Finally Finished!

The kids and I flew to Washington. Andrew drove and made it there a few days later. Andrew was able to stay and spend time with family for only a few days before he had to hit the road again. He needed to get a head start so he could pick the kids and I up from the airport. A week later on December 24th, we were able to fly out and see Andrew who made it safely to Alaska.

Andrew had already been up to our new house. As we were driving home, he was just waiting to hear what I had to say about the drive up. OH MY WORD!!!! Andrew would then reply, "We're still not even there." There were a couple tight switch backs that we took. I could see another home way up high. He then told me that we are up even higher. WOW! Once we arrived, we still had to climb our steep driveway. Mind you, it's winter time in Alaska. That means lots of snow and ice. I am just shaking my head thinking we can't do this. It wasn't until we walked in the doors that I fell in love with the home that I saw earlier. It took me a while to get use to the idea of literally living on a mountain. We stayed in our new home for a week sleeping on an air mattress and eating off of paper plates.

We of course missed Christmas. We had planned on celebrating Christmas on January 7th. We would have our household goods by then. We could decorate our home and have a nice Christmas for the kids. Well, being in this big empty home with no toys, the kids were just bored. We felt bad for them. It was kind of last minute, but we decided that Santa was going to come on the 28th. It was late in the afternoon, therefore it was already getting dark. Andrew went outside to see what he could find as far as a Christmas tree. All he had was a pocket knife on him. After a long search in the dark, he was able to come up with a 2 foot tree. It was the cutest thing ever. We decorated it with what we had. We pulled out Andrew's big socks and put our names on a piece of tape that we stuck to them. We told the kids that Santa was coming that night. Sure enough he did. He found us in Alaska on top of our mountain. It was probably one the best Christmases we ever had. The kids opened their gifts and had lots of fun toys to play with. It was a great day.