I can't believe how May has flown by. Most of the month was beautiful here in Anchorage, Alaska. We are feeling settled in and quite at home here already. We have been spending every spare moment outlside (especially whenever Kai is sleeping.) With the long days we can easily put the kids to bed around 7:30 and get at least two or three hours of yard work in before we go to bed! This is the time of year where everything has gone from the dead brown of winter to bright and alive with color. I LOVE this time of year. We have worked diligently at planning, building and planting our garden and working on our yard. The neighbor boys are hydroseeding our back yard at this very moment. In Alaska, a common gardening technique is raised bed gardening, so the soil is warmer for the plants to grow. We started our seeds in the laundry room window a couple of months ago, and have now transplanted everything to the yard. We built an arbor and gate with a wire fence to hopefully keep pests (moose) from eating our our hard work! Kai is still crawling so, in order to bring him outside we pretty much have to commit to a bath afterward.
The kids are adjusting well to being here. Kai is sleeping well again--that is where the change affected him most. Aubrey is doing well with the change also. She has settled in after a little transition time. We all love our new home and all of the space we have to play. All the work there is to do here is what we love to do. The kids had late winter colds but have been healthy for some time now. We love to walk to the zoo from our house.
We have been connecting with old friends and excited to meet some new. We will be hosting a couple of BBQs for people who are connected with our church and live in our neighborhood this summer. We are also taking a trip to Montana to meet up with family for a week in July. Both sets of parents are coming to visit us this summer as well.
It is an interesting thing to move away from a place for a couple of years and then move back. It is certainly an easier transition than moving to a new place, though. I am out of "Momma Time." So I'll have to add pictures next time!
