Ocean Shores 2010

Ocean Shores 2010, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Glynn invited us to Ocean Shores to celebrate her birthday. Even though Ivy was wore out from her recent trip to Utah I convinced her to go. I'm sure it helped that her friends were going. Was 55 degrees but not too much wind and some sun. Not bad for Ocean Shores. Click here for more pics.

Dave's going away party at Jaceys

Dave's going away party at Jaceys, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Jacey and Jack were nice enough to let a bunch of us come over for a going away party for David. She also yet again smoothly pulled off the challenge of mixing her social groups. The groups attending were her work friends, her neighbors, Jack's work friends, church friends, and Davids friends. I think there was a Seinfeld about this. Guess about 50 people were there. We had to leave early because of Cooper and being worn out from our vacation. I hear the party lasted till 130. That's what happens when you party with night shifters.  Click here for more pictures

The Alaska cruise 2010 photos

I made an effort to only include the interesting photos and not the huge number I actually took.  I broke them down by days of the cruise.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Day one of cruise. Leaving seattle and setting sail. Our first dinner which went well because Cooper fell asleep.  Click here for more pictures

Day two of cruise. A at sea day. Sort of rough day. Lots of barf bags posted all over. Asher was a little sea sick in the morning. Then he had snails for dinner. 
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Day 3 was spent in Juneau. We rode the Mt Roberts tramway and did a hike up there. Nice views of town and our ship. There were at least 4 ships in port. Lots of tourist.  Click here for more pictures

Day 4 was spent in Skagway. I'm not sure of the population but the cruise ships must have increased it 10 fold. I spent most of the day on board hanging out with Cooper. Boys did a little swimming since it wasn't as windy in the open pool. 
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Day 5 started early at about 6 with the Tracy Arm fjord. Very narrow and lots of ice. Ship went near to the glacier then turned and came back. In the afternoon Josh and and Andrew took the boys rock climbing. Click here for more pictures

Day 6 was at sea. Had icecream for breakfast. Had the service for Grandpa which was nice. Went around the room and everyone shared something about grandpa. Ivy and the boys went to the show after dinner.  Click here for more pictures

Day 7 was in Victoria. One of my favorite cities. Ivy and I had our honeymoon here and have visited several times since. We tried to go to the Crystal Gardens but it was closed. Then the undersea museum people said it was too cloudy to see anything. We did the water taxi tour instead. Click here for more pictures

Got off ship about an hour late at 9. Two ships getting unloaded at once. Found our luggage and Grandma and Aunt Dean. Thankfully Perry pulled up and helped me figure out how to fit 7 peoples luggage and 8 people in the suburban. Click here for more pictures

Some youtube videos.  They are from a flip cam and are pretty shaky.  You can see a little bit of a whale on Asher's rock climbing one. 

Asher rock climbing youtube video click here

Mason rock climbing video click here

Tracy Arm Fjord glacier video click here

Alaska 2010 cruise portrait

Alaska 2010 cruise portrait, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Portrait we had taken on cruise. Cooper was not interested. It was our 4th attempt and we just had him take it. Tried on both formal nights and a group with all the cousins. Then another night before dinner. It is representative of our trip at least.

Asher's 5th grade graduation

DSCN1964, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Asher had his 5th grade graduation yesterday from West Hills Elementary. Now on to middle school. Ivy managed to only cry a little. Asher was one of the people signing during the friends song.

This is Cooper and his Best Buddy Elias. He is only four months older than Elias. But its a hoot to watch them play together.

Mariners vs Twins

Mariners vs Twins, originally uploaded by ebeegrn.

Went to Twins game with the Thorvilsons. They have much better taste in tickets than I do. I guess Kim needed to be up close to get all those pictures of the Twins players stretching? Got a nice break in the weather. Of course we found Dave and Gary wandering the streets of Seattle. Click here for more pics.