Alaskan Adventures Part 2

The next day we did a little more sight seeing around Anchorage.  We visited the temple, the mission home, and the institute where Stan and Diane spend a lot of their time.  We went to lunch at a really good pizza place.  That evening Diane cooked us yet another delicious dinner, this time it was some salmon that Stan had caught.  The next morning Craig, Brooklyn, Stan and Diane went to the zoo while I hung out with McKay during his morning nap.  For some reason McKay really liked the hotel that we always stayed at in Anchorage and always slept well.  After his nap we got all packed up again and headed off to Seward.  It's a little town just a few hours from Anchorage, right on the ocean.  It was the most beautiful drive to get there and the town was just adorable.  Once we checked into our hotel, which was right on the water, we headed to the Aquarium.  I had no idea that Sea Lions were so huge!  After the aquarium we grab some fish and chips for dinner and then back to the hotel for bathes and bedtime.

Saturday morning we woke up and got ready for our boat tour.  It was a 3 1/2 hour tour through Resurrection Bay and then out into the open ocean for a little while.  We saw glaciers, bald eagles, sea lions, whales, mountain goats, puffins, and also a friendly little sea otter that liked to swim outside our hotel.  McKay luckily took a little snooze on Craig's lap about halfway through.  It was a little chilly so we were all bundled up.  Brooklyn loved seeing all of the animals and pointing out a whale when she would spot it.  After the boat we headed back to the hotel for lunch and then while McKay and I napped, Brooklyn, Craig and Stan walked along the docks to look at all the boats.  After nap time we walked around downtown and then grabbed some dinner.  Saturday night was another not so awesome night with McKay.  I spent a good few hours with him asleep on me while I sat in a chair, he refused to sleep in his or our bed and with Brooklyn in the same room I wanted to make sure that she got some good sleep, so that meant I didn't get much.

Sunday morning we just kind of hung low, let McKay take his morning nap and then grabbed some lunch before driving back to Anchorage.  That night we just hung out at Stan and Diane's apartment and Brooklyn spent the night while Craig, McKay and I headed back to the hotel.  McKay again slept well and in the morning we packed up and headed back to the airport.  The kids again did pretty well on the flights.  McKay slept on Craig for awhile on the first flight, we figured out on the trip that he sleeps way better on Craig then he does on me for some reason.  Both kids got a little antsy on the flight from Seattle to Boise, but we made it back all in one piece.  It took a few days to get unpacked and get laundry done and feel like we were back to our "normal".  We had such a great time and are so glad that we went to Alaska.  It was so good to see Nana and Pops and to experience Alaska with them.  They helped make this trip one for the books.  It was definitely a once in a lifetime trip and we will always remember it (well maybe not McKay, but we will show him pictures).

After we got back we of course had to go check out the progress that had been made on our house.  Before we left they had poured the foundation and by the time we got back they had poured all of the other concrete like the driveway and patio and what not.  We are so excited to watch our house take shape.