the four little bucks: Weekend Adventures

We moved back to our beloved Alaska at the end of December and we've decided that we won't miss a single second of this amazing opportunity. When we lived here before (as a military family, 2010-2013) we didn't really do anything. We went to the Saturday Market once or twice a year and watched Netflix. We hiked the most basic, most popular mountain, Flattop, once. Once in three years. We both worked and then when Caden was born I felt like we couldn't do anything because we had a baby. We still did a few things, such as the Conservation Center, Bear Paw Festival...and that's all I can think of. We didn't waste time here before, we just didn't spend it they way we should have. But we were so young (it's only a two year difference, yet we've changed and grown so much. I would hardly recognize my old self if I happened upon her) and were new parents and it's ok. We've been given another chance and we're seizing it😊

In the last seven months we've done so much. We've been on some fun adventures together! Now, our adventures aren't anything compared to stepping foot in the Arctic Circle or attempting climb Mt. McKinley (Mt. Denali now. But I think I'll probably always call it McKinley!) but we have so much fun. We find the parks and kid friendly hikes and eat. That's my kinda adventure😋 I wanted to talk about the fun things we've done and kind of make a series out of it. The summer's halfway over so I have some backtracking to do (as usual😉).

So Nathaniel was gone for five weeks in April and May but as soon as he got back we got started on our adventures. First we went to the Anchorage Market and Festival (we've always just call it the Saturday Market), which is always fun.

We went to the reindeer farm out in Palmer. Nathaniel ended up with a four day weekend the weekend that he came home so we had a couple days to explore😊

It was cooooooold!! Even though it was May, it was frigid.

Petting a cute little pig!

This adorable pup became Caden's bestie. I wanted to take him home so bad!!

Hanging out with Bruce Wayne. The bunny version, not the superhero/multibillionaire/secret identity of Batman. Too bad 😂

Feeding Dolly! She liked to eat sticks

Feeding the reindeer!! Their lips felt so cool and they have no front teeth! Their antlers are very sensitive and we were asked to be sure not to touch them.

The reindeer were so sweet. I loved them. We also fed elk. They were adorable!

I scored this beauty. I'm pretty sure I bought this sweatshirt on the way home but now I can't remember when I got it!

The next day we drove to Talkeetna. I ❤️❤️❤️ Talkeetna. It's such a cute little town!! That's one place we actually did go to when we were here before! We went before I was even pregnant with Caden.

We went to an awesome park just outside of town!

We walked into town and walked around for a couple hours. It's such a cute place!

Lunch at Mountain High Pizza Pie! So yummy! Nathaniel had green chile chili. In Talkeenta, Alaska. So weird haha we sure miss green chile on everything!