Oh Walter, it's been a long time.

Honestly, I have been meaning to update this.  Honestly.  You see, weeks ago, I had the thought "I should update my blog, but Danielle is visiting soon, so I'll wait until after she comes." Then Danielle came and went and I still lacked motivation.  Then today!  It hit.  So hold on to your pants. It's gonna be a good one.  (assuming my attention span lasts...)

Let's play catch up.

February: I was sick the majority of the month and when I wasn't sick I was out riding in literal FEET of fresh powder.  I was leaning back as far as I could on my snowboard and my shoulders were hitting the snow.  It was fantastic.  Winds blowing so hard you couldn't see, not running into a single person for half the run, feeling as if you are the only person in the world, then suddenly someone pops up from under the snow and you're back to reality.  And reality included coughing children, fevers, vomiting, the works.  Seriously people, I get that you have work, but if your kids are sick, FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE, keep them home.  So, I can honestly say that February contained some of my best and worst days of the winter.

Ruckus cuddling with me while sick

Knee deep snow.

March:  What happened in March? My health improved, we spent a lot of time shoveling, and the boys grew mustaches and looked ridiculous.

 

Shoveling out Little Bears heaters after the snow 

from the roof buried them.

The wall of snow that was on the side of every street and sidewalk .  We got over 200 inches of snow in February.

April: April has been fun!  The beginning of April was Dylan's birthday party, at which a neighbor complained of noise at 10pm on a Saturday night.  Oh the nerve.  So we had a whisper party to avoid the pigs being called.  After that I think I just sat around and waited for Danielle to get here.  AND THEN SHE ARRIVED!

So we went snowboarding, 

Ruckus got muddy, 

We went to the Patroller "Olympics" and hung out with the other Oregon kids,

Went sledding in a super scoop (and saw a ghost dog.)

 

Danielle and Roland fell in love (Roland is not the ghost dog.)

We threw some bras on the Mardi Gras tree. 

We put banana and oatmeal masks on our faces and got super itchy, 

Made cake batter milk shakes and ice cream, 

We went hiking in the rain and hiking out in the wilderness where we got lost for hours, 

We went to Seward to visit Emily, Michael, and their precious baby, Russell.

Saw the largest sea lion in the world at the Sea Life Center.  (Sea lion not pictured, we were waiting for him to swim past for the photo.  It never happened.  Jerk.) 

I got attacked by plastic crabs, 

Danielle took an epic picture of me about to shred the mashed potatoes,

AND the Oregon Kids crashed the slush cup, had our mixed drink pass as "water", almost got drinking tickets for drinking on the "dry" side, and then promptly passed out on our couches.  Overall, it was the best week I have ever had in Alaska.

Now, it's back to the real world. Saturday was my last day of working lifts, and I celebrated by passing out on the couch with a fever.  I guess some things just never change.