...beach days...

...this past week has been beautiful...

hanging out at Settler's Cove beach

No, we're not fooled... the water is cold!!

Spring Break!

Spring Break in the rainforest.

...Just enjoying life in Alaska...

Where else in the world can you have the beach all to yourself on Spring Break? It can't get much better than this.

In Ketchikan, the wise man always builds his sand castle with rocks...

Waving at a Cruise Ship

I was looking through some of our late-summer pictures, and came across these. They were taken back in late August, but I thought they turned out nice, so I decided to post them now anyways.

Dad is driving this Cruise Ship... (no, I'm not joking). He really is!! :) He called us a little before it passed this beach and said he would be passing by. So we all loaded into the car and drove to the beach. We got there just in time. We all ran down to the water's edge to watch the ship pass by and wave.

These ships are SO big... it is pretty impressive.

Summer Days...

Settler's Cove Beach

water skiing!

Carrie and I had a blast going double!

a water fall...

Sandy Sandy Beach Trip

Sam fell asleep in grandma's arms on the boat, on our way to the beach.

throwing the football...

Every year we like to take a day trip to the "Sandy Sandy Beach" (as we've dubbed it) a few hours boat ride out of town. We take our large, cannery tender, the Champion, and invite along some friends. Everyone had a wonderful time and the Lord blessed us with good weather! And we all made it home in one piece! :)