Remembering Alaska

It's been 5 months since our last big adventure to Corrie & Nick's wedding in Alaska.

I've been so busy with school and life lately that I've missed a lot of opportunities to just relax and reminisce. Recently, I saw more Alaska pictures were added to the Dropbox. (These pictures were taken by someone in our group, but not me personally so I cannot take credit for these amazing pictures).

I often wonder how Corrie (also a teacher) is doing. How marriage is going? And I sometimes wonder how I would do teaching in the remote city of Galena, Alaska.

But I also wonder if we will ever go back to Alaska. And if we do... what will we do there? We did so much there 5 months ago that I feel satisfied. However, is there something anything I'm missing?

Well I will say I DON'T miss those monster mosquitos. And you'll be happy to know that I have not complained about mosquitoes since I've return to the continental US.

Thanks for the good memories Corrie. And thank you everyone who shared pictures in the Dropbox so I can stop, relax, and remember the time we all had together!

Day Out with Mom: Dallas Zoo

So much has been going on lately that it has been nice to just take a break from everything and go visit the Dallas Zoo. Because I knew it would be hot, we got there right as the doors opened at 9am. And I'm glad because we didn't have to deal with crowds of people to see all the animals. 

Anyone remember watching the birth of baby Kipenzi the giraffe? Well... she's gotten bigger. 

And of course my children posed and climbed on everything.

We did have fun with some of them. 

And of course we had to stop by the dinosaur exhibit. Connor was afraid of the mechanical t-rex. 

Amazing how quickly they would clear out the fossils, but it takes FOREVER for them to clean their room. Maybe I need to cover their room in sand?

By 11 though we were pretty worn out. So we stopped for lunch and some water. 

Overall it was a great Saturday morning and break from the chaos.