Saturday, June 21, 2008

More Solstice Celebrations!

Solstice Party!!

Its past 11 pm and the sun is still high!! We are at jen and garrys enjoying a bonfire. No better way to spend solstice! Earlier we went to celebrations in fairbanks.( Its huge here)

Sleeping on the way to chena hot springs

Hey was so tired on the way to chena. Its a natural hot springs and pool area outside Fairbanks. Tomorrow is solstice!!! That's a big deal around here!

Sleeping on the way to chena hot springs

Hey was so tired on the way to chena. Its a natural hot springs and pool area outside Fairbanks. Tomorrow is solstice!!! That's a big deal around here!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Long Time Gone


sisters..sisters...
Olivia, Sophia, Emma, Andrew, David, Parker





fun for all...
livi
sophia and andrew
bubble fun.
you can make a HUGE bubble with you inside!
helping grandma keep the floor clean...
Jenny, Rod (my dad), Mary, Colleen (my mom), Me, Audrey
Parker...just some cute pics.

the rock slide- and big hit! at the Imaginarium in anchorage.
So this post is a catch up post. we went to anchorage this past weekend to take my last sibling thru the temple. it was a sweet experience to have my mother, father, audrey, jenny, myself and my wonderful husband and my sister mary. the only ones missing were the maaret and tom from the original Hall family. and they have been thru the temple so we are all in! we had fun seeing jenny and her kids. her little kids are SO funny. livi loved andrew, she thought he was SO cute, and such "a little guy" and she just adored him. it was funny, sat morning when andrew woke up, livi came over to him and gave him a hug and then said "good morning little lady". haha she didn't even bat an eye, i don't know if she realized he was not a little lady. i thought it was funny though... i can tell she will be a great mother someday!! sophie at first kept mixing me up with jenny, which was hilarious... and after she did tell us apart she was still rather warm towards me , and jen said she's not a people person, she doesn't like strangers. i think since i look a lot like jen, i just rub her the right way. she's such a cute little girl. anyways, well on with the pictures! we are enjoying our fathers day! i am lucky enough to BE with my father and my husband both!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Land of the Midnight Sun

Its 9 pm and will not be getting dark really tonight. We will still have sun at midnight. I wish you all could see it for yourselves!!!

Life In Downtown Anchorage

Sooo...we saw this chair lady and I had to post her. She was pushing this chair down the streets with 2 dogs on leashes. We had a great trip by the way. More to come later.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Land of the Brave

The most beautiful place on earth. Sorry these pictures can't do Alaska justice.

Land I Love

We are driving to anchorage to take mary thru the temple!

Monday, June 09, 2008

Alaska at last!










daddy went inside....so sad.



andy loved riding in this

fly away home

mary and boyfriend Brad
planting flowers with grandma!

Well we finally got here! its been 4 years since our last visit. and this one marked the first time my dad and my sister audrey and her 2 kids (david and emma) got to meet my baby. hes 14 months already... so its been busy. my sister mary is going on a mission july 2 to Guatemala for 18 months, so it was good to see her. So here are a few pics. oh, it was also andrews first airplane ride. he did really well. slept the whole way to san fran, and then the first hour or hour and a half of the ride to anchorage. he got restless towards the end (as did I!) of the 5 hr flight. so its been busy here. its light forever here, and so we are always up until midnight or later, right now its 20 minutes to ten, and its still very much sunlight outside. when we drove home sat night, we got home past midnight and it was still very much daylight. mary and the kids were outside jumping on the tramp. we were up until 2 am, and it was still dusk/light outside. and its not even the solstice!