Our Alaska Trip

I know you all have been waiting in anticipation of the pictures of our trip to Alaska. It has taken me this long to get them into the book, which ended up being 45 pages long. So here are some of those pages. The Glaciers are beyond description. The colors, the way they changed as the light changed. We cruised through Glacier Bay, went to the Mendenhall Glacier, and took a boat out to see the Portage Glacier. Each very unique and very beautiful.

The town of Ketchikan was lovely, the weather was very nice, and as usual, I was amazed by the beautiful flowers.

This is where we had lunch one day. It was like being in a tropical rain forest, only it was cold. When Andy sent a picture to work, no one believed he was in Alaska! This is one of the few pictures we have of us together. Always bundled up in coats.

The scenery on this train ride was spectacular. It was the route the gold miners took during the Yukon Gold rush. The train didn't operate then, they (the miners) walked the hundreds of miles. Andy is holding our traveling companions, Flat Nora and Flat Sara.

It was an amazing vacation. We saw such amazing scenery. I was reminded of the Primary Song. "....I am glad that I live in this beautiful world, Heavenly Father created for me."

The interior of Alaska was my favorite part of the trip, but it didn't take long to enjoy the service that is provided on a Cruise.

Thanks kids, ....our 40th wedding anniversary is coming up......or your dad's 60th birthday...that gives us a couple of years......It would be fun for all of us to go next time.

Grandpa time

We got him cleaned up before Brad and Katie came back. He has gotten wet before, but never played in the mud, much less ate it! They had packed extra clothes, they knew he would have Grandpa time.

Family Disaster

It was a normal Sunday afternoon at our house. We had finished family dinner and the regularly scheduled make the Chocolate Chip Cookie process began. We didn't have more that 1/4 cup of chocolate chips! Emily forgot to tell us she had made cookies while we were gone.....and we were OUT. I refused to let some one go Home Teaching at Bro. Albertsons, so Holly took the M&M's out of the Trail Mix, and Wes chopped up some mini Hershey candy bars left over from our last campfire. The other problem was the recipe was on the back of the package. So a quick text message to Emily to find out which box she stored her cook book in, and we were back in business. The cookies turned out really good. I have replenished our Chocolate Chip supply!

Some Wedding Photos

I am so far behind with all that we did this summer...So here are some of the pictures of the wedding. I hope to get the book finished this week. It was such a wonderful day.

We Went to Alaska

Andy and I went on a Land/Cruise Tour to Alaska for 12 days. The thing the surprised us the most were the beautiful flowers, and how breathtaking the scenery was. These are 2 pages from the Creative Memories Storybook I am working on. We took more than 600 pictures, and it is taking a while to get throgh all of them. Flat Nora and Flat Sara went with us. They will apear in future blog posts.

We Won!

I entered two pictures in a Discovery Science Center Photo Contest. This one in the category of "Grandpa and Me" I told the story of how Grandpa puts the girls on his shoulders and then goes over to the machine that tells you how tall you are. At first the girls wouldn't sit up straight, and they would only get to 6'10" (Grandpa is 6'4") but this last time it was 7'4". I took this picture. We went to the bubble exhibit and show they have each year, it is our favorite. Nora had so much fun after the show, trying to do the tricks that the bubbleologist did, and I loved this picture. So I entered it into the contest in the category of favorite exhibit.

Guess which picture won! We have 4 tickets to the Santa Ana Zoo. I didn't tell Nora I entered her picture, I didn't want her to be disappointed if we didn't win. Nora, when you have guessed I will share which picture won!

My beautiful Granddaughters

I share my granddaughters with Patti, who I have known for years. She is the girls Nana, and came recently from Utah for a visit. She is an amazing photographer, and has caught each of them showing their personalities. Sorry Patti, I had to "borrow" the pictures from your blog. This is our Mia, full of spunk and love. She gives great hugs, and her smile .... well lets just say it melts Grandmas heart. She is also a red head, with the personality that goes with it.

Our Sara isn't little any more. She is so grown up. Sara's favorite thing to do with me is read and cuddle. She looks so cute in her new glasses, and is always the first to give me a hug.

This one is growing up so fast. She is starting first grade, I can hardly believe it. She reads so well. It is fun to introduce her to new books. It is always fun to have a special Nora, Grandma day. Last time we made mini muffins, it was Nora's idea to put Chocolate Chips in them. They were yummy.

Now if Patti had only gone to visit Brad and Katie, I would have had a great picture of Kyle too.