Kenai!

Chillin' in Kenai! 

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

A Cute Truck

When Scott and I moved up here to Alaska, we had one vehicle. We had gotten rid of my car and sold his motorcycle. Luckily, we had been able to get along with just our jeep. It wasn't always the most convenient , especially when Scott would go to work at 7am and I had to get up to take him so I could go to work later. Not fun at all.Well since I got a teaching job, we decided that we could afford another vehicle and so the search started.

It wasn't much of a search. We had our checklist of what we wanted and we headed out just to look. We went to the GMC dealer first. There we found an 05 GMC Sierra 1500 that fit all our criteria and our price range. We found our truck! We found out afterwards that we beat another buyer by a half hour. I've been driving the truck since my work is closer and I love it!

The only think Scott isn't thrilled about is that it is a short bed. I actually really like that because it makes it proportional and cute. It's pretty close to the type of truck I've wanted since high school. Here's our new baby:

School, Snow and Fun

So it's been a lot longer than I intended to have between post. I tried setting this up to be able to post from my phone but it didn't work. That is my excuse for taking forever to update this.

Anyways,  I got a job!! I had an interview on Oct.7th and started my new job on Oct. 11. I am the Title 1 teacher at Shaw Elementary in Wasilla. That means that mainly I am in charge of coordinating parent involement things and working with small groups in various grades. I've only been there for about 3 weeks now and I love the school! Another lucky thing for me is that the school is only a couple of miles from our apartment! Hurray for the Shaw Sundogs!

Shaw's mascot is the Sundogs. A sundog has to do with a spray of color in the outer halo when you look at the sun.

We had our first snow in Alaska last Tuesday. It melted off but we got more just a couple of days later. It's not much but I've been told that it's here to stay. So we'll see how the winter goes :)

 Standing on our deck in the first snow of the season

On Friday, Scott and I went to a fun halloween party. It was a murder mystery where all the guests were given characters to dress up like and act like at the party. Scott and I were Bob the Banker and Bonnie the Banker's Wife. It was based in 1874 in a western town. That was a hard character to find a costume like. I ended up making my dress and a vest for Scott. It was a lot of fun!  (I'll add pictures later, I forgot my camera so I'll have to get copies)

That's the short of what we've been up to. I will try a lot hard to update weekly, or at least every couple of weeks.

Us just hanging out :)

*Happy Birthday To Me*

So I just celebrated my 23rd birthday and I have a lot to be thankful for. Scott is the best husband I could ever have asked for. We went out on Saturday for my official 'birthday dinner' to Cattle Company Steakhouse. It was very yummy :) I also got to get some new shirts from Forever 21, one of my favorite stores. (I was so happy to find out that there was a Forever 21 in Anchorage!) On Monday, it was a somewhat relaxful day. I went to work for a short shift in the morning. Scott was a sweetie and brought some flowers to the store for me :)

I wasn't sure what to expect for my birthday being away from family and friends and just having moved pretty recently. I was completely caught off guard with all the love I got. I got a lot of love on facebook from family and friends. I also got a lot of love through texts and phone calls. I even got a cake from one of my co-workers at JoAnn! Thank you to everyone who thought of me! It really made my day!!


Scott and I have been so lucky in our move up here to AK. I was able to tranfer jobs and have networked my way into a school to sub at and possible get a job at. Scott has been able to work for some church members that are in our ward. We have a great apartment, are making some good friends and just loving life right now.

Settling In

So we've been here for just over a month now and we both still really like it. It rained for the first little while. They had a record breaking summer this year for consecutive days of measureable amounts of rain. I think it ended up being like 33 days in a row. The clear days are warm and bright and the days with little cloud cover, you can see the mountains.

I haven't secured a teaching job yet. I have a possibility of something in the next couple of weeks, if the principal gets the green light to hire. Until then I am continuing at JoAnn Fabrics. Its not my first choice but its a job and luckily I get to work freight so I get to be in the back a lot of the time. I am also going to be substituting. I turned in my application packet and I actually already have a day to sub on the 21st. (A principal I know suggested me so I had a day before I even turned in my packet!) I am also applying for a special ed assistant position. Pretty much I'm doing whatever I can to become an In-district applicant next year.

Scott is working hard. He is still working the temporary job for a couple in our church ward rennovating apartments. Next week he is actually going to be going to Kenai and working on their hotel there. He's had some interviews with a Ford dealership to work on their lot (not as a sales, but matainance) and Home Dept. We're waiting to hear back from them. He's still looking and applying other places. He's even going to look into taking some classes at UAA (University Alaska Anchorage) to get a surveyors license.

Here's some pictures of our apartment. We really are excited about it. We are the very first people to every have lived in it so everything is brand new. That's a big incentive to help me keep on the basic cleaning!










Its a 2 bedroom upstairs apartment over a storage garage. (Scott is playing Battle Tanks on the Wii)

We're Here!

So I was informed by my mom that according to my blog, we were still on our way up here. So I figured I'd update again. Dad was great and helped Scott drive the Uhaul up. There were some nastly frost heaves that made for a roller coaster ride but it was a good time. We made it here Thursday, August 5th about 1am. Kesa and Paul were great friends and opened their house to us even though they already had a houseful. (Shout out to them!) Luckily, we were able to find a great apartment by Saturday. Its a brand new smaller 2 bedroom set back with a personal deck. I've been working at JoAnn since Monday the 9th and been able to get quite a few hours for being so new. However, I am still on the look for a teaching job. School starts this Thursday but possibilities are still there. Scott has a temporary job installing cabinets and he'll keep looking for something more permanent.
It's been a short time and its been pretty overcast/rainy but it is absolutely gorgeous up here! Trees are everywhere and the mountains are amazing when you can see them :)

The only internet we have is from my phone so I will add pictures when I can use a computer that uploads faster. Sorry..

And We're OFF!!!

Just a quick note...Thanks to everyone who helped us get ready to go and all you stopped by to wish us luck! To those we didn't get to see..sorry and hopefully we can catch ya next time we're down.

Alaska, here we come!!