What should I name her?

It's a 2002 Subaru Outback Impreza Sport and she'll all mine. Less than 55,000 miles, power everything and the Alaska-required 4-wheel drive. Yay!

We got a Nintendo Wii for Joshua's birthday

Break up

It's what Alaskans call springtime. When the snow and ice turn to slush, puddles and lots of mud. The streets might be dry but parking lots are landmines of muddy slush, unsuspecting ice and gigantic potholes hidden in lake-like puddles.

Anchorage ashfall

Volcanic ash coats the snow and pavement in the Dimond Center Mall parking lot.

Mount Redoubt exploded more than 25 times while Davin was here on spring break keeping Anchorage dwellers on alert for ashfall and the airport jammed with stalled travelers. We finally got our first dusting of ash the day before he left. The sky turned gray like a duststorm and the snow took on a dirty hue. The mall closed early, so I picked up Josh from work where the air smelled of sulfer and the grit stuck to windshilds and stung your throat. There was no major damage or threat, but Davin's flight was cancelled until the following Tuesday extending his vacation a few days.

The Imaginarium

Davin and I went to the Imaginarium (Discovery Science Center) while he was here for spring break. We learned about flight, bubbles, Alaska sea life and even got to touch the back of a baby alligator. It was so much fun we had to go back another day to see the baby chick demonstration and hold brand new baby chicks.