Wow, has it been a wonderful fall. Autumn is by far the most beautiful season in Alaska so far. With the yellow birch trees scattering their leaves in the foreground, and snow capped mountains in the backdrop, the cozy smell of chimneys drifting their smoke from first of the year fires in wood stoves mixed with dirt, decaying leaves, leather and horse. Riding with the three of us (actually four of us!) down birch leaf covered trails through the woods brings such fresh seasons joy.
The pictures cannot even give you a glimpse of how beautiful it is. It's a 360 view, five senses experience. Imagine enormous rocky snow kissed mountains on three sides as you drive to church, babysitters, and walk out of Walmart. Pretty amazing.
We had our first snow that stuck October 1st. Enough to have snow ball fights, go sledding, and build a giant snowman! Cyrus loved it. And there was finally a clean ground for my usually mud drawn child to play in :)
Cyrus in his beloved tree-house his daddy built for him.
A true before picture. Those bushes will be coming out too.
Our most exciting and recent update, we bought a house! Three bedroom, 1 1/2 bath. Split level with wonderful downstairs play room & utilities/laundry. We're pretty ambitious first time home-owners. Within the first two days of closing we had the shed renovated and organized with our belongings, those three curb-appeal-stealing, insurance-agent-scaring trees felled that were right next to the house, almost all the carpet tore up, and tons of junk thrown out. Now the yard is mowed, the floors scraped, and we're working on pulling those stumps out and finishing the flooring prep for a coat of odor-sealing primer. I never thought I would enjoy mowing a yard so much! But when you OWN it, and it makes such a drastic beautifying improvement, it is so rewarding. Even pulling carpet staples on my hands and knees with a pregnant belly is rather fun! Cyrus has been a great help, most to the time. He got his prayer though. Chadd hates the color (Sorry Mom! ;) and will paint it as soon as higher priorities are completed, but Cyrus prayed for a BLUE house, and he got it.
Chadd up the the tree to tie a rope and direct its fall.
I'll have lots more house renovation pictures.
The rest are on Chadd's phone and he's working in Talkeetna overnight right now.
Wow, has it been a wonderful fall. Autumn is by far the most beautiful season in Alaska so far. With the yellow birch trees scattering their leaves in the foreground, and snow capped mountains in the backdrop, the cozy smell of chimneys drifting their smoke from first of the year fires in wood stoves mixed with dirt, decaying leaves, leather and horse. Riding with the three of us (actually four of us!) down birch leaf covered trails through the woods brings such fresh seasons joy. 
We had our first snow that stuck October 1st. Enough to have snow ball fights, go sledding, and build a giant snowman! Cyrus loved it. And there was finally a clean ground for my usually mud drawn child to play in :)
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