This summer Braedon and I were able to go quite a few places, but I have yet to put up the pictures and talk about the vacations so I will give a quick rundown now that I have time. :) So here are the places we went this summer!
1. San Francisco--We decided to take advantage of Braedon's flight benefits with his job and fly standby to San Fran. We only stayed there for a day, but it was a super fun quick trip. We took a little cruise around the San Francisco bay. The cruise took us under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island. We also enjoyed a little clam chowder on Fisherman's warf and drove down Lombard Street. I have been to San Fran several times because my sister lived there, but this was Braedon's first time. We LOVEd it... and it was fun to just do something spur of the moment. We literally planned this vacation in about a day which is something I NEVER do... I am more of a planner when it comes to vacations.
2. San Diego--Braedon served his mission in San Diego so we planned a trip there to see everyone. Again, thanks to Braedon's flight benefits we were able to fly there free of charge (otherwise there is no way we would have been able to afford it). Our favorite part of the trip was seeing all of the people. It was great to finally meet the people Braedon always talks about and I was really happy that Braedon could see everyone again. It was fun to listen to his Spanish and see everybody light up when we stopped by. We also went to Sea World which is always great! I am in love with sea life so that was one of my favorite parts of the trip. The shows were amazing.
3. Alaska--After San Diego we went off to Alaska for a week. We went to visit my sister and her family. My mom and dad went as well so it was one big Voeks family party in Alaska. My husband in now addicted to Alaska and all of the scenery there.. well at least he likes in in the summer. Winter is probably a different story. Our favorite part of this trip had to be seeing the bear while fishing for salmon on the Kenai River...So cool.. however.. we did not catch any fish.. had no idea what we were doing, but everyone around us caught quite a few! haha and my brother-in-law kept hooking them but our line was too weak for those huge fish. Other favorite part.. my ADORABLE nieces.. love those girls.
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| The bear we saw fishing :) |
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| This is what you see EVERYWHERE in Alaska |
4. Grand Cayman-- And the grande finale of the summer was Grand Cayman Islands! We got home from Alaska and hopped on another plane the very next day. It was pretty insane, but totally worth it. Braedon's family has a house out there so all of us stayed together. It was so great! Highlights of the trip: seeing a dolphin fight a shark (I felt like I was on discovery channel or something) and the glowing water at night time (there is a rare plankton found there that glows so everything at night that moves in the water is glow in the dark! We saw a sting ray swimming around.. SO COOL!). Also being able to hang out with the Roney fam for a week always makes for a good time. :)
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| View from the house |
And that wraps up our crazy summer! Will probably never have another summer like it with all the trips we were able to go on. Thanks to Braedon's flight benefits and wonderful family for giving us a place to stay otherwise it was WAY out of our budget.
P.S.. i have much better pictures but my computer won't read my card.. maybe I will add more later :)
