Valentine Time

I am completely obsessed with the "Pinterest" website! they have so many cute and great ideas on there. I saw an idea for some fish valentines, and I made these using what I had on hand. Fortunately I have a friend that has a "crucut" machine, and she "hooked" me up with the fish tags.

I think they turned out pretty cute! Now my son is ready for Valentine's Day!

I hate saying goodbye!

You would think that after 5 years of marriage and 6+ years of watching him leave... it would get easier. Well it is still hard and now it is hard on my son. The only reason I "woman up" and get it together is because I am so very proud of him and what he does!

We were blessed to have him come in to port here for about 26 hours last week. It was so wonderful and a much needed break for him. It was bitter sweet to see him, and then watch him leave again, knowing it will be several months before we get to see him again!

But ever so thankful for the time and unexpected surprise!

My Chief!

Back in November my husband Officially made Chief! I am always proud of him, but seeing him accomplish this in his career makes me even more proud of him. I know how hard he works and how committed he has been to make chief, so I have to show him off!

Flying Eagle

I have this one on my Face book profile page, but I wanted to share anyway! It's become one of my favorites. You really get a glimpse of the beauty up here!

This was taken at Fort Abercrombie, Kodiak~ Jan 2012

Ok one more..

Okay one more eagle shot from the other day!

Eagles, Salmon & bears oh my!

Since I am catching up with whats been going on the next few posts will be about some of the amazing things I was fortunate to get shots of. Enjoy!

One day this summer we were out fishing and on the way back we stumbled upon 

this "little" guy. He was a young bear, but still very large!

Blind eye eagle

One of the many wonderful things about living up here is the chance to see all of the wildlife that thrives around here. In the summer you can drive a mile down the road and see bears frolicking in the water, salmon in streams and sometimes catch a bald eagle fishing. During the winter we see deer all over the place and the Eagles are even more present as they come down from the mountain to flee from the snow. The other day I was blessed to get very close to this eagle which I realized was blind in one eye. I feel so blessed to have been able to get these shots!

A blind Eagle

             
                                                                   A juvenile Eagle