Hello everyone :) Haven't been on in a bit so I thought I should update everyone on whats been going on. WHERE TO START??? Last I left you, I had gone to Fortress of the Bears with a couple of gals in town and had an awesome time! Bubba had been gone for about 3 weeks and I was feeling confident about living in ALASKA! and being on my own! Frank and I had gotten into a nice routine and we were settling in just fine.... than one Saturday morning I get a text from Mom saying that her and Dad were off to the movies-ok sounds good- I went about my business, Texas was playing that Saturday so I had settled in on the couch and started watching the game. Three hours pass and I hadn't heard from Mom who had told me she would call me when she got out.... WELLLLL no phone call. I call her and it went straight to voicemail, I call Dad-straight to voicemail, I do this a few more times with each of their phones, still no answer. So I started to get a little worried, I called Amber and she said "oh, I'm sure their fine, Shane and I are on our way to meet them for dinner" ....at this point I was pretty worked up, I don't know if it was because Bubba had been gone for a few weeks and I was missing home or because I felt helpless in the situation because I couldn't just go and find them without hopping on a plane for half the day..... ANYWAYS after about 20 minutes of freaking out to Amber, I finally get a phone call from Mom, she was fine, she told me she had been in the movies and I didn't need to worry so much(sigh of relief)! I call Amber back to let her know that Mom got a hold of me and all was good in the neighborhood-fast forward 5 minutes and Amber is calling me back saying that she had sent me something and FedEx was looking for my house so I needed to go outside-out I go and low and behold I see MOM AND DAD walking up to my front porch. After all that had been going on for the past couple of hours and because I was so overwhelmed with happiness/confusion/etc, I completely lost it and cried my eyes out, while trying to comprehend how in the WORLD were they WALKING up to my house......... it was the ULTIMATE surprise!!!!!!!! It took me a little bit to figure out that they had actually flown here and not walked all the way from Texas, lol. It was the best surprise and for those of you who knew, which from what I hear is quite a few people, yall did a GREAT job keeping it a secret. For the next couple of hours I kept staring at them thinking I was about to wake up from some dream-it was so surreal. After the shock settled, we had the best week together, I took them all around town, they got to see whales, bears, salmon, sea lions  and a couple of eagles while they were here, we went out to eat, Mom cooked for me! Dad played with Frank and completely got him out of his routine, lol, (I don't think Frank minded one bit!) Overall, it was the best, best, best surprise ever! And just such a great week, it felt so nice to have them here and to talk to them face to face-I am so thankful to have such great parents! And Frank loves his Pappy and Gammie!

A couple of days after my parents left Bubba FINALLY got home :) So we have just been enjoying each others company ever since! He liked the house, it wasn't "to girly" lol. Frank has loved having him home and gives him ten million kisses a day, which if you know Frank that is rare, he hardly ever gives kisses! It is just really nice to have him home and it actually feels like our "home" now.

We've been in Sitka 2 months now! WOAH! We have settled in quite nicely-it is starting to get COLD here! It is 52 degrees here today but it feels colder! I have been told that we should be getting our first "mountain dusting" by October 15th, basically it just when all of the tops of the mountains get covered in snow! School is going good and I decided to get a part time job at a local flower shop in town! I start sometime this week so I'll letcha know how it turns out! It feels like just yesterday we were leaving Texas..... Let's see what do I miss about Texas- scenery-HORSES, there are no horses in Sitka! :( ummmm FOOD! Sonic-Whataburger-Chickfila-Quiznos-Wendys-Taco Bell-CASA OLE-any mexican food restruant for that matter-Olive Garden-Jodys-GREENS-HOUSE OF LEE-KFC-Bushes-Wings n More-Freebirds.... the list never ends, food, food, food! I can't say that I have found a restaurant here that I like-McDonalds and Subway are the best places to eat here.... so you can imagine why I miss all of the above places. So since there is a lack of eating places here it has forced me to become a "master chef" lol, ok not quite, but I did make chicken fried steak the other day and mmm, mmm, mmm, NOT BAD if I do say so myself :) Anyone else that wants to come and surprise me will be treated to a 4 course meal cooked by Chef Jenna-1st course-green beans, 2nd course-mashed potatoes, 3rd course-rolls, and for the main course, the "4th course"-chicken fried steak a la plate!! With a special drink called "CHERIECULEAIDE" ;) But what I miss the MOST about Texas is all of YOU! love and miss yall :)

until next time...................................................... xoxoxo

Here are some pictures from Mom and Dad's trip: They brought the sunshine from Texas with them and it actually stayed for 12 DAYS which is alot for Sitka!!

Frank LOVED having Dad here, I'm to boring for him!

Stargaven

One of my favorite places in Sitka



Another picture of one of my favorite places in Sitka