Ellie and I had a wonderful trip up to Anchorage (Alaska) to visit my family last week.  Lots of people have asked me, “How was your trip to Alaska?”, excited to hear about my trip.  You would assume that we had a fun, adventure-filled trip because we were in Alaska, right?  Not so fast.

We did see a moose:

And the mountains all around Anchorage are gorgeous:

the view while driving to visit my mom and sister

the view from my brother’s porch

And it was breakup after the snowiest winter on record in Anchorage, so there were all kinds of wonderful gigantic snow piles, puddles and streams for the kids to jump in and get soaking wet.

But other than that, we could have been in Anytown, USA for all the unusual adventures we had.  This is the schedule we followed every day:

1. Hang out in the morning with Meggan, Violet, and Ezra.

2. After Ellie’s nap, drive to Nana and Auntie Rachel’s house.  Hang out with them, Gracie, and Clara (and usually Grandpa too) and have dinner.

3. Drive home, put Ellie to bed, hang out with Eric, Meggan, and all their kids.

4. Wake up and do it all over again.

(with a few schedule changes like hang out with Chris and Katie and their girls, go to church, sometimes have supper at E&M”s, that sort of thing).

Sounds really exciting and fun, right?  Actually, it was wonderful!  More pictures to come!