Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Thanksgiving 2012 - Alaska Bound

This past November, my parents and Tim and I traveled to Fairbanks to visit Kristen, Rusty, and the kids. We had SUCH A GOOD TIME! I'll let the pictures do the talking! (They are a little out of order by the way...)
 
Kristen almost fell in and she grabbed both Mom and Dad which almost took them both out. This was the hilarious aftermath.
 
 

I was so happy to see her!
 
 
We went on a nature walk :) This lasted about 15 minutes because we were too cold!
 

Walking on the trail...
 
I worry about him...

This was taken at the bottom of the sledding hill.
 
This was taken from the top of the sledding hill.
 

We visited Santa's village while we were there! They had reindeer out back!
 
 
Dad and Miles visiting Santa. Santa Claus was so good!
 
Snow bunnies! :)
 
 
Kyleigh after she finished sledding down the hill. I was so amazed that she would go down by herself!

Top of the sledding hill...
 
Rusty and Kyleigh about to go down...

Miles on the way down. He was FEARLESS.
 
 
No trip is complete without a shopping trip! Teppie had to buy Kyleigh a few things :)

This was on the way to the sledding hill on the "Day That Shall Remain Nameless."
Mom almost died sledding down the hill the day before we left. This was the last documented smile of hers we saw on the trip...
 
Morning snuggles...

Dad sledding
 
The guys on the way up the hill...
 
One morning Rusty took us to see the sunrise. We didn't have to get into the car (still dark by the way) until 9:15 a.m. This was around 10:00 a.m.
 

Sunrise... 9:45 a.m.
 
 
Dad making pies for Thanksgiving!
 
 
For Mom's 50th Birthday we gave her "50 Memories." We had friends and family from over the years write her letters to let her know how much she means to them OR favorite memories from over the years. Reading all the letters took about 2 hours and there were SOOO many tears shed (mostly from Mom and Rusty. HA! Love you Rusty!)
 

Here is Mom reading one of the letters.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Claus kissing at the North Pole! :)
 
 
We had such a GREAT time!

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