With our sad news of losing our dog Bailey, the kids and I decided to make a trek up north to Fairbanks. Leif has been there all week working on the bunk beds for the kids - don't worry, I will blog about the project when it's 100% complete. I will say that he's done an amazing job!!
Every year, the Artic Winter Games happen in Fairbanks and one of the events in the Ice Carving/Sculpting competition. Leif was to a point where he had to wait for stain to dry and so, we loaded up the kids and went to the check out the ice sculptures.
You got to love a competition that creates things for kids to play on! The kids loved the ice carved slides. It was perfect - some time playing and then a walk through the sculptures with the reward of playing on the slides again. 
The first area we walked through was the single block sculptures. This one was titled "Teaching Breaching" - my photo really does not do the artist justice.
This abstract bird was breath taking!
What?!? A train carved out of ice that the kids could climb in? Both kiddos were so excited. I couldn't get brother to sit still long enough for a picture, but this one of sister is adorable.
Next up - the multi-block sculptures- these were just amazing.
Two deer drinking water in the forest with the mountain in the back drop.
Due to the shade to prevent melting - it was difficult to get good lighting to capture the details.
This sculpture didn't have their shade up for some reason - I wasn't complaining because I was able to capture some of the detail.
Like I said - after looking at the artwork, it was time for kids to play.
Who doesn't like a castle slide with double slides!
Let's not forget to have a race car event!
It was an amazing afternoon and I'm glad we took time to go and appreciate the art work of people from around the world.
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