Spring Break

Spring Break always seems to come at the most perfect time during the Spring Semester. You know, that time when you're just totally burnt out and done with school? Yea-- that time! We were able to get away and head to Anchorage for a few days for break. It has been absolutely lovely. No cooking...no dishes...and Target?! What more could a girl ask for? (Simon appreciates the no cooking and dishes a little more than I do, but Target, that's all me!)

Waiting for the plane to arrive in Goodnews--Junie was so excited for Anchorage
she woke up at 6:45 and decided not to nap!

The Bush Plane--Junie's favorite place to nap!

We left Goodnews on the first flight on Saturday just to make sure we'd make it into and out of Bethel on time. Well good news for us--the plane was almost exactly on time and we made it to Bethel much earlier than we'd planned AND there were open seats on the afternoon jet to Anchorage. So, instead of sitting at the Bethel airport for 8+ hours, we were there for not even an hour and hopped on the plane to Anchorage. Getting into and out of Bethel in such a short time is a total blessing--we were SO thankful to arrive in Anchorage early in the afternoon instead of late at night. We got the first thing checked off of our to-do list, Simon's haircut!

Another perk of the early flight--an open seat for TOYS!

Trips to Anchorage are always interesting- they are equal parts fun and business. It seems like we always have things to buy and places to go when we come into Anchorage, but we always make time for some fun things too. This trip we've checked everything off of our to-do list and even had some fun swimming, eating some favorite foods and checking out the craft exhibit at Fur Rondy. Juniper was a big fan of our swimming..I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Riding in the grocery cart is so fun!!!

The Carnival at Fur Rondy. Look closely just to the right of the ferris wheel is a bush plane.

Simon sold some of his fox pelts and also traded some for a pretty sweet hat. Juniper also thought that it was a pretty cool hat--while we were driving Tuesday morning she reached over and snagged it unbeknownst to us. When we parked I walked around to the back and saw her with it up near her face looking pretty closely it. As soon as she saw me she put it down by her feet. Her face said, "Who me?! I didn't have the fox hat, Mama." The picture is hard to see because the sun was shining in our faces.

Not to worry we got out of the sun right after the picture.

The week before Spring Break, Junie decided that she does in fact LIKE food. She's been tolerating eating food for the past month or so, but now she's officially a fan. If you're eating it she probably should be too. Here's a picture of her trying to get to our dinner on Monday night. Some of her favorite time is the continental breakfast at the hotel- she's a hotel celebrity! The breakfast hostess is always waiting with a smile--Junie loves the attention! Getting out is kind of a big deal for her. On average, she sees 4 people per week and 3 of them live with her. She LOVES to watch people when we go places. As long as they don't touch her or get too close she's happy.

Breakfast at the hotel

Watching us eat dinner Monday

We met our State Mentor, Carol, for lunch at Moose's Tooth, the most famous pizza place in Alaska. Junie enjoyed it even though she could hardly see the top of the table! #shortpeopleproblems

Can we go? I'm ready to take a nap!

We head back to Goodnews in the morning on the 6:15AM flight, whew--I'm tired just thinking about getting up that early. Stay tuned we have several more posts ready to publish during Spring Break!