one. two. three

one: I GOT TO ALASKA!
sitting in the airport got old real fast. i got up early thursday morning hoping to get on a flight to alaska... didn't happen. i was flying standby so i only got the seats that were left. if the flight is full, it's a no go. so instead of spending new years with my mr. brian in alaska, i brought in 2010 with my 5 year old sister. it was fun to spend new years with kaylee, something i will always remember. after watching the fireworks and hitting pots and pans outside with the neighbors i went to bed with hopes of getting on the next flight to anchorage. luckily, i was the last one on the plane. that flight was at 7 am, the next flight was at 3. so i spent the next 6 hours waiting, not knowing if i was even going to get on the 3 o'clock flight at all. the lady said it was over booked by two and there were 15 standbys.... not very good odds. weird thing was, i was the last one to get on plane, again! the plane ride itself from phx to anchorage is 6 hours... yuck. to make things worse, some guy was in my window seat and i didn't have the guts to tell him to move. so i sat in his seat, the middle. then the whole plane ride (or at least when i wasn't fake sleeping) he was telling me about the tattoo he had just got.

the two things i learned about this random guys tattoo:

1: it is a quote. from a star wars book, not the movie (he was very clear about that).
2: his tattoo is upside down... he said he put the tattoo upside down so he could easily read it if he looks down. creeper. oh and the tattoo is on his tummy.

two: star struck!
today i got a picture with what some might call an alaskan god:

johnathan hillstrand. captain of the time bandit.
ever seen the show deadliest catch?

cory and i love this show. we have probably seen every episode, well, maybe not all... but a lot. we took this picture in homer, alaska. it is a cute little shop that sales deadliest catch merchandise. it's cool because the actual time bandit boat docks at homer, it was fun seeing the actual boat in person!

we saw captain johnathan at the arctic roadrunner (a burger joint in anchorage). cor took me there to meet robs family. who were so fun, might i add (and joni if you ever read this, i checked out your etsy shop, and LOVE it). as we sat down to eat our "mexican ham" sandwiches, who do you know walk in and sits down two tables from us.... captain johnathan! at first i tried to be sneaky and take a picture without him knowing. but i embarrassed cory to much. lol. i didn't even know cory could get embarrassed. so instead of being sneaky, i got up and asked him if i could have a picture with him... he was really nice and said YES!

three: packing for tomorrows journey west.
as much as i have loved being in beautiful anchorage. i am really excited to actually get to bethel. tomorrow we will get a on another plane, along with all the stuff cory drove up here, and fly (only an hour) to bethel. i really just want to get situated in our new apartment. cor and i had to put all of our stuff in totes then tape them up so they are ready to ship. sadly not all of the totes made it to alaska okay.

this tote got ripped open by a rock and snow packed inside. it has been so cold the snow hasn't melted, but ticket to ride did get it pretty bad. we are pretty sure seth-jacque and tyce-rachel will understand our pain for almost loosing such a game!

well, we are all packed and ready to go. next time you hear from us we will be settled in bethel. hopefully with plenty of stories to tell!

.bethel here we come.