Our Life in Alaska and Beyond

The main reason we went to Homer was to go halibut fishing with my work! It's an annual tradition, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Scott Methven, for all of the Aesthetic Family Dentistry staff. Scott (my Scott) and I have had so much fun on these trips the past few years. This time there was an extra spot, so Grandpa Hadley was also able to go. It was a great day and we caught a lot of fish! We got rained on just a bit, (so these are all cell pics as I was worried about taking my big camera) and it was a little rough on the water with a few of us getting seasick, but poor Grandpa got it the worst. He threw up multiple times off the boat. :( I think I threw up twice, but we still had a great time, lol! Kachemak Bay is so beautiful!!

On board the "Whistler"

We left early in the morning and the sunrise was beautiful!

Aunt Chrissy got to come visit us this past week! We had so much fun together and we are so glad she got to spend some time with us. The girls definitely love their aunt Chrissy. :)

Last Friday we drove down to Homer, AK. On Saturday my work took everyone out on the annual halibut charter. Chrissy took my spot because I wasn't sure I wanted to be out on the boat that long, lol. They had a great time and caught lots of fish. Scott actually caught the biggest halibut of everyone on the boat, a 40 pounder! :D

While Scott and Chrissy were out on the boat I took the girls to the park and museum, and we just enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather. :)

It was so fun to have Chrissy come stay with us, and the main reason she came was so that she could watch the girls while Scott and I went on a little getaway to Homer! My work does a halibut fishing trip out of Homer every year and this was the first time we were able to go! We drove down Saturday (the office was closed, yay!) and then the fishing charter was on Sunday. After the full-day charter, we drove all the way home Sunday night and made it back around 11 pm. It was both Scott and mine's first time to Homer. We loved it! It is such a cute little town and I loved walking along and shopping the Spit. We had rainy weather pretty much the whole two days we were there, but it wasn't too bad. I'd love to go back to Homer. Maybe next summer, with the girls! I really wanted to see some starfish at the end of the Spit, but it was high tide while we were there, so we didn't get to. We still had so much fun though! The halibut fishing was a blast! It was a lot of hard work reeling them in! Enjoy the pics! Also, a huge thanks to my work for the fun time, and a especially a huge thanks to Chrissy for watching the girls! I know they had tons of fun with their aunt and I knew they were in good hands. :)

Me enjoying some ice-cream from Frosty Bear