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Peppernuts

Posted in Holidays, Traditions, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Now, as an outsider, when you read the title of this post I can only imagine what you must be thinking. However, it is again about tradition and food, two of my favorite things. You see since as long as I can remember peppernuts have been a part of my life. They bring back memories of some [...]

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Our version of the fruitcake

Posted in Families, Family, Funny, Holidays, Traditions, tagged , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Holiday Roads

Posted in Alaska, Holidays, Traditions, Vacation, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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My favorite story teller

Posted in Alaska, Family, Fishing, Traditions, tagged , , , , , on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I need to vent, and when I vent I usually like to write. So you all get to be the brunt of my vent.
First, this week we heard from OCS ( for the first time in forever) that Jo will be leaving us forever on July 19. This news came out of the blue and [...]

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A Clammy Memorial Day

Posted in Alaska, Family, Fishing, Holidays, Hunting, Traditions, Vacation, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Then and Now

Posted in Church Activities, Family, Traditions, tagged , , , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By nature I am not much of a worrier, I am a bit of a go- with -the- flow type of guy. Like all personality traits, this can be a good thing and it can be a bad thing. At times it drives people crazy, but I don’t let that worry me. Besides, Matthew 6:34 [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted in Holidays, Traditions, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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Time for something a little lighter; A Superbowl snack?

Posted in Family, Recipes, Traditions, tagged , , , , , , , on January 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Before we get started, a little housekeeping. I have added an email subscription link to the right. If you enter your email address once, then every time there is a new post, you will get an email to the post. I use this for several blogs I follow, and it is great for the lazy [...]

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