Caribou, Arctic Fox and more...

Well folks, I'm off!!! I'm leaving at 2 a.m. to head up north to bowhunt for Caribou. I've been practicing forever and hopefully it will pay off. Aparantly there is a lot of Arctic Fox and some wolf up north as well, so I might try and get a couple of them. I'll be gone for a week, so please pray that we have a safe trip and that everything goes well up north. With any luck I'll have some nice pictures to post when I get back. Hope everyone is doing well. Jen's mom is here for a month and has been a big help with Gavin.

Miss you guys

~ J

Our newest addition to the family. We got Sally about two months ago. She is a Brittney Spaniel and she's my new hunting dog. Grouse anyone?  

Imagine our suprise when we were putting away our clothes and found this cutie buried in the pile.  

Portable taste tester -- Gavin enjoys "sampling" all of the fixing BEFORE dinner.  

While cooking dinner, Gavin decided that he wanted to snack on some canned corn. Mmmm good.  

What a ham -- Gavin is crazy. I don't know where he gets all those facial expressions. Uncle Jared, do you know...? 

I meant to post this picture earlier. Gavin and Jen at the lake. It's getting cold here. Mid 30's. Yuck. More snow tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well.  

Well, for those of you who don't have the time to go back through my blog and see all the posts we've put on here, I thought I'd let you guys know what I've been up to lately at work.
Currently I am the editor of the Arctic Sentry, a weekly publication. I love my job, despite never wanting to write after leaving Miss Mckeown's English class. Anyway,
We have an 8-page newspaper and I do everything from layout and design to writing and taking pictures. Off and on for about a year, I have been the only one working on the newspaper, which can be very taxing at times.
Thankfully, I have a wonderful Airman who learned the paper business in a snap when she arrived in April and she has been helping me ever since.
Attached is a picture of the front page of tomorrow's newspaper. If you click on it, the link will take you to our newspaper website and you can look at my paper (If you want).

no moose, caribou here I come

Well, I unsuccessfully spent a month hunting moose. The season has ended and will only re-open for one week towards the end of November. Wish me luck. In the meantime, I am planning a trip up north for the end of October where I hope to "harvest" two caribou. I need some meat in my freezer for the long cold winter ahead. Uncle Bob, Caleb, if your reading this, you're more then welcome to come join us in our hunt.
Otherwise, Not much else going on. I changed the look of my blog to Air Force Blue. Not sure how long that will last, the color that is. I will probably change it again. Not sure If I like it. Gavin is growing like a weed. He turns two Jan. 27.
We were hoping to take him to Kenya for a month, but ticket prices are outrageous. Just going from Alaska to the lower 48 is about $700 a person. Add that to $1400 plane tickets from the lower 48 and I need a new job. Chances are we might go to Florida and visit my brother, unless I inherit some money from a great great uncle that I don't know about--then it's Kenya bound we go.
The weather is growing steadily colder. On the bright side, Jen is excited that we get to leave here this coming July. I reenlist in December for another 4 years and in January will find out where we will be stationed next. We are praying for Italy. Keep your fingers crossed.
Anyway, Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day.

Unlucky bunny--bunny soup for me!! If anyone is grossed out by my hunting pictures...then leave. Otherwise, come on over and enjoy some bunny, bear, moose, caribou and grouse soup. I got this bunny on the way home from hunting bear and wolf.