I just haven't been able to sit myself down long enough to write about Alaska and today I am putting my foot down. I will not leave this computer until I am done!
Okay so in June we went to Alaska for Justin's brothers wedding. It was to take place on Saturday but of course we wanted to see some of the sights before. So we left Tuesday the 22nd in the morning and arrived in Anchorage I think early evening (already I have forgotten). They are 2 hours behind us and it doesn't get dark there at night so needless to say Rylee didn't ever go to bed on time. Actually none of us did! :) Our 1st night we had a BBQ over @ Cody and Vanessa's house where Rylee met her new best friend Sophie.
Wednesday we drove to Seward for a 6 hour
boat trip. Luckily the weather wasn't too bad so it wasn't horribly cold on the water. During our little adventure we saw otters, orca whales, porpoises, puffins, a huge glacier, a mountain goat and another whale-actually it was just his tail.
Thursday I have no idea what we did-must have been nothing because I have no pictures so on to Friday where we drove to Majestic Valley Wilderness Lodge (not sure where this is) about 2 hours out of from Anchorage. This is where the wedding was being held and it was very beautiful. They had some planes and a little runway there that was neat to see just not sure why it was there. Forld on the water. During our little adventure we saw otters, orca whales, porpoises, puffins, a huge glacier, a mountain goat and another whale-actually it was just his tail.
got to mention that I still have yet to see a moose. Last pictures that Betty Lu and Ryan had in Alaska were full of moose and bald eagles and I haven't seen a one. The little arch is where the wedding was going to take place on Saturday. It was very cute. They had little hammocks that Rylee loved to s
wing on and when I couldn't find her I would look here or for the dogs that were at the lodge. Leave it to Rylee to find dogs.
Saturday (the day of the wedding) we woke up to a beautiful rainy day. We had had good weather up until that day of course. Isn't that the way it goes. Anyway I spent the whole day in my rollers just because I wanted to. It's funny because I won't go out in public without makeup on or in my sweats but I am ok if people see me in my rollers! It rained all day and the ceremony was held inside. It was very nice. Rylee was the flower girl and she did such a good job-she was so pretty. I was the picture taker here so the pictures suck. Then they had a dinner and the rest of the night was filled with dancing and fun. At the end we we
nt outside to this big bonfire (of course the rain had finally stopped) and this is where I finally saw my moose. Actually 3 because we saw a momma and her 2 calves.
Sunday (another rainy day) we just headed back to Anchorage and did a little tourist shopping. You always have to have a shirt that says where you went that you probably won't ever wear but you have to get because you probably won't ever go back. We also met up with Vanessa and Cody and her family and ate at Humpy's and I mention this because the guy from Man vs Food had done a show there previously so I had to try it.
Monday we left for home @ 6:30 a.m. and arrived back in Idaho Falls at 6 p.m. It's when you just want to be home and you have a 2 hour layover in Boise and you flight ends up being delayed. But we made it and it was a fun trip.
Forgot to mention the biggest news of the trip. Rylee lost her 2 front bottom teeth. She was so excited and likes to show everyone that she lost 2 teeth.
