Fur rondy carnival

The kids and I went to the annual Fur Rondy carnival here in anchorage. It is the first year since we have been living in alaska that it was actually warm enough to take the kids. It was 39 degrees outside which is a heat wave for february in alaska. Fur Rondy is an annual 2 week event which is the start of the ididirod sled dog races. They have fireworks and the native alaskan/eskimo indian olympics. they have ice sculptures which we may go look at later in the week and the biggest thing is the carnival and midway rides for the kids. The kids had fun going on the carnival rides, eating cotton candy, and playing the rip off carnival games. their favorite part was of course the pony rides right outside the carnival hailey more then daniel. daniel's favorite was the spinning apples and going in the fun house and getting lost in the mirrors. here are some pics.