Christmas in Alaska - Part 1
It’s a bit late, but I’ve finally gotten around to posting about our trip to Alaska:
For the past three years, we’ve spent Christmas and New Years with my mom in Alaska. Having been there three times before during the winter, you’d think I would have seen snow fall…a ton, however, that wasn’t the case. I had only seen snow fall once - it was very light and it was right as I was leaving for the airport to go back home. It’s a very depressing story, I know.
This year, however, when we stepped out of the Ted Stevens International Airport our nose hairs immediately started freezing and it was snowing! I was so giddy.
When we got home from the airport, my mom and I ran around in the snow. As you can probably tell, I was very excited. 
Christmas Day:
I got my brother and Ian snoflings as a stocking stuffer. These things allow you to make snowballs and throw them really far without ever touching the snow. I was trying to encourage the classic snow ball fight that usually occurs between Ian and my brother every year. I ended up playing with it more than them. 
We ate lunch at my mom’s restaurant, Wasabi Garden, and went to church for Christmas service.
We also made some delicious eggnog from scratch. It was taking way too long to cool in the fridge (37ºF), so we ended up leaving it outside (1ºF) because it was 36 degrees cooler. Crazy!
The next day, my siblings, Ian and I went snowshoeing at the Eagle River Nature Center in Chugach State Park with our rented snowshoes from REI. It was a beautiful yet painful hike because of the cold 0ºF weather that we hadn’t yet acclimated to.
It was so cold, that our hair and eyelashes were freezing - making it difficult to blink. 
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