Man, it's been two weeks since the last entry. Shame on me. Anyway, before I get into what we've been doing, be sure to take a look at my good friend Kevin's new blog, www.artofsteel.blogspot.com. It's great.
The Tuckers have been busy and crazy as ever. Brandon is officially an old man, having turned 32. He expects his first Social Security check to arrive any day. The temperature right now is about 7. That's fahrenheit, if you're curious. We have about a foot of snow on the ground, which we've been enjoying, especially Malcolm and Daddy. We even have a cool snow mountain with a tunnel in the front yard. On the weekends we love to go sledding.
Last week we joined the other locals downtown for the big Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Santa was there with his reindeer, and this being Alaska, they were REAL reindeer, pulling the sleigh and everything. The next day we visited a local candy company that has the world's tallest chocolate waterfall, not counting Willy Wonka's. And this afternoon Malcolm and Stephanie built a gingerbread house. When it was finished, I politely suggested she attend architectural school. She was not amused.
Steph and I also took the rare opportunity to go out recently. We partied with some friends at Chilkoot Charlie's ("Koot's"), the most legendary bar in Alaska. And in a state that drinks this much, that's saying something. The best part was Stephanie drank more than I did. We danced, sang and generally made asses of ourselves. It was perfect.
These days it's work and school, with whatever time we have left spent together. The weather is full-blown winter now, with snow every few days. The temperature will range from 25/30 down to 10/0, though we've enjoyed it so far.
We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Love,
Brandon, Stephanie, Malcolm and Chloe
1 comment:
"Making asses" is a very liberal term!!! But it was great fun!!!
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