I am not marrying my soulmate in September. I am marrying the man i want to continue discovering the future with, I can not imagine it otherwise. We have been through a lot together: two deployments to iraq, ups and downs, love and death, inspiration and funks, near and far, change and consistency, secrets and truths, quite moments and loud graces, the new and the old, frustration and clarity, long drives and quick kisses, privacy and public display. There has been much and yet there is a life time more.

This is where I live.

This is the state I live. My home is here, my home consists of my wonderful husband and this beautiful girl:

I love how excited she gets when I walk in the door from work. A tail that can take out a whole coffee table at the mere sight of me!

This is the street we live on:

This is a day in the middle of winter at its dreary-est. This is about as bright as it gets in the winter.

This is our street on a day when I feel like I am in a storybook:

This is not our home:

Believe it or not most people who live in the almost arctic do not live in igloos. Many still use out-houses. I will spare you an image.

This is what -55 degrees in February looks like:

We broke the rule of no exposed skin for longer than 5 mins this day. It was mighty cold. No toes were lost.

This is beautiful alaska:

This is sunset in winter, when the sun gets high enough to set:

This is an incredibly special mountain. The story will be told later. This is also where Captain broke my camera.

This is the little life I am very excited to live in again for the next 4/5 months until we start another chapter.