Too Busy

Man it's been too long. This summer has not been nearly as care-free as last, and that's been bugging me. The reason that we haven't blogged for a few weeks is that we haven't done anything but work! Now with less than 3 weeks to go I have decided to get out and do something. We went for a little hike the other night and were reminded how beautiful it is here. The water in these rivers is soooo clear and blue!

We had an awesome surprise a couple weeks ago. Ben brought his family up with him on his monthly trip. It was such a blast! Alex loves everything Alaska and it kind of reminded me how cool it is here. In Alex's eyes float planes are way cooler than cars and trucks. As fun as it was to see Ben, Kurstin, and Alex, the highlight was definitely seeing baby Mya for the first time. Steph was the happiest she's been all summer.

We have a lot of cool things planned befire we go home. Next week we will be going on the world's longest zip-line in Hoonah which is a little bit west of us. We get to go through Icy Straits on the way there which should be awesome! We also get to go on some bear watching excursion while in Hoonah. Then the week before we leave we get to take a helicopter ride up to The Juneau Ice Field and go dog sledding. The helicopter ride was the highlight of last summer. After these trips the only thing I will have left to do is go fishing. I think it's going to be a fun couple weeks!

Fourth of July!!

Happy 4th! The Fourth of July is deifinitely one of the highlights of a Juneau summer. This year was no exception. The fireworks start at midnight (on the 3rd) because it isn't dark enough until then. They shoot them off from a barge in the middle of Gastineau Channel. It had been a nice day but got a little rainy just in time for the fireworks. It wasn't too bad though and we still had a blast. Before the fireworks started we went to see Transformers. We bought our tickets a week in advance so we were excited that the time finally came. And it was bargain night so the tickets were only $7.50 instead of $9.50! It was a really good movie and I think it was the highlight of Greg's week. He wanted to watch it again as soon as it was over.

This morning was the big parade! It was fun becaus it went right by Alaska Apparel so we just rolled out our office chairs and waited for it to start. It was the most interesting parade we have ever seen. To top the day off we got caramel apples (the 4th is the only day you can get them in Juneau)! They were so good and messy!! The only thing that could have made it better was some sunshine, but we are in Alaska so rain is to be expected!