Alaska Cruise 2011 Part Three

Day Five

Skagway, Alaska

While waiting on our bus to start our Tour we look out the window and thought that was our 'really long ship' {It was two ships and we couldn't tell where they ended} Lol. We're silly ;)

On our way to our Horseback Riding Excursion we had a really funny Tour Guide...{Picture Andy from 'Parks and Rec' totally Cowboy'd up} He was telling all sorts of funny and not so funny jokes on the way and told us the history about this little train town in Alaska {Klondike Gold Rush} He would spot out these baby Bald Eagles and we were like what? Where? This is a cropped/zoomed picture, so I pointed it out...

Horseback Riding in Skagway. Here we are in Lynn Canal at the end of our horse trail through a rainforest. Another BEAUTIFUL day in Alaska at 79 degrees...

Josh on Moose, April on Weyland, Eric on Doc, and me on Spike ;) Spike was slow and loved to snack along the way...So did Josh's horse. They didn't really like to listen to us...{picture 3 year olds who know we are not his parents} I fell in love with my horse...look at him eating in our picture...

On our way back to the Ship...A closer Bald Eagle Sighting ;)

Viewpoint in Skagway

And I spotted a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints building ;) woohoo members in Alaska!

...and more Totem Poles

After Dinner at 11pm ;)

Amazing Dessert Buffet...too bad we were still full from dinner to try any of it...instead we burned some calories by dancing ;)

Day Six

Sea Day * Lazy Day

Today I got my Full Body and Scalp Massage, and Facial and me and Josh bummed around the ship like two peas in a pod...We also found time to hit the gym ;)
Before Dinner we went to the Show to see the Singers and Dancers Perform along with the Aerialists...They had amazing costumes for every show!

Tonight I made Josh take me to dinner by going down the pretty stairs in the dining room...He asked 'do you want me to wait for you down at the bottom like Jack, too?' That would've been cute ;)

Me and April wanted pictures by the stairs but Eric didn't budge...So stubborn! And I will get you to dance! ;) But we had fun getting perfect pictures!

I love Eggplant and tonight they had Ratatouille so I had to take a picture to show the kids...It was yummy!

Alaska Cruise 2011 Part Four

Day Seven

Victoria B.C., Canada

Oh we did go out of the Country Lol ;)

Yes, we finally saw Orca Whales

Strange to see a Urinal at an intersection, eh? ya hoser.

...also saw a t-shirt that said { why do Canadians say 'EH?'...because it's BETTER than saying 'HUH?' } Lol...

...and yes I am half French Canadian ;)

Gorgeous Evening Weather and Gorgeous City

The Podium Sports Pub yummy burgers and Yam Fries and we got to watch Game 2 of the NBA Finals! It was fun to cheer with a bunch of the local Canadians...;)

I say to April, referring to the picture Josh is about to take of me in front of this Canada Mall...'April, Get in!' and she sees a Taxi and was like 'What!?!' Lol...funny girl!

The Empress Hotel

Parliament Building...Looked like Disneyland ;)

...and a Totem Pole...in Canada!?

Later that night I 'dragged' Josh out dancing one more time on our last night of the cruise...:(
My packing consisted of shoving clothes into my suitcase which was one of the Cruise Directors tips for packing...;)

Seattle, WA

Before the Flight Home

We had hours to kill before our flight home so we booked one last excursion on the ship to see Seattle, WA a little more up close and personal...We learned a lot more than we wanted to about Seattle and it's history...It was pretty cool though. We learned

The Underground City - We took a tour of the old city that was built before they learned of the seasonal tide changes and flooding would occur and dirty toilet water would stink up their town every day...

The first Flush Toilet and pump system was in Seattle, WA

First Nordstrom was started here

Amazon.com started here

Bill Gates and Paul Allen both born in Seattle and were friends {cofounders of Microsoft}

First Movie Theater with Sound here

The Experience Music Project next to the Space Needle Building...Forbes named it one of the world's ugliest buildings Lol ;)

First Sound Movie Theater now home to a Banana Republic ;)

The First Nordstrom opened as a shoe retailer}

Here's the original Nordstrom ;)

Smith Tower - The oldest Skyscraper in Seattle {a family lives in the pyramid at the top} click to see their home

Us standing on a skylight above one of the old underground sidewalks...

Underground Tour {Original water System}

...and another Totem Pole and our Ship in the background :(

Pike Market where fish fly thru the air to the bagger when they are sold ;)

Starbucks Headquarters


Boeing Company working on some new jets or something...;)

That's All ;)

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Alaska Cruise Videos

GO LAKERS!

Lily @ 8 months

Here I am sitting pritty for mommy's photo shoot of some new Princess Prittys

I love watching the kids play outside...and now they even bring me outside with them ;)

Here I am sitting up and playing with whosever toys I can get my hands on ;)

Mommy just brought out all of my new Spring/Summer clothes she saved from Lexi...Boy do I have a lot of new cute things to wear! Here I was getting ready to spend a day with Auntie Tami while all the big kids went to Six Flags with Mommy and Daddy...

Here I am chillin in my car seat at the park one day watching the kids play...

Mommy was trying out some new picture taking app on her phone and since I was wearing another one of my new cute outfits she decided to practice some shots on me ;) whatever...

Here I am flying {low} on a swing for the first time...It was kinda fun for about 3 minutes but then I had had enough!

General Conference Weekend

Since Josh works most Saturdays we DVR all the GC sessions and try and watch what we can on Sunday and throughout the rest of the week...

This year I decided to print off some General Conference packets I found online at Sugardoodle.net for the kids to work on while we watched our Prophets and Leaders speak to us on TV...They worked on them in the morning after breakfast and then towards the end of one session they got ancy and so outside they went since it was great weather out... After lunch we decided to try the bingo cards I printed out and we were able to get through a whole entire session without any complaints or boredom! It was even a great way to listen since me and Josh didn't really care too much aout winning so sometimes we would forget we were lietening for certain words but the kids were quietly listening for certain words, phrases and names all during the talks...we used Reese's pieces for markers and they would win a funsize Reese's PB egg {new smaller ones} for anytime anyone got a BINGO!

even Lily was good during Conference ;)

{photo taken by Deveon}

Hope everyone enjoyed their Conference weekend!

To hear the words of our Prophets click here