December 26 - January 1
After arriving here Kyle had to go to work and work the next three days. The kids and just hung out at the house exploring the house and wearing our pajamas all day long. We weren't going to go outside it was to cold and the kids only had their winter coats. We did eventually decided to go outside but we but layers and layers on. But we mostly played card games, watched movies and drank a lot of hot chocolate. We only had one car. The van was being shipped up and still in transit. Kyle would take the car to work, which I did not mind at all. I had never driven in the snow and was very nervous to do it, especially since we didn't have studded tires on the car.
Some where along the way we caught a bug and brought it home. It ran through the house quickly. Jaron got sick the second night that we were here and hung out near the bathroom. Kallie got it next, Kyle, Karlee, and then Kelsie. I thought that maybe it had passed me by but it hit me in the night, luckily in the morning I was just weak but on the mend.
Kyle finally got to his days off for the week and he had four ahead of him. On the first day, (it was also Jaron's actual birthday too). I spent the morning reading the driving manual and then we headed to the DMV so I could get my lincence changed. I didn't pass but that is okay because they would of not given it to me anyway, I didn't have my marriage licence to prove my name. I had to mail away for it and wait.While out we went to Walmart on the hunt for winter clothes for the kids. We found an awesome price on winter kid boots only $2 each. The clerk had to do a double take as she rang them up. I was grateful because on something that I thought would break the bank on buying four pairs for the kids. Ended up being cheaper then one pair, so I bought two pairs for each kid. We found snow pants for all the kids and gloves. The lowest temp it got this week was -10 and that was only one night, we had highs of 18 degrees. But it was really cold for us folks coming from Oregon with the norm being in the 50's. It is really nice to see the come out for the few hours it does. It only came out once this week, the rest of the week it was overcast.
The 21st of December was the shortest day of the year and so things could only get brighter from here. It was weird because it would not get start getting light until 10am and it would start getting dark about 3:30 p.m. With it not being light very long makes you feel like you have to get everything done quickly while it is light. I am grateful for the lights in the house that makes it seem brighter when it is dark outside...oh and for the heat in the house to keep us all warm and toasty.
The kids are playing outside in this picture but I was to get it of the house. This is the place that we are renting just for about three months, so we in the search for another place. But this is a great place. It has 3.5 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. It over looks the river that seems to be getting smaller everyday. On Sunday we went to church, everyone said hi, I also had a couple people (one in front of RS) asked if I was here to stay or just visiting, I thought that was a funny question. We also got invited over to one of the people Kyle works with and happens to be a member of the church. His wife Julie is so nice, and very welcoming to me, I really appreciative of that. We had a yummy homemade pot pie and tossed together salad it was great, I still need to get that recipe for the pot pie. The kids enjoyed playing with their kids, they are all about the same age. Karlee I think found a lasting friend in their daughter Kami.
Fun fact about Alaska, or at least our house: Water smells like rotten eggs. I went to wash the dishes and it started to smell like rotten eggs. I was very confused by the smell. Turns out that it is the water causing that smell. I guess there is sulfur in the water to make it have that smell.I wonder... since I shower in that same water do I smell like rotten eggs??
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