More Puppy Pictures

These pictures were taken the first time

Shylo's babies went outside to play!

Here are some pictures of when the gang was a little younger.

Doing what puppies do best - sleep!

Shylo Puppy Pictures - FINALLY

My mom finally sent pictures of Shylo's puppies. These pictures were taken at 5 weeks. They are now about 13 weeks old and have all gone to their homes. My mom did ended up keeping one girl, I am not sure what color her collar was.

Thanksgiving with Da Baums

Thanksgiving at da Baum’s is never boring. This Thanksgiving morning we arose with the sun and Jeremy set out duck hunting. He took along two junior high boys and our two very birdie dogs. Boy, I am not sure who was more excited the girls or the boys!

The boys, Kenny & Austin, shot off about a box and a half of shells (that’s about 30 shells) but they never hit a single duck, hehe. It was their first time so you have to give them a break.

Every time the boys would shoot like mad the girls would go crazy. Shylo, over eagerly, kept diving off the boat. She isn’t use to ducks not falling from the sky after the shots ring out. But to her discontent no ducks were falling.


Lucky for the girls Jeremy helped them out. He shot one duck and showed the boys how it is done! My, oh my was Shylo, our lab, excited. She dove off the boat in search of the one downed duck. Meanwhile Kenai, the pointer, sat in the boat whining.

Then as soon as Shylo brought the duck back Kenai proceeded to steal it.


Shylo just can't get enough fetching in!

This is a picture of the girls after the big hunt.

Da Baum Life Lately...

Summer and the fishing season are over and hunting season is in full swing.

Jeremy has been out chasing deer with his bow. So far he has shot three bucks, only one more to go. But he sure is working hard for that 4th buck. Seems like everywhere he goes there is too much human sign or there are no deer. The other day he hiked for 6 hours and didn’t see a single deer in a spot where usually the deer are pretty thick. Instead he found a lot of garbage and marker ribbons. Pretty discouraging, but God is faithful and he will provide when the time is right.

As for Kristi…well I have been really busy with school and church. If I am not at school then I am usually at home being a wife, out having coffee with a girlfriend, out hiking or at some church function.

Life in Ketchikan is so simplistic and wonderful!!!

Florida

We made it back from another great vacation to visit Jeremy’s family in Florida.

Our first day fishing we took Jeremy’s sister, Jessica and her husband Ryan out. It was a blast. I limited out on Mackerel (2) and Ryan caught a Barracuda. Jeremy and Jessica were farming that day. Jessica couldn’t seem to get a fish to the boat and if she did Jeremy would knock it off the hook back into the ocean! Haha!

Ryan definitely was the hero that day. His son Cody was so excited to hold the Barracuda. He kept saying, “Aunt Kristi take another picture of me and the Barracuda.” That was after everyone had taken several shots of him and the giant toothed fish.

The parents took us to a state park, in Port St. Joe, Florida, to go camping and fishing. It was a blast and our highlight of the trip. I got to lie on the beach and Jeremy caught a 6’ tarpon – all on the same morning.

Port St. Joe was a neat place. Beautiful beaches just like Destin/Ft. Walton Beach and great fishing. We caught a variety of fish; from different types of bait fish to King Mackerel, Blues, Tarpon, Red trout and sea trout. It was a complete blast! We got up everyday at 4 a.m. to go see what we could catch.

Port St. Joe is also a butterfly sanctuary so there were literally millions of butterflies all over the place. The downside to this was the bugs were pretty bad because they don’t spray pesticides to kill all the nasty bugs because of the butterflies.

Here is a picture of our camping accommodations! Pretty nice camper they have. We slept in the bed that doubles as a table – not too comfy. My head was touching one wall and my feet, the other. But all the same it was cozy!

Florida sunset!

Vacation...

Da Baums are head to Florida for a much needed vacation. Yes we are going to try to kill something on this vacation. It wouldn't be much of a vacation if we didn't.

Between Yakatat, cruise ship season, Ketchikan business, Wrangle, hunting season, school and fishery openings, we haven’t gotten to see much of each other. Thus we decided to escape to warm, sunny Destin, Florida.

Thankfully we have family there and they have a boat!

For the next 9 days we intend on catching some rays (something we haven't seen in Ketchikan for awhile). We also hope to catch at least one of the following; billfish, sailfish, white marlin, blue marlin, dolphin, wahoo, grouper, warsaw, amberjack, scamp, triggerfish, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, king mackerel, tarpon or blackfin tuna!

As you can see there are a lot of fish to be caught in the Destin area. So Jeremy is just giddy with pleasure! I am hoping to catch a gator but I don't know how well that will work.

Jeremy’s dad has been out finding all the good fishing spots and testing the lures. So hopefully we will be dialed in to do some serious fishing!

Also, Destin has a HUGE Target so I plan on doing a little shopping too!

More student pictures

The kids love P.E. with Mr. Miller.

He has been a great addition to the Clover Pass staff.

My shy student - Jaden.

Da Baum Squad

Today we celebrated one month of school! Yipee, one down and nine more to go! Here are some pictures of my class, otherwise known as the Baum Squad!


Becky always had pictures of her kids working hard so I thougth I would follow suit and put a couple pictures of my hardworking students!

Jaden and Alex - Kindergarteners

Brenden and Brandon - 2nd graders

As you can tell Jaden does not like his kindergarten buddy Alex at all!

Please keep my class and our school in your prayers. Thankfully the Lord blessed me with a great class this year but we could always use your prayers!

Iron Roughneck - pumpkin pie anyone?

A guy in the Kenai area, Kristi's hometown, grew this gigantic pumpkin in his greenhouse. It weighs 1,016lbs and is 5 feet wide, 46 inches from blossom to stem and 39 inches tall.

This picture was taken by Kristi's dad at the Kenai Safeway!

The guy began growing the pumpkin seed March 25 in moist paper towels. It sprouted two days later and was transplanted to soil. Then on May 28, he manually pollinated the plant and a pumpkin began to grow days later, but it wasn’t growing in the ideal location. It grew off the second vine, instead of the main vine.

The vines are the supply lines to the pumpkin, which at its peak will consume 100 to 120 gallons of water a day. I can't even imagine how long it takes to water that baby! It is amazing it got so big because the secondary vine is roughly the size of a garden hose, as opposed to the fire hose-sized main vine.

The pumpkin also developed many tiny cracks and blemishes that would heal, then redevelop, then heal again in a constant cycle throughout the gourd’s growth. This is how the pumpkin got the name “Iron Roughneck”.

My question is, how many pies is that baby going to make!?!?!

Shylo has Puppies!

Awh isn't my baby precious!

On August 26th Shylo had her puppies!

We had 6 girls and 1 boy, however we did lose one girl. She had really broad shoulders and got stuck for awhile. But thank God Shylo was able to push her out and we did not have to get a c-section.

Both mother and puppies are doing well.

Shylo is a great first-time mother.

At first she was bewildered by the whole situation

but she now has the handle on it.

This is a great picture of Shylo's "What is going on!" look. Luckily after the first day she figured out it was easier to just lay down and sleep during feeding time.

Chicks with bows…

Jeremy’s best friend’s wife, Tanya, has taken up bow hunting. Tanya and Clint recently moved to Montana and Tanya got rid of her gun and bought herself a bow!

She has been practicing and practicing and finally it all paid off! Last week she got her antelope!

Congrats Tanya you are a super cool chick!

School Starts...

Monday was the first day back to school. I have a great class of 8 kids! I am really excited about this school year so please pray that we have a great year!

Soon to come...
Pictures of my class :)

Jeremy’s Buck Deer…

While I was gone visiting family my lonely husband set off to kill something with his trusty bow in tow. He hiked way up into the alpine and shot this beautiful Sitka Blacktail buck. Um Umm UMM this little guy is sure tasty. Tonight we cooked some of his steak up for dinner and boy was it good.

One deer down three to go…

Chena Hot Springs

One of the highlights of my trip was the day we spent at Chena Hot Springs, about 60 miles outside Fairbanks.



This is the outdoor rock pond.



This is one of their gardens - they have about 5 and one is completely organic.


Chena also has an AMAZING ice museum. I unfortunately forgot my camera but my brother brought his. So as soon as I get the pictures from him I will upload them so you can see all the amazing things they make of ice. There is a full bar, 4 bedrooms complete with ice beds, tables, chairs and much more. You can actually rent the ice museum for $500 a night, but be warned the temperature is ALWAYS below freezing.

It was a really neat place. I highly recommend it!