Seward Alaska

We did a day trip to Seward (6:30am-10:00pm... I'm still impressed that the kids made it). We took the train to Seward and then did a Kenai Fjords Boat tour. We even stopped on Fox Island for a Salmon bake lunch. It was great- we saw lots of whales, puffins, sea lions, otter, birds etc. It was great! and the kids earned their first of three Junior Ranger pins.  We even got to celebrate my Aunt Kim's birthday! 

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

This place was great- they gave us an UP CLOSE look at a bunch of animals- bear, moose, caribou, bald eagle and buffalo. There were tiny fences between us and the animals- way closer than any zoo would allow. The kids loved it and Ryan started making a Den out of branches like the bears had in their habitat. 

Alyeska

Alyeska is a ski resort that in the summer turns into great hiking spot/ summer ski lift. It had an amazing view and gave us our first bit of summer snow (it was almost 80 degrees but there was snow still on the ground). 

 This was the view from the restaurant we had lunch in, pretty awesome. 

Exploring Anchorage

 This was the site of where the house I was born in used to be. It burned down a few years ago and now it is the yard of a bed and breakfast that was next door.

 We went to the Imaginarium/ Anchorage Museum

You can't travel with kids and not hit up a playground or two. 

 My Aunt's house that we stayed at. 

We Went to Alaska!

Ryan, Audrey and I went to Alaska with my dad for two weeks. It was amazing and unforgettable. As you can imagine I took a lot of pictures. So many in fact that I have only just now started sorting through them and it will be a few more days before I get them all done. I think I will be making a whole separate scrap book for this trip so I might not post them all here. We spent the first week with Anchorage (At my Aunt Kim's house) as our home base and the second half Fairbanks (My uncle JR's house). We did all the touristy things that made sense to do with small kids- which turned out to be a lot.