Day 6: Ketchikan

One of the ways to see the town! We walked, it was raining and there wasn't a lot to see. It's strange that anyone ever built here as it seems there's the water and the land goes straight up into mountains almost. Some of the people had 50 or 60 stairs to go up to their homes from the street below.

Lots of fish were coming up Ketchikan Creek to spawn and I happened to catch this one jumping. Dead fish were everywhere and it smelled like it!!!

This is Creek Street, it used to be the red light district but is all shopping now.

One of the cute animals left on our beds by the night time bed turndown person!!!

A few more from Sitka

A view of our ship from the park.

One of the beautiful churches there.

Another view of the town.

That night was Chef's Night and we had to wear these hats!!! The food was great!!!

Day 5: Sitka

We saw many, many totem poles here - the Sitka State Park is loaded with them, it's a great little town. We had a wonderful 4 1/2 hour walk through the park and the town. I think this was my favorite place to see. It was where the Russians settled, the mustard colored house is where the Russian Bishop lived, it was built in about 1840. This city has quite a history. And the sun came out while we were there, which made it great for our walk.

Day 4: Hubbard Glacier

The blues are so beautiful, it's really hard to capture.

Hubbard Glacier is 350 feet tall and 7 miles wide.

We were very blessed that the fog lifted at the time we were here, we had been unable to see anything for miles because of fog.

Icebergs were nothing like what I would have pictured - I don't know what I expected but blue was not it!!

Day 3: Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier

As you can see our weather changed dramatically from Seattle!! This was our first glimpse of Juneau.

Downtown Juneau, a busy city when 4 ships are in at the same time. Every other store is a jewelry store!!

The Famous Red Dog Saloon, which we didn't bother visiting but many, many did.

This is Mendenhall Glacier which we loved, the colors were more blue since it was cloudy (and rainy). So they told us!!

Alaska With My Sisters: Day 1 and 2

We had such a great time together, we left Seattle and spent Sunday at sea. Sunday night was our first formal night. Some people asked it we were triplets!!

Happy 74th!!!

Happy 74th, just wanted to show the happy celebration. Dad got his favorite carrot cake and we all helped him but we needed more to help us finish it!!! We have too much left over.

July, August, September, October Events

Sorry, it's been so long since I wished everyone "Happy Birthday" "Happy Anniversary" and even "Happy Birth Day" since we've had a new addition to the family!!

July - 10th, Colin; Kailey; 11th - Paul; 13th - Allison; 16th - Seth; 17th - Claire; Jamie and Billy; 28th - Heath Ryan Holmquist!!!

August - 2nd - Heather; 3rd - Porter; Eli and Brittany; 5th - Alan; 8th - Lori's big 50; 11th - Morgan; 15th - Lauren; Jacob; 18th - Zac.

Sept - 7th - Alli and Nate; 8th - Karen and Alan; 9th - Joan's 75th; Gail and Pat; 15th - Kelsey; 23rd - Cheryl's 40th; Ryan and Ruth Anne; 24th - Ruth Anne; 29th - Dad.

October - 2nd - Paul; 5th - Spencer and Brittany; 6th - Nate; 12th - Halle.

June Birthdays and Anniversary

Happy Birthday to all the June celebrants!!! Spencer (15th) Carter (18th) Ashley (20th) Taylor (30th) and a great big HAPPY "BIRTH"day to Avery Rose born on the 22nd!!!
Happy Anniversary to Kristen and Mark, Happy 6th on the 6th!!!

Pitter Patter of Little Feet!!

We have the "pitter patter of little feet" around here sometimes but in a slightly different form!!!

A bird flew into the sliding door, it was pretty stunned and while I watched it to see if it was going to be alright, the squirrel came and joined it for a while.

Vancouver

I went up to Vancouver on June 8th (My mum's 100th birthday) and actually celebrated Mary's birthday, she was born the day before Mum's birthday. The dinner was at Vickie's home. We also went shopping, of course, but their prices are so much higher than ours that I really didn't find anything. Had a great time with my sisters as usual. Met Dina's new boyfriend, they stopped by for a short visit.

Steve Loveall

Dad and I drove to Boise, ID on the 5th of June to go through the temple with Steve. He took a long time to take the step but we were so thrilled to go with him. We had a good visit with he and Judy then came home the next day after going through the temple.

Kailey and Skyler

I had the opportunity to go to Kailey's and Skyler's "end of the 1st grade program". It was well done, they went through the calendar of all they'd done all year in word and song.

Update: :"This old house..."

Just thought you might like to see what Dad has done to "this old house". He has enclosed the side yard now with fencing and it's hard to see on the first picture but he's put in 3 planted areas in the front of the house!!! The tulips and daffodils are just beautiful right now, it looks really pretty. Now all we need is SUN!!! We will have high temperatures for about two days on the weekend and then it looks like it goes right back down. Summer is coming in dribs and drabs but mostly drabs!!!

May Birthdays

This is a big month for our family!!! Missy Walker and Ryan (6th) Afton (8th) Kate (13th) Billy (15th) Sarah (20th) Calvin (22nd) Skyler (23rd) Natasha (26th) and we're expecting to say a "Happy Birth Day" to Grady when he comes!!

Also a "Happy Anniversary" to Katy and Paul on the 27th.

April Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the April birthdays - Fred (5th) Kristen (15th) Rylee (20th) and Matthew (26th) Hope you all had a great day. We love you!!!