Back Down South

We all flew together to Georgia and my mom was there to pick us up. Brian actually headed back to AZ once we got all of our luggage. It was sad to see him go but we will see him in a couple weeks! We didn't get into ATL until almost 4pm so we decided to stay the night before heading back to AL the next day. It was nice to let the kids run around after our long flights before getting them back in the car for a few more hours.

And of course we had to find a Georgia sign! 

Since we were in ATL, we decided to look up the Atlanta Temple and go see it. It has been fun to see so many Temples on our trip! Just by looking at the outside, I would say Atlanta is one of the smaller Temples. But very gorgeous grounds, like always!

It has been so nice out so we decided to take the kids to the splash pad at the mall near by. This was at the 1st time they have been to a splash pad. At first it took them a little bit to get use to it but after a few minutes, they loved it! We will definitely be coming back here again!

Here are a few pictures of just hanging around the house having fun.

Goofballs out back

Blueberry picking at a Berry Farm. Kids loved it!

Carson was our blueberry tester :)

The kids picked for 2 hours straight without any complaining!

Swimming at Grandma Jo's subdivision pool. Brr was that was cold!

Lunch at the pool

Alaska Fun Part 4

We went a little trip on the Riverboat Discovery. This was only my 2nd time but all the Christensen's have done it many times because many of the kids worked there over the summers while they were still at home. Our Captain knew Brian and Rob so the kids were able to go up to the wheel house and help "steer" the boat. They all loved it! 

Rain or shine we were still going to go to Alaska Land with the family to have some fun! We rode the train, played at the parked, walked through museums, rode the carousel, and was able to meet up with my cousin Bret and his cute family. They live in Delta(about 2 hours away) and came up to see us. Grandma and Grandpa bought all the kids a little airplane flyer thing and it was a huge hit with all the kids.

The girls were twins today. It was cute! And they are playing with the flyer things from Grandma and Grandpa. 

Bryson and Easton(my cousins boy) rolling down the hill.

Brecken, Easton, Reagan and Carson. And guess what? Bryson refused to take a picture. Nothing new there. 

This is the best we got of all of them. HA! 

Fun night at glow put!

Kids brought Twister out and the "big kids" got in on the fun. It was entertaining to watch!

Dinner at Silver Gulch. Yummy!!

Hot Licks ice cream one more time before we head back South. 

Kids playing outside before we take off to airport. About 11pm. 

Great view and great cousins! We had a blast playing with everyone!!

Alaska Fun Part 3

Brian, the kids and I took a drive out to Eielson Air Force Base to see the changes and see the old houses I lived in as a kid. The kids really enjoyed all the air planes! We had a little extra time before we were meeting some friends for a BBQ so we drove through North Pole and found all the houses I lived in there as a kid. It's fun to see how things change! 

Another great activity we did with all the family was ride The Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park. Grandma and Grandpa drove down and met us so they could ride the train back and we drove the cars back. Although the weather was really wet, we still enjoyed ourselves! We only saw a couple moose and a porcupine. 

Waving see you later to Grandma and Grandpa. 

I just love this picture! This was their favorite part of the train and rode here for almost the entire time. 

Hard to see but the girls are up there waving back to the rest of us. 

Our little porcupine friend. 

Yummy pizza for lunch before we got on the rode to head back to Grandma and Grandpa's house. About a 2 hour drive. 

The kids loved to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's to play inside and outside. They were able to help cut down a tree, plant some trees, water the garden and go get water from the water hole.