Another little piggy!!!

Avery Rose had swine flu Labor Day weekend and now two months later, Aedan has it. Aedan is on day 4 and has lost 7 pounds. Avery Rose lost 9 pounds in 5 days. Big bummer because those two have little weight to spare.

He just got out of the steamer because he was having a little trouble breathing. I am taking him to see our pediatrician to see if he has bronchitis later this afternoon.

To add insult to injury, Bob is out of town until about 9 o'clock tonight THEN he heads to Vegas tomorrow at noon until Saturday. I am praying that none of the other kids get sick or myself!

We get on the ship tomorrow!!

Yes, we get on the ship tomorrow and I could not be happier. We have done a lot and had a blast on our land tour. The highlights were the helicopter ride and the ATV tour. The scenery is beautiful!!
Everyone says that Denali a.k.a. Mt. McKinley is only visible an average of 18 days of summer but yet we saw it three days in a row.
The hotels we have stayed at so far have all been Princess lodges and the food has been yummy!
Yesterday on the train we saw a couple of moose.
The weather so far has been warm but now that we are heading to the coast it has gotten a lot cooler and cloudy.
Today we get to be on a bus for about 5 hours so that means nap time!!

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Continued

As we finally started seeing our gold in our pan a lady came over to help each of us. She kept pointing to me saying "I think she is the winner".
Inside they weighed our treasure and told us the value. Tim's was worth 6 dollars, Hannah -7.50, Bob, Christina, and Aedan-9, Avery Rose-10, and mine (drum roll please!!) was valued at $18.
It was a very fun day that was capped off by a great dinner on a river.

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Riverboat and Goldmine

We had a blast yesterday! First we took a ride on a riverboat and learned a lot about the locals and their culture. Very interesting.
Our next stop was the goldmine. We got to pan for gold. At the end they were going to weigh it so it was a competition from the begining.

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On our four hour train ride to Denali

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On our four hour train ride to Denali

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Grandmother and Gunner in the taxi!

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Grandmother and Gunner in the taxi!

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Grandmother and Gunner in the taxi!

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We have arrived in Alaska!!

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Alaska

We have arrived in Alaska! The flights went quick so that was nice.
We arrived at the hotel around midnight and it was still totally light outside. Officially the sun set at 12:20 and rose around 3:20. Totally strange!!
Went to the museum of the north and found some amazing sugar corn. A.k.a kettle corn. Yummy!! Now we are in downtown Fairbanks just finishing up dinner. Oh and we found a fudge shop!!
Tomorrow we go on a riverboat then to a goldmine!

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We have arrived in Alaska!!

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We have arrived in Alaska!!

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Bob's Big Boy

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Disney

We got home last night from a whole weekend at Disneyland.  We were there for Bob's IHACI planning meeting and stayed at the Grand Californian.  While it was very fun it was a tough road getting there and we are all exhausted now but it was a fun time!  Tim drove down to join us Sunday morning and Hannah didn't come because of a soccer tournament.  Also, Dana drove down Saturday evening and stayed with us through Sunday evening.  I took video and photos which I will post this week, hopefully!

Oh, Bob and I got to eat dinner at Club 33!

Hannah said a funny!

The other day Hannah had me take her to the doctor.  She hadn't been feeling well and that both of her ears hurt.  Afraid that she had ear infections I drove her all the way out to Newbury Park to see her pediatrician.  

Good news was that her ears were clear so I paid the ten dollars and she got her lollipop and we left.   As we drove away I called Jerree to give her an update.  I was giving Hannah a hard time and told Jerree that Hannah was faking it.  Without skipping a beat Hannah says "I just wanted a lollipop"!!  

She is funny!!

Baking with the girls!!

During Christmas break we had a baking day with Madyson and Abbey. We had a blast in case you can't tell from the pictures!!

Mad's stop drinking the oatmeal!

Silly kids!

Hello? Anyone there?

Abbey has always loved butter!!

Madyson reading the recipe (long story)

Hannah curled Abbey's hair!!

Pretty!