I love Alaska Airlines

To help catch up on my life I will talk about something new with each post. Today I want to talk about work. Things are great. A lot people from outside of the Seattle station thought that I wouldn't like it...they are wrong! I love it. I love that there are a bunch of people willing to make trades. As it works right now I work 2 double shifts a week, maybe 3 times a week. I love how busy it is. In Denver there was SOOOO much down time. Not in Seattle! It is fun to be working in the New York City of Alaska Airlines. There is so much always going on! Just the other day I was checking in people and I just ended with a passenger on one side and turned to my other side to welcome my next passenger and then a voice said, "Hello, I'm Mr. Bill Ayer." (The is the Charmian and CEO of Alaska Airlines) I said, "I totally know who you are, I am a bit of a stalker! I love this company." I went on to remind him of my history of meeting him and my 2 furloughs.

A couple of weeks ago, I met Drew Barrymore! I love Seattle!

The other thing that has been WAY fun was the "Alaska Airlines Fly Girls Drill Team". It all started when we performed at the Torchlight Parade. Then we were such a hit they had us perform at 3 company meetings. It was one of my highlights of the year!

BTW - I am not the Santa in this photo. This was taken in Alaska.

I took a year off

I am not making big promises, however, here is a new post after a year.

We are now in Redmond, WA. I am so happy to be living in a place that I have always wanted to live. I will give more details but needless to say, we live in a house that is like a Thomas Kinkade painting. Here is a photo that we took on a rare snow day. It was taken from the dock in our back yard. The schools here are amazing. Our ward is great! More to come....

New House in Seattle!

Amy has been quite busy lately with moving to Seattle and starting in a new airport, so I am going to poach some photos and text from Lani's post about the Dittbrenner's new house:

They have been talking about it for years, and the time has finally come. The Dittbrenners finally made the move to Seattle! While Amy and Wayne went to pack up stuff in Vegas, Houston and I went to play with the kids. We played ball in the front yard, explored the cool hidden clubhouse (sorry, no picture), practiced our piano skills,took canoe rides, sent the kids off to school and worked on homework, went to Red Robin, and relaxed. Their new home is GORGEOUS! For siblings and parents around the world to get an idea of their place, I tried to capture it with a few pictures. (The rest of you all might find it really boring.) The photos do not do it justice. The bottom middle is the view of the house from their dock. The bottom left is taken from the family room... yes - that is really their gorgeous view. Bottom right is taken from the middle story on the bbq deck that is straight out from the dining room. It overlooks the lake. They painted these cute red chairs. The background picture was taken on the way to pick up Darcy and Dixie from the bus stop. This beautiful big lake is surrounded by beautiful big houses. All of which seem to have a collection of lake "toys". The upper right picture shows (taken from the dock) the neighbor's sailboat and blow up climbing wall.
Good times! We love you Dittbrenners