We Are Alive...Part I

It's been a while since we've posted, so we'll just cut to the chase.

We got invited to the Jazz vs. Clippers game in April. It was Ashley's first Jazz game ever, and we had a ball. It was a blowout (the Jazz won), but it was still lots of fun!

We got to puppy sit for The Larsen's one Saturday afternoon. Ashley was pretty disappointed about it, but agreed to it anyways. Ever since then she has mentioned getting a puppy at least twice a day.

We took Bandit out to Shawn and Mindy's house to play with the kids. Turns out Claire does an excellent puppy impression.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!


In keeping with Mexican tradition, Ashley stabbed herself in the hand while pitting an avocado, a tradition that has been in our family for centuries. She managed to damage a nerve, resulting in some "numbness" of the finger, as well as a couple of stitches.

Though the stitches are now gone, the "numbness" is not. There is the possibility of surgery in the near future to repair the nerve, so be prepared to send/deliver avocados to her to demonstrate your love and concern.

Finally...

So we finally decided to post some pictures from Christmas time. Shawn created a website (thanks), but after a few failed attempts, we gave up. Instead, we uploaded to a web album and sent out invitations to view. If it doesn't work, let me know. Also, if you want an invite let me know. Hope you like them.

Sadness all around...

Does anyone else feel like they're suffering from the blues due to an overall lack of posting? Well I do, so I thought I would create a post with some suggestions for possible future posts.

This is us at Disneyland last year. We love vacations!


Remember how much fun we had shooting Kevin on Christmas last year?


We love decorating for Christmas. This is the Christmas tree in our apartment this year. It's a little cramped, but I think it was well worth it.

Happy Posting!

Gobble

I know what you're thinking, and I agree. There definitely should have been two more gobbles in the title of this post. Thanksgiving has come and gone now, and we haven't posted in a while, so naturally a Thanksgiving recap is the perfect solution. Dinner was delicious, and despite Mindy's predictions, no one turned into a cat. Afterward we played Rockband, and as is to be expected: it rocked! I wouldn't be surprised if Shawn started a Police cover band. The rest of the night was spent sitting, slouching, or otherwise finding a position that would accomodate the extra mass aquired. We watched Run, Fatboy, Run and I hear there was more Rockband. All in all, a pretty good Thanksgiving.

Now for some pictures

Aren't these two just so darn cute?

We named our band Triptofann (Shawn spelled it this way as to give us more of an edgier feel), in honor of the sleep inducing chemical found in Turkey.

Boring Rhymes with Snoring

Ever since we got back from Alaska, all we really do is go to school, occasionally study, and work. We'll occasionally spend some time with family, depending on what type of meals are being offered at the time. We've seen our friends, so we know they're out there. For the most part, though, we haven't done anything overly exciting. Because of our drab existence, we haven't posted. However, in honor of those with far more interesting lives than us, at least if you're measuring based on number of posts, here is a post. Now you know the lives we lead, and we'd appreciate it if you would post some comments about how much you love us and how funny we are and how you wish you could spend some more time with us.

To keep with tradition, we must include pictures.

Is anyone surprised?

Would you let this guy near your kids?

So you want to hear about our summer, eh?

After much anticipation, we have officially arrived back home in Logan. Now I know what you're thinking, and yes, for once, we were the ones anticipating our arrival. We sure did miss this wonderful little valley of ours. Now that we're...um...settled???, we decided that we should share a few more of our adventures in Alaska. To do this, however, we need very few words. We have uploaded nearly 500 pictures onto a website that I will conveniently post here on our blog. All you have to do is click on it, or maybe copy and paste it, and you will be able to see the pictures. Hope you enjoy looking at some, or if you're really bored, all of them.

Also, because we think this is really cool and don't want anyone to miss it, we're posting this video of a bear doing some fishing. Hope you enjoy.

Link to pictures

Once upon a time...

So here we are in Juneau. Who would have thought that after all this time, we still know how to type? We've had plenty of adventures, lots of rain, we've worked a lot, and it has rained a lot. We've seen bears, whales, and rain. All in all, we're having a pretty good time.

One of our favorite places we've been while in Juneau is the Mendenhall Glacier (the big chunk of ice in the background). The day we took this picture was one of the sunniest we've seen, not that that's hard to do, and we even got a little red in the face that day. The glacier is frequented by black bears, and we were lucky enough to wrestle some one night.
The picture above is us enjoying fireworks on the 4th of July. They do the fireworks show at midnight, because that's the only time it's dark enough to do them. They shoot the fireworks off of a boat in the channel, so it was really pretty. There's also huge mountain ranges on either side of the channel, so it sounds like someone is just firing off canons. They even had a few that didn't really put off any light, but they made a huge boom.
Last of all, this is the view from our apartment. We live in a tiny, one-bedroom apartment on the eleventh floor overlooking the Gastineau Channel. The view is great, it's not very often that you look out the window and don't see a few cruise ships in port. Sadly, however, this view is very different from our current view. We have been blessed with 28 straight days of rain. That's right, not one of those days did the sun shine for more than about ten minutes. We're still having a blast though, and more importantly for those of you who have begun to wonder, we're still alive.