We had a lot of fun memories from being on the ship! Here are a few for ya!
On the last day, we had a dessert called Baked Alaska. It was really good! I forget why the waiter brought out a FREAKING TON of it later, but he did, and so we got some pictures trying to get Dave to eat it! Dave wonders why he's always in pictures trying to eat enormous foods (we do have quite a bit of pictures with him like that!)
On one formal night, Dave and I dressed up, and we matched! We didn't intentionally do it, but we did look so great together when we realized!
One awesome part of the ship was the FREE ice cream! Here we are enjoying it with my niece, Natalie, and my nephew, Zack.
Kyle is a little cutie. He loved my hat and kept trying to get it!
On a couple of occasions, there were kareoke nights on the ship. Cheri, Heather, and Jenny sang on the first night, and Laura and me sang on the other night. It was funny when I sang because the theme was "love songs". If you know me, you know I like to make things interesting, so I decided to change up the mood (there was too much slow songs and not enough action). I sang a Dixie Chicks song, "Goodbye Earl". If you haven't heard it, I recommend listening to it. It's a pretty silly song to sing, especially on love song night.
The ship had a mini putt-putt course that we decided to try out. It was fun! We didn't do too bad! It was difficult with the strong wind blowing our balls off-course, though!
Dave and I brought our "Settler of Catan" game to play. Heather and Todd (pictured) introduced us to the game, and we've since introduced it to others. It's a great game!
Another formal night...
All the sisters together! I love getting together with my family!
Anchorage
Anchorage was an awesome place to see! We got to see a bit before Dave and I headed back to Las Vegas. We did miss out on the rest of the family then going to North Pole, Alaska, where my sister lives, but we cherish the memories we made when we were together!
At the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where they show you the different tribes that lived, and some still live, in the area. They had these huge whale rib bones in the ground, too! Crazy.
Walking around Anchorage, we took pictures at a picture spot after eating lunch at a fish place behind it!
I think this was one of the last meals we all had together. Then we all started going our separate ways = (
We found a glacier that we were able to hike to! It is called Byron's Glacier, and it was an awesome site to see! The hike was a nice one, and the end result was amazing, as you can see from the pictures. The glacier is at the very back of the picture with the blue. The melted water from it ran down into a river (which the water was FREEZING cold!). You can see the tunnel the water carved out of the snow to pass through it. All the boys hiked over to it and later, Heather, Jenny, and I decided we wanted to see it! It was so massive!
In this first picture, Jenny is about to cross part of the water-strewn path. We were hopping along rocks the whole way to get back and forth, it was pretty difficult at times. Well, I believe, right after this picture was taken, Jenny was crossing to Dave and lost her footing and stepped in the water (only ankle deep, if that). Normally that wouldn't be a big deal, but this is ICE COLD MELTED GLACIER WATER! Jenny said her foot felt a bit numb, but she just trucked on! haha. It was pretty funny.
(I know someone took a picture of all the sisters...whoever did, I couldn't find the picture anywhere, so please email me it!!!)
In this next picture, we stopped along a lookout-type point to try to see a different glacier, but it was too foggy to see it. It was also sooo freezing cold and windy that we only stayed outside long enough to take the picture and then ran back in the car! Gracie, the little one without a coat, is obviously more used to the Alaska weather from living up in North Pole!
Another stop we made was to an Alaskan wildlife conservation center. They had wolves, deer, moose, bears, caribou, and reindeer (which are just domesticated caribou!). The animals had huge spaces to roam, some of them having a few acres to do so! It was cool when we got to see them up close though!
Our Alaska trip was so amazing and such a blast! Thanks mom and dad for planning everything and for making it all happen! We love you so much! I love being able to spend time with my family! Thanks for all the great memories everyone!!!
