so he can see the "igloo" I live in here in Alaska.

This is part of the beautiful view I get to see each day.

The front of my apartment building. I live on the top right.

My front room and the door to the balcony

My messy kitchen

My "Igloo" even has a bed in it. The room is complete with walk-in closet.

In case you're interested, there's also a spare room if you feel the need to visit.

Ferry to Alaska

I promised that I'd post some pictures from the trip up, so here they are. Ireally have no excuse for it taking so long. It was a gorgeous trip and I'd love to do it again.

The Ferry

The back deck where people camped

The elevator I had to take my car on.

The port in Bellingham

One of the light houses

Ketchikan

The kids of barge I had to order everything on when I was in Barrow.

Pretty pictures from the trip.

Nauvoo

So, I'm a little late getting these pictures up. Here are a few shots from the family's drive back to Nauvoo for the family reunion.

The Sanders kids on a green dino.

She refused to kiss it. You'd think after all the cartoons they watch I could have talked her into it.

Kid's Parade

The family at Carthage.

Nauvoo by night.

The Gillis kids rooting for Mike to beat Grandpa.

Yes, he really is holding it.

Idiots

Dad and I decided to stop by Upper Provo Falls as were were driving home from the Uinta's. It's always a pretty place to stop.
Some idiot decided it would be a good idea to try and kayak down the falls. His friends ended up having to pull him out because he was unconscious. He was awake by the time that we left and they'd called 911. Some people do the stupidest things.

Europe Trip

I guess I'll post a few pictures of the places I got to see this last month. The only problem is, we didn't spend much time in anyone place, so I'll justhave to go back and see them all again.

Netherlands

Heidleburg

Dacau

Venice

Verona

Lucern

Paris by day and night

The Queen

Room with a View

I have had an interesting view from my classroom for the last two years. This last day of school it was a little foggy, so I thought I'd send you a few pictures of what I get to see everyday. It's better when it's really foggy and you can't see the buildings at all in the background, but this at least gives you a little idea of how it looks. Last year I had a student who feaked out every time it was foggy and made me shut the blinds.

Personally, I think it looks cool when it's foggy.