Winter

Winter is here. It's September 24th and we are having high temperatures in the mid to upper 30's with lows in the upper 20's. The sea surface temperature along the Kotzebue Sound is drawing closer to freezing, it's around 35 now. At this rate, we should have freeze up by the end of the month. I'm excited to try out the new snowmobile.
Patrick and I are sick with swine flu. We were running temperatures in excess of 103 with all the typical flu symptoms. We are over the fever, but this cough never seems to give up. I've been working overnight, so we have been spending our days together at home. Hopefully by Monday he'll be well enough to return to school. If I'm feeling up to it this weekend, I'm gonna go to the range and get my guns ready for hunting season. I'll be eligible to hunt beginning November 10th.

Here's me sick


Here's Chris eating fruit snacks:


Here's the kids trying on their Halloween outfits: