Hunting and Gathering!!!!

In case the 3 of you (it has came to my attention that my audience consists of approx. 3 people... hi mom) are wondering what we do in Tok....... So far we have spent most of our free time gathering cranberries and hunting for grouse. This is due mostly to the fact that we get no TV reception. "Heroes" are a distant yet fond memory and the Roloffs ("Little People Big World") are no longer part of my little television family. No, I have had to resort to actually living my own life!

As I was saying we have been picking cranberries. Our yard is covered in them! So far we have made cranberry sauce, pancakes, and smoothies! Our urinary tracts must be uber healthy right now!

Vincent and Em making Cranberry Pancakes!!!


We didn't have any luck grouse hunting but it was fun any ways. Vince and Cody started out with a little bit of target practice.........


He is a natural of course!!!!


Then we took a drive down the original "Alaskan Highway". (At least that is what we were told... It actually came to a dead end at the bank of a river so I am pretty sceptical! )

The Original "Alaskan Highway"????


Looking for Grouse!

Emily decided that she did not need a gun. She decided she would use these sticks to kill the grouse.... she said she would just, "poke there eye's out". That' s my little princess! This is the same child that wanted to kill 50 bunnies to make a big fur blanket! She didn't get her blood lust from me!!

Oh and in case you are wondering why Vince was carrying 2 guns...... here's your answer!!!

Home sweet Home!!!

By popular demand....(okay, by the request of two people....) I have decided to post pictures of the inside of my beautiful house! Most of you will probably choose to pass on looking at pictures of my rental ....... but for those of you who, like me have lived in crappy rentals for all of your adult lives, there is hope out there! We may not get to live here long but I will enjoy every moment of living in a house with white walls, a yard and no neighbors!!!!

This is my living room. Look how good my 15 year old furniture looks in it!

This here is a little built in desk hidden away in a little nook in the living room. There are built in shelves that you can not see in the picture...... I purposely left that out because they are filled with junk....... but cool none the less!


This is my dinning room.... in case you couldn't tell!


And of course....this is where the magic happens! (If you consider getting kicked in the face by two little rugrats all night long magic.........)

This is one of our three bathrooms!!!!

This is Emmy's room..... no it is not your imagination, her room is bare!

I didn't think it was possible but even the kids' play room looks bare!

This is a section of Cody's enormous room that he never sleeps in.


Last but not least is the down stairs bathroom with the huge tub!

Hope you enjoyed seeing our new house! Now get out of here!!!!!

Tok or bust!!!!!

This has been a crazy month! But it looks like we are finally settled in! The kids and I are in our new house and loving it! There is only one problem with it.... it is for sale! Lets all hope and pray that it doesn't get sold! (At least until spring!) Vince is still in Fairbanks and won't be back home with us until December. He is doing his field training for the troopers. It is going fine for him but we are wishing he was at home with us.
So about Tok...... Tok is super small! There is one little grocery store, a couple of gas stations, and everyone in Tok has the last name of "Young" (give or take a few). People here have been really nice to us and always say, "welcome to Tok"! The coolest thing we have seen in Tok is Muk-Luk-land. And as luck would have it we live rights down the road from Muk-Luk-Land. Now I am not real sure what Muk-Luk-Land is but I am pretty sure it is going to give Disney a run for it's money! Muk-Luck-Land is closed until spring but it doesn't stop us from standing under the big Muk-Luk for a picture!

Another Tok highlight is our bathtub! The kids would take a bath every day if I would let them. But because I am the "water Nazi", (a title given to me by my wonderful husband who showers 5 times a day....) I only allow them to swim in the big tub once a week!

Cody is the best boy. Him and his big old mop of red hair! I don't know how I got to be so lucky!! He picked the room downstairs and has not stayed down there once. I don't freakin blame him..... (everyone knows that is where ghost hang out!) He said that he is "starting to get used to school". And he really likes his teacher! He has to ride the bus home tomorrow and is pretty worried....... but then again so am I. (We are like two peas in a pod!) His school is k-12 and he is one of 11 kids in his class! We thought it was funny that some of the kids ride 4 wheelers and dirt bikes to school! Only in rural Alaska do they have ATV parking at the school!!!

Emily is getting taller... not bigger just taller. She is always smacking her brother around and he lets her! Her dad took her to get her ears pierced in fbks. He was trying to "surprise me". (more like he was trying to get it done before I could say NO!". She always gets them snagged on everything.... guess it is the price for beauty (who needs earlobes anyways?!). She and I are going to volunteer at the local head start so hopefully she will get a chance to meet some new friends. I am also going to put my name on the sub list at head start. On the days I get called to sub they will let me take Em with me!

Speaking of Halloween......... my big 5th annual Halloween party is going to be held the 27th of October. So far no one has sent me an RSVP! It might just be me, the kids, and a big bowl of candy corn this year!
Bye for now! If you have made it this far through my ramblings then good for you! I will post more when something exciting happens........or maybe the next time I wake up at 2:00am and realize that I don't have cable!