Alaska: Day 6

Tracy Arm Fjord Boat Tour

More Whales

Iceberg

The Grandparents

Killer Whale

The Husband & I

Black Bear

Waterfall

Iceberg

Valley

Iceberg

Grandma & I

Max & I

Iceberg

Another Boat

Seals

Seal

Glacier

At the Glacier

Waterfall

Iceberg

Glacier

Waterfall

Tall Mountains

Birds

Waterfall

Aftermath of our Alaskan King Crab Dinner

Alaska: Day 5

Salmon Fish Trap

Native Display at the Museum

Totem Pole

Russian Hat at the Russian Store Downtown

Puff Pastry Salmon/Shrimp/Crab with berry sauce at the Twisted Fish

Wasabi Salmon at the Twisted Fish

The Twisted Fish

Alaska: Day 4

Perseverance Trail

Perseverance Trail (with Grey & Zoey)

Perseverance Trail

Perseverance TrailPerseverance Trail

Alaska: Day 3

Salmon Fish Hatchery

Crab at the Hatchery

Posing at the Hatchery

Trolley ride around Juneau

View from Douglas Island

Waterfall in Juneau

Whale Watching Boat

Whale Watching Tour

Lighthouse on the Whale Watching Tour

My new Moccasins

Alaska: Day 2

Sealaska Celebration 2014 Parade

Path to the Shrine of St. Therese

Beach near the Shrine of St. Therese

Catholic Chapel made from beach-stone in the 1930’s

Inside the chapel

Cross outside the Chapel

One of many “Stations of the Cross”

Merciful Love Labyrinth

Max at Eagle Beach

Beautiful scenic drive around Juneau

End of the road

Small island off the coast

Bear print on the beach

More bear prints

Me & Hubby 🙂

Grey & Beth’s house (where Max & I are staying)

Alaska: Day 1

View from the Grandparent’s hotel

The Tramway

Riding the Tramway

Beautiful view of Juneau, AK

Juneau, AK

Mendenhall Glacier

Floating Ice

Waterfall

Grandma at the Glacier

Us at the Glacier

Grandma & Grandpa Keller

Bald Eagle

Me in a Bald Eagle’s nest

Down the Tramway

Lady Baltimore

Black Bear Sighting

Mendenhall Glacier

Work, Eat, Sleep.

That’s basically our lives these days. This past semester Max has been busy juggling an internship at The GrowHaus, a job at REC Solar, and school. He just finished up the semester though so we have a bit more time to hang out together! Soon he will be done with both the job and internship, and will then be the new Communications Specialist for the Center for Advanced Visualization and Experiential Analysis at his school. Exciting stuff!

I’ve been busy with my new job as a teaching assistant at Monarch Montessori of Denver! Of course the kids are adorable, funny, and say the sweetest things… but oh my gosh they are exhausting. This brings me to the next section of the blog that I’d like to call…

WHY?!

Why on earth do parents send their 2nd graders to school with coffee? I mean honestly… these kids have enough energy.

Why is it these children still can’t spell “Jessica”, but know how to spell every swear word perfectly? And how on earth do they manage to write them everywhere…

Why, dear sweet child, did you think you’d be able to sneak a beach ball into class? Did you honestly think I wouldn’t see it behind your back?

Why are you holding a raw egg? I don’t understand.

Why am I having to confiscate cell phones from these kids. Is it normal for 7 year olds to have cell phones? I thought this was a high school thing…

Why would you throw someone else’s food away? Did it ever cross your mind that she’d realize all the food was missing from her tray?

And finally… why on earth is there a tampon in your locker? You are a 1st grade boy… pretty sure you don’t need that.

Our New Home

Welcome to our new home in Denver! I’d say it’s definitely a step up from our 350 square foot studio in TVA…

Our living room (still needs curtains, a rug, and a few more decorations… but we’re getting there!)

Another angle of the living room.

The kitchen table.

The kitchen.

Hallway

The office (aka Max’s man cave).

Bathroom

Shower

Second sink/Keiki’s current bedroom.

Our bedroom.

Other side of our bedroom.

And finally… my little shadow, Keiki.

Adventures

We’re trying to go on as many adventures as we can before we leave Hawaii (we are down to just 17 days)! This last weekend we went stand up paddle boarding (SUP) in Haleiwa. So. Much. Fun. We rode around on small waves and paddled down a river. There were lots… and I mean at least 20… huge turtles swimming around. If we sat on our boards and just floated by we could get within a few inches of them!

Our next adventure wasn’t all that adventurous. We went to Jameson’s! This is our restaurant that we always save for special occasions. They have the most delicious food (I always get the stuffed crab shrimp and Max get’s the grilled ahi steak), perfect sunset/ocean view, and it’s just one of those places you feel so happy and cozy at that you never want to leave. Afterwards we went for a walk on the beach and just had fun waiting for the sun to set.

29 Days.

29 days. That’s all we have left in Hawaii. It’s bittersweet really. I mean sure we will miss the beach, our friends, and living in possibly the most beautiful place in the world, but we are extremely excited to begin the next step of our journey together. We are excited to see our family and friends, for me to be done with college (for now), to get a puppy, and to be able to go grocery shopping in a place where milk doesn’t cost $7 a gallon.

Basically our goals for the past month or so were to find a car for me, an apartment, and jobs. We’ll we’ve accomplished 2/3! Today we got accepted at an apartment complex in Cherry Creek called the Atrii. 2 bedrooms, brand new kitchen appliances, newly remodeled, wood floors, and granite counter tops. I’d say it’s somewhat of a step up from our gross little studio.

We are so stoked.

We also found a great deal on a 2007 jeep liberty! It’s basically the greatest car ever and perfect for Colorado. I think Max is a little jealous.

So now that we found lots of things to spend all our money on, we need to find jobs to be able to afford them. I’ve pretty much given up on applying online… trust me, it doesn’t work. So the plan is for me to walk into Anthropologie the first week back and apply for a job. I figure Max got a year of working at a fun place, now it’s my turn. Plus, employee’s get 40% off… how could you pass up an opportunity like that?! Maybe someday I will go to grad school and get a real job, but for now I dream of earning $10.00 and hour selling clothes to rich people. I realize that sounds like a joke, but I’m dead serious. Hey… I’m only 21 people, give me a break.