Welcome!

Hello friends and family. I hope I am better at blogging this time around and that this will be a good platform to share updates, stories and more about our family and our adventures in the great white north! I find myself often using the phrase "only in Alaska" so I thought it was fitting that it be the title to our new blog. This will replace my e-mail updates so please check back and follow us in this journey.

At some point I will start at the beginning but for now we will start with today. I am making it a personal and family goal that each Sunday we will sit down and update the blog. This last week was a bit hectic for sure! I started teaching tumbling and gymnastics classes and wow for lack of a better word. I was not expecting the interest or demand that it brought to the table. All of the classes are full and most have waiting lists. It is nice to have something to force me out of the house, to have a routine and to meet people and get involved. My body wasn't liking it after the first day but I felt so good after the second day. McKinley is enjoying it on so many levels. She, like my body, struggled a bit after the first day. She didn't so much love the idea of sharing her Mommy but we had a long talk that evening and she did much better the next. She is loving all of her new friends and is excelling (of course) in all of the new things she is learning. It is such a joy to watch as a mother! That child never ceases to amaze me, I am truly so blessed to be her Mom.

TJ is doing great. He is wrapping up the fire station (finally!) and just landed the biggest job in town. I am so proud of him. He is such a hard worker and so talented. The people of the town are so happy to have him here. It is nice to see him appreciated, more than just a number at a big company. Today was fast and testimony meeting and he stood up and bore his testimony, something that doesn't happen often. I am so lucky to be married to such an amazing man.

I am feeling amazingly humble today. I love Sunday. I love Church, the Gospel, feeling the Spirit. I love my family. I love my friends. This journey has been filled will it's fair share of ups and downs. I finally feel like the ground is leveling out, I am finding my footing. That along with sitting here, watching my daughter dance with her daddy makes me smile :)