Ice Hotel

"Let's get going."

Arthur enjoys riding in the car and usually falls asleep. Saturday we went to Chena Hot Springs and the Ice Hotel. You can stay the night in the hotel for $575 per person per night. Not very many people who try to spend the night make it through the night.

On our way to the hotsprings we saw this yearling moose.

The Ice Hotel is inside a refrigerated building kept at 30 degrees, I believe. They offer you coats if you come unprepared. Bobbi carried Arthur in the front pack with a coat over him to keep him toasty warm. The creators of the Hotel were there making martini ice glasses and refurbishing one of the bedrooms.

Venus at the entrance to the great hall.

In front of the joustlers without flash. Same picture with flash.

Enjoying the "fireplace" in the dining room next to the ice bar. How about some couple time in the igloo?

Chest, anyone?

Looking down the hall from the bedrooms. The pillars on the right lead up to the wedding chapel.

A bear bed.

The skins on the bed were wet and cold. BRRRRR.

The Alaskan Duffy's

Oldma and Oldpa were excited to be in Alaska to meet our newest grandchild. It was fun to finally see Robinson and Bobbi in their home. Bobbi composts and even suggested giving Dennis worm castings for Father's Day. :) The weather was beautiful so we were able to explore and work in the yard.

Sometimes Arthur would get fussy because he was very tired. So Daddy would hold him like this and stick his thumb or a pacifier in Arthur's mouth and Arthur would quickly fall asleep.

Mommy and Daddy playing with Arthur, yes, on a Darth Vader blankie!

It was amazing to see how much Arthur changed just in the few days we were there. We even saw the beginning of some smiles towards the end of our stay.

This has been a very busy couple of weeks. All arrangements are made for the Scotland trip. Yesterday I finished the research on Currie's, Mount's, and Aitken's families as modern as I could come. It was fascinating that one of the Aitken family lines connected to an Islay Stevenson Currie (Islay is the island where my Dad's family lived and where we will be visiting). He was born in 1963 so may still be alive somewhere in Scotland. I would love to find out through which Currie line he comes and would laugh hysterically if he came through our Currie's connecting Mom (Aitken) and Dad's (Currie) lines!

I didn't get to finish journaling our trip to Utah so thought I'd try to get it our before we leave for Alaska tonight.

Temple Square was so beautiful:

I Love To See The Temple:

These brought back memories of the "Way We Were":

Alice Corrigan gave us a model of this statue. In 1985 we went to the Nauvoo Historical site. It is one of our favorite places to visit. Dennis and I always hoped to serve one of our missions here.

What sweet sons!

Besides going to Temple Square, we also enjoyed the Primary Children's hands-on exhibit at the Church History Museum. The exhibit is based on this year's Primary theme: I am a child of God.

Making a mosaic window for the temple

Drawing a picture for the "I Can Follow Jesus" bulletinboard

Building a temple

!YES, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY!

Enjoying Logan Duffy's

A TWO POINTER!

A LAY UP SHOT!

A THREE POINTER!

"If I do it from the grass, is it a four pointer?"

THE CHEER LEADERS--GO, TEAM, GO

What shall we do next?

LET'S GO TO THE PARK AND SEE THE BABY DUCKS!

WHAT A HAPPY TIME!!!

Square Dancing

Last month Dennis' school had a square dance with the 3rd and 4th graders. It brought back memories of Utah. Hee, Haw!