Alaska on the fly

Alaska on my cellphone

The neighbor next door to Lindsey had a gorgeous delphinium 

When I was trying to get things done, the kids would entertain themselves. With the camera on my phone. 

We got there in time for roses. 

I adore shrub roses!

Fireweed on our walk

Walking Sprite with Nanette

Hiking to see the tree that isn't really a tree behind Lundells

A fake tree cellphone tower!

Watermelon berries. These are somehow so secretive and mysterious. You can walk right by them and not see the berries if the leaves are turned just the right way. 

A large old teddy bear, whose name I have quite forgot. I do apologize Mr. Bear. 

Hanging out at Lindsey's office. Alex entertained the kids by running around the office outside and then doing yoga poses inside. These kids love Alex.

The dumpster Justin filled from Lindsey's duplex

Visits to Loussac were never complete without stopping to see Kathryn. She gave us a tour of the backside of the library where the fascinating book elevator and automatic sorter is located. 

So cool!

And lucky for us, Lindsey let us borrow her library card, so we quickly maxed it out with all the cool books there. 

This sculpture is of the eye and the nerves behind it. These nerves all connect to something Alaskan--whaling ships, music, kayaks, whales, forget-me-nots, and a dinosaur. Which doesn't seem very Alaskan.

Alaska is the land of small planes. They fly over all the time. 

Within walking distance from Lindsey's condo, there is a park called The Valley of the Moon. Just a regular old kids park. With the coolest name ever. 

Cool climbing thing--like a jungle gym, but with more webbing.

Rose bushes after the rain

Outrageously gorgeous roses

Lily tightrope walking

Trying on silly hats

Cool kid

Somehow, this doesn't even look like Elsie. 

When the forecast was chock full of rainy days, we went to a few consignment stores to see if we could buy rain gear. We saw these rain overalls and Gilbert fell in love with them. Even if they are a few sizes too small. So we bought them for Hoyt.

Hatcher's Pass

Quidditch field outside Loussac for Harry Potter day

Chess Tables

Sketchy characters

Loussac has an awesome children's room!

Complete with a door sized just right for little kids

Lindsey's business partner's wife decorates the front yard with instruments and chandeliers hanging from her trees. Still not sure if this is more cool or weird. 

After meeting talking

Moose's Tooth, the legendary pizza

With gorgeous baskets.  

The girls told me they were bored, which meant they got creative. 

And did puzzles

Some pretty flowers the kids picked out to welcome Aunt Geri to Alaska

Resurrection Bay

Our dinner at Ray's in Seward

Duncan and Aaron came over after meeting one night.

Duncan started a pillow fight with the kids.

Elsie read to Aaron

And everyone was completely happy.

Duncan bench pressing Gilbert

Gilbert read to Duncan. 

Gilbert just told me the other day that Duncan is a buddy. 

Both Aaron and Duncan were favorites with my kids. 

Talking in Lindsey's condo kitchen. Pretty cool lights, huh? 

Gilbert reading to Duncan and Lindsey

Buddies!

Aunt Lindsey and her friends

Aaron and the girls

All of us

A picture from Goodwill--I couldn't decide if I liked it or not. 

Another shot of the eagle in the Palmer Hay Flats

We loved the coastal/Chester Creek trail!

Duckies!

Sitting around while Gilbert took random pictures on my phone.

Lindsey's kitchen viewed from the floor of the living room.

  

I found these stools brand new at Goodwill. I love them! 

Enjoying the library one last time

My crowning achievement of the summer...

Turning this laundry room floor into...

This.

It took a lot of scrubbing. But look how clean it is now!!

This is Lindsey's bathroom. It is delightfully big and RED. 

We decided the wallpaper was an unfortunate choice with the red, so we pulled it off. 

Most of the wallpaper came off nicely. That is all we will say about that. 

Unfortunately, I think I left before I got it all off. A little treat for Lindsey to take care of one of these days! 

I offered to watch kids for a friend who was getting her house ready for putting on the market. When I got there, they were all standing on the porch watching the moose in the yard. 

It was an extremely chill moose cow and calf. 

The windshield of the van had a circular crack. I saw a lot of that circular crack as we drove around Alaska.