Indian River Hike

Today we enjoyed the holiday by taking the boys for a hike on the Indian River trail. It was SO beautiful.

Chief's Initiation

Last night was the dinner marking MC's official initiation into the Chief's Mess here in Sitka. He's been undergoing the initation procedure for a few months, so this was a nice reward. Just wanted to put up a few pics from the dinner. CONGRATS, MC!!!

Herring Cove Hike

Some girlfriends and I decided to go hiking on Friday no matter what the weather, so we hiked the Herring Cove trail in a mild rain (unavoidable right now in Sitka! :)). It was very beautiful. The snow is all melted in town, but there is still some in the mountains. I heard right now it's colder in Texas and Florida than it is here! Makes me laugh! :)

Texas Time

I just got back from visiting Texas (as most of you know!) and really enjoyed being home. I didn't really enjoy the weather (snow, no sun--just like being in Sitka!), but I had a great time. MC is home now getting some hunting in before he heads back here for Christmas. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for sending such great Christmas pictures to us! I have them out on our table for all to see! I don't have any pics now, but I'll be posting something soon. As a welcome home present for me, Mother Nature let it snow last night so it's been a beautiful wintery day today. I don't mind snow--just not in Texas!!! :) Happy holidays to everyone!

Winter fun

We bought a sled today to enjoy the snow. Deuce thinks that it is a giant frisbee and also wants to sled with me (we were not successful with that!). We had a great time. I love living where it snows!

Yesterday was a terrible weather day. The power of the ocean is really amazing! I tried to take a picture of how choppy it was yesterday, but it really didn't do it justice. The pic came out nicely, though.

Snow!

Last night it started snowing so we went out to play a little. The second pic is what the area behind our house looked like yesterday afternoon. The top pic was this morning. Not much, maybe an inch, but still enough to look nice. All the kids were out sledding down the little hill today. The dogs are totally cool with it. Deuce was a little iffy at first, but then he started catching snowballs! It is really SO beautiful here. Today MC and I were driving into town and two eagles were flying right next to us. I wish I would have had my camera. I can't wait for everyone to come visit and see this for themselves!

Snow is coming

I was excited about the mountains getting snowy, but now it's really starting to get white! It was in the 30s this morning, and they are saying in might snow on Saturday! I guess we'll see...