Saturday we took a beautiful drive out to a place called Hatcher's Pass. It was a neat old mining town that some people still go to and pan for gold. The creek there was beautiful and so clear. We took a small hike back into the woods on a trail (Andrew had his gun like always). The kids did ok on the hike. Lexie has a hard time walking with all her snow gear on so she gets pretty wore out easy. We decided next time we would bring the kids sleds so we could pull them when they get tired. The scenery was absolutely breath taking. Alaska is such a beautiful place, it truly is God's country! I spotted a moose on a far away Mountain side. I was able to get a picture but it isn't the best. That's as far as my little camera would zoom in.
Saturday night when I was putting lance to sleep I kept hearing his stomach gurgle and noticed he kept burping. He ended up puking and I it smelt like dog food so I ask him "Lance have you been eating dog food?". To which Lance replied, "just a little". I explained to him that dog food is not for little boys and that is what was making him so sick. He then ask if it only made little boys sick because Lexie ate some too and she isn't sick. O my goodness! What am I going to do with these crazy kids!!
Lance and I was up most up the night because of his tummy ache so we ended up over sleeping and missing church on Sunday morning. By noon everyone was feeling good and rested so we took the sleds and headed to fire lake. For weeks now we have been seeing people ice fishing, ice skating and even snow machining out on the lake. Yesterday was the perfect day for us to try out the lake. We pulled the kids around in the sled and checked out all the neat things people were doing. We watched a guy clear the snow off the ice with his four wheeler so his little girl could ice skate, we checked out the holes that people had made for ice fishing, we seen where a boy had been practicing hockey, we ran into the kids new doctor who also has a golden retriever which Happy loved, we made snow angels, we tried to make a snowman but the snow was to dry to pack together, and we went sledding down the bank. We had a GREAT time!! The kids were so wore out afterwards so we thought we would take a drive around town to put them to sleep. It didn't take 5 minutes of driving and both kids were out. While on our short drive we seen three eagles in town. Eagle River is named because of all the eagles around the river. We have been told this place is a huge winter gathering for eagles.
We had such a great weekend enjoying the winter wonderland. I am actually looking forward to more snow and more fun winter days with the family! I am so thankful for all the blessings God has given to me especially my wonderful family!
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