Our Trip...

As I said before, Jecca took most of our Alaska pictures, and I haven't gotten them yet - but I came up with a few from the earlier days of the trip I can share!

The girls were a joy and it was so fun to see them with my family! Hailey even warmed up to all the men (eventually :) )! Our first week there it was just us, my parents and sister. We went to the zoo and to Chuck E Cheese...and Kaelin got the ice cream promised by Papa Bob as soon as we walked out of the airport!

About a week later Jecca and Chris joined us. We spent that weekend visiting Matanuska Glacier, the Wolf farm outside Palmer, and touring the Anchorage gift shops. My Coolest Aunti Brenda, Uncle Dude and their kids (RJ and Bailey) also arrived, followed by my Great Aunt Barb and Uncle Frank, and my Grandma and Grandpa Nooey....also a few of my sister's friends from her New Zealand mission and my brother - needless to say it was a full house!!!

The two weeks there also held a lot of wedding details - favors, programs...etc. My sister handled the ups and downs (including the wrong flowers coming in - not something you can fix last minute in Alaska) very gracefully! We had a shower for Bobbi that turned out beautifully and had a girls' night in at a friend's house. The rehearsal dinner was a BBQ (a bit chilly) at Hatcher's Pass (right outside Independence Mine - an old gold mine). Bobbi and Ben were also blessed with nice weather for their special day - including NO RAIN - a small miracle this time of year!

Oh yeah - we found out that Kaelin is allergic to mosquitoes while we were there!

Take that Uncle Ben Ben!

Mmm. Cotton Candy!

Papa Bob is SO FUNNY!

...and so is Clifford.

Kaelin is such a good driver - yeah.

Aunti Bobbi helping Hailey down the slide.

Hmm, I don't know about this fellow!

Hailey - driving at Wonderland Park

Kaelin - driving at Wonderland Park.

My mom built this for prom. She saved it for Kaelin and made the guys put it up outside for her to play in! So cool!

Hailey - enjoying the outdoors!

Hailey and I with Corneisha

Grandma Donna with Kaelin. Yes, that is a clip-on earring on her lip. Kaelin informed us she was like Jesse (one of my sister's friends who has his lip pierced). *awesome* (sarcasm)

Hailey's first pedicure by Coolest Aunti Brenda (with assitance from Mom)

For those of you who want more - I will post some landscape pictures soon!