Strawberry Picking!

Drove a little ways up the highway to go strawberry picking.  Loved this place because the strawberries were grown vertically and we didn't have to get down on the ground to pick them!  We ended up bringing home about 11 pounds of strawberries!

 

The owner's son showed us these baby birds who had a nest among the strawberries.  They hatched that morning!  He told us they had looked the day before and none of the eggs had hatched yet.

Parents Again

Little Sam has already arrived, but I came across this picture as I was putting blog posts together.  Not too long after this our new bundle of joy arrived!  I love this picture!  It is hard to believe the two of us are parents to four amazing little boys!

 

Talkeetna Trip with Grammy and Grandpa

We are so lucky!  Grammy and Grandpa came for another visit right after the boys got out of school and took us on a train trip up to Talkeetna, AK.  The weather was just beautiful!  The sky was so clear and we could see Denali the entire time we were there.  They say only Denali is only cloud free about 30% of the time, so this was great!  I got some great pictures on the way up there, but then my camera died and I ended up taking to a repair shop later.

 

Activities in the train

Views along the way

A moose!

This mountain is called Sleeping Lady.  Do you see her?

Denali

Grandpa throwing a snowball from one of the few remaining patches of snow!

Pregancy Recap

 I didn't get pictures every week, or even every other week, but I did get several throughout the pregnancy!

 

 

     

 

 

 

The boys were drawing on my board and Will did the writing for me this week!

Sledding!

Just a typical Saturday in Alaska!

Denali Tour Courtesy of the 962

I was so lucky to get to ride on a spouses flight!  I have been inside the AWACS a few times at air shows, but never when it was flying before.  It was really cool to see Denali from the air and to see all the computers in the back and how they work when turned on.

 

 

Exit Glacier

The next day we drove home to Anchorage, but we made two stops along the way.  Our first stop was Exit Glacier.  Exit Glacier is in the Kenai Fjords National Park.  We took a mile long hike that leads you up to the side of the glacier.  Our day started off cloudy and cool, but warmed up really nicely!  This post may have an overload of pictures.  It was just so pretty out there!

 

Driving to the glacier.  You can see how grey and cold it was.

Starting to clear up.

Starting the hike.

Getting warm!

Starting to see the glacier.

Getting closer!  Had to take our jackets off it was so warm.

You can see the blue tinge in the glacier now.

Up next to the glacier is cold because the cold of the ice causes wind.

 Pretty views on the way out too!

View from the road as we drove out.