Christmas morning! Checking on Kevin and Dara's huskies - what a great way to start this White Christmas!!! This is Taiga.

Aldo

jolly ball

A new football for Abby. Let's see how long it take her to destroy this one. This is football #3.

I must have been really good this year! Thank you santa (Bo)!

Yay!! It's been a long time!

mimosa time

Merry Christmas from Bo, Holly and Abby!!

Starting the Christmas celebration with homemade Amber and Porter.

Christmas eve dinner in McGrath -
fried lynx, homemade french fries, biscuits and lowbush cranberry sauce - yummy!

banana cake - Bo's new favorite!

Bo's Lynx

Our Christmas tree

Abby's new tire toy

What?! I wasn't touching the ornaments, I promise!

Not exactly how we thought we would spend last weekend....
Thursday afternoon started feeling the worst stomach pain in my life!!!! After about 5 hours of thinking I had a stomach virus, I couldn't stand it anymore and Bo called Kas (one of our 2 GREAT nurse practitioners). She met us at the clinic. ACUTE APPENDICITIS!!!!! She hooked me up with some pain meds and antibiotics and started coordinating a medi vac/ life flight to Anchorage. The plane got 15 minutes from McGrath and had to turn around due to weather! We stayed in the clinic all night and had the best care ever, thanks to Kas and Alfred!!!! Life flight made it in the next morning and off to surgery I went (via the most unusual way, unless you live in Alaska that is)!

Me and Alfred in the ambulance in McGrath.
Kas and Alfred stayed with us through the night!!!

Only in Alaska!

Scenic route. About an hour plane ride to Anchorage.

Landing in Anchorage. Bo had a much better seat than I did.

Now, getting in the ambulance and going to Providence Hospital in Anchorage.

And finally, about to go to surgery!

Ptarmigan

A little blurry, but we were so proud. Her first ever real bird retrieve (after being tossed in the house). It's a great start!!

Craft night at the library with Dara and Barb!

Poker night at Kristi's

We thought it would be a good idea to pile the snow up around her house for added insulation - maybe not. HA!

The beaver hat I made for Jerry, he hasn't even seen it yet.

Little black blur - running as hard as she can
Sunny and 30 below zero. She can't stand to be in the house, so Bo bundled up to take her out for a little while. I stayed in and took pictures from the window.

30 below and this is where she wants to be!

Resting or peeing - not sure!

November 12th
We have this much snow already!!
This may be a record snowfall year.

Snow Dog!

My newest creation. I went to a caribou tufting class this weekend!!
(dyed) caribou hair tufted as the flower, porcupine quills and beading on moose hide.

Fishing for blackfish to use as trap bait.
Mark, Bo, Jerry and Cari

Jerry chipping a hole in the ice to get to the blackfish trap

Blackfish

Enjoying these next days before the river freezes up!!