Alaska!

I turned on my computer just now with the goal of doing the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred workout and somehow here i am blogging....I think that might be the story of my life. I'm always planning to do one thing and then getting distracted by something else.

So here i am in Alaska and loving it! It's such a different world but it's amazing and soo beautiful! Not that i've been here long enough to really know what it will be like but so far it's been perfect. I feel like i'm home already. That's something that always amazes me no matter where i am, just how quickly i feel like i am home in a new place. I feel so lucky that I've been given the place I have, and that i have the privilege of meeting and staying with so many wonderful people.

Anyways not a lot to write about just yet. We're on special meeting rounds right now which are always wonderful! I get to speak on Sunday with Ed and Joyce (i think it's Ed, it might be Tom i can't remember). It's kinda weird to think when i was just a little kid i used to sit in meeting and hear Ed and Tom speak and now i get to be in a meeting with them.

We've gone on a few little walks around town, and the we went along the Totem Pole trail, it was beautiful. I don't have the pictures from that because i don't have the cord to my camera with me right now, but i have a few pictures from the Wednesday. The town of Sitka is where i'm staying this week and then next week we'll be going on to Ketchikan for specials.

Ok no more delaying the workout, i'll post again soon. I'm really going to try to be good about posting at least once a week so that you know i haven't been eaten by a bear or anything! :)

A day with Jocey

Yesterday I spent the day hanging out with Jocey while her sisters were at school. We had a tea party, played dress up, read lots of stories, and made puppets! It was a good day!

Jocey's family live in an older building downtown that has offices in the bottom and the top floor was recently made into apartments. It's a super fun place to stay!

Sorry the pictures aren't really in order I still haven't figured out how to put them in order when I blog from the iPod.

Wisdom

Well last week I went to Moscow to get my wisdom teeth removed. They decided to only take out 3 the 4th one was way impacted and very close to my sinus and they felt there was more risk in taking it out than leaving it in. So after a two hour appointment I was done! The bottom two were difficult because the bone had to be broken off from over them. Anyways here are some pictures!

Sorry when i post from my ipod i can't really do anything about the picture order, and i haven't figured out how to label them. So here is what is in the pictures 1. Icing my face immediately following surgery (yes those are peas and an ace bangage) 2.Icing on the road trip back to Seattle (more peas tied to my face with a scarf) 3.My face a day or two after extractions. 4. Seemingly random picture of Kaiden. See one day i sent Kevin a text and told him my face was hurting from having my teeth pulled and the only thing that would make me feel better was a new picture of Kaiden so this is what he sent me! :) Anyways i'm healing really nicely everything looks good so far. I'm on a basically baby food (yogurt, smoothies, applesauce, protein drink, and pudding) diet for at least the rest of this weak then i can slowly start introducing real food again. I'm thinking i want a cheese burger! :)

Green Gables

You can just call me Anne with an "e" if you'd like! My little porch bedroom here at Chelan has me feeling like I'm lucky enough to live at green gables! Here are some pictures. See I have the lake of shining waters out one window (please forgive the horrible picture, you see i have two screens on the window and not a very good zoom on ipod camera but in reality its beautiful!) and out another window the most beautiful tree. it's just a quant gable bedroom. The perfect happy room I think. With a letter writing desk included. Some of you just might get a letter soon!

Update

Well the last while has been BUSY! :) We've been finishing up the time we have here in Seattle before we go to Spring Preps. This year i go to the same preps as last year, Chelan. It will be wonderful to be back there. I'm super looking forward to it. So the last week and a half i've had a little break from the normal. Phoebe came to see me for 5 days and we had so much fun! Just a few pictures from that for now because i haven't edited them all. We had a great time, babysat twins babies and their 2 year old sister, went shopping, sailing, and visited some of the fun places in Seattle. Now i'm sitting in a cute little cabin with a beautiful view of the ocean just relaxing and getting caught up on some things. I leave for preps on Monday and things will get busy again, but so wonderful. Hope to see some of you at Chelan, Post Fall, or Olympia? Ok pictures will come later...internet is too slow right now! PS thanks grandma for the letter. yes this is still the blog i use, i just haven't updated for a while. Also Chantal and i sometimes update a different blog that's fun to read it's ohthethingsthatwethink.blospot.com.

Window

Today's picture : a window

 the view out the window of my bedroom this morning


And now some picture from the last few days

 The awesome, fun cupcakes we made for all the kids at meeting. Them was St Patty's day

 We're beginning to see signs of spring (in between the snow showers...)

 The craziest cat i've ever seen...this picture didn't do it justice. It looked like a small cheetah the colors were so bright and beautiful!

 Went hunting for the Northern lights they were supposed to be showing up in Seattle but no luck just pictures of the moon

March photo a day challenge

Starting the photo a day challenge a little late but oh well. Today's picture is bedside so here it is!

Seattle Skyline

Recent happenings!

 Cooking dinner the plate on my head was my chef hat

 The beautiful mountain

 my buddy henry

 the tea party that was actually a surprise birthday party for me! :)

 Roy Kaylee and Joe come visit and we went to the zoo

That's all so far! It's been a good beginning of the year!

Snow in Seattle!

Well the big "blizzard" as the weather forecasters were calling it has hit Seattle! As you can tell there was much need to be panicked and buy all the food in the grocery store, considering that we were stuck in the house all day and will be for at least the next month! Here are some pictures of the day (all taken from my living room of course since we were trapped inside with now power...:D )

 Getting my vitamin d for the day

 The spectator sport of sledding

On on more serious note i have discovered that there is no place i like more than Seattle on a snowy day! It turns into a fun, friendly, slow paced, beautiful place. It was amazing, everyone was just walking the streets laughing and saying hello to all passing by. They were sharing sleds, helping each other up and down the hills. There wasn't any of the normal road rage selfish rushing around that normally happens. It turn Seattle into a friendly community and i loved it!

Seeing old friends

Yesterday i got to hang out with some dear friends of mine! Heather was up visiting from Cali and so Debbie, Megan, Ellia, Kate, Heather and i all went out for ice cream and then for a walk at a park. Also this week Debbie and i went and met the newest baby born in our field, little Emery Dawn! :)