This post has a lot of pictures but the text will be brief! Keep in mind I don't post pictures of the kiddos on the blog because it is viewable by anyone. (well closeups anyway)
Fishing at Clunie Lake-- I was bored so Tundy and I went skiing. Had a minor incident with wolves, will never ski there again!
Pullin out rainbows and lake salmon
Tundy and his buddy Eiko, just hanging out and chewin on bones!
Ho! Ho! Ho! Moose burgers!
Skiing with Brittany and Riley on the trail across the river
winter wonderland!
His Christmas present from one of his girlfriends.... our neighbor dog Eve!
Cuddle bug!
Part of my Christmas present from Kati- 10lbs of grape Mike and Ikes- or Jolly Joes! These make me jolly!
Playing Minute to Win it at the Harris house
Bags in the garage!
On our way to go bowling--- just sharing of sippie of "juice"
Bowling at Bass Pro with the Harris fam and Gma Brown
Sisters are up- Kati and Jess
Roasting marshmallows at Kucera house w/ all the munchkins
My ol pal- Gunner
Kane came in with his spidey costume so Uncle Adam busted out his spidey gear! FUNNIEST reaction from Kane- wish I would've recorded it!
Girls doing the new Alaska puzzle
Creek walk at -5
The whole crew went, after we got back Kane and Brooklyn wanted to play outside more despite the temp-- we played in the hay loft!
Kaners helping Gpa chop and bring wood to the house
Tundy wearing Adam's first tye! So hansome!
Yet another toy- an Iowa skunk from Gpa and Gma Kucera
Not even 1/2 his toys! I guess the new favorite is the skunk!
Believe it or not it's hard to keep my class geared up for recess, even in Alaska! Parents will drop off their kids without a coat, let alone snowpants/boots/cloves/hats etc during negative temperatures! My sis-in-law Jess proposed her work team's quarterly donation project be winter gear for my kiddos. Adam and I rbought home LOTS of gloves/snowpants/hats/scarves/coats from her coworkers. The card says "Thank you for helping to keep our hands and bodies warm"
Downtown tree in the park
Ice sculptures!
One in process of being carved
Family backcountry snowboard day
Adam on his new splitboard
Tundra has lots of friends--- this is Scooter!
Snowmachine pup
On our way to Figure 8 lake w/ Brad, Brittany, and Scooter for some ice fishing
A peak of sunshine
Jacket was fine, but goggles didn't last long!
Day 1 of our 3 day Avalance course. 11 hour days! Adam on his first fine search with the beacon
On the Turnagain Arm
The rest of our group practicing rescue with beacons
Day 2 in the field was digging snow pits and checking the layers
Adam's first compression test
watching another group descend Tin Can
Day 3 in the field was planning routes and using the terrain to our advantage-- ESPECIALLY in this 35 degree, rainy RED LIGHT weather!
Short and sweet this time. Might add more later, busy day today! \
:)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
