We've been wanting to see the Northern Lights since we moved up here. Well, honestly before that - we were really hoping for a show when we were up here visiting Brittney & Duncan for Thanksgiving. But it just hasn't worked out. We subscribe to several Facebook sites that notify when they are out and they have stubbornly been hiding from the Anchorage area. Until yesterday...

Of course the auroras seem to prefer to be out in the wee hours of the morning. Luckily for me, Matt is a night owl and happened to see the notifications. He found the one window in our house that looks north and had a momentary freak out when he realized he could see them even with all the lights in the neighborhood. I got woken up to come see them and we had a moment that most parents know well. Do we wake the toddler up at midnight to drive elsewhere and try to get a better view of them?

Of course we did...

Tommy didn't know what the heck was going on, but he was along for the ride whether or not he wanted to be. We decided to head to Flat Top - Matt said there was a nice viewing area from the parking lot, so we figured that was our best bet. The drive over to Flat Top actually had the best views. There were green lights cascading and dancing all across the sky. I'm pretty sure that Matt and I were giggling like little kids at the sight. :)

Of course when we got to the viewing area, the lights had calmed down. And the parking lot was iced over enough that we didn't feel safe for the 9 months pregnant woman or the toddler to safely cross it. The hubster confirmed this by slipping and falling multiple times checking it out. So we only got a few pictures of the lights that don't do what we saw justice. I figured I would share them anyhow, just to prove we saw them. But they were so much more amazing in person.