Flat Anna and the Aces

Last night we took Flat Anna to an Alaska Aces hockey game. It was "525 night". What is 525? That just happens to be the fighter squadron that Clayton is attached to. Someone donated a whole slew of tickets to 525 members and their families. It was lots of fun as it was Flat Anna, Kara and Clay's first hockey game! The best part was that a fight broke out only 1 second into the game. When we got up this morning (Sunday), I couldn't find Flat Anna and I was afraid that she had either: 1. Been kidnapped 2. Ran away. Fortunately, she was hanging up on the fridge, right where she is supposed to be...WHEW!!! I think we have a few more adventures for her before we ship her back to Missouri. Clearly, she is not ready to leave because she is in awe of Alaska and its beauty.. not to mention all the fun she is having with the Johnsons :)

Here is a picture of Moto, the 525FS commander.. and Fado, a bulldog, the mascot of the 525. I'm embarrassed to say that he goes everywhere with these guys, flies on a transport plane and has military orders.. he can't go on the F22 because there's no room.. so he travels with the luggage. He's kind of cute but he's gross (come on, he's been raised by a bunch of fighter pilots)..and so that makes it a little sad.

And here is Flat Anna just before it started, posing with the scoreboard..

Oh, No! More Snow!

Flat Anna has arrived safely back in Eagle River after a fun weekend of skiing in Girdwood, Alaska. Sunday was a "chamber of commerce" day: clear skies, warmish weather (20s), fresh powder. Monday morning we woke up to a blizzard (literally) so skiing was out, driving home was in. Here are some pics of FA in Girdwood.

Poor Flat Anna is in need of some new clothes... Kara is in process of creating a new spring-Alaska wardrobe for her. Stay tuned!!!!

Spring Break Week

So it's spring break week in Eagle River (well, Anchorage, actually). Flat Anna is going to have a BIG week, I can tell already. We've had about 6" of new snow the last 2 days and Anna joined Kara, Big Clayton and April in the shovel/chip brigade on Saturday morning. She was happy (Flat Anna) because she didn't have to do any of the work. After the driveway got cleared, we went to Elemendorf AFB to meet a bunch of friends for tubing. Flat Anna decided to pass on the tubing (her snow gear isn't THAT great, after all), but she did pose in front of the static F15. This is NOT the Johnson Family Jet.. that's the F22 and it was a shut-in this morning. The F15 is nearly a relic and so they plop them all over the place these days. It was a cool airplane for all of 10 minutes and now its day is done. We also took a picture of Flat Anna in front of the sign saying that the Air Force reserves the right to shoot us if they feel like it :) We lucked out and made it home alive, once again. Tomorrow we're headed to Girdwood, AK, and Alyeska Resort for an overnighter and 2 days of skiing. We'll have Anna in tow... stay tuned :)

What Flat Anna Has Been Doing

It has been a pretty quiet week in Eagle River for Flat Anna... she has been getting used to being in Alaska... Kara's house is on a bluff above a river, Eagle River. Directly behind/below our house live a variety of animals. We have seen black bears and moose. We have seen lynx tracks as well as snow hare tracks. Beyond that, there are likely foxes and wolves (seen by our neighbors but nothing with our own eyes). Alaska is a wild place!

Here's Flat Anna in her super high performance snow gear outside for her first Alaska snow fall.

Her ultra safe place to hang out when she's not adventuring.

Chilaxin' in Kara's room.

Hanging out with some of the more dangerous wild life Alaska has to offer.. a 13 year old cat and a 4 year old boy :)