Wow, 1 Month Already!

I am trying to get back into this blogging thing but already 1 month has passed. I can't even believe it. One interesting point is as I was looking at everyone else's blog it seems as though I might not be the only one with this problem!


But I thought I would update on my recent trip to Alaska. A last minute an opening came to go Black Bear hunting with my dad, my brother, Jason, and a co-worker, Chris. I jumped on it and am so glad I did. We had so much fun and it was such an incomparable experience. Alaska has so much wildlife and scenery, it's really like no other place I've ever been. Although I have been to Alaska a few times before, I have never experienced it quite like this.

We went on a 50' boat and cruised the Prince William Sound looking for bears. We stayed on the boat all week unless we saw a bear and wanted to hunt it or if we were going to just go look for bears on our own.

I did get a bear. I was actually the first one. I really prefer to shoot animals that I spot as I feel like it's much more my own and I was so glad that I spotted this bear first. I really wanted to get a bear and didn't have too much of a preference on how big it was, so long as it wasn't a baby! Their hides are absolutely amazing this time of year as they are just coming out of their dens from winter. It was so thick and beautiful, I don't know if I'll even need to go bear hunting again!


We caught shrimp the whole time and had fresh shrimp everyday. They were huge and so yummy, but you'd never think you could get sick of eating shrimp, but we did!

There was so much wildlife. We saw a little bit of everything! These are Mountain goats on the hillside if you can see them! One is laying down toward the top and one is eating toward the bottom.


We rode around in a little raft when we got off the big boat. I wore a life vest every time we got in it! I was the only one, but the ocean is big and cold and I didn't want to utilize my swimming skills with all my hunting apparel on!

Some of the things we saw were more like what you'd see in a picture! I missed the family quite a bit and was very glad to get home. It was a whole week away and by the end I was starting to say things like, "I am NEVER leaving home for a full week again" and "I'm starting to wonder if this hunting thing is overrated!" Now that I've been home a while I'm back to normal though!



Jason and Chris both got bears as well. It was so fun to see and hunt so many bears. We ended up seeing almost 40 Black bears! I felt like I was in the middle of a bear factory with a few of the best hunters I know! It was a pretty jam packed trip to say the least!

We saw a lot of icebergs. It was definitely a new experience. One time we were just navigating through an iceberg field. It was spooky and a little too Titanic like! The water temperature kept dropping and is was the time I was most glad to have a captain driving the boat instead of me!

What We Are Up to Now!

Yes, yes, it's been a while. As you might have guessed...we've been busy! So to avoid a potential 3 hour blog post I have decided to briefly update you in highlights of the last 8 months. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long. No wonder I forgot my blogger's account password! But all else aside, my busy season is winding down and it's May 3rd and snowing!

So starting from where we left off - we crashed the newest member of our family. We were on our way to Michigan to see Todd's brother's family. Long story short - icy roads, jack-knifed semi-truck, some skilled driving from Todd, and we're all okay. We only made it to Wyoming. We learned a lot and everyone was okay. Po took one for the team and did his job protecting the family. Grateful we have such a high-powered vehicle to tow it home with though, whew!

We went to Boise and raced.

Dane and his dad, Lonald, went too.

Savannah and I were both there and Nate was there somewhere too, but it was cold and he was little! And yes, I do think I'm getting a little wrinkly too. It was after this trip I took my own trip to the Skin Dr! Starting an SPF regimen now.

This was back when we had a manual transmission in Rocky and he had a hard time getting off the line. Luckily we don't have that problem anymore!

The truck broke on this trip (it breaks on almost every trip!), but luckily Po was able to return the favor and tow Rocky home. Soooo grateful we have 2 high powered vehicles!

Then we had Christmas. It was so much more fun than Christmases past. Savannah actually got into it. These are photos we had taken of the kids. They turned out pretty cute.

We took these at the same time, just not all in Christmas outfits!

Then another race in Phoenix. We were so proud to upgrade to a stack, automatic transmission, and nitrous for this trip. Although not everything functioned perfectly, it was another great day at the drags.

The Jensen family was there again along with the Cedar City crew- pretty much everyone we know in Cedar! The kids and I didn't make it on this trip. I had to go to Reno for a convention and sending the kids alone with Todd...well let's just say he's really not a multi-tasker!

And of course we were able to Dyno on this trip as well. Always a real crowd-pleaser!

Some fun updates on the kids. They are still so cute. Savannah is 2 and Nater is 10 mos. This is Savannah in her Easter dress with her cousins in Cedar.

Nater is huge, huge, huge, and so so so cute! He is so happy! Todd loves that his face is wider than mine. We are starting to guess when I'll be the shortest member of our family! (Yes, still working on my wrinkles!)

Nate loves Savannah, even so much he's willing to share everything with her.

Savannah loves playing with Nate too! He doesn't fit in this stroller anymore, but it sure was cute when he did!

Todd and Savannah don't always see eye to eye, but then again, not many people do with Todd. We had a couple nice days, we even thought summer might be on it's way!

And to officially catch you up. We recently went to a dyno event and have come to the conclusion that the truck is officially still a work in progess. Really we are so lucky that Todd has a hobby, or what else would we post about?!