Alaska vacation fun

Mother's Day @ Chapel

Portage Glacier near Whittier, Alaska

Nature Preservation (yes, these are brown bear cubs digging for food!) 

It's been a while since I have posted.   I have since made it home to Alaska.  Even though I had a great visit in Kentucky,  I was glad to get back to Kyle and life here.    

I had a few days to recover from the long flight and then had to start preparing for Kyle's mother to visit us here.  She arrived last Friday, and we have had a wonderful visit.  She is such a sweet mother in law.   

We have had a few nice days and a few cold and rainy days.  Despite the bad weather we still did some sightseeing.   I haven't eaten this much in a long time. ugh.  Have to start working out again first thing Monday morning.  There is so much wonderful cuisine here in Alaska though.   I am really going to miss some of these restaurants up here.   We are trying to let Kyle's mother try everything we like in one week and that is hard to to!   We need about a month really!  

We have had a great time, especially with Kyle on leave.  That is wonderful and it was so needed. 

Our family has been in desperate need of a vacation for while now, but we have been unable to take leave because everything was so busy around here.    I love being able to be together as a family.  It's really a great thing that the Air Force allows you so much time off.  I am grateful that we are able to have that time away just to recharge the batteries!  

We took Kyle's Mom down to Alyeska Resort a couple of days and we were able to swim and just relax in the hot tub. That feels like vacation to us.    It was a wonderful week.  Sunday it will be over.  :(   I love getting to be with Kyle this much.  Emma has too.  Kyle will be ready to go back to work Monday.   Emma will hardly let him out of her sight!