God Bless You All!

Isn't he the cutest!? :)

I hope you all have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A Trip Up North

This past weekend, Cherie and I traveled up to Fairbanks, AK to visit her friends. Fairbanks is about 6-7 hours north of Anchorage. Let me tell you there is a huge difference in temperature and in daylight hours. The second day we were there it got to -36 degrees! It was insane! I never thought I would be out and about when it was that cold. I bundled up so much I could barely bend over. It was totally worth it! Also, right now our sun is setting around 4 and there was setting around 1:00pm. It was nuts to see a sunset at noon.

I have lots of pics to share but I think for this post I will focus on our trip to the North Pole.

We made our way to Santa's house!

I waited patiently for my turn!

Me and the jolly one! I think I was on the naughty list though, he gave me a candy cane at the end. I hate candy canes! Isn't Santa supposed to know these things!?

Lots of fun names for streets and restaurants that play off the Santa theme.

Proof it is a real place!

The coolest street lights ever!

The whole town was cool! And how cool is it that I can say I have been to the North Pole!? There was a lot that went on this weekend. I will post more pics soon! I am headed back east for Christmas! See you in the new year!

The Real Deal

In the beginning of December, Eagle River had their Christmas tree lighting ceremony. I wasn't really sure if I was up for it because I knew it would be cold. But once I heard Santa was going to be there I had to go! And some good friends agreed! We started out the night eating at a local bbq restaurant and drinking sweet tea. We were trying to think warm, southern thoughts!

Kristin, me, Cameron, Amanda and Cadence waiting patiently for Santa to arrive.

We visited with the sled dogs while we waited. Isn't he beautiful!?

Finally, Santa arrived!

And he arrived with REAL reindeer! So cool! Here I am hanging with Prancer. We tried to love on Dancer but he wasn't feeling the love that night.

The tree was really disappointing but it was a lot of fun. And in case you were wondering, yes it was cold but it wasn't as bad as you would think. I had three layers on the bottom and four on the top! I also had hand warmers in my gloves and in my back pockets.

Good friends+Santa Claus+8 tiny reindeer= Good times!

UPS's Claim to Fame in AK

I have seen signs like this around here a lot!

A Full Moon

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