Visited Santa

So yesterday was a lazy day but for the first time since being here I was ok with it. I woke up, ate breakfast and then Dina and I finished the Bachelorette via ABC.com. We had watched the first two episodes before we left and were way behind, so we watched all 10 or so episodes in 2 days. It was fun, and we both enjoyed it. We then went to workout yesterday and then came back to the house, made dinner, chilled and then went to bed. Not much, but still fun and relaxing.

Today was really fun. Me, Dina, Danilee, the kids and our friend Kneely woke up early and went to the gym. After that we ate lunch and then headed to the North Pole (about 15 mins from the gym) to go to the Santa Claus House. It was not what I expected but it was fun. It was an old looking building and the whole place is basically a gift shop but they have a lot of fun stuff and it feels like Christmas time. They had letters to Santa from all kinds of children all over the building which was cute. We got to meet the "real" Santa and Mrs. Claus and got pictures on his lap. He was sweet and knew where Lynchburg was and had even visited there in the 70's. We shopped a little more, went outside and took pictures and saw the reindeer. After the Santa House, we headed about 15 more minutes southeast to a place called the Knotty Shop. It's a funny name but it is a shop make out of the knotty wood found in AK and most of their gifts are from locals that carve, and make pottery. It was really neat and we got to have some yummy ice cream too. Then Dina and I headed back to the house to eat dinner and enjoy some time before the rest of our roommates came home. They like to eat out a lot but it gets expensive especially up here w/ the prices being a lot higher, so now that we have a car we are going to try to eat in more. Dina starts her job tomorrow and hopefully I can find one soon as well.

Hopefully we will get to go to Denali Park this weekend, but we will have to see how the weather is, and if Tommy can get off of work. Well....that is about all for now, nothing too exciting. Talk to you all later!