What is uuuuuuup

AK is FANTASTIC. Aaron and I are loving it! We spend all day working and play so hard at night watching Doctor Who, I mean, going on adventures, that we're pretty much exhausted all the time.

Even though we're in this amazing place, most of the time we're just busy living our lives. We sleep, run errands, make meals, go to work and relax in the evenings. 

The real difference between being here and our home in Utah is the beautiful peace this place brings. We are truly away from family, away from school, away from Aaron's running and away from all that noise that seems to clutter our lives far too easily. Up here, I have found myself truly exploring who I am away from my family and friends. We are setting patterns in our marriage and habits all on our own. We have to rely on each other since there is no one else to turn to. For that reason alone, we are wonderfully blessed to be here.

We've been doing all sorts of Alaskan things, of course - last Friday, for example, after going out for dinner we decide we weren't quite done with our date night. So, because the sun was only just setting, we headed out to Potter's marsh, a wildlife preserve. We arrived at about 11:30. The sky was alight with a milky blue but the air was thick with sleep. Besides the cars zipping past on the highway, we could see no one. The stillness was quivering. It gave a new meaning to solitude, because although the world still boasted of daylight, everyone was fast asleep.

Sorry for waxing poetic on you, but it's fun to do that sometimes. It was beautiful, to say the least. Even though I was fuhREAKING out at the Mosquitos that were taking a bite outta me.

We took some adorable selfies...

...because WE are adorable...

(Cutest couple in the world award!!)

And we were all set to go, when SUDDENLY -

A MOOSEN!!!!

Say whuuuut, we totes saw a moose! Now I've seen moose before at home - I hail from a mountainous region, remember? - but this was my first Alaskan moose. I don't know why, but they seem to be all about the moose here - it's on all of their souvenirs. And, as I've said many times before, I've eaten  moose. So I knew that this baby moose that was standing nary 10 feet away meant something significant!

'Twas then that I took possibly the most Alaskan photo I will EVER take this trip:

AWESOME. That pic just oozes with Alaskan majesty. All it would need was a great big pick up rumbling in the background and it would basically sum this place up!

Whoops, Miss K, the 2 month old I nanny, just woke up! Time for me to go; write more soon, I promise!

Love you all to high heaven!

~ Karen