Alaskia cruise 2013

Mike and I left on July 3 to Seattle.  We drove to Portland and stayed a day and a half there.

Then we headed back to Seattle where we went to the top of the space needle, spend lots of time in Pike market and walking around downtown Seattle.

On Sunday, July 7, we finally got on our boat!!!

In Juneau, we went whale watching

this is a humpback whale.  We also saw bald eagles, a pod of killer whales, and sea lionss

Next we went on a train ride and gold panning on a beautiful day!

our gold! $21 worth!

Glacier Bay:

Lumberjack show:

Victoria Canada!  My first time to CA!  Beautiful garden and the most amazing fireworks show ever!!!

Alaska was really beautiful and we were very fortunate to have really great weather!  We really loved our cruise ship!  Lots of great food, games, shows and night time entertainment!!  Mike loved all the trivia games and was known on the ship for winning all the trivia!!!

It's July???

Where did June go??  It was a busy month for us I guess because it just flew on by!  June started with our annual trip to the river, then the kiddos swimming lessons (that we skipped out on), Kate's dance camp, Alex going to school Tues/Thurs, and Kate's sport camp.  Sport camp was a hard week for us because we had to get up an hour earlier than we are used to.  Kate was OK with that, but it was hard on me and Alex.  Kate then started her 4 weeks straight of camp at Harmony Hill.  The first Tuesday that the kiddos went to school on the same day, they were so excited!!  They thought that was the coolest thing ever!!  Kate is still doing gymnastics and dance once a week and Alex is still in his gymnastics once a week.  Mike went back to Europe last week and we were on our own for 10 days.  While Mike was gone, Aberlee had an accident.  She fell off the couch and had to get 9 stitches between her eyebrows.  Poor baby, she sure did give Kristin and Blake a scare.  Now it's July and Mike and I are heading out tomorrow morning really early for our 12 day trip away from the kiddos.  We are spending a few days in Seattle and then go on a 7 day Alaskan cruise.  MeMe, Gram, Aunt Kristin and Aunt Jes will be watching the kiddos. 

Mother Daughter Tea

Kate and I attended a Mother Daughter Tea at Chickfula with our friends from dance class.  We had a nice dinner and then a limo ride!  She told me "Mommy what a great idea you had!"

I gave her the boa as a surprise and put a little makeup on her

they did such a great job of decorating!!

tea time

first limo ride at 4 years old!!

our group of friends!