We are in Alaska for the summer, and it is beautiful!! The kids and I have been here for a month and it has had its ups and downs, but it has been a good experience so far. We are having our third baby here this summer in Alaska and I almost booked a flight home when I found out how much more expensive it is to have a baby here. Luckily, we have fairly good insurance and I was able to find a great doctor. The doctor and the hospital are a mile from our apartment, so I feel like I'm in great hands!! It's always hard to leave home and adjust to a new place, but I feel like I've adjusted and I'm enjoying our time here. The kids have loved it since almost day one, it's been harder for me to adjust. Our apartment is a furnished two bedroom apartment. It is total 70's, but it's clean and very homey. We are very comfortable here. I love that we have a cleaning service every two weeks, it's fabulous to have that taken care of, especially being 7 months pregnant. The landlords live upstairs, they are an older couple with no children and have been very nice and understanging of us and our little ones. The landlady invited me to come up every other Thursday for a women party called "Stitch and Bitch". I went last Thursday and it was an experience. It was like Enrichment with quilts being made for the hospital, lemon vodka, red wine and cheese. They were all very nice old ladies and were very concerned that I would appreciate Alaska!!
It's been a little cold, but it is warming up and everything just turned green!! It was crazy to get used to the sun going down at 11 and waking us up at 4, but we put cardboard in our bedroom windows and we've gotten the swing of it. It's nice to see the sun so much!!
Chris was here two weeks before us, finding an apartment, car, learning about roofing and playing with his friend. Luckily we missed all the snow, it was just on the ground when we came. Chris was here for a few blizzards. 
The chapel we attend is in the same parking lot as the Alaskan temple. It is the only temple in all of Alaska, so many Alaskan members travel many, many miles to attend. I feel blessed to be so close! 
Christiana was so excited to get on the plane to go to Alaska. She helped motivate me to pack and make the journey without Chris's help. She had to sit in the car an hour before we left to the airpor, she was so excited. She was a peach on our three different planes.
Christiana was so excited to get on the plane to go to Alaska. She helped motivate me to pack and make the journey without Chris's help. She had to sit in the car an hour before we left to the airpor, she was so excited. She was a peach on our three different planes.
We were on the same flight with Michelle from the Bachelor. She was very nice and offered to help me with my two kids, gear and big belly.
We bundle up to go to park, which was an adjustment after leaving beautiful April Arizona weather. It's warm enough now to ditch the hats and the jackets are coming off most days. Summer weather here is going to be perfect, especially after four Arizona summers!!
Most Saturdays we have gone somewhere fun, this is a hike 20 minutes away, it was fun to have the kids run up and down the start of the trial.
Our friends invited us to an Eater egg hunt with a lot of young families. Everyone was and has been so nice and friendly to our family.
I forgot to get pictures of the kids before church on Easter Sunday, so this is the best we could do after Church.
Christiana and Anderson decided to use some balloons to try and look like their mama. Christiana thought this one up all on her own. It's sad that it is close to what I really look like.
We visited Chris's brother Mark and sister-in-law Maren and their six boys. We had a fabulous time. We didn't get too many pictures because we were having such a great time talking and getting caught up after three years or so. It was fun to see Dr. Mark come home in his army gear.
Christiana and Jonathan!!
Christiana and Aiden!!
We like to chill in our apartment and on a few cold days the kids like to veg!!
Christiana helping me make cookies!!
Anderson is getting so grown up, he is such a fun and helpful boy!!
We have a park right next to our apartment. It is fabulous to go and play every day!!
