Quick, what did you get for Christmas this year? What did you get for Christmas last year?
I don’t know if I can name a favorite gift from every Christmas, but I know I can name one from my last two Christmases. I got the same thing, this year and last year but I don’t want [...]
Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category
All I want for Christmas are…… socks!
Posted in Family, Holidays, Uncategorized, tagged adoption, christmas 2010, dad, Family, jake, Jo, Kassie, sledding on January 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Our version of the fruitcake
Posted in Families, Family, Funny, Holidays, Traditions, tagged 24 hour salad, four turkeys, mom, mort, nana, sean, Thanksgiving, Traditions, turkey on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Holiday’s are filled with tradition, they themselves are tradition. Not all traditions are great however. Take for instance the 24 hour salad. The 24 hour salad is our families version of a fruitcake. It shows up every Thanksgiving and sits right in the middle of the table beckoning out for someone to scoop its unmatched [...]
Holiday Roads
Posted in Alaska, Holidays, Traditions, Vacation, tagged anchorage, holiday, Thanksgiving, tradition, travel, Vacation on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Traveling is always a chore with a large family. Shoot, it takes us 25 minutes to figure out how we are getting to church every Sunday, and we go every Sunday! Are we taking the van or two cars? Do you need to be there early? Do we have any extra kids? Who is riding [...]
Labor day weekend part I. Dorian and Goliath.
Posted in Families, Fishing, Holidays, tagged dorian, Family, Fishing, halibut, homer, labor day weekend on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Three days to commemorate this summer and we decide to spend them south, as far south as we can drive that is. We spent the Labor Day weekend in Homer, camping errr cabining and fishing. We found a quaint little, and I mean little, cabin down near Homer to hang our hats for the weekend. [...]
A Clammy Memorial Day
Posted in Alaska, Family, Fishing, Holidays, Hunting, Traditions, Vacation, tagged clam gulch, clams, Family, Holidays, Memorial Day, Vacation on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For Memorial Day 2009 we decided to take advantage of the tides coinciding with the holiday to go to Clam Gulch and dig us some clams. After all a man has to be the hunter gatherer for his family. After loading up the van, we headed s0uth with a brief stop at Freddy’s for some [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Posted in Holidays, Traditions, Uncategorized, tagged Family, Holidays, mom, mommy, mother's day on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms out there. I know of no one that worries more, loves more, works more, prays more, cries more, stresses more, or is more proud of their kids. I know in my house growing up and in my house now, mom is the glue, nay the concrete that [...]
It’s so close…..
Posted in Holidays, Vacation, costa rica on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is so close I can taste it, and it tastes fruity. It is so close I can smell it, and it smells like coconut ( of course that could be because I just got out of the tanning bed). It is so close I can feel it, and it feels like warmth. It is [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day to me!
Posted in Holidays, tagged candy, Glenn, valentine, valentine's day, valentino on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Seems odd, wishing a happy Valentine’s Day to ones self. Yet every year at this time I wish myself a happy V day and I am grateful. You see about 41 years ago I averted a terrible destiny, a fate that would’ve have changed my life and led me down a road far off the [...]