Our Trip To Alaska!

We had a great opportunity to visit Regan's parents in Anchorage, Alaska for a whole week! I think Regan's favorite part of the whole trip was all of the delicious food we ate {what's new?} The best for him was having all you can eat fresh crab in downtown Anchorage. Riley's obviouslly was the chocolate! The very last day we were there, we finally saw a moose in the backyard! Riley was excited at first, then annoyed when it wouldn'leave because he wanted to go in the hot tub! After more than an hour, it finally moved!

Anchorage was just a beautiful place and we really enjoyed our week stay there!
Thanks to Bud & LeeAnn for being great hosts to us! We had a great time!

Candy & Hikes

We went to a candy factory and the kids had a hard time deciding what to get since they could only choose 1 thing! Riley wanted the $43 chocolate fish, but we told him he needed to get something else! Regan however did not have a hard time deciding what to get-a hand dipped chocolate ice cream bar with sprinkles! yum!
The other picture is at Flat Top overlooking all of Anchorage! It is such a beautiful place!

26 Glacier Cruise

My favorite part of the trip was going on a 26 glacier cruise! The glaciers were so amazing and we also saw a glacier calf, which meas that some of the ice falls off into the water! They were beautiful and it was a fun cruise ride!

Regan's Family

I had never seen this funny picture of Regan's family! I just had to take a picture of it because it was so silly!

Zoo & Office

We went down the street to the Anchorage Zoo one day! It was so awesome because it was tucked away in a forest with a bunch of natural animals to the habitat! Elle was pretty wiped out during the trip! We also went to Bud's office. He works for the Denali Pipeline.

Lots to do

We had a fun activity planned for us each day we were in Anchorage! Regan and his dad spent a day fishing on the Kenai River, we went to a Children's Museum, the Anchorage Temple, A candy factory, downtown Anchorage, parks, a boardwalk and a fabulous 26 glacier cruise! LeeAnn & Bud were such great hosts to our family! We even had a hot dog and smore night around the fire!

Gramma & Grampa's House

Regan's mom & dad live in Anchorage, Alaska and we had a great time staying in their beautiful home for a whole week! Dhabi, their dog wasn't so happy to see us come on his territory though! Sunny was either really scared of him, or trying to be his friend the whole time! It was good to spend some time with Gramma & Grampa Fackrell since we don't see much of them since they live so far away!

Before & After

I was dropping Riley off at his friends house yesterday, and was talking to my friend Jen about what I should do about Sunny's crazy hair {I will spend time on it every morning with braids and other cute styles only to see that she has taken it out 3 minutes later and goes around with her scraggly hair in her face all day}
so Jen just asked Sunny if she could cut it for her and did a cute bob in 5 minutes! My friend Jen is amazing! She is very talented at what she does! Thanks Jen for making my little crazy haired Sunny girl look like a cute little Madeline Doll!

Slip n slid video

This is a very unclear version of Regan going down the fun slip n slide with a snow sled! So much fun!!

Still a kid at heart!

Last night, Regan and I had the time of our lives! It just goes to show you that you still can have fun as an adult! For our friends birthday, he made a HUGE slip and slide out of billboard vinyl posters and nailed them down a very steep hill in Sandy! When you have water, baby soap and slippery material, you are bound to have a great time! I am glad that we wore goggles because the baby soap got in everyone's eyes! I want to always remember to do something SO fun on my birthday to remember that we are all just a kid at heart!

1st day of Kindergarten!

Today is a bittersweet day! My oldest child is entering school today, and mom is a little scared about it! The good part is that Riley couldn't wait to get on the bus and get into his classroom! It would have been so much harder if he was scared, but this time it was the mom who was scared! Regan and I are probably wierd parents, but Regan followed the school bus the whole way to school, and I met Riley at school to make sure he got to his classroom okay! Anyway, here is a cute picture of Riley's 2 little sisters saying goodbye to him! Life will never be the same now!!!!

PTA Mom-I'm there!

So my oldest child is in school, so what do you expect of a concerned parent and an old 1st grade teacher? Of course I will be on the PTA! My friend asked if I would do bulletin boards for the pta, so here is my 1st one! I really do miss teaching school and the excitement of the 1st day of school!!!!

Bear World

So our friends convinced us that we NEEDED to go to Bear World in Rexburg, so we decided to take them up on it and pay the $75 to go!!!!! I have to say it was pretty cool-driving around with bears coming up to your car, and a wolf trying to bite our bike tires on the back of the car was pretty cool! They had fun rides for the kids, a great petting zoo and cute little bear cubs!

Island Park

More fun pictures of Island Park!