Alaska!

We had the most wonderful adventure up in Alaska last week, visiting Kurt & Anne's sweet family! We squeezed in a lot over the week...

First, we camped on the ocean in Seward with the whole crew! And got our first taste of the midnight sun.

We visited the Seward Sealife Center.

Scoped out the  beach for critters the next morning.

And walked the marina.

We hiked up to Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park.

We returned to Kurt & Anne's to wash up and reload for Denali National Park.

Where we took an 8 hour bus ride through the park to look for wildlife! We saw moose, grizzly bears, caribou, and snow shoe hares.

We were blessed to glimpse the top of Denali (or Mt McKinley) all 3 days, including the 4th of July!

The girls did a ton of jumping WITH water balloons over the week, and loved every minute of it :) Piper, Bryndel, Hadley, Emma, & Thad pictured here, Clay below:)

We also hiked up into Hatcher's Pass, and Kyle did brave those ice covered waters of Summit Lake for our amusement.

God's artistry was on spectacular display the whole week. It was unimaginably beautiful, and we felt so fortunate to experience it all.

Thee very best part of the trip though, was the precious time spent in Kurt & Anne's backyard with the whole family. What a blessing! Thanks for having us, and for being such wonderful hosts!! We LOVED our Alaska adventure.