Three for One!

This is my third post today.  Stella is taking an amazingly long nap.  And Nicholas is still entertaining himself with something.  So Saturday... we went to the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous or "Fur Rondy" for us locals!
And we all took

Here is me and Nick

And Shawn and Stella.  

How cool is that?!

This is a very "Alaskan" event.  It is the kickoff to the Iditarod.  Complete with outdoor parade, carnival, 

snow sculptures, etc!!

This is all I could capture of the dog sled race:

Nicholas loved it!!  As soon as we got out of the car he found this "snowball."  This is a picture of him after he carried it, no lie, about 12 blocks.  We parked down at Ship Creek and walked to 9th and E.   He carried it the whole way.  So after about five blocks, Shawn was carrying Nick and his snowball.  Then we made him put it down to take the sled ride.  Then he picked it back up and carried it to 6th and D to see the parade- so four more blocks.  Then we went inside the mall to warm up and eat.  Then he soon found another one and carried it around town.  




Stella had a great time, too.  Obviously.

This is just a picture of the port in Anchorage.  Out in the distance you can see the ocean water.  Yes, that is ice out there.