Santorini Greece

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Santorini, Greece was our favorite place. It was serene. It was beautiful. I would love to go back. It would be a great place for a honeymoon...or anniversary. Hopefully we can go back someday. I loved the blue doors and roofs and the white washed walls. Above all the feeling of the place was timeless. The locals were still using donkeys to go up the cliff. It was crazy to see houses built into the side of the cliff. Actually they were caves stacked on top of each other. Really nice caves. The people were very friendly.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

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This is Dubrovnik Croatia. The entire old town was surrounded by 50 ft city walls. It had a draw bridge into the city and surrounded by a moat. The city streets were paved with marble. Walking into the city was like stepping back into medieval times. The beach was beautiful, but the Adriatic sea was freezing! Walking off the cruise ship into Croatia was an interesting experience. The dock was guarded by men with machine guns. Croatia was part of the Soviet union with Russia up until the 90's; they claimed their Independence. It was a little scary going through security. Hoping they let you get back on the ship.

Venice, Italy

We thought we would finally post our trip to the Mediterranean. It was so beautiful and very romantic. Defiantly a trip to remember. This is our first day in Venice after our flight over the top of the world. It took 14 hours to get there from AK. Note to self do not fly Lufthansa airlines; and never go to the Frankfurt Germany airport, unless you know where you are going and don't have to carry bags. Our plane was late so we had to run to the connecting flight in Germany, only to find out when we got there that we were not checked on to the connecting flight. Let me tell you german people in the airport, not so nice. Anyway it was a really long journey, so by the time we got to Venice we look pretty haggard.

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Lancelot and Bob with the handsome prince charming. They were pretty funny.-on the right is Garin and Mom.

Cinderella and the Prince

Garin and good friends-Emily and Jonal.

So we have a STAR in our family known as prince charming. Garin had his debut as the Prince in a play called Cinderella and the Prince. It was a funny and entertaining show. It seems he has a new talent of acting and dancing at the same time. Ohh and did I forget wooing the women and especially Cinderella. Everyone in my family had a hard time watching Garin flirt with another girl. It was kinda weird. Its okay though I'm a good kisser. hahha. Garin was like a celebrity, signing autographs. It was really cute. Anyway he did great and the show will have a DVD in about a month. So we will try and get a copy.

Ice Carving

This last week we had the opportunity to go see the Ice Carving Competition. Fairbanks gets people from all over the world to come and show their skills at ice carving. It's really cool, and fun for the kids. They have a little ice park for kids to go on slides and crawl through ice tunnels. Olivia loved it. She really liked the slides. Even though it was really cold she wanted to ride the slides over and over again. Even grandpa took a turn. Next time I will try and get a video posted.

A question for all you mothers out there

So I don't know if anyone did bottle feeding, but I can't seem to get Olivia off the bottle and to the sippy cup. She will drink other liquids in the sippy cup but not milk. And if she does it is only a ounce or two. I know they say if you wait to long they become more and more attached to it. We have finally got her out of the routine of having a bottle before bed. She now has a bath reads some books and then goes to bed. But a hour or two after she eats we give her a bottle, b/c she won't drink it for meals so it's the only time she will get any milk. If anyone has any advice please let me know. I have tried the changing the first bottle to a sippy cup, but she ends up not drinking any milk until I give her the botttle. I also tried putting water in the bottle, she drinks the water and never drinks the milk. It's so funny how motherhood is, once you get one thing down you have to move on to the next.