Brooke's 19th

Big vegetable

Guess what were having for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Moose, potato, carrot stew

So, the freezer was full of moose and the garage was full of carrots and potatoes from the garden harvest.....

And we canned up some moose stew!  7 quart jars and 14 pint jars, praise God for His provision.  

Remple carrots

We had many harvest opportunities this summer and fall here in Alaska.  

One such harvest came this fall when the organic farmers that the boys worked for invited
families into their fields to glean.

We picked carrots for our family and plenty to share with friends as well.

Next we took them over to a friends house and we all washed the carrots to prepare them for winter storage.

Next comes the carrot souffle, carrot cakes, carrot soup, and so forth!  YUM 

Moose processing

Lonnie and Alex both drew moose cow tags this year :)  Lonnie was able to harvest his moose. 

Now the work begins.  Thank the Lord for good friends to help. 

Here I am getting some instruction on how to cut put our moose (Lonnie had to be away during this part)

8 hours of cutting and grinding total...and after sharing a quarter with the land owner and another quarter
with our friends in return for all their help...we still put almost 250 lbs in our freezer.  Wow!

Making Runzas

Time to do something with our giant cabbage!  

Sight seeing with Dave and Michelle

 Dan Orion Charter - Quentin's ~90 to 100 lb Halibut

 Our catch (OK, captain caught the big one)

 Denali

 Small humpback on Major Marine glacier/wildlife cruise

 Glacier

 Katrina and Anita

 Dave, Michelle, and Katrina on Seward train

 Turnagain arm from Seward train

 The sat in the rear car, so got a shot out the back

 Glacier

 7 falls

 Orca - hard to photograph

 jellyfish

Prince William Sound glacier cruise

Turned out to be a rainy day, but still amazing!

Yes, that is one of the glaciers behind Alex and I.  We heard and saw a calving while there too.

Lots of wildlife to see.  

The Glacier 26 Cruise boat was pretty nice as well.  What a great time together. 

Silver salmon at Jim Creek

Alex catches the first fish, right off the bat.
This is about 4 AM.

Yes, it is Brooke...awake at 4:30 AM !

Randy catches a nice silver, way to go.

Brooke takes care of the cleaning so Dad can head into work for the day... Randy gives her a hand.

Making G'ma Schwiethale's sweet pickles

First time to make sweet pickles.

Looks like we picked the perfect recipe to me :)

Thanks to Grandma.  We sure do miss her. 

Casting lead balls