AK

Alaska is beautiful. It is beautiful everywhere. This picture was taken on one of my first days here as we were just driving to the grocery store. It is so awesome to be driving to the store and then be surrounded by mountains. There are mountains on all sides of us. I love the mountains. I can't wait until there is snow on the mountains. I'm sure I'll be regretting that statement when it is 10 degrees below zero. Oh well, I'm living it up now.

My wonderful roommate woke up one morning and made us this yummy and adorable breakfast. I have loved cooking and have had lots of time to cook since I am not technically working yet. This was a very delicious breakfast and it was even better because it was right before our 8-3 all day sub training which was basically every thing we have learned in the past four years at A&M squeezed into a day. Oh and no one else in the room had ANY idea of what to do in almost any situation mentioned so about a 100 questions were asked. Needless to say, it was a very long day.

One of the best things about this trip has been how amazing it has been spiritually. I have spent almost 2 hours a day sitting at this wonderful coffee shop called Steamdot which is where my other roommate works. I love it. It is such a peaceful place. It is amazing to be drinking a delicious americano, reading my bible, and then looking out the window to see all of God's beauty through the landscape up here. I have also found a church that I really like and that makes me happy.

One day last week I was pulling up to Steamdot and this ADORABLE dog was sitting outside in the parking lot. He was the cutest thing I'd ever seen. His owner was just sitting in the coffee shop drinking his coffee and the dog was quite content sitting outside in his buggy. I about died laughing when I saw his cute little leather vest and goggles.

Another great thing about Alaska is that the weather is so nice that they have GORGEOUS flowers everywhere (this makes me think of you miss katie h. every time I see all the pretty flowers). We went to a fair in downtown Anchorage and on our walk we found these flowers. I decided to take a picture. :)

I will be posting about the things I have done on my list of what I wanted to do here. I do miss certain things about Texas, but one thing I definitely don't miss is the heat. I'm going to go on a hike in the amazing weather now...65 and sunny.