The Story of Dori

One down two to go!

2009-10-25T20:16:00.000-07:00

My very best second best friend Ms Emileigh Kim Kohutek has now wed a wonderful man Charlie Hebert and is now the happiest, most loved woman in the world! Her wedding was absouletly amazing! We all had such a great time and the couple couldn't have looked more in love with eachother if they tried!

I have three best friends and now that I've got one married off to the man of her dreams I only have two more to go!

Falling into Fall

2009-10-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

The saying around here is "when the fireweed blossoms turn to cotton, summer days will soon be forgotten." Well snow is already falling in Anchorage and up on the tops of the mountains on Kodiak. Its in the 40's now on a regular basis... I would say summer is just about over.

Alaska Cotton
Walter and I

Whale skeleton that washed up on the beach here.

I love this time of year!!

We are really beginning to feel at home here in Alaska but this time of year is always a little hard to be away from our friends and family in Massachusetts, Texas, Oklahoma, California, North Carolina and Oregon too!

DINNER!!

2009-10-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

Robert and I haven't had to buy meat since we got here. Well except for an occasional craving for chili or spaghetti! We eat salmon or halibut most nights and the fresh fish is just so good we havent gotten sick of it yet! Which is good because we have a whole deep freeze full of it!

Some fishing pictures

ps. I do not fish and prefer not to be around for any part of the packaging of the caught fish. YUCK!

At the Buskin

After a few slow days Robert finally caught this big guy. He then came and found me at the gym. Made me get off the treadmill and go and take a picture of him and his prize. A little insane... yes.

Women's Bay

EWWWWW.... Happy halloween!

Mom and Dad come to Alaska

2009-10-11T17:22:00.001-07:00

Mom and Dad came to visit me and Robert!! We had so much fun exploring the island together and had even more fun eating fresh caught seafood every night!!

Mom especially loved Fort Abercrombie with its moss covered trees, huge mushrooms and little cozy places.

Dad at the top of Old Woman Mountain.... feeling a little old after that not so easy hike!

Me and my Dad

Forget the fisherman... mom loved the fish!!!

Huge king crab legs for dinner!!

A bald eagle checking out the scenery
Walter was so happy to have his grandparents come visit. They let him come along for every trip and he was worn out at the end of every day!

Looking out from Chiniak, a small community near Kodiak.

The beach at Pasagshak... if only it weren't so cold!!

Mom and Dad enjoying the view

This poor starfish lost a leg... don't worry they grow back!

The rocks at fossil beach have so many different fossils if you look closely

Check out all of the huge drifwood pieces

Unfortunately, they came right at the end of the Silver run and dad didn't get one... but he had fun trying!

The windmills on Pillar Mountain

It may rain a lot but that also means a lot of beautiful rainbows... like this one at Olds River

I think they make a pretty cute little Alaskan couple!

Thanks for coming Mom and Dad... we had so much fun with you two!

The interior of Kodiak...

2009-10-11T17:03:00.001-07:00

Robert is lucky enough to get to fly all over Alaska in the helicoptor for work. He hasn't saved anyone here yet but he has snapped some amazing pictures. There are lakes hidden everywhere on the island and although we don't have any pictures there are tons of white fluffy mountain goats perched atop many sharp cliffs.

My Trip To Alaska

2009-07-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

We went from Cape Cod to North Carolina, to Oklahoma, to Texas, to California, to British Colombia, to the Yukon Territory and then to ALASKA!!

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A Sad Day

2009-05-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

Last friday I went for a routine checkup at my OB. She couldn't find a heart beat. Robert was at home with the movers so I went to the hospital to have an ultrasound thinking everything would be fine. After the ultrasound my doctor called me to tell me the baby was dead and had been for a few weeks and that I needed to have a d&c that day. Robert couldn't leave the house and so my dear friend Stephanie came to step in for him. The procedure went fine, and now three days later I think that Robert and I are healing. We wanted a baby so bad but we realize that these things happen for a reason and it just wasn't our time to be parents. We are so grateful for all of the calls, emails, and positive thoughts from those we love. We feel lucky that we are leaving Cape Cod with with close friends,healthy bodies, a strong marriage, and wonderful pets.

Happy Mothers Day

2009-05-10T15:52:00.000-07:00

What a day...
I got some beautiful first mothers day flowers, ran a 5K and got a sunburn
(which I'm secretly happy about because I'm so tired of looking sickly!)
had a cookout with some good friends and caught walters face on fire (accidently)
-- to clarify walter stuck his face into the grill right after it was lit and then didn't seem to notice that he was flaming because he was to busy chasing after his friends... Robert tackled him and slapped him about 50 times in the face to get the flames out and then we had to pick off the remains of his singed whiskers... Don't worry, Walter still isn't aware that any of this happened.

and took my first pregnant belly picture!

Here I am with Stephanie who is 21 weeks and I'm at 12...

THE CIRCUS!

2009-05-02T21:04:00.001-07:00

We went to the cirucs and there were so many elephants! I've decided to retire early from nursing and be a professional elephant rider.

My Little Kumquat

2009-04-25T17:50:00.000-07:00

I would like to introduce the soon to be newest member of the Williams family. Right now it kind of looks like an alien, but in 30 weeks it will be our baby! I am 10 week pregnant and the ultrasound I had last week showed a little head, a little body and little feet. Every now and then the little bean would shake its hips vigorously so I think it has belly dancing in its future! Robert thinks its a boy and I think its a girl. All we know right now is it's about the size of a kumquat and this week its little fingernails and toenails are growing along with the first signs of peach-fuzz. Oh and it no longer has webbed feet like its big brother Walter!

I love this!

2009-04-17T16:35:00.000-07:00

This isn't my Walter but looks just like him. I watch this video anytime I need a good laugh! Make sure you turn your speakers on!

Happy Easter

2009-04-12T17:35:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately my camera broke this morning as I was trying to get a family easter portrait. So I had to at least get a picture of Wally with his bunny ears on with my phone.

I hope everyone had a happy Easter.

We celebrated with hot fudge sundaes and mimosas!!

The Story of Dori is back!

2009-04-05T17:47:00.001-07:00

With the demise of dori.dieckert.com I have decided to start a new Story of Dori. Robert and I are moving to Alaska in May and I want to be able to keep everyone updated on our adventures!