Mom is here to visit again!

I got mom to come up here and visit again! She has been here almost a week and takes off to Oregon tomorrow :( But it has been amazing weather and a lot of fun. We've gone up the Tram on Mt Roberts and hiked up more, kayaked, biked out to Herbert Glacier, went whale watching, went on walks around my neighborhood, made some great bread bowls with corn chowder, and ate some awesome king salmon that my friends Julie and Jesse gave us. Brian and his buddy, Joe on top!

Here is mom and I.



And our whale watching adventure was a ton of fun!! We saw a handful of Humpbacks, even got to watch them bubble net feeding.

Today we did a little kayaking. Here is mom and Brian in their kayaks. Another sunny day!


Here is Brian relaxing in our living room and below a pic of mom and the awesome bread bowls


Our trip on bikes out to Herbert Glacier. There were way too many mosquitoes out there so we didn't stand around too long to look at the glacier. It is a nice and flat 5 miles, one way.


Thanks for coming mom, we had a great time with you!

Our new home

Brian and I really are blessed to live in this beautiful home. Owned by Bill and Diane Nash, we get the apartment on the bottom of the home. The first level windows are ours.

This is the main room as you walk into the home. Two bedrooms in the back and a nice living room/kitchen around the corner to the right.

And of course the highlight of the house is the view. Right on the water. I have been able to mow this lawn a few times. These pictures show a really nice day! We've been enjoying some really nice sunshine the last three days. Much needed in my opinion. Especially because a week ago it was in the 50's and rainy. UGH.

May 9, 2009

Finally, pictures from our wedding are available to see. Thanks to my good friend, Amanda I have these to put on my blog. She did an awesome job taking them! I may put more on when I get them from the other/main photographer. So, here is our special day, almost two months ago now! May 9, 2009.

Groomsmen, Joe, Adam, Brian, Paul, Dan and Benjamen.


Three of my girls, Sarah, Sarah and Elia. You three rock!!





Cone Chapel on the Willamette University Campus in Salem, Oregon.





Our first kiss ever! I know it is hard to believe, but so very true. Brian and I waited for this special day to kiss.


Kyle, our awesome piano player! He was perfect!


My sister and her family.








My sister Becky and her oldest son, Benjamen.














Brian and his mom, Karen


Our awesome cake, thanks to Holly Rockwell. It was really good tasting too!

Beloved Mountain Tops!

Climbing to the top of a mountain where I get an awesome view is one of my favorite things to do in Juneau. So, Brian and I took advantage of a rainless, yet cloudy day to hike to the top of Thunder Mountain!

My wonderful husband and I in front of Mendenhall Glacier. The beauty here is amazing!

Yes..it has been a long time...

But, I had to plan a wedding, move out of my apartment, fly to Oregon, get married, and have an awesome honeymoon!! So, that is what I have been doing. I promise to post some pictures of the wedding as soon as I get them. :) So, we'll do the honeymoon first...
We took a cruise out of Florida to Belize City, Belize and the Key West. It was awesome. Brian and I figured a cruise would be okay to do for our honeymoon and it ended up being perfect. Everything is done for you and you don't have to worry about anything. Food, entertainment, sun, laughter, and even making the bed are all done for you in one spot. Then we headed up the coast to Kissimmee near Orlando and visited some of Brian's family and Disney World!! For those on the West Coast, Disneyland is pretty awesome, but Disney World is about four times as big. HUGE and tons of fun, except we went during a huge storm and it poured on us all day! Yes, all day, not just for an hour in the afternoon, but all day. At least we still had warmth though huh?? Okay, here are some pics...


Just a small part of the top of our deck, the Enchantment of the Seas, Royal Caribbean.


In the Key West, we snorkeled and saw some great fish. I even saw a small shark! And we were swimming with barracudas!

Our fancy evening. :) Brian looked so nice. We had a ton of fun on the cruise!


Our one excursion off the ship in Belize was to this Mayan Ruin about an hour and a half drive away, right next to the Guatamalan border. Very cool to see some ruins! This particular ruin dates back to 200-900 AD. Xunantunich, meaning "Stone Woman".



This is the largest structure in this ruins, second tallest structure in Belize, known as "El Castillo" 130 feet tall.

And then to Disney World we went, which is made up of four parks (I had no idea). We had a great day, two days, four parks, very wet, rainy days. The first day wasn't too bad, wore these cute little ponchos just for a bit. The rides were awesome!



The second day, it poured all day on us. I had to struggle a bit with my attitude and all the wet, but we still were able to enjoy ourselves. We made it to all four parks, not something I'd suggest doing in just two days, and Epcot really needs better focus than we were prepared to give. We were pretty focused on the rides!!
All in all, the honeymoon was awesome. Afterwards, we headed back to Oregon for another week of fun and sun and some white water rafting!!

A wonderful Valentines Day adventure out to the glacier. Last Saturday was a beautiful day here in Juneau. Brian and I got outside and hiked across the lake to Mendenhall Glacier. It was awesome!


Here is a close up of some ice!



Here is our 30 minute hike across the lake.

Northern Lights...Finally.

Okay, 10 degrees out on the lake next to the glacier is not the warmest of places to stand and take pictures of the Northern Lights, but since it's only the second time I've seen them, I had to. They weren't quite as dramatic as they were last March when I saw them for the first time. They were a little fainter in the sky, but pretty fun to watch anyway. The pics actually turned out okay too. Enjoy! Maybe click on them to make each picture bigger to get the full effect!