baby moose

 We have a bit of swamp in the back of our property so we get to see a lot of wildlife come through... especially moose!  But, this summer was our first to see a brand new baby.  All of us had so much fun watching it!

1st Thunderbird Falls hike

The most dreaded day of the year is always June 26, the day we drop Kep off at the airport so he can commercial fish for 3 weeks.  Our family is so much more fun with dad around as he keeps life more light hearted and has a great perspective in almost every area!  So after we drop him off we always try to do something fun.  This year, we checked out Thunderbird Falls for the first time.  It was a short easy trek and we topped it off with ice cream cones!

1st family ride with no training wheels!

boating with Uncle Dan

more HOT= more BOATing!

Father's Day campout

The weather forecast called for 90 degrees (unheard of in AK) so we threw together an impromptu Father's Day campout with some of our fav friends.  Both our families got done with the Triathlon, rushed home to throw in all the necessary camping foods and then we drove up to Big Lake to camp with the rest of the valley!  It was busy and HOT!  

 Our kids played in the lake until almost midnight!!!  We kept pinching ourselves to see if this was a dream!  None of us had ever been in an AK lake in June at midnight!

 On Father's Day, we woke up to super hot temps again so we spent the whole day on the lake... tubing, floating, laughing, skiing and soaking up the sun with friends!

 Happy Father's Day dessert on a hot day... popsicles!  We love our dads!