Wordless Wednesday

Ode to Moose's Tooth

Oh, Moose's Tooth, how I long for thee!!!

This is an ode to Moose's Tooth our favorite pizza place in Anchorage...ok so maybe more like our favorite pizza place ANYWHERE! The inspirition for this pizza came about by trying to use up random left overs and remembering one of our top five most ordered pizzas from Moose's Tooth called the Spicy Thai. This pizza has Peanut Sauce, Chicken, Red Onions, Bean Sprouts, Carrot Threads, Cilantro, Mozzarella and Garlic and Oil on it. Amazingly enough I looked in my fridge and I had everything I needed except the bean sprouts! So as it is baking in the oven as I write this I am excited to see if it turns out as good as the one from Moose's Tooth. Here's hoping...

Happy 8 Months Annsley!

Annsley, sweet girl, Daddy and I love you more than words can say. We are so thankful that God saw it fit to bless us with you. As you get older with each passing day our prayer for you is that you will come to know and love the LORD with all of your heart, soul, and mind. As your parents we want to show you not only the love we have for you but the love that God has for you through our actions and words. With God' grace, mercy and help you will be raised according to His Word. We love you Annsley!

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

"And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts, living within you as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love; and may you be able to feel and understand, as all of God's children should, how long, how wide, how deep and how high His love really is; and to experience this love for yourselves, though it is so great that you will never see the end of it or fully know or understand it. And so at last you will be filled up with God Himself" Ephesians 3:17-19

A week in Bavaria

This past week Luke had a work conference at Edelweiss Resort, which is an Army ski resort in a little Bavarian village called Garmish. Anyways, Annsley and I decided to tag along and after a 5 hour drive and a mini version of The Clampits go on Vacation we pulled into a charming little village at the base of the German Alps covered in snow. What followed was a week of slow days filled with reading, relaxing, sight seeing, spending time at the pool and enjoying the quietness of falling snow, at least for Annsley and I, Luke's days were spent at the conference but even that was a nice change of pace from his regular day to day.

These are the beautiful German Alps, being among them reminded us of Alaska and our AMAZING 4 years there.

In the Lodge lobby they had some rustic rocking chairs next to a huge stone fire place and we found one "just right" for Annsley. She felt like such a big girl sitting in it.

One day Annsley and I took a tour of Ludwig II's Linderhof Palace and Oberammeagau, the village where the Passion Play of Christ is performed every 10 years. We had a great time, unfortunately you are not allowed to take pictures of the inside of the palace and it being winter, all of the outside statues and fountains were covered for protection. So, while it was beautiful, a trip during the summer months is in order so the full effect can be taken in.

Annsley also experienced her first trip to the pool.

At first she wasn't so sure, but once in her little belly boat, she loved it!