Stampin' Up Alaskan Cruise-Day 5, Skagway, Alaska!

Sorry I have been behind with posting. Busy, busy here with the end of the school year!

On Tuesday, May 24th we docked in Skagway, Alaska early in the morning. We had breakfast in the dining room with our new friends, Nancy and Dan. Later in the morning we walked into the darling town for an hour or so before our trainride to Whitehall Pass began. I forgot to mention, that the first night, I WON a ticket to this wonderful excursion and it was worth $120. I just had to buy 3 more tickets to it for my family but it was well worth it!

The town was fun. We even ran into David Canary {Adam Chandler from All My Children} !  I shouted out "Are you Adam Chandler!!??" and they took off!
Here are some photos of the town. It had a bit of Russian influence.

This is the train passing through town. We had to stop and wait a bit.

As we were boarding we ran into our wonderful new friends, Shelly and Olivia and they joined us for the 3 hour ride up to the top of the 3,000 foot glacier! 

The ride up was gorgeous but the ride back was even better. We got to stand outside on this little balcony and the air was so invigorating. The balcony was small but we loved being out there. It was my most favorite excursion of all the Alaskan excursions we took.  

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Stampin' Up Alaskan Cruise-Day 4 Juneau, Alaska!

Ahh, two weeks ago today we were in Juneau, Alaska. It also was the day my son turned 15! I ordered Pizza for breakfast in bed for him and let him stay in the cabin and veg while my husband, daughter and I went down to meet this really nice man and his wife for breakfast. We met Dan the first morning and then, Nancy and Dan every morning in the dining room.

Here are some highlights of our day in Juneau.

We did not arrive until 2 so prior to that we sailed through Tracy Arm Fjord. I have to honestly say this site was some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen.

We woke up to this:

Have you ever seen a prettier site?  Our new friend, Nancy, and my daughter went to a Water Color painting class and my husband and son went to a class on the inner workings of the ship. I walked around and sat in the front of the ship and took in the sites. Here are so more photos.

 We got off the ship when it docked and set out for an afternoon of exploring. We ran into Shelly and Olivia  in Juneau, and spent the day with them. I met Shelly, a demonstrator from Kansas before we set sale. She is so sweet and we spent every evening going to shows with them. Her daughter is two years younger than mine and they became fast buddies.

The first tour we took was a bus to Mendenhall Glacier. We had a wonderful driver and a great tour. Here are some photos of the majestic scenery at one of our stops at a little church.

Our family

Our new friends, Shelly and Olivia!

Here are photos of the Mendenhall Glacier and us hiking around there.

After the wonderful Glacier tour, we took the Mt. Roberts Tram from town. The scenery up here was beautiful. Here are some views from there. 

We went back to the ship very tired.  We had planned to eat dinner in Juneau for my son's birthday but it was getting near 9  pm and time to get back on the ship. The kids were too tired to eat so we brought them food from the buffet. Hope you enjoyed photos from our day!

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Stampin' Up Alaskan Cruise- Day 3 Ketchikan!!

What a really neat site to wake up to! I woke up very, very early on Sunday morning as we were slowly pulling into Ketchikan, Alaska. We slowly pulled in as the town was waking up. It was so neat to lay in bed in our cabin and look through our balcony window at what was going on in town. We were docked from 7am to 4 pm. I loved this place and could move here!

This is what it looked like before 7 am as we were slowly pulling in. I woke up to a very loud noise and thought they were birds chirping but it was the kids next  door shouting at the top of their lungs. I guess they were excited but at 6 am, it was not a nice sound. However the town was gorgeous and here it is at early dawn. Can you imagine how peaceful it would be without those "chirping bird children"!

 This is the incredible view from our stateroom balcony!

View of our ship from town

My husband and kids

Here is the gorgeous town

I just love all the colorful buildings. When I walked around I was reminded of the show, Northern Exposure

Walking through town was exhilarating

This is a photo from town. So pretty! Click on it to enlarge, please

Check out this background scenery!

View from the Tram. This tram was only $8 for our whole family!  

My little sweeties! This was up at the top of the area where the tram took us

View from above

More photos from the top

Sarah and my husband

Hope you enjoyed the views The scenery was just beautiful. We stopped for lunch at a place called Annabelle's but it was not very good.  Back on to the ship at about 4. We had a nice dinner and then a great show that night. Stay tuned for Monday in Juneau!

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Stampin' Up! LAST CHANCE Items start today! Going, Going, Gone!

It is a sad and happy day here on June 1st with Stampin' Up. You see today starts the list of the LAST CHANCE  items. 

This means this is your last chance to purchase these as they are going bye bye as in gone!

NOW is the time to get these and act fast, as when they are gone, they are gone!

The best way to order these goodies is to go directly to my website.

Simply click HERE and then go to Products, Shop Now, Last Chance

From there you will see tons of Stamps, Accessories- that is where the Designer Paper is listed, Definetely Decorative Items and more! Be sure to check all the Catagories and then check out Clearance Rack too! 

Here are a few of the Retiring Stamp Sets:

Sad huh??
So if you want that cute little Sock Monkey Stamp or any of the other great items, what are you waiting for???

Jump off and go to my site at http://www.snowmanlover.stampinup.net

Please, put me, Barbara Gornick as your Demonstrator and get your order going before someone else snatches up what you want!

Happy Shopping!

Opps, almost forgot, anyone and everyone who orders off of my site, will be placed in a drawing for a darling stamp set!! Whooo Whooo!

UPDATE: BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE DISCOUNTED SECTION IN LAST CHANCE. CLICK ON EACH ITEM AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THE 25-40% OFF PRICE WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT!

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