12 Weeks

We're pregnant!


12 weeks along thus far - We are very excited and are looking forward to having a sweet addition to our family. Below are a few pictures of our first ultrasound. Seeing the baby move around was the most exciting experience I have had yet. The baby is very active and gave us lots of good pictures. We'll find out shortly if we are having a girl or boy so put in your guess and we'll see who's right.




The big day is estimated to be February 10, 2010.

Homer, Halibut and Hidden Treasures

Last week my parents got to come up to Alaska to visit us for about 10 days. About half way through the week we planned a trip to Homer to go on a Halibut charter. This was the first Halibut trip that my mom and I have ever done so we were quite excited.


Now Homer is about 4 hours away and since the charter was to leave at 6:30am on Thursday morning we thought it best to head to Homer the day before and spend some time in town and be able to get a good nights rest before our long day of fishing. We had a wonderful time around the town. May parents are both into Geocaching so we found 3 "hidden treasures" along the Homer Spit and were able to locate them using my dad's nifty GPS and Tyler's great hunting skills.

Tyler found the first one and won the prize of free ice cream from my parents. Good job Ty!
We stayed the night at a great little Bed & Breakfast just outside of downtown. Early Friday morning we got up to a wonderful home cooked meal and then quickly loaded into the car to get to our charter boat. The weather was amazing - sunny and warm which made for a great day on the water. I have never seen anyone catch fish as quickly as we were that day. You put your line in the water and as soon as it hit the ocean floor you were reeling up a Halibut- I kept the first two I caught since I was one of 3 on our boat to get seasick I thought it best to keep the Halibut I caught since I was never sure if I would feel well enough to fish later. But even while being sick I had a great time out on the water with everyone.



We now have a freezer full of halibut so I know what Tyler and I will be eatling the rest of this summer - Beer battered hallibut anyone?

Mayor's 5 Mile Run

So several months ago I asked my friend Melanie if she would join me in running the Mayor's 5 mile run on June 20th. She was game for it and so we started training. Melanie was in California for most of the time so we had to train seperatly but we both stuck with it and were ready and excited to do the run.



We both decided that our limit on running is 5 miles - sorry but no marathons for us. The race was listed as a 5.6 mile race however after doing a trial run on the course and clocking the distance we beleive that the acutal race was closer to 5.8 or 6 miles by the time you crossed the actual finish line. What a great accomplishment we felt when we finihsed - we actually ran the entire thing (no walking or resting) and we did it in about 1 hour and 4 min. I know we aren't breaking any records but our goal was to complete it in about one hour so we made it!

Here we are finihsing up the race together over the finish line (don't laugh at how we look when we run - I already said we aren't really runners)



Thanks Melanie for joining in the race with me. It was fun and a great way to motivate me to get into shape.