It's Christmas time!!

It's Christmas time at the Olsen's house. Yes it starts early, but it gives a good feeling in the home. We finally are getting settled into our new home and the whole family loves it. It looks as if I will have to live in Kotzebue for another month or so. I hope it goes fast, I miss Mel and the kids.

Holy Moly look at all of those stockings!!!

These guy's were over by my parents house. There is actually another one behind Momma you can kind of see his rump.

Aidan out at Indian Valley Meats.

The little man stole my spot.

Mel went on a fishing trip this summer when she went down to Anchorage. Yeah, I send her to go catch the halibut. I get sea sick. I'm still secure in my manhood.

We are Moving!!!!!

Well, we are back on the road system! We found a house in Wasilla, off of Knik Goose Bay road.
The process is slow but we are just getting the house together. We love our new home and it is so beautiful here. When we get all of the way done we will put some pictures up. On a sad note Mel and the kids will stay in Wasilla and I will be up in Kotzebue while my company tries to figure out a two week on two week off schedule. I hope it does not take more than a couple of months.

Hunting in August

Todd my partner from work and I decided to go boating down the coast the other day. We took one of our pilots with us. We found this little secluded beach that can only be reached with a boat. I found a walrus skeleton with the head still attached.


Found some jelly fish in the water. I think these two were mating. This was a vindication for Melissa because earlier in the week she got stung by jelly fish in both legs and people were telling her there weren't any in the region. Hah!! We also traveled 60 miles south past the Arctic circle to Puffin island, It is the most northern nesting grounds for the puffin. Look at all of those birds. I have never seen anything like it.
We dropped off our friend and Todd and I decided to do a impromptu hunting trip. This was our camping spot. Can't you just smell the moose?We woke up early in the morning and cruised really slow up and down the slews. Keeping our eye out for the big one.

Yes sir. I got it!! Sixty Eight inch rack! And now we have all that meat in the freezer.

No hormones and we were able to take 700 lbs of meat with out bones. Needless to say I had a lot of happy friends. It was awesome. I was praying to find a moose to catch and 30 minutes latter there he was silhouetted against the sky with his antlers looking like two huge satellite dishes bobbing up and down.




We got home late and here was a nice picture as we pulled into the boat harbor.