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I keep this blog with the help of my husband. It chronicals our adventures, whether its living in the far north, parenthood, keeping up with our small city homestead or just trying to make a tasty meal.

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December 31, 2011

2011: The year in review

2011 was a big year for our family with the addition of Zelda in September. After an initial trip to Dallas in August to meet our birth mom and test whether we could survive the Texas heat, we headed south again over Labor Day weekend and then awaited her arrival. She showed up right on time and we spent the next couple of weeks getting to know each other before we all returned to Alaska as a family of three.

Of course with the addition of a baby, our fall and winter have been filled with firsts for Zelda. Her first Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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We also made a quick trip back to Iowa so that she could meet most of her extended family and attend Zach's cousin's wedding.

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September 19, 2010

Fall Colors & the First Annual Zaletel Honey Harvest

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Fall is here. The leaves are changing colors and dropping to the ground. We're actually lucking out this fall, it's not been rainy so we've been able to enjoy the crisp temps and fall colors more than the typical two weeks. Yes, the weather has been like this for about four weeks now. That's made for some beautiful sunsets along Turnagain Arm. I love when the mountains glow purple. It almost makes the loss of daylight worth it (that's obviously the season talking, in a few months I'll be wishing for the long days again).

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August 18, 2010

Northern Schoofs Reunion

Zach and I spent last weekend in Juneau visiting with Tony and his family. The visit was awesome. We had a great time, enjoying beautiful weather, gold panning, hiking, visiting the Alaskan Brewing Company and trying to beat the Pandemic (unfortunately we didn't beat it this time).

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We even expanded the Schoofs presence in Alaska a little further with a call to Zach's parents and learned they made the exact same thing for dinner that we made. Apparently that day the Schoof's stars were aligned.

We took Connor on a hike on Sunday where we ran into a small black bear cub. Connor was a pro and kept his calm. We were able to move on past without incident. Sorry no picture, but we decided to just keep moving and not stop for pictures. We look forward to having family close and to having them to Anchorage some time soon.

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July 20, 2010