One Month! 35 to go

This is Josh when we got home from work yesterday, the temperature was -11 when he had to head into work!

We have officially completed our first month in Alaska, and it is hard to believe it has only been a month because so much has happened. We're really excited about the up coming weeks, though it is still getting colder each week but another thing is happening, it is getting lighter! We can already see a difference, the sun it up by 10ish, where as when we first arrived to anchorage the sun wouldn't come up til noon and set by 3.
We have also made some friends, one being a couple who are newly married and just moved here December 12th. The husband is a firefighter in the air force, so his wife and I are able to hangout durning the day and have been hitting up the gym!!!

DOG SLEDDING!

Only in Alaska could you go dog sledding!
Down by the ski lodge there was a husband and wife that brought their dogs and were taking some people out on the frozen lake. Also there was an ice fishing tournament going on, we felt like extreme Alaskans. There was only 8 dogs on the team but they told us that for the actual Iditarod they have 16 dogs. The husband and wife own 42 dogs and they spend $1000 monthly just on food. The dogs were all so nice and you could tell that they love what they do! I had so much fun, but was completely frozen!!!

More Moose!

So today josh was eating lunch in our dinning room and as he looked up out the window he saw a moose staring back at him. The moose casually walked through our backyard! I did manage to take a photo and a video! I also took a video of us going up the mountain sledding.

bus stop

So early this morning, at a frosty 17 degrees, I had just warmed up the car and was driving josh to work ( since we only have the one car), I was just about to feel sorry for the both of us trying to warm up in the honda when I turned the corner and there they were. The bus stop kids, standing by a stop sign in the pitch black of Alaska's cold winter. I use to complain about standing outside for the bus back in Florida, but these kids put me to shame. So I would like to take a moment of scilence for these kids every morning five days a week...( Sorry there is no photo I thought that it might be a little creepy).

On another note we finally went sleding this weekend with one of josh's friends in the airforce. There is a whole ski lift and lodge on base that we had never know. So we decided on one of the coldest days so far ( 4 degrees ) that we would go play in the snow. So for starters we just went sleding instead of sking or snowboarding. It was intense, they had something to pull you up the "hill" inside your tube. To me this hill seemed more like a moutain and going down was intense. I almost couldn't hang with the boys.

Moose

Really Short Clip...basically I was freaking out because we were so close and my window was down.

New Years Eve....eskimo style

Where we ate dinner!




The moose...not the best photo

Downtown, the fountain froze over and everybody brought their ice skates

Sirloin Steak ...yum yum!

Alaskan King Crab!


Happy New Year! Today we are just hanging out at the house watching the Rose Bowl, half time right now were happy.

Last night we had an early dinner reservation at a restaurant called Glacier Brew House, awesome meal and were able to try Alaskan King Crab Legs...goal # 1 completed. There was a block party going on downtown, which we walked by and wanted to hang out, but with the temperature 12 degrees it was almost unbearable to be outside, but didn't seem to stop any Alaskans...give us a year and we will be there too.

On the way home from downtown we saw three moose on the side of the road, I rolled my window down to take a photo and they were no more than a foot away! It was surreal!

ice!

Snow Tires!

The Honda reached Alaska and we were able to pick it up yesterday! As soon as we pulled out of the parking lot with our car we soon discovered black ice...no later than sliding all over the roads (good thing we have a Florida license plate so hopefully that gives us a free pass for a few days). First thing this morning we went to get snow tires put on, we are one step closer to becoming "winter proof"...probably will fully be ready for winter when summer comes.

The high today is back to 14 degrees and is suppose to get colder each day, I never thought that I would wish for it to be 30 degrees again, but when it reaches above 25 we are all smiles!

our house/neighborhood

This photo is taken right outside of our neighborhood, our house is located right on the boarder of the mountain range



This is our house! We have the red door, and our house is connected to the one story house on the left.

Merry Chirstmas!

Merry Christmas! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, we missed everyone very much.

So sorry there haven't been any new posts this last week, we have been extremely busy and we haven't had Internet. SO much has been going on, we moved into our house. We love it, the neighborhood, the house and everything about it. It sits right on the edge of a huge mountain range, and our backyard is one big snow pile.It also doesn't hurt to have so much room, more than we actually need but we are just closing the doors to the rooms that are empty for right now.

Santa was extremely kind to the both of us this year, the moving truck arrived the next day after we moved in and our car was soon to follow. Everything seems to be coming together, and we are adjusting to life in anchorage, ak. You could actually say that we love it here, each day we fall in love with it more and more. I can't even explain the feeling of walking around a busy store and getting all frantic, though once you walk outside and try to find your car all the frustration seems to vanish because all you see is beautiful landscape and the smell of crisp air. It doesn't hurt that the weather is actually bearable, mid 20s to 30s and it gets brighter outside each day.

Right now Josh is trying to put together the DVD rack and I think he is going to try building the dining room table and chairs. That's all for right now, but keep your eye out for photos of the house, and I'll try to add a video!