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ALASKA TRIP : PART I

Graduation and Grandma and Grandpa's House

***WARNING!!!! There is a ton of pictures and even more to come so enjoy!***

Me and the girls took a trip to Alaska for my little brother's graduation. We had a ton of fun.
Me, Gracie, Ally, Uncle Shea and Aunt Madilyn at graduation.

Mom and her baby boy.

Shea, Lynn and Mom

We did so much fun stuff while we were there. Here is a little preview.

We of course had to have ice cream cones with Grandpa and Grandma because my girls LOVE ice cream.
There was a lot of playing and wrestling with Uncle Shea. The girls love him.
Shea and Madilyn brought their new puppy, Lyla, over for the girls to play with. I am so not an animal person but she is the cutest dog that I have ever seen! She is so tiny. She is really was no bigger than a shoe when we were there. Gracie loved to carry her around.

Gracie also LOVED grandma's dog Chevy!
I am not so sure that she is really my daughter because she loves small dogs and cats. She even kisses them.....GROSS!!! That definately has to come from her dad!!

Gracie was being rotten and thought that she needed to eat on the cupboard, and of course Grandma thought that she was hilarious.

Crazy Grandma thought that it would be fun for the girls to help her give Chevy a bath. They thought that that was cool. I still think that she is a little crazy!

Poor dog, she actually looked like she enjoyed it!
Then she even got blow dried.

Ally likes to look at animals rather than holding them or anything, but she really liked Chevy and not too long after we had been there she got really brave and started carrying Chevy around. After that I don't think that she ever left her alone again when Chevy was at home with us! The poor dog could not get away from these two crazy girls! The only peace that she had was when Grandpa would take her to the beach with him and Suzie in the truck!

This is just Gracie's typical look that she gives you when she is being naughty or teasing you. I just thought that it was a cute picture. It really describes how rotten she is.

We went to the beach just about every day, sometimes twice a day. I think that Ally could live there. We found some buckets so that they could collect shells and rocks in. We collected about a billion shells when it was all said and done.

This was Ally's big clam shell that she found and was so proud of. She thought that it was cool because she could open and close it.

Grandpa built a fire and we had a McDonald's picnic on the beach.

Ally had a lot of fun burying Grandpa, but I think that he was having just as much fun!

Then Ally had to build her own fire....at least I think that is what it was, you never know with her.

We also went to another beach to look for starfish. Ally and Gracie thought that they were gross and would not get near them or touch them the first time we went. They thought it was gross that Grandma was picking them up and throwing them back in the water.
The next time that we went was totally different. Ally would not leave until she had thrown all of them back in. Gracie still thought that they were gross. We actually saved two to dry for they girls. They are purple. They are pretty cool looking.
Some of the wildlife that we saw in Grandma and Grandpa's yard.
These are Grandma's favorite, Sand Hill Cranes.

And of course moose. We saw one walking in her yard almost every day. I loved it!

Just before I took this picture Ally grabbed Grandma's face and told her that she was going to miss her so much when she went home.
Ally LOVES Crazy Grandma!

This is Grandma and Grandpa's new boat that they got just before we got there. One of the days Grandma, Aunt Madilyn, me, Ally and Gracie took it out to try and find otters and let Ally fish.

Grandma bought a Barbie fishing pole for the girls to use on the boat. Ally fished off her deck for like two whole days before we went on the boat. She was is heaven and she said that she even caught fish!

Not to far into our ride Gracie fell asleep....the funniest thing was that she was standing up on the seat watching out and had her nose pushed against the side and just fell asleep! Apparently she was a little tired!

Aunt Madilyn was trying to teach Ally how to fish. Then she got her to call the fish. It was sooo cute, she just kept saying, "Here fishy fishy fishy!" Then they thought that the fish needed sung to so Ally sang them Frosty the Snowman. What fish would not come to that!

She was very serious about catching a fish.
Then Gracie tried and she was just about as successful.

Then the girls had to help Grandma drive.
This was some of the wildlife that we saw on Grandma's boat.
Ally's favorite Otters.

And now one of her new favorites Puffins. I think that they are such cute birds.

I will post part II soon.