Karl Jessica Family: Living in Alaska

First of all we had to say good bye a lot.

Good bye children's museum and friends

And friends and miller out door theater ( where we went to one last play, Jamessage and the Giant Peach)

Food bye zoo that had a splash pad and good bye 100 degree weather

before we left Houston we were crazy enough to get a puppy. He is a great Pyrenees named Enzo. We suprised the kids with him.

I can't remember if it happened before or after the puppy, but on June 18th Karl graduated residency! He has been so dedicated for so long and I am so proud of all that he has done.

Above is a little magic show one of the waiters put on for the kids I the super fancy resturaunt. It is the tradition at Karl program for the graduating person to bring all his family including his kids, but it was stressful trying to keep them all happy during all the speeches and things!

Above is karl and one of his favorite attendings. Below is other graduating residents, the director, and some other attendings.

Above is all the residents. Below are the ones who graduated that year.

Above is karl accepting the deploma. Sorry it wasn't a better picture. The two younger kids were going a little crazy. Below is a pic of the family right as the dinner was starting.

This is about when we found out that we had bought a puppy that had feas. Enzo had flea medicine that worked in just 3 days, but I still gave his a flea bath as soon as I could and luckily he was flea free. This was him after the bath.

A flea bite that Cole got. More on this latter, but for now know that this point in time we were flea free, had the OK to fly our new puppy and we're just nursing our bites.

We moved to alaska by air and brought all of our stuff as checked bags and things. It was crazy! 6 ticketed passengers, 7 people flying, 1 dog, 12 checked bags, 6 roller suitcases, 6 backpacks, and then all the odds and ends like a purse that kept not fitting in anywhere because every bag was too stuffed. So glad we survived that!

Above is all of our carry ons. Below is most of our checked. All in all we only had to pay $175, so that was pretty good.

We had a lay over in washington and got to spend the day with my family.

Some plane ride pics and one of Camille dressing up at our frinds who were nice enough to watch our kid's while we cleaned oUT the oLD apartment. We miss you Waters!.

Since moving here a couple of weeks ago we have been able to get out some. This is us at McHugh creek. We went there with my sister and her husband and kid.

We also checked out the kids new elementary play ground. Shaylee got a bee sting.

We had to get a new car super fast because we were barrow in my grandmas and she needed at back after a couple of days.

it was fun for Karl to go to Walmart and see tons of fishing gear

We went to church and macie had her 1st day of nursey. They have yet to come and get me. She has been wonderful! I guess she is really used to playing with other kids. These are the oldest playing with the camera during sacrament meeting the stinkers!

Macie after her 1st day of church as a nursery kid

Karl has been enjoying his job. Him before a surgery

Karls view from providence hospital, one of the places he does surgery.

Relaxing after his 1st day of work as a full fledged podiatrist!

This was a hike up flat top. We didn't get too far, but still had fun.

Now remember those flea bites? Well ends up those fleas were carrying a virus and we all got papalary erticaria. That means any nick or scratch we get blisters up really big. The virus basically makes our immune system hyper active. This is what Shaylee bee sting turned into

my ankle was dry so when my foot brushed up against it my ankle got a little of nick that didn't even bleed, but then turned into 2 blisters. This can last anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years! Crazy, right? One last present from Houston.

Today we went to a parade back in my old home town of Eagle river and then walked the trails of the eagle river nature center. It is so good to be back!