Alaska and the Yukon Territory, August 2009

We enjoyed an 11-day Cruisetour with Holland America in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. The trip began in Anchorage, Alaska. Then we took a train up to Denali National Park. Wow! It was amazing! If we are able to make it back to Alaska some day, we want to spend more time in Denali.

From there we headed to Fairbanks, AK where we panned for gold, saw the trans-Alaska pipeline, and went to the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska. Everything there is "Farthest North ____." We saw the Farthest North Girl Scout Council office, along with many others.

Leaving Faribanks, we made our way to the Yukon Territory, Canada. We stayed in Beaver Creek and Whitehorse. Then we took another train down to Skagway, AK where we boarded the ship. Before getting on the ship, we did a shore excursion where we canoed out to the Davidson Glacier. It was amazing!

The cruise took us through Glacier Bay and we also had a stop in Ketchikan. The cruise ended in Vancouver, BC, a place we want to go back to and visit some day.

New Orleans Jazz Festival 2009

We went to New Orleans this past weekend for Jazz Festival. This was my 3rd Jazz Fest and David's first (and his first time to NOLA). Some of the people we saw at the festival were: Drive By Truckers, Joe Cocker, Rebirth Brass Band, and James Taylor. We had beignets at Cafe Du Mond on Sat and Sun mornings, went to come great restaurants, and also went on a Steamboat Cruise on Sunday.

We enjoyed hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's and Hand Grenades from Tropical Isle. The person on the screen above is James Taylor (we weren't very close to the stage). It was a fun weekend!

Tracy's Wedding

My cousin, Tracy Baker, married Eric Drewa on March 14, 2009. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was lots of fun. They had it at a local bar in Houston where they like to hang out.

Locks of Love!

I decided a few years ago that I wanted to grow my hair out someday to donate to Locks of Love. It's an organization that provides hairpieces for financially disadvantaged children in the US and Canada. The minimum length of hair you can donate is 10 inches. I've been growing my hair for this since August of 2007. It's taken a while, but I finally have 10 inches to donate. These are some pictures from the haircut- before, during, and after. David is not excited about the haircut because he likes my hair long. I keep telling him it will grow back!

I was pretty nervous about what my hair would look like after it was cut. My hair probably hasn't been this short since I was in elementary school. I think Kelly did a great job with what was left.