May Sunset

An Alaskan summer sunset at 10:40pm :)

Finally!!

In about 2 months and 10 days I will officially be a college graduate. I am finishing my final Psych class right now and have already finished my other classes from this quarter. I am taking 1 class over the summer and as of July 26th i'll be a college graduate. Then it's onto grad school. I'm planning on attending school up here at the Univerity of Anchorage.

Other than that...it's beautiful up here, everything is green and blooming and the mountains are still snow capped. I love it!

Winter Makes a Curtain Call...

Yesterday morning it started snowing, the previous snowfall record for April 25th was from 1952 for 1.8 inches and as of 5pm we had over 10 inches with 8 to 15 inches more expected before it stops. It hasn't snowed like this all winter and on Thursday it was 60 degrees!!!

Once I finally got my car up my driveway last night (my studded tires were taken off about a week ago because the deadline to have them off was April 29th) my car got stuck halfway into its spot and won't be moving until it first of all stops snowing and starts to melt a little...

This was my car last night around 9pm....

This is this morning around 10am

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...