Alaska!

I've been meaning to post this for a week, so sorry about that! It's been busy and Anni hasn't wanted to let Kelly or me out of her sight! When we first picked her up, she wasn't sure what to do. She just stared at us with a smile, then crawled back and forth between us for the rest of the day. Grandma LeAnn taught her to play patty cake, it's just darling.

Here is the Seattle coastline, taken as the ship was pulling out of the harbor.

Here's a great pic of Addison being shy before she got used to us. By the end of the trip she was dragging me and Kelly around everywhere.

Kelly and I on the first formal night.

Kelly and I coming into Juneau.

Downtown Juneau

Our ship, the Golden Princess, from the tram.

At the top of the tram.My hand in a cast of a brown bear paw. It's huge and it's not even a grizzly! A native totem carved into a tree.See? There is snow in Alaska!A caboose in Skagway, Alaska.This is the drill they used to drill through the mountain.Smuggler's Cove in SkagwaySailing through Endicott ArmKetchikan, AlaskaNot enough land to build a road? No problem. We'll just put one on the water.All the houses are up on the side of the mountain, so they have street signs on staircases. Crazy!This bald eagle just swooped in and perched 20 feet from us on the dock.Addison and Abigail love to dance!Grandma's 90th birthday celebration.Our last stop!Victoria, CanadaJust for Sid

Glacier National Park

Kelly and I took a vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana with my parents over my birthday. The week long vacation was just what we needed! We passed by the Testicle Festival in Rock Creek on our way there, but elected not to stop and "have a ball." Upon entering Grizzly Country we were beset upon by a multitude of signs such as:

We did see some grizzlies, but were too far away to get a good picture. Whew! Kelly, armed with a "Best Hikes of Glacier National Park" book became the tour guide. He was promptly demoted to "bear bait" after taking us on a 12 mile hike.

We had some close encounters with mountain goats, one huge hoary marmot and learned that dutch oven chili doesn't agree with Dad's or Kelly's digestive systems. All in all, I couldn't have asked for a better birthday though!