Happy Mid Season!

This week we hit the mid season point and it hasn't been filled with much adventure. Poor Ashley was down for the count. There is a crazy sickness going around and it is taking us out one by one. Luckily, Aisha hasn't gotten sick. Keep our house in your prayers!

July 3rd we went back to good ole Whitehorse! This time we had some company!

Everyone meet cute Hailey Jensen! She is a native of Skagway and works at The Kone Kompany. We wanted to go to Whitehorse to relax and maybe a mani/pedi HOWEVER, there aren't places to go and do that. AND you have to book it way in advance. Such a let down. We also were set out to get a new tank of helium for work. As we were leaving Skagway in the morning, we get a call from Becky Jensen asking us to take Hailey to the orthodontist because one of her brackets broke and it could mean that she would have to keep her braces on for longer. We got her in and it took less than five minutes to fix. One week later, Hailey is brace-less! It was a lot of fun hanging out with her and talking about life in high school and Skagway.

3rd of July Fireworks

The 4th of July Celebration in Skagway is a little different than other places. The 3rd of July is when you see Fireworks and then the 4th is when there is abig parade and different events. It is a ton of fun and even though we had to work we still got to be apart of some cool things!
 First off we works 2 nights on our crazy cool float! The theme was "Traveling through the Ages" and since Duff and Karla have been in business for 33 years what a perfect theme! We made our float all decked out and planned on handing out FREE ICE-CREAM CONES! How cool is that?! Plus we had some legit candy to pass out to. Our float was pretty legit. Here are some cool pictures of us decorating it!

Our fearless leader, Mindy! This is our boss and she is an amazing lady. She is crazy and all over the place but she is so fun! We all laugh AT her and WITH her. She is brilliant and half the time we don't know where she comes up with the things she does but it works. She is really good at encouraging you and recognizing you for your efforts. We could use without the hoarding sometimes but we will take her just the way she is! (:

The day of the parade was very WET and fun! We had so much fun walking and handing out ice-cream cones. Ashley scooped and Aisha walked along side handing out cones to the crowd. There were a few times when people would come up to the float and order a specific flavor! That was pretty hilarious.
There are so many different events that go on during the day. Just to name a few: slow bike racing, arm wrestling, egg toss (Skagway holds the record for biggest egg toss), hot dog eating contest, three legged race, and the duck derby. Did we mention how much it rained?! We had just got a rain-boot order in and we sold most of them. People were soaked! That night there was a mudslide and the road to go to Canada was closed off for the weekend. It was crazy!
Now the duck derby contest is probably the cutest thing you will ever see. People buy a rubber duck and at the end of the day, they release the ducks at a stream. THe first duck to cross the finish line, the person with that number, get $1000. Sadly, we weren't the winners but Emily from the branch was! It was so cool to watch and  a crowd favorite. After the race you get to take home a duck!

With our ducks!

Since the 4th of July it has just been a lot of random things. Like bonfires and relaxing. We haven't had too many days off together and it seems like it might be a little harder since so many people are leaving early to go back to school. We have had some bonfires here and there! We also saw bears! The salmon are suppose to start running so we went out to Dyea with Rocky and Lil (Our AK parents) to try to do some fishing. There werent any bears but we saw a mama bear and her two kids. Rocky drove pretty close to them and one of the little ones ran quickly back into the woods. Sorry no pictures but it was so cool to see in person!

Fishing

The that brings us to today! We both have the day off! Its pretty cool to have a weekend off. We were going to go hiking but Ashley has a softball tournament. They are doing pretty great! Our team is the best and best looking, in my (Aisha's) opinion. Here is a cute picture of Ashley up to bat! Did yall know what a great softball player she is? She is fearless and so good at getting the big guys out. Earlier today she got a guy out on second and he wanted to argue it but she clearly got him out. It is a lot of fun to watch softball, besides all the drinking that the other teams do. Drinking should be the national sport here in Skagway!

Now we know we always talk about how we will be better about updating this and we probably will not be, we just do not want everyone to be jealous of our adventures.

Until next time! Here is our love from Alaska!