Looking back...Vacation Alaska

In late August 2008 we went on an Alaskan cruise. It was wonderful! We saw quite a few beluga whales when we arrived in Anchorage, but we didn't get any good photos of them because we were on a bus enroute to the ship. Below is one of our pit-stops in Anchorage.

While we were on our cruise, I was 6 months pregnant. I have to say that I did pretty well, except for one particular morning while we were out at sea and there was a storm that day. It was the only time my entire pregnancy when I was sick to my stomach.

We were one of the few young couples on the ship. Seeing the glaciers was awesome!

Our ship was the Princess Sapphire. It was a really nice ship. Even though it was freezing outside, as you can tell by the picture below, we still made time to relax in the jacuzzi at night (I just put my legs in water). Our favorite part of the cruise besides the glaciers, was the food. We ate REALLY well. We ate things that we'll probably never eat again. It was so weird to sit down for an incredible dinner and walk away when we were finished without paying a thing, not even a tip. Every night was a different food experience. Every morning we ate breakfast and a couple of times we got to watch grey whales swim past the ship. I love this picture of us. It was raining this particular morning, so we had to wear extra layers.

Shanne looking very rustic. Very Alaskan...meeoow...purr!

One of our port stops was in a town called Skagway. We took a train up into the mountains there on the White Pass Yukon Route. This was only one of the photos we took.

Skagway's beautiful gardens

Sunset on the ship


For more of our photos, see our video below.

Maui

These are some of the views from our drive up to the top of the
volcano on Maui. The name escapes me at the moment. Its a
long drive, but worth it. There is a really beautiful lavendar
farm on the way up. They sell everything you could possibly think
of, of course, with lavendar in it. They even make lavendar pasteries.

Maui

On our 2006 trip to Maui, Aunt Naomi was able to fly over from Oahu and stay for a couple of days with us. We had a lot of fun snorkeling and driving around the island.

Maui

This is the view from Shanne's parents condo on Maui.
Shanne really likes to eat outside either on the lanai or
down by the pool near the barbeque pits. The sunsets are amazing.

Maui

One of our favorite places...Maui. We spent our honeymoon
here in 2002, then visited again in 2006.
These are the pictures from 2006.
We are still searching for our honeymoon pictures.