Alaska Fun Part 2

Yay for family coming into town! We had a blast hanging out with so much family that we hadn't seen in awhile. First up....Midnight Sun Run! Brian, Rebecca, Ashley, Emery and I ran the race. This race is a lot of fun. It's a 10k and it starts at 10 pm. You run through all kinds of neighborhoods and there are drinks, kids squirting water, music blaring and all sorts of people screaming and yelling. Emery was my little running buddy and boy did she kick my butt! Ha! 

Awesome running buddy! This picture was taken at Midnight. Crazy how much daylight there is in AK in the Summer. 

Grandma and Grandpa have a great yard for playing soccer and boy did we play lots of soccer! Adults and kids got out there and played almost every night. 

We brought out the hula hoops and Brian had to show the kids how its done. I love his hands! Haha

And apparently Carson was thirsty...they have buckets sitting around to catch the rain so they can water their garden with it. Carson thought it was there for drinking. 

A couple other activities we were able to do with all the family is Gold Dredge 8, playing in a lake and the Santa Claus House.

Gold Dredge 8 is a little train ride you get to take back to a little shop where you can pan for gold. On the there, you stop at different places and guys are explaining how planning for gold and mining work in the olden days.

Stopped by the Alyeska Pipeline on our way to change before we headed to the lake. 

Since we left, almost 4 years ago, they have made these lakes known as the Tanana Lakes. There was one for swimming and then one for boats and such. And the water was freezing! Reagan was the only brave one in our family to get all the way in. 

Our kids did not believe us when we said we are going to the Santa Claus House. And when we pulled up and they saw the reindeer, they were very excited!

And since we were already in North Pole, we decided to take a little drive to Salcha and hit up The Knotty Shop for ice cream! Yummy!