We are slowly thawing out in Anchorage, AK. After months of frozen darkness the sun has been going down around 10:30-11pm.

Although the snow has not yet melted, we are ending the cozy cycle of hibernation. Our neighborhood moose will be heading back into the hills soon, rivers will begin to flow, and soon there will be fish to catch.

Ryan testing out his fishing pole, stretching his legs for the season.

We have noticed a lot of strange things melting out of the snow lately... every other day someone finds a missing person ...... or a missing bicycle?

Our friend Beth was in Anchorage this past weekend so we all took a drive to Seward, about two hours outside of Anchorage.

Along the way we saw Dall sheep climbing the rocky hillside.

We had never seen an otter this close in the wild.

We could spot them by watching for hustling pockets of seagulls.

After meandering down the coast, we decided to stop at the Seward SeaLife Center. Just as magical as Seward it’s self; the sea life center is Alaska's only public aquarium and ocean wildlife rescue center.

The sealife bird habitat was amazing; you can actually adopt one of the rescued birds and received information about them each month. The habitat for these birds was pretty amazing.

We fell in love with the resident sea lion, Woody. Woody, 11 years old, is twice the average size weighing a total of 2k pounds.