A Night Out

So I know we are behind on out posts, but last Friday we went to dinner at Olive Garden and then to Tuacahn to see Cinderella! It was so good to go out and not have to worry about what is going to happen at the stores while we are gone (so good to be home)! It doesn't cool down enough at night yet to make it really enjoyable. To say the least it was hot and sticky, but it was a good show.

Alaska Wrap Up and Shmoopiness

Two posts in one. . . lucky you! So we've been home from Alaska for about two weeks now and I just realized that we never reported on our awesome last week. Just to recap, our last week included a rip roarin' ride on the worlds longest zip line, and an amazing helicopter ride over the Juneau Ice Fields. I think we had more fun in the last few days than we had the rest of the summer combined. As beautiful as these pictures are, they still don't do the scenery justice.






Well that's the last of the pictures of Alaska that we will post. We have plenty more if you would like to see them. Now on to the shmoopiness. That one word basically sums up Mark and Amber's wedding. I didn't really think that it would be appropriate to talk about it at the wedding, but now is the perfect time. Everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about. . . including Mark. In fact, I hope Mark and Amber read this because I think they will look back and laugh. And to quote another famous Seinfeld line, "not that there's anything wrong with that."

College football starts tomorrow and I can't wait! BYU opens on Saturday at home and the next week Allis, Em, and Me will be there as they play at UCLA! Oh and the Red Sox play the Spankees tonight (Wednesday the 29th) on ESPN 2. Don't miss it.

P.S. School started last week. Yippy

Home Stretch

11 days!! It's crazy how fast this summer has gone, and yet it didn't go fast enought! We are excited to go home and start school. Especially Steph because she will be graduating in December.

We went kayaking again on Thursday. It was amazing as always! We went to Amalga, which is about 30 miles north of downtown Juneau, and then kayaked to Eagle Beach. We saw lots of eagles, a couple of porpoises, and a baby black bear. Unfortunatly the porpoises and the bear were too quick for the camera, as was the bear we saw today by our house!!

As mentioned before, we will be going helicoptering and dogsledding on Friday morning and then to Hoonah on Saturday. So we have some super fun things to look forward to before we go home!

My Dream House! (Not Steph's)

The Management Team
(Me, Steph, Liz, and Chana)

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!