The Beauty of the Night

Over Spring break I had time to play around with nighttime photography. I caught this shot of the Northern Lights over Brevig Mission. I love the glare of the ice, the lights of town, the silhouette of the mountains, the green band of Aurora and the twinkling stars above it all. The arctic really is an amazing place.



Jupiter & Venus #1



Jupiter & Venus #2

~AnnMarie

Harold is Going on an Adventure

Harold packed his bags last night preparing for his next big adventure. He will be spending the next six days without his parents as he travels 150 miles to Elim.



He is traveling on two different airplane rides with grandma and grandpa to the stay with his Uncle John. (My parents were here for a visit this past week, I will be sharing about that soon.)



On his agenda for the week: attend the little dribblers basketball tournament, check crab pots and see the Iditarod mushers and dog teams as they pass through Elim on their way to Nome.

I'm sure he'll be coming home with a few stories and a box full of crab to share with his parents.

~AnnMarie

Family Fitness

As part of my New Year's fitness resolution, I decided to start doing an outdoor activity over the weekend in addition to my weekday workouts. Part of that resolution was to include C.O. and Harold to make it a family affair. Sometimes we ditch Harold opt for a babysitter and sometimes we go out as a family.

We've been blessed with an amazing winter this year. The weather has been warm enough and nice enough to get out and enjoy our surroundings.

We've done some hiking . . .

    

and little ice skating too.
After a January thaw followed by a cold snap,

we had this amazing ice on the lagoon just a few 

paces from our back door. We took advantage

of the smooth ice quite a few times.

*Photo courtesy of Mary Crockett

But our most popular activity by far has been cross-country skiing. 

*Photo courtesy of Harold

~AnnMarie