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We are now in ALASKA!!! Wow its been a CRAZY, to say the least, last 2 months.... We left Fort Campbell, KY on Aug 2. We got to Anchorage, AK on Sept 1. I hate living out of suitcases. We got to do a lot of fun things along our way though and it seemed like everyday we were somewhere new!! Here are the pics to take you through my journey!!

K well we are gonna go a little backwards cuz I already loaded all the photos and I am NOT about to redo them!!!

Obviously we made it!! And of course had to get our picture with this sign. Interesting thing about this we met a guy there. On his bicycle (the kind you peddle not a motorized one) and we were like so where you coming from cuz there is NOTHING around. He said I have been traveling from Montana and I am heading to Anchorage. He had been on bike for about 3 weeks by that time... HOLY COW!!! ALL he has was his bike and some things on the back of it. Talk about CRAZY!!!! But I am glad he was there cuz we got a photo of all 3 of us at the sign!

We got to Fairbanks, AK (where we lived before KY) and stayed with my friend Kate. I lived with Kate for a bit while Jason was deployed and Madi made a life long friend! She was so glad to see "Her Aiden" again!!







We went to North Pole, AK to the Santa Claus house!!

K this is in Idaho. This was our last stop to see family before we headed out on our adventure. We got to spend a week there! I was excited to be able to help my Grammy Lyon(dads side) move into an assisted living center!! That is the reason we stayed as long as we did. I am glad we stayed though and got to spend time with her. We stayed with my Grandma Marsden(moms side). I loved it though because they only live like 1/2 mile from each other, well farther now that we have moved Grammy Lyon. But going to grandmas house was always fun as a kid cuz we usually always got to see both of them in one trip!!

These photos were taken by Shelley Freckleton http://www.freckletonphogography.blogspot.com/!! I am amazed at how talented they are getting!!!

My cousin Natalie made a bunch of bows for Madi and they are so dang cute!!!!
My grammy lyon and her new place (it was still being organized at this time!!) Madi just adores her great grammas i think its awesome!!!

Me and my Grammy Lyon!!! She is such a fun spirited woman and I love her dearly!
My grandma Marsden. I love madi's face in this photo. This is how she ALWAYS was around her grandma!!! Well technically these are her great grandmas!!! haha
We got to stop in Boise and stay the night with my cousins. It was the last stop before we hit the road hard!!!

This photo is in Seattle, WA. We went to Pikes Market Place and Madi LOVED all the huge flowers that were there!! She was so excited when her daddy got her one. She held it proudly!!

And we made it to British Columbia.. It was dark outside when we got there!!

This was the next morning. Needless to say it was cold! We did not pack stuff for cold weather!

We went camping in BC one night and Madi loved the mallows!!! She pounded em!And this is her face. I tried to get a cute one of her smiling but I have like 10 pics of 10 different faces she gave me. This was the cutest! haha
Yet again CANT smile
Believe it or not she is really good about pouring stuff out. She just plopped right down and helped herself to some chocolate milk!!


So this is where the blog should have started!! If you are still with me great!!! These are some of the most amazing friends a girl could ask for. This is the group we hung out with most. This was at my going away party. There is Stephanie, me, Shawna and Heather. There is one missing in this photo so I put a pic of her below! She missed this photo op so I added her below!!

This is Chelsea!!!
This is me pretty much the whole truck ride... Man it was a long and boring drive!!!

We finally made it to Arizona and Madi just LOVES her gramma and papa.... She had many tea parties with her gramma....
Papa and Madi. I love the way they interact with each other. So fun to see my parents be kids again. I guess i didnt appreciate it much when I was a kid! haha
We went to the Science Center in Phoenix. Seems that madi is 3'4"!!
Showin Madi how these things dance to the music
Yes this thing is made of legos! Sooo cool!

We got to go over to cali and see my brother and his family. Of course we had to hit the beach! We had a bonfire that night with some bbq food that was SOOOOO delioush!!!

Madi loved the water. She got in, got taken under and didnt even scream. She loved seeing if she could outrun it though! She had a blast!!!Jason got taken down good by a wave im sad i didnt have my camera ready... he got knocked down. so Amelia taught him how to do it since he had never been before!

When we were in Idaho we went to Yellowstone. Jason had never seen it and its been a long time for me!

Oh excuse me are we in your way... Come on across its ok though cuz we have brakes!!!Picture compliments of Madi! I just liked how you could see the sky in my glasses!There it is. Old Faithful!!!Had to take this photo!

And thats all folks! Hope you enjoyed. And I am gonna be better at the blogging world now that I have internet at home and work!! No excuses now!!!!!!