We are HOME!

it has been a very long time since my last update. 2 months, i believe. so much has happened.

we made it to alaska with no problems. we stayed in temp lodging for 49 days here in alaska, and i am so happy to say that we are finally in our own home. we got in our house on the 29th of april.

i will try to get some pictures up on the site (flickr) soon. we are still getting things done around the house, so it could be a few days.

the kids are doing great. emma loves her new school, and so do i. she is anxious to get out and meet the kids in the neighborhood.

spencer is doing much better. no more er visits or doctor visits for the past week. that's a nice change. hopefully he will be healthier and happier now that we're in a place that is clean and not dusty.

charlie is thrilled to be living with us again, although i think he may miss his other parents, bc they let him sleep on the furniture. lol one of the families we met on the ferry got their house 1 week after we arrived here. we had charlie in a kennel, and when they went to get their own 2 dogs out of the kennel, both the husband and wife were upset at leaving charlie there. they came to us and asked if they could keep him for us. he did okay at the kennel, but charlie is such a people dog that it was hard on him. we said yes right away. they did such a huge thing for us.

for those that may not know...we let scarlet go before we left utah. actually, scarlet went to another home before ken even arrived back from the desert. she did some things that were not cool with me or the kids. i found her a home with a family that had teenagers, and they wanted her so badly. while i never wanted to make the decision, it was something that was best for her and us.

on a different note...we have seen so many moose here on base. spencer now thinks that all antlered animals are moose. one of our other friends we met on the ferry saw a small black bear running across the main busy street on base. with the technology, it's so easy to get snapshots with cellphones.

we were excited at the thought of being able to go camping here. but we are hearing from everyone that if we plan to go camping, we need to not camp in a tent and also have a shotgun. we'll see. maybe our camping will be limited to rv rentals. or hotels. lol

hope you're all doing well.