New Years, Job Updates, Snow and Florida Sunshine!

Hello!

We are now over a week into 2007, so here is our first update of the new year!

Our New Years Eve was a lot of fun! We went to a very nice dinner with two other couples and had a great time. One of the things that we were most thankful for in 2006 are the amazing friendships that we have created, so it was only fitting that we "rang in the new year" with some of those awesome friends!

Some exciting news on the job front. Work for Sherri has been going really well. She is enjoying her schedule and the people that she is working with. Also, SHE GOT A RAISE!! It was just over a 10% raise, so that is awesome! She has been doing so great at work and has been so loyal that I am excited that she is being rewarded for her hard work!!

After a snow less Christmas in Connecticut we have certainly made up for it here at home. We are having one of the snowiest winters on record! In December we had 39 inches of snow, which it the 4th snowiest December ever! Alyeska Ski Resort, which is the largest resort in the state and about a 45 minute drive from Anchorage, received over 24 FEET of snow in December, which is a resort record!! So, needless to say, skiing has been amazing there! The resort is hosting the US Ski Championships in a couple of months so this is a very good winter to get a lot of snow! Also, we have already had over a foot of snow in January here in Anchorage. It is pretty fun and everything is VERY white and wintry!!! Just the way a winter should be!

I will be in Orlando, Florida from the 13 - 19th of this month for my companies Annual Conference. It should be a lot of fun and a great opportunity for me to meet everyone within the company. I have been enjoying my job and everything is going well so far!!

The only other BIG news is that we have decided that 2007 will hopefully be the year that we purchase our first house!!! The housing market in Anchorage is really good and the outlook is good for quite some time, so this is a great opportunity for us to get into a house and begin building quite a bit of equity. I think that we are 5 or 6 months away from potentially moving on a property, but it is still exciting for us! We have already begun to keep our eyes open for what is available in the Anchorage market. We will certainly post more on that as that time gets closer.

That is all for now!!