hawaii in alaska

Oh how I love these little blues
We spent last weekend boating in Prince William Sound.  The weather was beyond amazing... At one point the thermometer read 79 inside the cabin of the boat and 79 outside!  We headed out fishing, but decided the waves were a bit bigger than we wanted to deal with with the kids. Instead, we went to the kids' favorite beach... They call it "Glittery Sandy Beach"  I call it Hawaii!  The sands are soft and white just like Hawaii.  We spent several hours here...having races in the sand, exploring, and burying eachother in the sand.  We stripped the boys down to their diapers & the girls down to their underwear!  (With no showers & one towel for all of us, we've learned this is the best way to enjoy the sand)  It is always so fun to come to this beach, and this time it was HOT.  It really was tropical & the girls even decided to go swimming.  Ella wanted to swim to the boat, but turned around because she was getting stiff due to the waters extreme cold temps.   Owen had so much fun slapping his hands on the sand as he crawled and Thomas couldn't get enough of the sand.  He would run and then purposely fall over in the sand and laugh!  

Another beach exploration...different place and this one was still snow covered!  Only in Alaska...