Wes and I just purchased plane tickets! We will be in Utah from December the 17-25th. We are very excited that we may actually make it this year!
Our itinerary is mostly open to all right now, I will list what we have below:
16th- Duty day for me
17th- Depart PDX at 2:30pm on Northwest Airlines, Arrive SLC at 8:30pm.
18th- Free
19th- Free
20th- Free
21st- Free
22nd- Free
23rd- Free
24th- Christmas Eve!
25th- Christmas Day! Depart SLC at 5:00pm, arrive PDX at 10:15pm
26th- Recover/Sleep all day......... ;)
27th- Return to work, My 22nd Birthday!
Wes and I would like to spend as much time with the Hanna families as possible, so please let us know what your plans/ scheduals may look like. Wes and I are taking a second shot at our "first Christmas" (The one we are now counting as zero that happened last year will be very envied by the one this year!)
As for the Christmas wish list some have asked for, I promise to post that soon, we are still thinking, we only had all year you know! I will get back to you all with a wish-list soon!
~Peter~
Friday, November 13, 2009
It has been a long time Wendy......
Hello friends and family,
I thought I should send out a much asked for update on Wesley's and my status.
Wesley recently had his wisdom teeth pulled, two at a time with two weeks in between each visit. He really had it made compared to the way they ripped mine out in bootcamp! He is almost completely healed from that. Getting his wisdom teeth pulled is just one jump through the many hoops that he needs to jump through before he can get a transplant. His Kidney Doctor is optimistic in having the transplant completed before the year is out. We had been waiting on the Doctor's recommendation for transplant, which needed to be obtained by Wesley having stable blood pressure, (which was a problem), good all-around blood test results, success of being on dialysis, and overall excellent general health. We received the phone call from his Doctor a little over a month ago now that Wes was ready to proceed. We were told that the transplant clinic would contact us to set up test dates and tentative transplant dates. We have not heard anything yet and when we spoke to his Doctor again about it he seemed very surprised that we had not been contacted and said he would do something about it. So hopefully we will hear something soon.
As some of you have heard I have recently become a survivor of the H1N1 Flu! I am now almost fully recovered. It was very nerve wracking to have this sickness around Wes. It would NOT HAVE BEEN COOL if Wes had gotten sick! However I came down with symptoms really fast and was able to identify that I had not had very much contact with him prior to feeling ill. We continued to keep contact to nil and wore face masks and went through a lot of hand sanitizer. Within a matter of 4 hours I was feeling the full effects of the dreaded flu. I called in to work to say I would not be coming in. I started feeling severe symptoms towards 1am and was on the phone with a nurse off and on after that. I was trying to hold off going to the emergency room and just waiting to go to my regular doctor's office because the ER was swamped. I made it to my doctor's office in the morning and was confirmed to have the swine flu. They gave me some great drugs..... The next week was totally miserable. Wes was an amazing help, always there to turn up the heat or open a hatch depending on my fever, or just hold my hand sometimes, (going thru a bottle of sanitizer afterwards, being a little over-zealous and getting great globs of the stuff in my eyes *flash-back of being pepper-sprayed*). He probably will not appreciate me mentioning that.... oh well. He was still the best, he didn't want to leave.
I have since recovered and am back at work. Wes is so happy to be able to listen to his news radio stations again. He has been spending his time working around the boat, reading, taking care of the tortoises and frogs, and trying to enjoy life. I have been working towards passing tests at work that will give me the qualifications to perform my job in full. I have also been busy with commissioned artwork and projects around the boat. Life is good right now.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
~Wes and Elisabeth~
I thought I should send out a much asked for update on Wesley's and my status.
Wesley recently had his wisdom teeth pulled, two at a time with two weeks in between each visit. He really had it made compared to the way they ripped mine out in bootcamp! He is almost completely healed from that. Getting his wisdom teeth pulled is just one jump through the many hoops that he needs to jump through before he can get a transplant. His Kidney Doctor is optimistic in having the transplant completed before the year is out. We had been waiting on the Doctor's recommendation for transplant, which needed to be obtained by Wesley having stable blood pressure, (which was a problem), good all-around blood test results, success of being on dialysis, and overall excellent general health. We received the phone call from his Doctor a little over a month ago now that Wes was ready to proceed. We were told that the transplant clinic would contact us to set up test dates and tentative transplant dates. We have not heard anything yet and when we spoke to his Doctor again about it he seemed very surprised that we had not been contacted and said he would do something about it. So hopefully we will hear something soon.
As some of you have heard I have recently become a survivor of the H1N1 Flu! I am now almost fully recovered. It was very nerve wracking to have this sickness around Wes. It would NOT HAVE BEEN COOL if Wes had gotten sick! However I came down with symptoms really fast and was able to identify that I had not had very much contact with him prior to feeling ill. We continued to keep contact to nil and wore face masks and went through a lot of hand sanitizer. Within a matter of 4 hours I was feeling the full effects of the dreaded flu. I called in to work to say I would not be coming in. I started feeling severe symptoms towards 1am and was on the phone with a nurse off and on after that. I was trying to hold off going to the emergency room and just waiting to go to my regular doctor's office because the ER was swamped. I made it to my doctor's office in the morning and was confirmed to have the swine flu. They gave me some great drugs..... The next week was totally miserable. Wes was an amazing help, always there to turn up the heat or open a hatch depending on my fever, or just hold my hand sometimes, (going thru a bottle of sanitizer afterwards, being a little over-zealous and getting great globs of the stuff in my eyes *flash-back of being pepper-sprayed*). He probably will not appreciate me mentioning that.... oh well. He was still the best, he didn't want to leave.
I have since recovered and am back at work. Wes is so happy to be able to listen to his news radio stations again. He has been spending his time working around the boat, reading, taking care of the tortoises and frogs, and trying to enjoy life. I have been working towards passing tests at work that will give me the qualifications to perform my job in full. I have also been busy with commissioned artwork and projects around the boat. Life is good right now.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
~Wes and Elisabeth~
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Soooooo as promised, here is an updated post...............
This is one of the newest members of our family, isn't she cute!
I have yet to name them, Wes says that I can not name them the names I have picked out for our future little ones, which are Naphtali (girl) and Neiphon. So I have not yet named them.
Here is the girl sleeping.
Our little tiny tree!
Wes got me a really neat spyglass for Christmas, very piratical!
Wes with a paint and calligraphy set he got for Christmas. 
This was just appropriate! 
No, I was not yet 21............shhhhhhhh!
ummmmmm........
" Why is the rum always gone!"
MY 21st BIRTHDAY
No, I did not go out and get waisted, that's not my style. Wes and I went into Portland and had some really good sushi for lunch. I was rebellious in a way and went and got my bellybutton pierced. I think it's cute..... kind of girly.....Wes likes it though.
After getting my pirate piercing we went to one of our favorite sushi restaurants for a birthday dinner, it was yummy, but not as good as that Provo sushi is!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Growing up is exxxxpensive
Wedding Countdown: 11 Days!!!
What is the point of flowers? Seriously. You walk into a florist shop looking for pricing quotes on the bare bones essentials for your wedding party members and ........it's the scariest thing in the world to see them pull out the heavy dust-covered books with OUTRAGEOUS prices in them!!! The way I have always looked at flowers is: "What is the point? You spend bundles of hard earned money and they die the next day!?! No thank you." I hate flowers! There was NO way that I was going to fork over the estimated $600 for something who's smell gives me a major headache and who's going to wilt! No way. So instead I turned to silk flowers. Less expensive BY FAR and they will last. I have found someone on-Island who can arrange them for me however I like. So 1 bridal bouquet, 6 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 grooms boutonniere, 5 groomsmen/Fathers' boutonnieres, 2 Mothers' corsages, a tossing bouquet, and a few arrangements will cost me less than half of the cost of real flowers.
As of my wedding day I will be getting my first ever french manicure and pedicure. That seems pointless too because Wesley and I will probably do something way-awesome like go fishing or play softball soon after we're married. I guess as long as I can try to keep 'em nice for photos.......
And hair!?! One word. Girly. I was looking online for some ideas and here's what I came up with:
What is the point of flowers? Seriously. You walk into a florist shop looking for pricing quotes on the bare bones essentials for your wedding party members and ........it's the scariest thing in the world to see them pull out the heavy dust-covered books with OUTRAGEOUS prices in them!!! The way I have always looked at flowers is: "What is the point? You spend bundles of hard earned money and they die the next day!?! No thank you." I hate flowers! There was NO way that I was going to fork over the estimated $600 for something who's smell gives me a major headache and who's going to wilt! No way. So instead I turned to silk flowers. Less expensive BY FAR and they will last. I have found someone on-Island who can arrange them for me however I like. So 1 bridal bouquet, 6 bridesmaid bouquets, 1 grooms boutonniere, 5 groomsmen/Fathers' boutonnieres, 2 Mothers' corsages, a tossing bouquet, and a few arrangements will cost me less than half of the cost of real flowers.
As of my wedding day I will be getting my first ever french manicure and pedicure. That seems pointless too because Wesley and I will probably do something way-awesome like go fishing or play softball soon after we're married. I guess as long as I can try to keep 'em nice for photos.......
And hair!?! One word. Girly. I was looking online for some ideas and here's what I came up with:
Wesley tried on his tuxedo today. It looked so good on him! ....Yes mabey I did get some fog in my eyes...... I also gave him a haircut yesterday. He'll never have to pay for one again as long as he's with me. Lucky guy saves around $20 every month!
I really like this picture.
Look at his beautiful haircut.....stunning.
I've got to admit,............ Wes lookes HOT in a tuxedo.............I'll keep him.
There are still so many details that we need to take care of before D-Day, however, we're pretty on top of it and not stressing out to badly. Most of the bridesmaid dresses are in, the rest are on the way. I've still got to finnish altering my own dress. Silk flowers have started arriving and as soon as they are all here they can be arranged. We have to think of awesome gifts for our bridesmaides and best men. I need to draw up decorating plans. The menu needs to be checked over (I still need to fix it) and finalized. And on and on and on.......
Friday, July 11, 2008
Fishing in Mermaid Lagoon
Every year my family (or members thereof ) takes a 1-3 day trip out to an extension of our Island called Pasagshack. Here is where we have participated in subsistence fishing for the past 7+ years. According to Alaska regulations each Alaska resident of one year or more can supply themselves with 25 salmon for that year. This does not include sportfishing such as trolling or bottom fishing. So really, you can catch 100's of fish in a year if you wanted to. Anyways, this year my Dad, Wes, and I were the chosen crew to make the journey.
My preparation began Monday night while my Dad was at work. I needed to get a lunch cooler made up, gear brought out and checked over, fillet knives sharpened, fuel put in the boat's tank, net coiled and stowed properly in the "cradle" then pushed up into the gully, anchor lines coiled, life jackets present, and on and on....... So anyways, not much sleep was achieved that night.
We left the house around 3 a.m. It was a pretty Quiet drive all the way out there (except for Wes' snoring). Launching the boat went very smoothly and fairly quietly. You have to be quiet so as not to wake the competition that's camping out on the beach. It was totally a piratical feeling....like you were a boarding party or something! We made it out to claim the #1 set net site and sat on that claim like a mother duck. As time passed more set-netters came and claimed the next consecutive "hot spots". While we were waiting we also got to enjoy watching a pod of whales feeding at the other end of the Bay.
6 a.m. was Go Time! My Dad maneuvered into shore and let me off to lodge the shore anchor into the sand, then I hopped back in and we pulled away from the surf and shore leaving lead and cork in our wake. Not a bad set, but not good in my opinion either. The next couple of hours were speckled with a fish or two here and there but NOTHING like what my Bristol Bay experience was like. That's OK, we didn't need 100's upon 100's of fish.
I must say it was fun to watch Wesley work his first fish out of the net, I think it was a good experience for him and I hope he had some fun.
My preparation began Monday night while my Dad was at work. I needed to get a lunch cooler made up, gear brought out and checked over, fillet knives sharpened, fuel put in the boat's tank, net coiled and stowed properly in the "cradle" then pushed up into the gully, anchor lines coiled, life jackets present, and on and on....... So anyways, not much sleep was achieved that night.
We left the house around 3 a.m. It was a pretty Quiet drive all the way out there (except for Wes' snoring). Launching the boat went very smoothly and fairly quietly. You have to be quiet so as not to wake the competition that's camping out on the beach. It was totally a piratical feeling....like you were a boarding party or something! We made it out to claim the #1 set net site and sat on that claim like a mother duck. As time passed more set-netters came and claimed the next consecutive "hot spots". While we were waiting we also got to enjoy watching a pod of whales feeding at the other end of the Bay.
6 a.m. was Go Time! My Dad maneuvered into shore and let me off to lodge the shore anchor into the sand, then I hopped back in and we pulled away from the surf and shore leaving lead and cork in our wake. Not a bad set, but not good in my opinion either. The next couple of hours were speckled with a fish or two here and there but NOTHING like what my Bristol Bay experience was like. That's OK, we didn't need 100's upon 100's of fish.
I must say it was fun to watch Wesley work his first fish out of the net, I think it was a good experience for him and I hope he had some fun.
Around 3 p.m. we decided to wrap it up and call it a day, we had only 28 fish at the time. My Dad and I dropped Wesley off at the beach and picked up the "cradle" (big tote for the net). Then we headed back to haul in the net. We ended up getting 13 more fish when we took up our net along with 8+ Dungeness Crab, 2 flounders, and a very interesting rock..........
Our days' work yielded 40 Red salmon and 1 Pink. Not to shabby. But really, the work was just getting started again. Now it's time to unpack and clean everything, not to mention fillet those fish! :) Aren't they beautiful!
I was pleased to find that my skills were in no way rusty when it came to that task. I was afraid that my Dad might tease me about that, but really.....my fillets were prettier......then again, that's just my opinion. Wes did and awesome job with cleanup too, he also managed to get some pictures:
This sockeye is a female, I'm pulling out 1 of the 2 egg sacks. The seagulls at the cleaning station really liked me for it, they like caviar too!
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