Fall colors...

Although I typically dread fall (only because it represents the end of summer and the start of winter), I do love the colors of fall. We recently took a walk down to Taku lake (it's a 3 minute walk from our front door) and enjoyed the changing colors! We saw 4 moose- two of which were literally charging people (which I have only seen one other time (when one was charging a few of us hiking). So we couldn't do our full lap around the lake- rather just an out and back. Kind of hard to see in this pic- but there are two moose getting ready charge...

This is just a funny pic showing how badly Kyson needs a haircut. We are getting things packed up and bought a 5x8 foot enclosed trailer yesterday. Our motto is- if it doesn't fit, we are getting rid of it. It will be nice to de-clutter even more.. although a lot of work as well. We have also booked hotels for our ride down. We are planning to leave Oct 12th and hope to arrive to Mesa by the 20th. We are planning to stay 2 nights near West Edmonton Mall (Ken loves malls for some reason- maybe because the gym he worked at for 10 years was in a mall). We are going to drive through and stay in Spokane, Boise, and Vegas as well-- so for friends and family in the area... we would love to see you!

I guess that is all for now... more to come...

We are moving to Arizona!

So... we sold our condo tonight and we will be moving to Arizona next month! We are so excited! No more open houses, no more cleaning like a mad woman with 5 minute notice of a person wanting to check it out, no more soliciting calls from realtors trying to get their hand in making a commision off my condo, no more begging Ken to do the dishes, take out the trash, straighten the towels, or pickup Kyson's toys, no more "I am very interested" only to leave us hanging... oh what joy! Seriously!

I have yet to tell my work, and am very sad to leave the VA, as I have really grown to love all of my co-workers and it feels like family. We are also sad to leave behind Ken's family, but we are equally excited to be near mine, as well as for new adventures and esp to escape the cold dark winter of Alaska. We are ready to "defrost" in Arizona... which at 100 degrees this week... I'm sure won't take too long.

We will be trying to see family and friends along our drive down-- we need something to break up a 5000 mile drive... so we will be in touch! I'm very excited for Ken to meet some of my friends and family he never has (as well as Kyson).

Ahhhh... the relief.... and now... on to packing!

A trip to the zoo

This past weekend we decided to head to the Anchorage Zoo. It was fun to see all of the animals and get some fun shots of the bears. Kyson enjoyed it too as his eyes would light up everytime he spotted an animal. Very cute!