Saturday, July 17, 2010

Kentucky Meets Alaska

After a year and a half of living in Alaska, I was finally able to get my family up for a visit. The weather leading up to their visit was awful. Rain and chilly every day, but after constant prayers for sunshine, we had pretty nice weather for the week. We ran (or should I say drove) our legs off while they were here. You have to remember that Alaska is about 3 times the size of Texas so anywhere you go, you're driving a ways to get there. We hiked to a glacier in Seward, went on an awesome glacier cruise in the Prince William Sound, and drove to Talkeetna to try to catch a glimpse of Denali (or for everyone in the other 49 states - Mt. McKinley) which proved a little unsuccessful since clouds covered the summit. We had a nice little picnic lunch there though. I wish we could have done and seen a lot more, but you definitely need a longer trip than 5-6 days. It takes most of that time to get used to the 4 hour time difference and the fact that it doesn't get dark here at night during the summer :) The whole family got to go to Colton's last t-ball game too. We had a great time though and hated to see them leave.

Where Do I Begin?

Well, needless to say, it's been awhile since I have updated this blog so I'm going to try to do the best I can to bring everyone up to date on things.

I should probably start at the beginning and mention that Chance was recognized in March as a Rising Star for his outstanding work on his architecture model. He modeled the World Trade Center Twin Towers which was no surprise to those of us who know his infatuation with 9/11 and everything about it.


We also experienced a first for our family and that was hunting Easter eggs in the snow. No pretty, Sunday best - snowpants. It was a pretty warm day in the scheme of things but I will definitely look forward to the Spring of 2012 when we can at least see the grass :)

Once the snow was FINALLY gone, we were so excited to be able to really enjoy ourselves outside (without bundling up like an Eskimo!)Colton played t-ball and really enjoyed it too.

Addison turned 4! My baby's not a baby anymore! She had a "playdate" birthday with a few of her friends at McDonalds and then a family celebration on her actual birthday. She's still a little princess and has not missed a day of her life without crying of some sort. We hope she'll eventually grow out of that :)

On June 18th, we followed up with Savannah's birthday. She's 9 this year and is such a fashionista! She's our peacemaker (most of the time) and has more patience than anyone else in the family. We celebrated by going to see Toy Story 3 and then had steak (her favorite) and homemade vanilla ice cream since she is on a cake strike.