Our Hero!

We're so proud of my sister Darci for being named an Everyday Hero in Colorado! Great job Darci and keep up the wonderful work that you do with the Weims!! We love you!

Heading home

It's been an awesome two weeks in Hawaii - Kauai is definitely one of our favorite spots! It's been a nice break from the cold and dark of Alaska and it must have been a great vacation because I actually feel ready to head home. We think Harper really liked her first trip to the island, and that she may even like the sun (her mom is a sun-loving Colorado girl and might be biased on this). Both Grandmas made the trip and had great fun playing with Harper, and so did Aunt Sue! It was great to see everyone and we had so much fun in the warm sun. Now I just need to talk Dan into coming in from the boogie boarding so we can catch our plane in a few hours...

Dan catching waves at Shipwreck Beach



Mama's little beach Bum


Sunset with endangered Monk Seal off Poipu Beach


Sunset from Brennecke's Beach

What a tease!

I really thought we were moving up in the world yesterday... temperature wise. We got all the way up to minus 6°F at our house, the warmest we have been in over two weeks! This morning after the 4 am feeding, I was wondering why I was pretty chilly so I wrapped Harper up in a blanket and hat and snuggled to make sure she was warm. Dan let us know that it was back down to minus 17°F after he took el Guapo out for his morning 'walk'. BRRRR! Guap ran out, did his business and was back up on the deck whimpering to come back inside minutes later. His new favorite spot is in front of the fireplace. It's now -12°F at 11:30 am...Hawaii can't come too soon! I just wish we could take poor old Guap! Harper and I are ready to be able to venture outside without looking like stay-puft marshmallow people.

Happy New Year!

We rang in the new year in style on New Year's Eve - we were actually even up to watch our neighbors set off fireworks (Harper was hungry so she was up, and therefore I was up, and if I was going to be up so was Dan!). Also, the fireworks got the better of us again this year - we keep forgetting how traumatic it is for Guapo to hear them, so he kept us up past one o'clock barking at any little noise there was. Which since it has been really cold here lately the house is making all sorts of creaking and new noises just trying to keep itself from freezing. It's sure a great thing that Harper is such a deep sleeper (Dan says she gets that from her mother, ha ha ha).

We have made it out in the really cold temps - I would go crazy to stay inside all the time. We ventured out to Town Square for the ice carving contest. An old friend of mine was once again carving up a storm so we went to see him in action. January 3rd is the State of Alaska's 50th anniversary party of becoming the 49th state, so the ice carving theme this year reflected anything to do with Alaska's history. There were some really cool ice sculptures, from salmon swimming in a stream to a depiction of 4th Avenue after the 1964 earthquake, to an awesome bear dancing with a woman. Dan carried Harper in the Bjorn, zipped up in his down jacket. She was pretty warm, considering the temps were minus 10 degrees F!

Reindeer


Swan


Dancing bear


An almost 'weim-sicle'


Dan & Harper, staying warm!