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| The boys with Gio Gonzalez |
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| The boys with Tyler Clippard |
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Meet the Nats
In late August, the Washington Nationals came to Seattle to play the Mariners. We all went to the games and the kids got autographs and photos taken with some of the players during batting practice. The Nats won 2 of the 3 games.
New Addition to the Family
For Henry's tenth birthday, he got a new hamster. He named her "Denalia", after Denali, the biggest mountain and National Park in Alaska we had just returned from. She is settling in well to life in Henry's room.
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| Denalia in her exercise ball |
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| Denalia's home on a bookcase in Henry's room |
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Alaska !
We spent nine days in Alaska in August for our big summer vacation. We flew into Anchorage and then drove south to spend a day in Whitter and then four nights at a house we rented in Cooper Landing, which is on the Kenai Peninsula, a very scenic area with a lot of fishing (we didn't do any, but ate some great salmon and halibut). We did a lot of hiking and really enjoyed the house. From there we spent a day in Anchorage and then two days up in Denali National Park.
You can see our top 35 pictures at this link.
Here were the top 5 highlights of the trip:
1. The highlight of our first hike was taking a 'hand tram' across a river gorge.
2. Our most strenuous hike was to the Harding Ice Field. You climb up a mountain and then get an amazing view of a sea of ice with mountaintops peaking above.
3. We biked in Anchorage and passed by a huge moose with her calf by the side of the trail.
4. Dad and the boys took a 'flight-seeing' trip in a 10-seat airplane to see the tallest mountain in North America up-close
5. Amazing scenery and hiking in Denali National Park. We saw moose, elk, ptarmigan (Alaska's state bird), and some grizzly bear.
You can see our top 35 pictures at this link.
Here were the top 5 highlights of the trip:
1. The highlight of our first hike was taking a 'hand tram' across a river gorge.
2. Our most strenuous hike was to the Harding Ice Field. You climb up a mountain and then get an amazing view of a sea of ice with mountaintops peaking above.
3. We biked in Anchorage and passed by a huge moose with her calf by the side of the trail.
4. Dad and the boys took a 'flight-seeing' trip in a 10-seat airplane to see the tallest mountain in North America up-close
5. Amazing scenery and hiking in Denali National Park. We saw moose, elk, ptarmigan (Alaska's state bird), and some grizzly bear.
Joseph Turns Sweet 16
For Joseph's sixteenth birthday we rented an electric boat and went out on Lake Union.
(Mom and Dad thought this was fitting since we went for a pontoon boat ride for his first birthday. Joseph said he didn't remember that).
The boat was fairly hard to steer. Everyone (except Mom) took a turn at the wheel.
Afterwards we went for dinner at Olive Garden and opened presents.
(Mom and Dad thought this was fitting since we went for a pontoon boat ride for his first birthday. Joseph said he didn't remember that).
The boat was fairly hard to steer. Everyone (except Mom) took a turn at the wheel.
Afterwards we went for dinner at Olive Garden and opened presents.
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