Afternoon on the town

To the left is Sean and I outside the Alaska Wildberry shoppe. We had never seen the claimed World's Largest Chocolate fountain.

After dinner my niece Paige made us all delicious sundaes. She can't eat ice cream, so made sure to make ours as she would have liked. The toppings were so plentiful, the dish couldn't contain them. Good but messy! What you can't see is that mine had multiple spoons because the first ones were covered in caramel.

Paige wearing multiple 3-D glasses after watching a Christmas Carol. Excellent movie but there were a lot of bits scary for young kids. It is amazing what they can do with animation now!

Making a time capsule

On this great Sunday afternoon, after a boxing championship game on the Wii, we started making our time capsules. Everyone is making their own envelope to open next Christmas. Jared made a great page of his favorite holiday with doug as a bobblehead chef who was going to cook his turkey dinner.

Weekend picnic in the park

After watching my niece in her swim meet we all had lunch and a game of tag in the park. All the other kids joined in and at one time there were about 15 players. It was fun for all! And the grass was GREEN. In October, in Alaska- UNHEARD of!!!

More Sunday in Talkeetna

I tried to catch the plane and the smiley face it had painted on it. I was practicing being the Vanna White of Alaska sightseeing, but I confess after the quick picture taking it was back to the heated seat for me!!!

Sunday in Talkeetna

It is a beautiful sunny day and we decided that we should take advantage of the sun and have Sean take his first peek at Denali. It got cold last night, but the sun is still warm so off we went. It isn't very often that you get a clear view of the summit. Denali/McKinley generates its own weather system so the top is almost always in clouds.

Bowling

Today the whole family got together for a bit of bowling. There were several of us who had not been to a bowling alley in 15+ years. Sean and I, Mom and Doug and Jared and Paige had a great time playing guys against the girls. We had a great time and Doug was the wringer. He had his own ball and shoes and even though he hadn't worn them in 20 years we figure this is what had to give him the advantage.

Oktoberfest

Fall in Alaska. Jared and Sean on the way to Oktoberfest in Girdwood. Oktoberfest was mildly lame, not that any of us are huge Polka fans, but this was BAD! We spent the rest of the night in the lounge at the Alyeska Prince and that was enjoyable. The colors are out and the snow is creeping down the mountains.