Another Necessity....

To help defray the cost of groceries, I have been baking bread for the family. It has truly been a learning experience. It is something that I thought would be easy. However, I have learned that making it is easy, getting it to rise and making it look pretty are two different things. Today, I made the first batch that actually looked pretty. I have had trouble in the past with the loaves falling in the middle. I just wanted everyone to see my accomplishment.

Potato Harvest....

Here are a few pictures from today. We had so much fun. Harvesting potatoes is like treasure hunting....you never know how many you will find or how big they will be!

Now for the haul......

Dinner Fun!

This is what the Cooley girls do for fun at dinner time.

Homeade Dressing

Lately, my husband has been challenged to find a salad dressing that he likes. We finally found a homemade one that he likes:

Caesar Dressing

1 c mayo
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp Worcestershire
1/2 C parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp milk or 1/2-n-1/2
Garlic powder, salt, & pepper to taste

* I also added a little Italian seasoning

This stuff is yummy. Thanks Jen Price for your inspiration to get more creative on our blog.

Raspberries

We have spent most of the summer getting ready for the winter. We have been gardening all summer long. A couple of ladies in town have graciously let us help them in their garden and share in the proceeds. Today, we went and picked raspberries. We will be making jam soon. Raspberry is the kids favorite. We also picked black courrants (??). I'm going to try and make a pie with them as well as make some jelly. I've never made jelly before, just jams , so this will be fun. I hope to never buy jelly/jam in the store again.

Hockey Camp

This last week, we spent helping out with a hockey camp. It was sponsored by our YWAM base. We had four hockey instructors from YWAM Hockey to help us out. It was run very similar to Upwards Basketball. The kids were taught on-ice techniques. Off-ice they were given teaching on technique as well as devotional time. We had 22 kids participate. It was alot of fun.

Gardening....

As most of you know, we have been spending time this summer learning to garden here in Alaska. It is sure helping to off set the cost of groceries. Here are a few pictures of the things we went and picked tonight. The girls favorite thing to pick is potatoes and carrots. We are all enjoying the fruits of our labor, or is that vegetables?

Update!

The school year has started off busy. Josh started school on the 20th of August. He is taking Algebra and English at the high school and is homeschooling all other subjects. Amanda started school on the 27th. Sami started pre-school this week. She was so excited. She got to ride the school bus today for the first time. Life is really busy with all the different schedules.

At YWAM, we have been spending the last couple of weeks preparing for a hockey camp. We are putting on a camp with YWAM Hockey out of British Columbia. The camp will be on Thursday and Friday nights and all day Saturday and Sunday. Please pray that the kids of this community will see God through all of us. Hope to post a few pics in the next few days.