Her Whole Life

 Lee Lee has been waiting her whole life for this day...

She started kindergarten!

Beluga Point

 We also spent some time Saturday at Beluga Point... were we saw no beluga whales but we are led to believe they can be seen there from time to time.

It was windy but a lot of fun to climb around the rocks and have our kids get up close to the ocean, some for the first time.

Saturday Exploring

 Yesterday we had our first day of family exploring since we've been in Alaska.  Hubby and I had a chance to plan the day on our Friday night date, and so we had our plan, and then we were able to be a little spontaneous as the day progressed as well.

We visited the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center where we saw a lot of native Alaskan animals that for one reason or another are not fit or able to survive in the wild, and so the conservation center has provided medical care and then created a healthy environment for each animal, similar to the wild, but where they are protected.  We packed a picnic lunch, walked the trail to see all the animals, and had fun.  I'm glad we went and know what's there, but it was more expensive then I expected so we will not need to go back.  Now we can recognize Alaskan animals when we see them in the wild because we've seen them at this center.

We saw wolf, grizzly bear, black bear, moose, elk, reindeer, musk ox, porcupine, a bald eagle, wood bison, and black-tailed deer.  Seeing musk ox for the first time (and pretty close) and watching the grizzly bear swim were two of the highlights.

There was more to the day but I will save that for another update:

Big Minute

 We had a very exciting minute here at our home... two teeth came were lost within one minute of each other - and without tears or a collision involved.  I do think some competition was involved.

More Like Home

 This house is feeling more and more like a home every day...

All Aboard!

All Aboard!

 

Sign Post Forest

 We saw some interesting sights on the trip...

What a Trip!

 What a trip we had from Rangely, Co to Palmer Alaska!

Grand Hotel Day 2

 Here are some pictures from the morning of our second day on Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel.  So, our first breakfast...

Happy Anniversary!

 Happy 12th Anniversary to my Hubby.  Helen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all," and life with you has been every bit of a daring adventure.

Twelve years ago I vowed to you that "Where you go, I will go... Where you stay, I will stay."

After a dozen years of marriage and six healthy, happy, wonderful children, I'm excited to share that our next family adventure will be starting in about two weeks when the eight Mountain Millers will be moving to Palmer, Alaska.

Dancing the Night Away

 At the Grand Hotel, after the amazing five course dinner each night, the lounge opens up and a live band plays dancing music.  They rock songs from all the eras and take requests.

Our crew had a ton of fun dancing together.