Busy Week.....

This man had a busy week!  He started back to work, had a birthday and was in a wedding.....

Happy birthday Jon!

 He sure looks good in a tux! Makes me want to marry him alllll over again. 

Can you tell which one is not a wrestler?

Alamosa

A big highlight of our trip every year to Colorado is our visit to the Alamosa Clouses.  The girls love seeing their cousin Bella as well as Uncle Ben & Aunt Jenny.  They sure know how to show their Alaska relatives a good time!

 We were lucky enough to be able to spend the 4th of July with them which included a parade, a BBQ and fireworks!  I think the girls were the most excited about watching fireworks because in Alaska on the 4th of July it never gets dark enough to really enjoy them.  The only time we get to watch fireworks is in the freezing cold winter, on a snow machine.... in the middle of the tundra.

 

Jon and I went to college in Alamosa at the newly christened "Adams State University" (formerly Adams State College) so we like to go and visit all the local fun spots in the surrounding area: Alligator Farm, Zapata Falls, Sand Dunes and of course the campus.  

We fit so much in during our visits....... and the girls were such troopers!

Colorado & Swimming Lessons

We left Dillingham and it was 54 degrees. Just before we reached Jon's mom and Dad's house he snapped this picture.

It was quite a shock, let me tell you.

Despite the heat we had a great time getting out and about.  It did slow us down quite a bit- Jon slept about 16 hours after he got home and Kalin was at a close second, sleeping about 15!

The day after we landed the girls got to go to their first swimming lesson with their very favorite swimming teacher,  Arika.  She has given Kiley lessons two times before but this was Kalin's first bout.
I was amazed at the progress they both made!

Kiley was doing the back stroke, free style and the butterfly by the last lesson!  I think she can swim better than I can now.... :)

The Vacation is Over....

Now it is time to start catching up on our blog! I took quite a hiatus, but boy did we have fun during that time! I wish I could have gotten my Blogger app working while I was gone but it just wouldn't cooperate!

I will start working on different posts from our trip to Colorado.  I asked the girls what some of the "best parts" of our trip were; Alamosa! Zapata Falls, Garden of the Gods, Swimming Lessons, the Sand Dunes, Toads and the Alligator Farm.  Funny none of them mentioned the 100 degree temps or our many visits to Sonic...... I shall fondly remember Sonic.