The Bohman Compendium: What's ahead: Part two

One thing that is definitely ahead is Springtime! Unfortunately, Rexburg didn't want to admit that so on the day and night of the first day of Spring, we had about 2-3 inches of snow! So, what does that all mean? Snowshoeing adventure, of course! We love going snowshoeing and Lily loves being outdoors and participating in the adventure. We have had her in her Kelty baby backpack since she met the standards (16 lbs). We have gone on two snowshoeing outings the past two weekends, and the first one was an intense vertical climb at Kelly Canyon...and then down, down, down. Lily even once said while we were out, "bear...bear...bear." I freaked out a little and prayed that she really didn't see a real bear. We watch a lot of Frozen Planet and maybe she attributed the snow and the trees to seeing bears...I don't know, and I don't want to know if there was a bear around us. We did see moose tracks, and Lily can say moose. It's more like, "MMMMMUUUU," and you might think it's a cow, but she is well versed in her Alaskan animals. This weekend we went to Harriman State Park. I don't get the whole spending multiple fees to go and enjoy the outdoors, but they do a good job with keeping it nice? Harriman is a summer place and a winter Nordic Ski place, so I guess they have to groom the trails and make sure no one burns down the forest in the summer. Nevertheless, it was breathtaking. We went as a family to Harriman earlier this year; that's when Daniel got to use the GoPro (by the way, he makes excellent videos and I need to post some). It was pretty fun that go-around. This time, we went with our friends and we all had a blast! It was the first time for my friend and her little boy (and her baby girl), and her little boy was a pro. He looked so cute in those tiny little snow shoes. We saw great scenery and had some back-country fun too. I'm glad we are a snowshoeing family! Long live the Kelty baby backpack!

One more thing that is coming up is another grand adventure in this Bohman family: We have decided, as a graduation present and for other reasons, that we are going on an Alaskan cruise in May! We are extremely excited and I have a wall calender where I have been counting off the days. It will be a seven-day cruise touring Southeast and Glacier Bay then dropping us off in Whittier! We will then head to Anchorage and stay with the fam. for a bit so Daniel can get sworn in to the military by his dear ole' daddy and we can do some family history and bonding! This is certainly going to be an adventure to remember! I was nervous about bringing the Lily B. along with us for that long, so I did some researching on cruising with a toddler. I was impressed to find out that so many cruises are accommodating to families with small children. There are some draw-backs (like not-potty-trained babies cannot be in the pools even with a swim diaper). There are some ships that have splash zones but ours does not, bummer. But, we are going on an Alaskan cruise and it will be in May....so I'm not too worried about it. So far, everything has been planning out well and I even get to see my old playground in Juneau and show all the fun to Daniel. What's better is that I now have a friend that I lived with in Hawaii that's actually living in Juneau and we will get to spend the day with her. I know Lily is going to love it and be the main attraction to all the old early birds that are going before the crowds. We are all going to love it! Oh, and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to go because they said that women who are over 24 weeks pregnant cannot sail. We didn't realize this till the other day, so we frantically checked the calender and saw that I will only be 21 by then. Whew. That was close.