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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Blonde or Brown? I need help!

Dear everyone that reads my blog.  I'm trying to decide between having brown and blonde hair (I know the problems I face!) and I can't pick!  So I thought I'd bring it to the public and get input from my family and closest friends.  Let me know what you think.  Thanks!!

Brown Hair





Blonde

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Lake Time

Yesterday we went to the lake with the family. It was lots of fun but boy, are we ever sore today. Apparently I used muscles yesterday I forgot I had and I only went skiing once...what a whimp eh? Graham rode for quite a while on the boat and didn't seem to mind it even though his life jacket was more like a straight jacket. It looked like the kid could hardly move. Camarae on the other had didn't like the boat, it was "too loud" as she kept saying and proceeded to cover her ears the entire time. Sound like we need to go more often :o) But she did ride the tube and like that for a few minutes.





Corey testing out his new boat driving skills...

Jamie and Matt battling on the tubes

Megan knee-boarding like a Pro

I don't think Graham knew what to think about his first boat ride

Alaska

I think this post is long awaited. We had a fun time visiting with Sabrian, Robert and Aurora. We took a Fjord tour and were able to see lots of wildlife. The highlight for me were the killer (or Orca) whales as I'd never seen one in the wild before. We did a lot of camping and even spent a couple of nights in the rain. We also went up to Denali which was a trip. I'd worked there for a summer about 11 years before and it was quite a bit different, much to my surprise. But it was still just as beautiful as I remembered.

Corey & I at Portage Glacier

Our cool Yert at the Military Resort. They had the cleanest bathrooms I've ever seen and they were soo warm. I was very sad to leave them.

A very "cool" glacier - we saw it calving into the ocean. I think this was Corey's favorite part of the trip.

This is as much as they'd surface but it was still so neat.

Me with my favorite Alaskan girl.

We're wishing Mt McKinley would suddenly appear behind us...unfortunately we never did see it.

Zion National Park

Way back in May, just the weekend before Memorial Day, Corey and I went with his sister and her family to Zion National Park. It is down by St. George and is probably one of the most visited parks in Utah. We thought it would be fun to go camping and see the park (Corey had never been there before) while the temperatures outside weren't scorching. We went on a few hikes and we were so impressed with Alexa, who is 3, as she was able to make the hike on her own...what a trooper. Here is a picture of our adventure. (sorry we didn't have many)


Corey & Me on the Emerald Pools hike.