Fun With Family- Colin Comes To Town

After spending the past several months inside, Vince and I were looking forward to summer and raring to get outside! May had another perk as well: a visit from my brother Colin. He has been going to college since his departure from the Coast Guard, but he had a week off between semesters this year, so I got him a ticket to fly up for some fun :)

The first place we took him was Humpy's for

Anchorage's best halibut fish & chips

From there, we set out to meet some friends at The Blue Fox

for Karaoke Night (something a little out of the ordinary). Before the

night was over, we'd had some fun, I sang a song (really!) and we

made some boating plans for the next week.

The next day was gorgeous, so hiking Flattop was a "must."

We enjoyed a leisurely morning, laced up our hiking boots, and

set out for the trail. It was awesome getting out in the fresh air-

and amusing to watch Colin trying to haul his butt up the hills!

After our hike, we ran a few errands, got cleaned up for church, and made it there just in time for the Saturday evening mass. We had a day of traveling ahead, so Saturday church would save us time in the morning ;) I made dinner after church, we spent some time hanging out, and then went to bed looking forward to the days ahead.