We were expecting a pretty BIG storm last week. Thankfully it was not as bad as they predicted. About 12 inches of snow fell during the storm adding it the little we already had. Justice and I managed to get outside for a couple minutes when the wind had died down.
Halloween. What a great holiday, a chance to eat candy, dress in funny costumes, carve pumpkins, and scare trick-or-treaters. We did it all in style this year. Justice was the Dark Knight, Mommy was a pink cowgirl, and Daddy was Rocky Balboa. But prior to us dressing up for a costume party, we set up our arctic entry as a mini haunted house for little trick-or-treaters. Amy would answer the door, leading the unsuspecting costume clad victims into our entry way. And when they were comfortable and grabbing some candy from an assortment of bowls, James jumped out of the belly of a skeleton mounted on our wall. Sometimes he scared the parents more than the kidos. Well, until next year!
Together we make Slim Jim!
That was just one of the many punch lines in our first ever clown act. Needless to say we were the only ones laughing at our jokes, as the little 3 year olds were a tough crowd. The balloon animals and face painting were a hit…..thank goodness! Only time will tell whether or not we have a future in the clown business! Hey you have to admit we look pretty funny?!
Hey what is that I hear?
Oh no, a hunter! I better hide!
Shucks! He got me!
Musk Oxen, frost, flat tires or our little 220 4-wheelers that run out of gas won’t stop us from making the most of these last few great days before winter sets in. Yeah, that’s right this herd of musk oxen were on the road on our beautiful enjoyable drive till we got a flat at 10:30 pm on a Thursday night. While James was taking care of the flat I heard a whizzing sound on the other side of the car. Great! Another flat and only one spare. Thankfully we were able to fix one flat in the middle of nowhere and the other one. Well let’s just put it this way, the mechanic repaired it and basically said it should get you home. Berry picking season is about over as it has frosted over about 4 different nights already. Stay tuned as Justice is pushing himself up to his knees and rocking himself back and forth. A crawler maybe in our near future. Exciting or scary; to be determined!
Completed mural for White Mountain School Commons
James has recently arrived from his two week trip to White Mountain, AK, where he was commissioned to paint a 8 1/2′ x 30′ mural for the school commons. Justice and I flew in a few days after James started and we helped paint the background in. Justice played in his pack and play, bounce swing, and enjoyed berry picking with mommy while dad was painting. It was a lot of fun, and now White Mountain has become a possible future getaway spot for us, as it was one of the most beautiful places in Alaska we’ve ever visited.
One of those vacations where you need a vacation from what was suppose to be a vacation. No complaints, except for the smoke lingering in Fairbanks the whole week. The highlight of this trip was our side trip to Denali National Park where we saw our first linx in the wild, as well as moose and a coyote and of coarse being able to share this with Grandma Vanderwyst. The other highlight was Justice took his first go of solid food. He likes it, he really likes it!
Feed the starving artist hangs on our fridge is what made me think of the title for this post. I just wanted you all to see one of his latest as the next biggest thing on our schedule is we are off to Fairbanks, Ak for James’ art show at New Horizons Art Gallery. We are excited as it has been hard work to prepare and to pack up as 19 paintings that will be traveling with us tomorrow. However the main reason why I am writing is because we just got word that at one of his past mural projects, a time lapse was made and put on youtube.com. Search “The Book Club” and James Adcox and you will be able to watch a short little clip of him at work and see the finished project that he painted 3 years ago in Brevig Mission Village. Enjoy and God bless!
Justice is a big ol’ 18 pounds for his 4 month birthday. More to LOVE!
