I'm a model... Baby Gap, here I come. 

What a cutie, wonder who he gets that from? 

Gavin got some Christmas Eve Pjs. I think he like running around in just his diaper.  

Gavin got a kid's MP3 player for Christmas - spoiled kid.  

The firefighters on base took santa and Sparky the dog through base housing. Gavin got a candy cane and a free ride... :)  

Well, we went to the doctor last week and she was 75% sure that we were having a girl. Today, we went back for a follow up appointment and the doc is 99% sure we are having a baby girl! :) March 16th or so is the due date! We couldn't be happier. We wanted a girl and now we know!! Mom, you'll have a little baby girl to visit soon!  

Back to School

Well, I just got back from my Tuesday night class. I'm taking a New Testament class. The instructor seems really good and I'm looking forward to learning a lot from this class. I am also taking two CLEPs on Thursday and two more in another week. If I pass this class and ace my 4 CLEPs, I'll only be 6 credits away from my Associates. Yeah!!
Anyway, work has been really busy and the temperature has dropped down to "breathe and freeze" weather. With wind chill it's supposed to drop down to -50 tonight. Anyone want to visit? :) Tomorrow we find out if we are having a boy or a girl. We are hoping for a girl, but "we're happy with whatever he/she turns out to be" blah blah blah. How cliche. We'll update tomorrow, I know everyone we'll be waiting eagerly. By the way, the due date is March 16th.

I'm a big boy -- We bought Gavin a child's shaving kit. Now he shaves like daddy. He didn't miss a single spot.  

Mission Fair -- Our church had a mission fair Wednesday night. Gavin loved the cotton candy.

Meat processing 101 -- It took three guys seven hours to process three caribou into hamburger, steak and roast. mmmmm good.  

uh-oh -- Gavin was caught spreading banana pudding all over his face and hair.  

A pirate and a lion, what an odd combination.  

Gavin with g'ma -- Gavin has enjoyed spending time with g'ma Cobbs.  

Trick-or-Treat -- Gavin braved the cold weather on the 31st and went out with mommy to fill his candy bag.

I didn't take this picture, but this is the type of fox I shot.  

I stalked this bull caribou for over an hour. Talk about a rush. He finally moved down over the top of a ridge and I was able to get around a small hill and shot him from 40 yards away. He ran about 150 yards and fell down. The other caribou I shot was a little less than 20 yards away. I also shot an arctic fox that was on the side of the road. All and all it was an awesome trip. The temperature ranged from -12 to 20 degrees. But we were the only hunters up there. Dad, wish you could have been here.  

Caribou success!! We left early Sunday morning and arrived up north (150 miles from Prudoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean) and set up camp. We spotted one lone caribou near our camp and tried to go after him, but had no luck. Monday we found several hundred caribou, but they were scattered over the tundra with no where to sneak up on them.  

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.  

Not much happens around here, so when a witch ran into a telephone pole it was quite the news for the past week. Actually, everyone decorates early for the winter holidays b/c pretty soon it will be to cold to do anything outside. This was put up just down the street from us.