Our Week Backwards

 Saturday night we headed out to Eagle River to go on a hike. We looked in the Nature Center they have for a few minutes, then set out on the Abbot Loop Trail. It was a little chilly, but it was absolutely beautiful. We weren't able to complete the trail because it was totally flooded. But I think we were about halfway there, so I guess it was about the same distance we would have gone (3 miles). We just love summer time!

 

Beaver home

That should have been the trail

 

 

Kelsey cracks us up. This is her preferred way of travelling it seems. She always wants to hold your hand, then she picks her feet up and wants you to just drag her like this.

 Friday we went down to Girdwood for the Fair with the Reeds. I'm not a huge fan of fairs, because there's not much for kids to do and I'm a cheap-o so we don't buy anything (and where's the fun in that, right?). But they had a super cool playground that saved the day and we had a good time with friends. We also babysat the Reed kids that night--we traded babysitting for date nights.

When we were leaving the fair, Brynlee was crying because she didn't want to go. Tyler was hilarious as he tried to help her. He was saying things like "I know it's hard, but we all have hard times and we just have to face them!...How about we focus on the happy times we had at the fair instead!" etc. It was super cute.
Thursday was 4th of July. But it was pretty uneventful, just like last year. We didn't do anything patriotic, because there wasn't anything to do and I was a little grumpy and missing family. They do have some fireworks, but they don't start them until midnight, and it's illegal to do it yourself. We tried to go see a movie that night (Despicable Me 2) but it was sold out. So we got a Redbox and stayed home.



I love our bouquet of flowers that grow wild at OSP

3 little monkeys swinging in a tree

They were so excited and giddy to see Kodi the Bear from the Alaska Aces as a special visitor at story time. They also claimed their half-way prizes for the reading program.



Playing behind our house. The brush is so tall and full! They were out there playing while I was grilling and I couldn't see them at all! I would just listen to their cute voices to judge how far away they were getting. It's so crazy to think of how drastically different it is in the winter.

 Checking up on our house again. I believe this was Wednesday(?). The kids love to play on the big dirt mound in the backyard.

 Playing at OSP for FHE on Mon.