Alaska!

Yes, we went to Alaska...over 2 months ago! Despite the lag time for posting pictures, we had a wonderful time celebrating the marriage of Emlyn Mann and Cody Long who reside in Anchorage. The 4 of us really enjoyed our time with the Mann side of the family and it had been over a year and a half since we'd all been together. Since my small, easily portable camera isn't working we took our large camera but didn't take a ton of pictures. Ethan's dad took >400 so we knew there would be some documentation of the trip. Ethan has those on his computer so maybe we'll do an "Ode to Alaska" post one day.

We saw some wildlife including a bald eagle, Baluga whales, salmon, and a moose. We didn't see a bear like we hoped we would, oh well.

A bald eagle
A glacier

One of many rivers.

This moose made an appearance at the rehearsal dinner. This was as close as I would go (and this is with the zoom lens); Ethan got much closer for pictures on his phone.

The only picture on our camera of Taya in her dress.

The only picture on our camera of the beautiful bride and groom.

A lake.

L to R: Ethan, Erin, Papa (Les), and Emlyn.

Taya had a blast with her aunts! Elysia wasn't feeling well this day so didn't go on the day trip with us.

The best family picture we had on our camera from the whole trip.

A chilly, rainy day.

Taya thought seeing this old mine was "kinda boring" but she was a good sport. She'd rather be bored with all of us than miss the trip.

An old gold mine.