Here we are!

Since I've been absent from the blogging world for over a month (!!!), there's obviously a lot I need to catch up on! But first I'll post some Alaska pics since I know that's what most people want to see!

Our flight up here went pretty well overall. My mother-in-law came with me to help me wrangle everything, and we flew from San Diego to Seattle on Tuesday. We saw a friend of mine from high school, Raj, and his family and let the kids play outside for a bit. Then we went to see Anissa and her family. Anissa's parents and mine have been friends since high school, so I've known her since I was born. The kids all had fun playing together, but unfortunately I didn't think to bust out the camera so you'll just have to take my word for it that both these friends have some darling kiddos and it was lots of fun.

On Wednesday we got up at 2:30 in the morning to make a 6:00am flight to Juneau (luckily all 3 kids slept the whole way), where we then had a 5-hour layover. We got the kids some breakfast first, and in my exhaustion, I didn't notice that I had let Parker pick out chocolate milk and a chocolate muffin, to which I added some Cocoa Puffs. My mother-in-law also reminded me he had just finished a chocolate sucker mere minutes earlier as well. Ah, well. I'm no health food mama.

The kids entertained themselves amazingly well at the airport. We had breakfast....

did a little dancing.....

hung out in the gift shop....

watched cartoons on the laptop, and then it was ready to board our flight to Anchorage! We got into Anchorage around 3pm, and went to our new place. We're going to be living in an apartment attached to my aunt Marci's house. Marci has 3 kids also, around my kids' ages. They were fast friends immediately, and my kids are in heaven knowing their life is going to essentially be one giant playdate for the next few years.

When we got home, we fell asleep on the floor. Big day.