Day 1 Alaskan Cruise

It was a very early morning. We left our house at 4:00 am. Dylan was bored at the airport so we tried to see if he could work as carry on luggage. Darn he was too big. He was very excited to go on an airplane. Even though he has been on one before he didn't remember that long ago. Chris' boss took our whole family (except Katelyn who had to be 6 months) on a week long Alaskan Cruise! We had no idea how much fun was in store!

We flew right past Mt. Rainier. It was so pretty. We had to wait awhile at the airport for our bus to take us to the ship.

Here is all of our luggage. It took like 5 hours to finally get it all. Here is Dylan on the back deck. A little too close to the edge. That was the last time we went to that part of the ship with him!

Here is the Seattle skyline. It was so pretty there. Lots of trees and very green. We watched as they untied all of the last ropes and anchors and we finally were moving. It was very exciting!

Day 2 At Sea

Day 2 we were out in the open sea going full speed. The map in red shows our route. It was the roughest day and Chris was sick for most of it! Below is our hallway that we walked down many times to go to our room.

Our room had lots of storage and thanks to Deni and Martin it stayed pretty clean.

The kids did lots and lots of swimming. Since the boat was rocking so much it made the pool into a wave pool.

The kids spent lots of time and had lots of fun in Club H.A.L. They went to cooking classes and below is them performing in the talent show. I would put video but once was good enough for me. Hayley sang her own original song and Dylan counted to 20. woohoo They performed lots of fun songs and skits as a group.

Day 2 First Formal Night

This was our entire group at the first formal night. We had lots of fun dressing up fancy. This was also our first night eating in the dining room. We had a great view right out the back of the boat.

I had to get the baked Alaska of course! Below is our towel creation Sting Ray.

Day 3 Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay was so beautiful. It was our warmest day in Alaska. Probably around 80 degrees. We just hung out on the back deck for a few hours and took it all in.

We saw the Margerie Glacier and the Johns Hopkins Glacier. Below is our whole group with the Glacier behind us.

Day 4 Juneau

We were finally able to get off of the ship after three long days at sea. Juneau was a fun little town. One of Chris' coworkers had been there a few weeks before and planned a fun "amazing race " for the kids. Chris was a team captain who guided them but wasn't allowed to help with the answers. I was at one of the check points. They had to give me the correct answers and I gave them their next clue. It was fun for the kids to run around Juneau and learn about the state capital of Alaska.

They are reading clues and trying to figure out the answers at different places.

Above is the governer's mansion that Sarah Palin lived in for a while. Then when we finished the race and had a lunch break. (We couldn't miss any meals of course.) Then most of our group hiked Mt. Roberts. It took us a couple of hours and we went from sea level to about 2,000 feet. It was so beautiful and green.

Above are some fresh bear tracks. Some locals told us on our way up that there had been a bear sighting that morning. Yay! Not! Below is a view from the top. It was a strenuous hike for me at least. But it was fun to say I did it! We then rode the tram back down and had fun walking around Juneau.