Amy and I have been enjoying our time here in Anchorage. Amy continues her work at Providence Alaska Medical Center, and I like the new challenges as I manage the Outpatient Pediatric Clinic at Alaska Native Medical Center. We are both working full time, but Amy continues to homeschool the boys, so she actually has two full time jobs. The city continues to feel like a wild place. Moose cruise through our neighborhood regularly, there were a few bear maulings on the east side of town last summer, there is a decent salmon run in the creeks that run through the city (one of which is one block from our house), and the trails through the city can take you 
anywhere. Anchorage is very culturally diverse and we have discovered lots of great ethnic food, but no Ethiopian restaurant, yet. One of our favorites, Yak and Yeti, serves Himalayan influenced food. The boys would say their favorite restaurant would be either Bear Tooth Theaterpub & Grill that serves you pizza while you watch your favorite flick or Chuckie Cheese's.
The summer flew by. After the Katmai trip in July, Amy's family arrived in August for a whirlwind tour. We had a great time hosting everyone. Our excursions to Denali, Palmer, Wasilla, Seward, Alyeska, and Portage Glacier were mostly cloudy and cool, but still beautiful and full of great memories. The fall was short, but nice. We did go blueberry picking on the hillside above town...no bears. The snow arrived in early October which made a nice backdrop for the moose we found on the Powerline trail in the Chugach.
It has not made it above zero over the past week. However, the cold has added to our fun this winter. We did get the boys up on skates several times and we went cross country skiing and snowboarding last week. We are glad the boys love the winter because we have four more months of it!
