He's Here!

There's a new member of the group here in Fairbanks. Mette and Max gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on New Year's Eve. After waiting as long as he could to make his grand entrance, he's a cutie and definitely a keeper!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to everyone near and far!! I wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

Special thanks to Mette and Max for cutting down my little Christmas tree. Maybe putting 400 lights on a black spruce wasn't the best idea to keep the limbs from sagging, but it works for me. I love my little tree!



PS I'm still working on getting out Christmas cards. Don't hold your breath, but hopefully they're coming. I believe that they will be New Year cards rather than Christmas cards.

Flat Stanley

When I returned from my Thanksgiving vacation, I found Flat Stanley in my mailbox. Flat Stanley was sent to me by my cousin Carly for a little vacation of his own. (Carly is pictured here between Sarah and Ali.)


Flat Stanley was here for one of the coldest times of the year. It was even -43 degrees Fahrenheit one day. We still managed to get out a little bit though. We went dog mushing, visited some reindeer, and saw a polar bear ice sculpture.




All are proof that it's not always dark in the winter and that you can still get out and about when you feel like your nose might fall off from the cold. Thanks for sending him, Carly! He is now on his way to our cousin Abby in Minnesota.

It's Cold!

It's 30 degrees below zero today. This is definitely going to be my coldest Christmas ever!

Here's an article from today's newspaper:

Winter chill puts a frosty bite into Fairbanks’ warmer-than-normal weather
By Tim Mowry
Staff Writer
Published December 18, 2007

Old Ridge Rondy

This past weekend brought another ski race in our friendly series. This one was called the Old Ridge Rendezvous and took place just up the road in Ester, Alaska. 29 people showed up for this one.


There were ski jorers...


...mushers...


...and skiiers. I, per usual, took a long time to go the seven miles around the course and as a result became covered in frost by the end of the race. Believe it or not, I wasn't cold although temperatures did hover around -9 degrees for the duration of the race. Winter is certainly here!