Happy Birthday little guy

So, now that you are 5 years old, what do you want to be when you grow up?

"A fireman, or maybe a police man. I may want to be a computer guy like Mr. McClanahan used to be [notice not like mom or dad!]. Though most of all I want to be a dad!"

You are a great guy and we love you very much!

Your older brother piped in that maybe he would like to be a recycle guy if it wasn't too stinky!

How often does your smoke detector go off?

After a funny event this week, too many times would be the answer in my house.

My husbands alarm went off on his phone. It's not a sound that we are familiar with hearing and my husband didn't happen to be around his phone at the time. The boys and I start looking around.

I was trying to figure out what the sound was and I turn around and see my darling younger son looking around for something. It's an alarm sound but not terribly loud. I watch him procure a pot holder and begin waving it under the kitchen smoke detector. It was very cute to see this little four year old waving a pot holder not anywhere close enough to the smoke detector to make a difference...and to boot it wasn't the smoke detector that was making the noise!

Obviously from seeing his reaction to the noise by attempting to clear out the smoke detector, he's seen the drill enough times that it was his first reaction!

My brain is overwhelmed

It is so beautiful! I don't have enough words to explain. Yesterday I took to the rails and road from Anchorage to Seward. The railway meanders slowly through the mountains and by glaciers to be able to drink in the view!

On the way, I decided to take a boat trip in Seward to view wild life and calving glaciers. I met another female traveling along and we had good conversation and were able to enjoy the trip together!

The train ride back was just as beautiful. The skies had cleared and we were able to see some moose closer!

I know that I could not capture the beauty that God gave to us...but here are a few pics!

On the way to Seward it was very cloudy and the tops of the mountains were not always visible.

We saw seals in a couple of different places. I did see four humpback whales including one beautiful tail in the air. I enjoyed the moment for what it was instead of attempting to take pictures.

Alaska Arrival

I need to go to bed, but thought I would add a blurb beforen the sun goes down, whenever that may be...

This afternoon I arrived safely in Anchorage, Alaska, making this the 46th state that I have visited in my lifetime. The trip was smooth sailing, but it was very apparent to me that the life of a road warrior is not where I need to be right now. I reminised about my days on the road and all of the great places that I have been blessed to go and experience. My realization though that this is the phase of my life where I am very fortunate and happy to focus much more on my family than a career.

Alaska has been very nice so far. I had a great dinner of seared fresh Ahi tuna at a place called Ginger. I walked along a wonderful trail in 60 degree temps (close to 100 at home today). Tomorrow I'm off on a train ride to Seward and everyone tells me that it's beautiful.