Alaska's Governor VP Candidate...Go Sarah

Yeah, the Governor of the Great State of Alaska was named as Vice President Candidate this morning. Go Sarah!!!

Ocean Time...

So, do you know those trips where you have such a fun time, you can only describe it as "magical" as nerdy as that sounds? Well, our trip to Seward two weekends ago was just that...pure magic. We took our boat out for some weekend fun and fishing and it was perfect. We anchored up in coves during the night to sleep, we fished, we relaxed...it was bliss. I LOVE THE NEW BOAT. If I knew we would have this much fun with it, I would have let Marc talk me into upgrading to a bigger boat sooner. (The only down fall was the "honey bucket" we had to use for the "unmentionables" down below...ewww. Marcus, I will never look at you in the same light.)

For two nights it was Marc, Marcus and myself. There was no set schedule, we did as we pleased, we fished, sang along to the 80's CDs, napped, drank, fished more, napped more, drank more...it was wonderful. We didn't catch many fish those first days, but it sure was fun. Actually, we didn't rightly care that we hadn't caught too much. We were just having fun relaxing and enjoying each other’s company.

Then there came Saturday...and Kevin showed up! Kevin is one of our dear friends...and all he wanted to do was fish - fish - fish! He broke the relaxing streak, made us work, travel, spend gas, lose weights, bate, snag bottom, fish -fish - fish. Now, in the beginning of Kevin's visit, I was a little thrown off guard...I mean...I was there to RELAX...what about my NAP...it was 10:00am, and wasn't it time for a Margarita yet??? While I was thrown off guard to begin with, Kevin became the king of fishing. He got us on all the fish, and we went home with quite the load! Thanks Kev for your help! We would have gone home nearly empty handed if it wouldn't have been for you.

So the trip was blast...enjoy the pictures below. As you will see we did alot of fishing, napping, and drinking. It was the perfect trip ever! Until next time...

Dipnetting the Kenai River...

I had my first experience Dipnetting on the Kenai River this year. For those of you who aren't aware, Dipnetting is fishing by netting them. It is subsistence fishing for residents of Alaska. Marc & I and our good friends Kevin & Angela and their kids had a fun camping/fishing/dinetting trip. It was a good time and we got SOOOO many fish. Actually 265 pounds of Red Salmon. Yummy. That is so much fish I can't even believe it. We are sending a good large shipment of the fish to our close friend Joyce in Missouri whom we miss dearly. (Joyce we love you and miss you so much. We think about you all the time and can't wait to see you again someday soon.) Anyway, I had to post some pictures of our fishing trip even though we didn't have a chance to take too many pictures. 

Marc netting the salmon...

Chani having a blast in the rain and the cold...

THE GUT PILE...EWWW!

So, at the end of the trip, I was breaking down camp, and the tent and I had an argument...in the end the tent totally won. Check out my first shiner...this photo is actually not at my black eyes worst...it got much much darker, but I don't have photos of that...

Family Time Fun

Marc and I had a wonderful trip to Utah. It was hot, it was fun, there was family, there were nieces and nephews...LOTS OF THEM...it was perfect! As you know, we went down to Northern Utah in July for some much needed family time. Marc hasn't gone home to Utah in years...it was wonderful for him to get to see everyone, and the nieces and nephews he has missed, and some he hadn't even met yet. (You know, I don't think we can officially call Utah "home" anymore since Alaska is TOTALLY our home now...but you know what I mean). I wish Marc had more time to spend with his parents, but as usual I stole him away the whole time. I'm going to work on this for the next trip...

I had so many photos I wanted to share, it would take forever to upload each of them. So below is a photo album of some of the pictures from our trip. We had swim time, family time, outdoors time, sledding time, demolition derby time, and just plain fun time. Enjoy the photos!

Time for Blogging...

As always my blogging posts come WAY after the events that I am blogging about. So Marc is on the Nushigak River moose hunting...(wasn't he on the Nushigak River salmon fishing last time I posted? That shows you how much my husband is away and the only time I seem to have free time.) Anyway, so Marc is away, and this gives me some much needed time to blog on all that has been going on in our lives. I have so many fun pictures to share; I can't wait to post them for you all. Our friends always make fun of me since I started this blog, because when we are together all they here me say is..."Let's get a picture of this for my blog!" I am such a nerd I know, but I love the nerdinesss in me! So I guess let's get started on what's up with the Pratt's in Alaska!!!