Ice Alaska

Mom and Dad were here for an IHC over the last week. It was really good to see them and get to spend some time with them. We went to Ice Alaska for about an hour on Saturday. There are alot of ice carvings there, it's really amazing what the artists can do. We had alot of fun, despite not being dressed warm enough. Upper body was fine, but we should have all had boots on. We had thin shoes and were walking on snow and ice so our feet got very cold.
This carving is of about 4 Eskimos, 3 which are on their knees, along with a seal. I don't really know what they are doing but it was really cute.
This is of a little girl looking at an "aquarium".. it was really cool.

Here's dad, looking like a Conquistador with a very small head.

And here was a single block ice sculpture. :) Well, at least my foot felt like a single block of ice by the time we were done. :)

But I think the most fun thing we did was call Beth and Steve and Marc and Melodie and we stood in front of the web cams that are set up all around the place and had them look online. They were able to see us so we waved at them. So there they are in balmy Texas and seeing us in freezing Fairbanks, Alaska. Needless to say, we felt a little silly standing there on our cell phones waving to nobody in particular. We got a few strange stares. :)