This is our life

A friend of ours in Bethel is most likely moving out of town. This has prompted Terrence and I to think about our plans. Our track record in the past has involved lots of moves and changes so it might be surprising to some that this time the conversation revolved around staying where we are. We had this conversation in January on a day with a -25 windchill so we must really mean it.

Of course this does not mean forever. I promise we will not retire in Bethel. It does mean that for now this is our life. We have wonderful weekends indoors with James and baby. We get up each work day and drive the short way to work on icey roads to fight with lawyers and health care officials. We commiserate with each other and our coworkers about the injustices we see several times a day. We don't miss movie theatres and bars because our lives are so full with family and work. We are actually doing what we said we wanted to do when we were optimistic wide eyed teenagers. Only it is in a place we couldn't have imagined, a cold, somewhat broken but beautiful place.

More pictures from Grandma and Grandpa's visit

Movie of William and Grandma Molly

Pictures

We have had such a nice Christmas visit with Molly and Michael. Here are some pictures. They took some movies too but I am currently having trouble uploading them.

December in Bethel

I know this blog has been mostly a family photo album lately but I figured I should mention how things are in Alaska lately. We have gotten a lot of snow and it is cold and dark. I think the whole town gets a bit of Seasonal Affective Disorder this time of year. Collective grumbling and loss of productivity can be felt everywhere in town. December is always the worst, after the solstice you are at least heading the right direction. Right now though it is a little rough and the forecast does not look good. The next week they are predicting it is going to be between -10 and a few degrees above zero. That doesn't include the wind chill factor which today is hovering at -28. Terrence is in felony trial, Jamie is growing weary of indoor recess and even the baby's schedule is messed up. He is waking up every hour wanting to play (instead of just nursing and going back to sleep). Luckily, we all have Christmas to look forward to.

Adorable

William loves his mouth and anything he can put in it. He and I had a wonderful weekend. He is so sociable now. He cannot wait to see his Grandma and Grandpa Haas- less than two weeks now!

Thanksgiving

It is always hard to be away from family for the holidays but even so we had a good time. Terrence and I cooked or first turkey and it came out pretty well. It actually cooked faster than it was supposed to. We had several friends over from work and James and William had fun. Doesn't William look adorable in his outfit that was made by Aunt Jane? Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.