Yes, yes I know we really need to do a blog on Scotland and I will get to that, I promise! But right now I have so much excitement from our Alaska trip that I cannot quite contain myself.
Our trip to Alaska was by far one of the best trips with Steve ever! God was so very good in so many ways!
We arrived in Anchorage on a Friday night – having survived security at SeaTac Airport. Steve had a little trouble with the metal detector and then was randomly selected for more screening. Thankfully they decided that mom could take the screening for him. Of course then Kevin was selected for more screening! Yikes! But the agent decided that since I was being screened and that would leave Steve unattended, another person should be screened instead of Kevin. Lots of mercy and grace going on at the airport!
Saturday we headed out to Girdwood and popped in to see my brother Steve at work in the bike shop at Aleyeska and then rode the tram up the mountain.
Steve takes Dad's picture
Kevin & Steve at Aleyeska
After the ride down we headed out to visit the Wildlife Conservation Center. If you have ever been to a zoo with Steve you know that he can see everything there is to see at warp speed! So we thought this too would be a quick visit! Boy were we wrong. We walked with Steve and spent a lot of time viewing moose, bears, bison, elk, caribou, and an eagle or two. The bears were putting on a show playing in the water and chasing one another and Steve watched them for nearly a half hour. Totally awesome!
Stag Party
Steve & Grandpa
Watching Moose munch
We also visited Uncle Steve at the Girdwood Volunteer Fire Station! We got to see the trucks Uncle Steve drives and all the equipment! Cool stuff!
One of the great things about the drive between Anchorage and Girdwood is you often see sheep on the mountainside as you drive by – and my dad claims that any time my kids are there – the sheep show up.
Hello!
Binocluars are helpful
Can you spot the sheep?
As amazing as Saturday was – Sunday was enough to blow us away! We took Steve with us to church with not a whole lot of preparation other than to tell him it was church and a bit different than our normal church routine. What happened was that God blessed us in ways we could not imagine. Steve sat between Kevin and I for the entire service – singing with lots of instruments and a volume level he was not used to – with no banging on his ears or complaining. He sat through the breaking of bread portion of the service and then continued to sit and quietly write on some paper for a 50 minute sermon – a total of 1 1/2 hrs plus and all in a chair not the floor. Believe me I cried a few tears of joy and thankfulness afterwards. Of course seeing him eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch just topped the day off!
