Ketchikan, Alaska
June 17, 2013Our first stop on our cruise was Ketchikan, Alaska, the first city of Alaska. This is probably where your salmon comes from, being “The Salmon Capital of the World”. We were not there at the right season for the salmon runs though, but we did come on a day without rain which was fabulous. Josh and I booked a shore excursion to fly over the Misty Fjords. Our plane was full, and the pilot asked Josh if he wanted to sit up front. Of course, Josh was thrilled. He wants to learn to fly, a...
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Ketchikan, Alaska
Our first stop on our cruise was Ketchikan, Alaska, the first city of Alaska. This is probably where your salmon comes from, being “The Salmon Capital of the World”. We were not there at the right season for the salmon runs though, but we did come on a day without rain which was fabulous. Josh Read more…
Leaving for Alaska!
I’ve heard about how great the Alaska cruises are, and this summer Josh and I got to experience the wonders of Alaska for ourselves. We picked Celebrity Cruises because a friend of ours told us that they were the best. Our verdict: it was a wonderful cruise. We had a great experience on the ship Read more…
Seattle 2013
Josh and I traveled to Seattle for a few days before boarding our Celebrity Cruise to Alaska. We stayed at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle. We really love the Fairmont brand, the hotels are always classy and the beds are soft. We’ve discovered that we only really enjoy our vacations if we get Read more…
Gardening
I’ve taken up gardening. I seem to have tried my hand at a lot of hobbies, and I usually get very gung-ho about them for a little while and then they fade away again and I move on to something else. Last year I decided to fix up the garden in the front of our Read more…
The decision is made
As you have been following, Josh and I had a decision to make about what we were going to do about our adoption. After Russia shut down all adoptions before we received our referral, we had to regroup and see where God was leading us from here. We decided to try to have our own Read more…
Hawaii in January
Between the end of college football season and the start of college basketball season, Josh and I were able to get away for a week to our favorite place: Hawaii. We went to The Big Island first for a few days, then to Maui for a few days. Using a lot of deals stacked together, Read more…
New Year 2013
I had my mom, Dulcinea, Ariel, and Ben over for a fondue feast in honor of the new year. It was delicious, if I do say so myself. I know I left the last post on a really down note. This time was really rough on me. I had quit my job to be a Read more…








