Trick-or-Treating on Halloween

We had a fun Halloween Day!!

Tracy went to work dressed as Sarah Palin; in a suit, hair up, glasses, and a gun...it looked good. (Sorry...no one was up at 5am to take a picture of me. )

Chris went to work dressed as Teen Wolf.

(no pictures of that one either...sorry)

Emily went to Daycare today dressed as the Little Monster...and we have a ton of pictures of that!! She wore the costume while we went trick-or-treating in Downtown Kodiak...with about a thousand other kids!! She had a great time and got to walk all over the place!! She even collected candy! Not much, but she got the gist of what was going on.

She got fussy and tired about 2 hours earlier then normal, probably due to all that walking. She eventually went to bed about an hour early...and the doorbell is still ringing with trick-or-treaters, and she's still sound asleep!!!!

2008 Pumpkin Carving in Alaska!

We had a lot of fun this year carving our pumpkins.

Emily was able to get in on the fun and it was cool to see her trying to help out!

Chris' 1st Prime Time Appearance!

That's right! Bob Woodruff was in Kodiak, Alaska today to do a story on the Rescue Swimmers!

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We don't know much about who/what/when/where/why...but, Chris did a SAR (search and rescue) Demo for the ABC Cameras! If you happen to catch the news story, Chris is the "swimmer" in the demo!!

Like I said...we don't know the who/what/when/where/why...so, don't ask just yet. If they have the article available online...don't worry...we'll find it and post it on the Blog!!!

Preparing for Halloween

Well, Halloween is at the end of the week and we are all ready to go in our new Halloween Costume! Our Lil Monster will be doing a little Trick-or-Treating around the block, just to show off the costume.

You'll have to admit that she is the cutest Little Monster Ever!!

For Your Viewing Pleasure

Question for the Masses.

Well, the weather here in Alaska is rather dry. I use lotion everyday, so I hardly ever have dry skin. However, my eyelids are another story. This past week my eyelids have been SUPER dry...red...and burning. I don't know what to put on them. I mean...it's my eye! You can't just put anything on there! A perfumed lotion will burn the sensitive skin. Some of these other products say not get get them close to your eyes. I also need to wear eyeshadow everyday, which means that the redness is covered, but it also means that a remedy will need to be removed for most of the day. (without the eyeshadow I just look old & tired...it's needed)


Anyway, I thought I'd "throw this one out there" to see if anyone has any feedback.
Thanks!

Sandbagg'n It

So, these photos were taken a few days ago...before the First Alaskan Snow.

The day before it snowed we drove down the road to a...I don't know exactly what they call it...but, it's a big mountain of sand. Our neighbor suggested that we fill the bed of the truck with sandbags in order to weigh it down, therefore it being less-likely to fishtail on the icy roads. What a Genius Idea! Our neighbor, also known as Senior Chief, gave me a few empty sandbags...and it was up to us to go fill them up.

Well, the weeks went by and we just never got a chance to go collect sand. Finally, I was reading the weekly weather for the radio station and noticed that last Tuesday was going to be our LAST POSSIBLE DAY of good weather before the storm front came in.

storm front

So, in the 30 degree weather, Chris and I drove to the sand pile and filled our 6 sandbags. As we were there at the base of the mountain you could see the storm front coming in off of the horizon...it started to rain just a few hours later.

...Now, driving with the sandbags in the bed of the truck, you can feel that with the weight, the whole vehicle feels more grounded. The roads are icy and with the weight of the sandbags there is less of a chance of slipping while driving! Great Idea! Thanks Senior Chief!!