Alaska!

Alaska is known as the 49th state, but for Scott and I it is the 50th!!  We took a family cruise to Alaska right after school got out and upon setting foot in Alaska, Scott and I have now been to all 50 states!!

It was very exciting for us!

We've never been on a cruise as a family.  Here we are embarking in Vancouver, Canada.

We drove up to Vancouver from Vancouver, WA.

On board and ready to set sail

Here are a bunch of pictures of our cruise adventure.

Playing mini golf

Enjoying the cute towel animals in our room each day

We enjoyed a lot of the activities on board.  A lot of us went to the gym daily.  John had a fun time playing video games in the teen zone.  Emma did a lot of crafts and Scott and I played a lot of trivia games.  We even won at trivia twice!  The other kids enjoyed going around and exploring a lot.

Coming into Sitka

Sitka!!

The bear sanctuary

Coming into Juneau!

We took a gondola ride to the top of a nearby mountain top

Learning about native art and culture in Juneau

Enjoying a salmon bake in Juneau

and roasting marshmallows

And learning about the gold rush in Alaska

Back on board

In Skagway

Having lunch at the buffet on board - The Windjammer!

We had so much fun eating there and everyone found something they liked

Approaching Ketchikan

We went to a lumberjack show

And a totem pole park

Most days is was pretty cool for swimming but Emma still swam a lot.  Grant and John got in at one point.

We had so much fun on the cruise!

We stopped at some Psych (a tv show we like) filming sites in Vancouver, Canada

Here we are at the pier

And at Henry's House from Psych