How to eat seagull eggs, by Kaisa

"Here is how to eat seagull eggs (sounds like see-gl) momma. First you let Uyaana's dad get you some.



"Uhm, first after that you boil em. Well, you put some hot water and you put them in the pot and just wait for it. That's how to boil.



"Then put one on a plate, and then you crack it.



"And, and then you cut it. Then you eat it, when you're done taking all of the shelves off of it.



"Well cut them in half, and then, you sprinkle them. You know, with salt. THEN you eat them mom...with a fork, or your hand.



"They taste good, that's how you make em.

"Did I do good, did I get an "A" momma?"



Yes, YES you did baby!

Crazy Girls...

The First Annual Kotzebue Sound Racing Association's Women's 120 race buzzed by us on Saturday morning.

The kids had Saturday School to make up for a storm day, so most everyone was wide awake at the eleven o'clock start time. Cathy came over and we went out to around Lockhardt to watch.


Heather Lane on an Arctic Cat F6


Samantha Harris-Richards, the overall winner, on an F7

During the time it took to wait for the girls to come back, we fished...and fished...and fished... to no avail! Chad took his auger out and drilled five holes for us. We sat there, BS'ed about who was going to win, and who was going "slow" on the way out... Maybe the fish heard us gossiping and decided they weren't going to bite.







So, we set up camera's and tripods and video cameras and waited for the women to come back...


Phyllis Harris on an F6


Muck Viviros on an AC 570


Leanne Viveiros on an AC Z570


Helen Harris, a late entry...


Eva Jones on a Ski-Doo 550


Autumn Mitchell on a Ski-Doo 550 MXZ


Some people's snow machine's didn't make it back in the same condition they went out with...like Zazell Staheli. :)


Cathy Jones...Aqvaluk Photography... www.tundratantrum.blogspot.com :)

I didn't take too many photos, as I was videoing the race next to a trail marker. A few times there, I thought one of the racers would hit the camera!

Here are the results for both classes:


As much as I'd love to win that kind of money, I can't ride that fast. I spoke with Samantha after the race, and being out there, all alone, makes you really think about your kids, and your family. She said she was a little scared and that she felt somewhat selfish at times, BUT had a lot of fun. This was it for her though, no more racing. Coincidentally, her daughter's 4th birthday was Sunday, and they got her a cute pink 120 snowmachine...Maddie is ready to ride! :)

I'm just too chicken to ride that fast!

Easter Fun!

The girls had FUN, FUN, FUN yesterday. It was a little sad waking up with no kids to surprise with baskets full of candy, but our house was a little cold in the morning, so the kids slept at their grandparents house to stay warm!!!

Dean finally figured out what the problem was on our boiler, so now we have hot water and can shower, bathe, wash clothes and wash dishes (phew! yay!) with hot water. Oh, and we have heat too! That's important. Although we were enjoying wearing yarn socks, long johns and sweatshirts to bed, waking up to stand next to the fireplace and warm up! It was just like camp used to be in our very own house.

So..the girls finally came over and had a BLAST hunting for eggs. Koy went outside and hid about 100 plastic eggs all around our house.


He hid them all over, including on the car and on the snowmachines...



...On the hills around our house...



...in the holes dug up to get the sled and 4-wheeler out...



...on the roof of the shop AND house...





...they had a grand time!



We finished off the hunt with hot chocolate and peeps!

It was a good day.