Sheep and moose and caribou, oh my!

Of course, we first have to start the blog with our sweet cat, Moose. Moose continues to help us around the house. He decided it was time to take the saran wrap (I know there’s a more ‘technical’ name) off the window for winter so he clawed it up. Moose always enjoys helping us fold clothes. What a cat! We attempted putting a harness on Moose, it’s actually Mattie’s, so he can enjoy the outdoors. For some reason, he didn’t like it. It may have been the pink.

Angela, Will’s mom, arrived on a Thursday night. Besides sightseeing around town, we traveled to Denali National State Park about two hours away. It was a great day to go because we saw a plethora of critters (moose, caribou, mountain sheep, Arctic squirrels, and my favorite…a porcupine). Mattie and Oscar companied us and there were still patches of snow everywhere. During one of our walks, Angela truly embraced one of the snow patches we crossed.

We even went and checked up on Santa’s reindeer.

On Wednesday, Angela and I went panning for gold. My large amount of gold panned totaled a whopping $8, Angela’s $16. We hit it rich!

Will and I were very happy to see green quickly appear across the area. We have even encountered one forest fire already. From what I hear is that the smoke will be bad this summer due to the mild winter a.k.a. lack of snow.

The sun is shining bright and we get about 20 hours of daylight. We already have our blackout curtains up in the bedroom and appreciate them each and every day. Because the days are so incredible it is hard to focus when we are at work, but make the best of it when we are done for the day.

We are going crazy with outside work and Will has potted three pots full of herbs. We also have hung a birdfeeder and are still waiting for the birds to come (it’s been a week and yes, we have changed the birdseed recently).

Up and coming…my mom, dad, Josh, and Steven will be visiting. Yay!