Alaskan Cruse

Last year for Ben's work they met their "BIG" goal.  They have goals they try and meet every quarter individual and as a department, and then also have yearly goals.  This is the first time since being with PCG that Ben's department has meet their yearly goal.  It is a pretty hard goal to reach, so as an insentive if they ever do reach it, they always told them work would take them on a big trip.  Welp, last year they worked literally all year til the very end to reach it.  Ben got the last pay-off to reach their goal on December 31, 2013.  But because of their hard work, we all went on an Alaskan cruse.  It was all the people in Ben's department and the partners and spouses that all went.  It was so much fun getting to know everyone better, and hanging out.  It was a great group to go with.  And because it was such a big group, there were always things to do with someone.

As far as the port cities go, our first stop was in Ketchican.  Ben went fishing and I went shopping!  Ben caught a 30 lb. halibut.  We then went to Juneau, where we hiked to Mendenhall glasher and waterfall. Our 3rd stop was Skagway where we did an all day bus tour and we got to go canoeing, and hiking. Our last stop was Victoria, Canada.  We didn't have anything planned for there, but ended up roaming the city and watching a movie with some of the other couples. One of the days we went up Tracy's arm and were able to get close to another glasier. Once we got there, they turned the ship 360 degrees so everyone could see it from where ever they were on the boat.

Of course we ATE a TON!  Ben took a lot of pictures, but they don't even begin to describe how beautiful it all was.

My mom and sister, Jordan, were here with the girls while we went.  We got home on a Saturday afternoon, and then Sunday morning my mom left and took Charley and Gabby with them for a week. I drove out with Dani the following week to pick them up and teach a dance class for OPS while I was there.