House Guests!!!

This past weekend, we had a momma moose and her baby stay with us all weekend! Momma had hurt her leg, so we are guessing she was staying close to people and away from the river where the bears would be. She eventually left us, but we loved every minute of her and baby visiting us...except for the part where she ate our bushes for lunch!!!

Summer is here - at last!

Yes - it's July 5th - I hope everyone had a great 4th! We attended a picnic with some friends and had a great time! We also drove down to Hatcher Pass, http://www.hatcherspass.org/ Hatcher Pass is only about an hour from our house and we had never been - it is extremely beautiful up there! It's a great place to take visitors! I can't wait for the company to start arriving again! My niece, Kelly, comes up on Monday and then Mom and Dad and my uncle, Dave comes in! After that - my kids and grandson and their friends are coming in! It will be a fun-filled next few weeks, but will go by way too quickly. It seems like winter is just around the corner, when summer just arrived.

I did get to go home and visit the family a couple of weeks ago! I was able to see my mom and dad, sister, Val and all three of the kids and my Grandson, Brayden! I had the time of my life and miss all of them already way too much! Bray-Bray seems to change daily and I'm missing it! Hopefully, we can get back to the L48 before he starts college!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Honey! Happy Birthday. Brayden!

Today my husband turned 47 and my Grandson turned 3 months!

Happy birthday, guys! I love you both!!!!

Spring is here!!

We are at almost 18 hours of sunlight a day and temps in the upper 50's!!! Bob's mom left a week ago after her first visit to Alaska. She had a great time, I think. She saw her first moose, ate some great Halibut and enjoyed our local pizza hangout, The Moose's Tooth.

Ashley, our youngest daughter, is now here visiting. She made us hike down behind the house tonight. We decided to hike down to the river and actually almost made it, until Ash and I heard some noise in the woods in front of us! We weren't sure what it was, but it made a noise loud enough to stop us in our tracks. Not one of us was willing to take the chance to find out what it was, so we just changed the direction of our hike and walked a different route......very quickly!!!

We had the bear mace, but good grief! I'm afraid if a brown or black bear was heading my way, I would probably not be able to take the time to remember how to use the stuff and would end up shooting myself!!!!

Either way, we had a great time enjoying the nice weather. The pic to the left is Ash and I behind our house at 9:00 p.m. Notice the sun is still bright!!!!! Love the sun!

12 - 24" of Snow!

Need I say more????????? Not sure whether to laugh or cry! Guess I'll just hang in there while we go through our 4th break-up of the season! Bob's mom is coming in tonight for a visit. At least she'll get to see some snow! No problem! We can shop just as much when it's cold as we can when it's warm! :) And I'm sure we'll find her some moose, eagles and other wildlife for her to watch! Welcome to Alaska!

http://www.adn.com/anchorage/story/387393.html

If this is Spring............

I'm dreading summer, if this is Spring! We've gotten between 8 and 10 inches of snow today and more is on the way!! Think I'll hibernate until summer really and truly gets here! Please...if you love me...and if you are in Texas....don't call me whining about the 90 degree temps!!!!

Ok - I guess I won't leave my trash out for the bears!

Read the article in the Anchorage Daily News. I'm glad I hate jogging - although I do love to get out and walk!

http://www.adn.com/bearattacks/story/385220.html