Getting Out With The Girls

After the busy hunting season (which isn't actually over yet) I was feeling like I needed to get in some quality time with my lady friends. Mette was nice enough to host a get together at her house in Fairbanks a couple weeks ago. It was a super fun but I don't have any photos to post, not that there was anything going on that we felt like we needed to hide ;)

I also decided that it would be fun to get outside before the weather turned so I reserved the Lisa Lake Cabin and invited a bunch of my Delta lady friends out for the night. We had a blast and there are lots of photos to prove it.

If you look closely you can see the ladies hiking along the shore.


Ellen and I took the boat across the lake to the cabin, it turned out to be a lot faster to hike!The view from the cabin.

We took a hike from the cabin out to the Johnson River, very nice.

Here is Heather setting up for the group photo opp.

Here we are: Cindy, Rita, Ellen, Tiffany, Rachelle, Heather and me (minus Brooke, she showed up later).

Relaxing around the campfire.

Cindy and I caught a couple nice lake trout, they tasted great cooked fresh right on the fire.

Brooke gave Cindy some wood chopping lessons.

Dinner is ready! Beans, dogs and fish on the fire, yum! Not that we were at all hungry after eating all the yummy snacks everyone brought, but we still found room for dinner and dessert. Heather's husband had this great idea of wrapping roll dough around the hotdog then cooking them right over the fire. Try it sometime! Our timing was just right with the weather. We woke up to a blanket of white. It was gorgeous, we were all glad to be out in such a pretty spot to welcome in the first snow. Well, maybe welcome isn't the right word but it is time- we do live in Alaska!

Those hot drinks taste so good on a snowy morning.

The all the ladies ready to head back for home, husbands and kids. No offense to my boys but the trip was too short!

Amazing how much stuff eight ladies will pack in for just one night :)

Cindy rows the boat ashore.


Thanks for the great trip ladies- we will definately have to do it more often!!!

Sneak Peek

Here is a quick look at some of the things we do to keep life interesting during the week.

Playing with Owen, Torsten and Sara is always at the top of our list.

Think these boys will be embarrassed when they are teenagers and we pull out this picture of them smooching in the dog kennel?

Riding the tricycle is another sure hit.
We love picking berries, unfortunately now the only thing that is left are Rose Hips. Wyatt and Nugget can have them all.

Taking the goat to the library is sure to bring alittle excitement to your day. We got invited to participate in Pet Day for the preschoolers at the library. Nugget did great and he was probably the most popular pet there, even though he pooped and peed on the floor ...well maybe that's why he was the most popular?

Play dates are always fun. We get to together with these ladies and kids once a week.

We had everyone over to our place and Wyatt showed all his little friends how to climb the Elk's fence.

And you might not think that playing with the strainer is very interesting but your not a one and half year old little boy.

It's a Helmet....

oh wait, it's a jungle gym.

Hmmm, very interesting NOW it's a drum! Amazing don't you think?

And there is soo much more, there is just not enough time to blog ALL of the fun!!!