Alaska

 

This is Andrew- for a project for my Family Life Merit Badge I am blogging about our trip to Alaska.  Here we are waiting for the bus in Denali. My dad brought 100 dollars to give away to kids when animals were  spotted.  Like $1 for an Eagle, $10 for a whale, $100 for a wolverine.  

                                                        Dad spotted a  Fox eating a mouse

 Caribou

Denali

 Bear walking through stream

Dad spotted a Wolf running which the bus driver said was very rare

 We all were trying to spot a beaver my brother won 

 Bode,Andrew,Marley,and Mack on a hike

 Dall sheep

 Golden Eagle

A herd of Caribou

 Mama Grizzly with two cubs

 Bull moose

 Cousins in front of my dad's old school

We got to feed seven baby Moose

My Dad spotted two Black Bears on the same road

 Seals on the ice

 Humpback fluking

Two Orcas
I spotted all the Orcas and whales so my aunt bought me a pair of  Alaska socks. I also earned lots of money.

 Me and Gus climbing on rocks

 Me, Bode, and Mack climbing on rocks

 Dane pretending to be a dog, which he did throughout the whole trip

 Easton throwing Dane in the air

 All of us in front of my dads old house

 Me playing with Rush

 A tree we planted to remember my Grandpa

 Me and Dane on a tire swing

 All the younger cousins looking at goldfish

 Baby Rush laughing

Cousins fighting with sticks

Summer Field Trips

This summer I had the kids on a weekly yard and housekeeping schedule so that we would be more available on Saturdays to go on Field Trips with Greg.  Our first adventure was to the Basque Museum in Boise.  I learned so much I didn't know about the Basque people.  The museum was fun and afterwards we found a tapas bar where the kids got to try a few different Basque foods.  They loved it.  Then we went to JUMP downtown.  It was a little disappointing because all the slides were closed but it was still cool to explore the building.  First field trip - success.

The little girls earned tickets to the fair from their Library reading so off we went.  They loved all the cool cakes.  Emily loved all the animals but Kate hated the smell.

We caught a cool animal show and they got to pet a hedge hog.

They shared cotton candy, lemonade, ice cream, got balloon animals and made their own bag of slime.  It was incredibly hot but they had a blast.

One Saturday trip was to the Woodgrain company picnic.  We enjoyed the banana pudding and soda and Emily entered the hula hoop contest.

Our last field trip before summer started was bowling, per Lily's request.  Watching her bowl was the best part!

This was her dragon assistant that would help her ball get some speed and stay straight.

Wouldn't be bowling without candy from the vending machines - "Thanks for the quarter Mack!"