Hellooooo

Finally what you have all been waiting for!! An update!! I can't believe it has been a month since I was in Texas with all of you!! Time feels like it is flying by! I am sitting at McDonald's updating my blog and I am about to submit the rest of my application to grad school. Can you believe it?? I am turning something in a whole month before it is due?! That is sooooo not like me.

All of the snow has left Homer and I am so glad. I was getting sick of wearing snow boots!! When I got off the plane from Texas it was like I walked into a completely different world than the one I left. Finally last week the lake here completely unfroze. April and I joke that we are in the spring season A.K.A. "Squatter Season". People are coming from all over to get summer jobs in Homer and on fishing boats and there seem to be a lot of people who are camping, standing on the side of the roads holding signs, and hitch hikers. Living in Homer, I see more people hitch hiking than I have ever seen in my life. It's funny to me that people would still pick them up in this day and age but I have seen it. April also says that this time of year is when everything is brown and not so pretty. Everything is melting and muddy and the plants and tress have not bloomed yet. However, this place continues to be one of the most beautiful places I have been to, so if if is pretty now, I can't even imagine the summer.

The days have definitely gotten longer. The sun does not fully set until around 11 p.m. now and rises about 5:30 a.m. I have blacked out my bedroom window and it makes me hibernate like a bear! It still trips me out so much to look at the clock around 10 p.m. and it still be light outside.

Well I definitely feel like an Alaskan today! I am wearing mud boots that April gave me because we are going clamming tomorrow! I wanted to break them in so I am wearing them around town today. I will definitely take pictures of clamming tomorrow and share them with y'all! I am excited!

Other than that, I have just been working hard! I miss y'all so much! I am excited about mom, dad, and Garrett's trip here during the 3rd week of July! I have already decided on all of the fun things we are going to do :) 

I have many pictures to share! 

One of my favorite parts of my trip back to Texas was getting to go on a girls trip to Oklahoma!!

This was our cabin. Yeah we were really "roughing it" Haha

When we got home, we went to see Titanic in 3D. It was awesome

Courtney and I went to see Casablanca at the Dallas Symphony Hall. They showed the movie but the orchestra played the soundtrack below the screen 

Waiting for Casablanca to start

I am soooo glad I got to see Grandma

I love her so much! I also got to see Meemaw and Ken. Sadly I did not take a picture!!

One of my favorite places

I don't think there is any denying that he is my brother

I truly love family nights at the Ballpark

Dad sent me text message with this picture. I should have made this sign when I was at the Ballpark

Back in Alaska. Beautiful sunset over the ocean. It is like 9:50 p.m. at this time.

There was a huge moose outside of work one day!

Cool picture from April's office

This is April!

We have started walking our dogs along the Homer Spit. Her dog, Texas, and Sophie are best friends