Meeting Kiah Lea Dudley...

Tschandra, Riley and I just got back from visiting our friend Irina (Riley's Aunt) at the hospital...she had a new baby yesterday by c-section at 11:24am, she weighed 8lbs and 6 oz. She is so cute and tiny.

Drive Out to Beluga Point...

After I took my parents and brother to the start of the Iditarod in downtown Anchorage I took them on a little drive...Starting near the Port of Anchorage just outside of downtown....

Then we headed south towards Beluga Point...first we stopped alongside the highway at one of the many frozen waterfalls...

Then we made it out to Beluga Point...didn't see any Beluga's since it's the wrong time of year and much of the surface is still frozen...but it was still beautiful. It was really cool to watch the ice just slowly move on top of the water...

Please Pray for Baby EmmaLee...

A friend of mine's 3 month old daughter EmmaLee, was abused by her mother's boyfriend Friday night. The baby's lungs were punctured when he shoved an object down her throat, she is in ICU and in a Coma. Hang in there EmmaLee & Daddy Sam!

Baby sitter put finger down throat to stop infant's crying, police say...

A 3-month-old girl is hospitalized and her baby sitter has been charged with felony assault, Anchorage police say.

Daniel Burns Jr., 18, is accused of assaulting the child Friday, while caring for the infant when her mother was out, police said. It appears the child was crying, so Burns, trying to stop her, stuck his finger down her throat in frustration, said police Sgt. Cindi Stanton, supervisor of the crimes against children unit.
When the girl's mother returned, she found the child crying uncontrollably, police said. After the crying didn't stop overnight, the mother took her to a hospital where doctors discovered her injuries.
Burns was arrested Sunday on a second-degree assault charge and was being held on $5,000 bail. Police did not have an updated condition on the child Monday.

Start of the Iditarod...

My parents and brother Joseph arrived in Anchorage late on February 29th and next morning we went to the cerimonial start of the Iditarod in downtown Anchorage. It was too cold for my family it was about 14 degrees that morning...






Tonight they are expecting the race to end in Nome...the leaders are approaching the finish line...

Temperature Swing

At the beginning of this week it was 49 degrees about with wind gusts of 110 mph which made the snow start to melt. It snowed again mid week and tonight it is -8. OUCH.

Dude...where's my car???

Christmas...

So I thought I'd finally get around to uploading some pictures from Christmas...I spent the morning sleeping in and then went over to Tschandra & Riley's house where Tschandra, Joe, Riley and I opened presents together. Then I made pancakes and eggs for breakfast and we drank mimosas...then Joe left for his grandparents house and Tschandra, Riley and I all took a nap...at about 3:45pm were were awakened by a small earthquake but we really felt it being on the second floor of a three story building...I think it was a 3.8 on the Richter Scale...



Then we all got up and drove over to Joe's grandparents house and hung out for a while...



Then we drove out to Tschandra's Aunt & Uncle's house in Palmer...it was definatley an adventure getting out there because we woke up that morning to several inches of new snow...and it continued to snow steadily throughout the day.



We had a wonderful dinner at their house with prime rib, lobster, king crab leg, quiche and these cute little ceasar salad's in a shell that Tschandra's cousin spent several hours making.



Finally Tschandra drove us home while Joe, Riley and I slept (Joe and I both had to work early the next morning).



Here are some pictures. (My mom bought Tschandra, Riley and I Christmas PJ's and Tschandra and I bought a pair for Joe).