The Last Frontier

A lot of you have been asking about our recent trip to Alaska. Unfortunately, I didn't really get too many good pics to share with you. This was due in part to Aaron working most of the time and part to the less than best weather that we had while we were there. Lucky for Adelyn and I the first few days were pretty nice, sadly for Aaron, the day that he actually had free was the rainiest and yuckiest of all. So we probably had more fun than he did, but all in all it was a good trip, and always good to get away on a little adventure. This was the first plane adventure that we had taken with Adelyn and this first pic should show you how much fun she had on the plane ride.




She and I went to the zoo one day and it was a very nice little zoo--with a lot of animals local to really cold regions that we don't see too much down here--polar and brown and black bears, Musk Oxen, Yaks, Snow Leopards, Moose, etc...we had a lot of fun but it was already soooooo cold!! Strangely enough, Adelyn seemed to love the Alpacas the most. We actually ran into a group of Taiwanese people, so that was random and cool.



One thing that was cool was that we could see Denali, Mt. McKinley, from the window of our hotel room. I know it's not the best picture in the world, but we were amazed by how big it still seemed so many hundreds of miles away. I really wanted to go to the park, but it, like most of the rest of Alaska, shuts down mid-September, just in time for us to miss it!



Anchorage is pretty much surrounded by mountains except for the inlet where the ocean comes in, but even on the other side of that you can see mountains. It was beautiful, especially with all the fall colors all around.



The babe liked the flight home a little less than the way there. I suppose you could say that Aaron and I liked it less--she was still having a ball but was so tired and trying so hard not to fall asleep that she just finally crashed. She was sitting on Aaron's lap one minute, and the next minute looked like this.




So there's a short version of our trip. We had a great time, but would recommend to all interested in going to Alaska, do it in the summer!!

She's on the Move!

Well she's not quite crawling or walking by herself, but she has developed a style all her own for each that we thought we'd share with you far away relatives. She's not quite up to getting on her hands and knees yet, but here is her army scoot!

And this is her true love here. If we put her on her tummy too long she cries and screams as though we were torturing her. But she will walk with Dad until she can't think straight...this is one such time...she was so tired but still wanted to walk! The other day she and Aaron actually walked a lap around the entire backyard. What a cute little nut.

The Best Two Years

No, it's not the mission that I'm talking about. Of course, my mission wasn't two years, so perhaps you weren't confused, just annoyed by my cheesiness. But if you can't be cheesy on your anniversary, when can you be?!?! Aaron LOVES it when I am cheesy, so I do it just for him. :)

Anyway, two years ago today, we were married in the Seattle Temple. I have had fun looking at everyone else's wedding pics on their blogs on their anniversaries, so I have included ours here as well.



Then here we are celebrating our first anniversary up in the San Juan Islands. Yes, I'm a bit pregnant here. I wonder what percentage of Mormon brides are pregnant on their first anniversary?! Glad to be numbered among them, that's all I can say!

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And here we are celebrating our second anniversary (this past weekend) getting ready to go Ziplining at Whistler (more fun pics to follow). We had so much fun up there, all made possible by Aaron's aunt and uncle wedding present...thanks Evan and Norene!!



And since two years really isn't long enough for us to look much different, I thought I would scan and include the VERY first picture I could find of us together. Whoever took it for us could obviously tell that we were in love and wanted to catch the moment.

Anyway, I am so grateful for Aaron and all that he has done for me in the past two years of marriage and seven years of friendship. Life would be so dull without him. You are the best hun!