Alaska-Part 2-Seattle

We stopped in Seattle, WA Saturday night, spent the night at a hotel, and then left this next morning for Alaska.

Seth fell asleep on the bus on the way there.

In the hotel.

Walking around Seattle. They had really pretty flowers there!

And cool buildings... :D

Whoa............. hahahahaha I think this is my favorite picture of the entire trip. :D

Emily and Grandma

Alaska-Part 1

We just got home from Alaska! It was so much fun! I wrote more about it on our other blog: 2servantsoftheking.blogspot.com Here are some pictures-okay, a lot of pictures:
Day 1-traveling:

The pictures are out of order.... this was on the plane. It was amazing!

Dad and me

Our family just a few minutes before leaving.

Ian and Andrea

Fun with Angelina

This week our cousin, Angelina, and our grandma stayed with us for a few days. We had a lot of fun with them!

On the trampoline

Andrea and Angelina

They started off playing on the Slip 'n' Slide....

Then our neighbor invited us over to go swimming! :D

Grandma and Mom

Family Fun!

Fresh picked strawberries! YUM!

My soccer team! I have tryouts this week.

Meghan and me at the church party.

We went to Ohio for my aunt's graduation.

Ian at the rest stop on the way there.

Andrea the cheesecake maker

WOW!!!! A lot of you probably know that Andrea can't stand anything white and creamy (sour cream, cream cheese, cool whip, cottage cheese, mayonnaise, vanilla yogurt...... etc. haha). But yesterday... she made a cheesecake!!!!!Yep, she looks pretty disgusted to me.

It looked much better after we put the strawberries on top. It was SO good!!!! Thank you, Andi!!! Definately a sacrifice on her part. :D

Flowers

Wow, God's creation is beautiful!!

It is so nice out today! Spring!!!! Andrea got her camera the other day and she took these pictures (and a bunch more ☺) on it. Isn't it amazing that God knows every little detail of every one of these flowers?!?!
Blessings,
Marissa

5 years.....

Ian turned 5 today!
He is getting so big and sweeter every day. We love Ian! He is such a blessing to our family.
Ian likes:

Parsley!
He and Seth will go out and pick it straight from the garden.

Playing with Seth.
He got this sword for his birthday-well actually he got two of them. Because everything is more fun when you have someone to play with!

Family... and oreos! Mom and Andrea made him an oreo ice cream cake for his birthday. :D

He also likes animals, Playmobil, trampoline, siblings, farms, friends, taking pictures..... and lots more.
Right now he is learning: How to ride a bike and how to read. He asked for school books for his birthday! :D He is definitely enjoying learning, although it can be frustrating for the person teaching him, because he gets distracted very easily! :D

We are so incredibly blessed to have Ian as a part of our family. I'm not sure what life would be like without him, but probably quite a bit less exciting. It is so much fun to see him grow and learn. He especially loves to learn about Jesus.
We love Ian!!!!!!