NOLA

Having a great time in New Orleans! (we're putting a lot of miles on this Yaris rental)

finally found a white mocha!

view from our 14th floor hotel

beautiful French quarter

St Louis cathedral

cats at the swamp encounters

tiny little alligator (the big ones are dormant this time of year)

Snake

Raccoon begging for marshmellows... I couldn't get on board with this, but she's still cute

pennies!

at the world famous cafe

inside St Louis cathedral

Texas Vacation

My class is done and Cody and I are enjoying our 'Texas Vacation', so aptly named due to my misbooking of airline tickets. We're enjoying some beautiful weather as we wait for the Texans traffic to die down before heading out. Here are some of our adventures:

Houston Zoo, for free!

Naked Mole rat shoutout

Zookeeper talk with the pregnant mandrill

We spent some time with the giraffes

and rhino rears

Here with a preview of the zoo lights

Enjoying some sun and kolaches (nowhere makes my white mocha!)

In our seats for the Texans' game (they lost)

Year of Certifications

I recently received notification that I passed the IBCLC exam and am now an International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant!

Sayonara, America!

It's official: we're moving to Japan! We'll be leaving Alaska in April and will arrive in Japan in May.

Our Last Fall in Alaska

Going away dinner for one of my favorites!

Sunset (at 6:49pm) at Point Waronzof

Northern Lights at Upper Otter Lake, 19 Oct

Lights + Big Dipper

This guy loves the camera

In fall colors before dinner with Kayla and Evan (even though it snowed for the first time today)