Baum's House Hunt

Well since hunting season is over and fishing season hasn't begun the Baum's decided to embark on a new type of hunting...House Hunting!

Let me tell you, this is SCARIER then any bear hunt. The houses in Ketchikan leave a LOT to be desired and you never know what kind of $200,000+ pit you are going to walk into.

Currently, we have settled on one house in particular. It is one of the $200,000 dollar pits I previously mentioned. However, this house does have some major potential. It is located off S. Point Higgins and is on the beach! There is a great view of Guard Island and the beach out front is really nice. That is the major selling point.

The house was built in 1979, the year Kristi was born. The upstairs in all original 70s decor. The walls and ceiling are DARK brown rough cut wood. The kitchen has dark brown cabinets and sweet orange laminate countertops. All we need to do is add some green shag carpet and a disco ball and we are grooving!

The ad for the house and a picture can be seen at the link below. But beware the ad is mostly false. It says the house has two heat sources but neither of them work!! Something that will get fixed before we sign on the line. Also, updates have NOT been done throughout the house, only a few downstairs.

http://www.remax-ketchikan-alaska.com/The_Real_Estate_Leaders/Property_North_of_Town/102%20Earl%20Hines%20Lane.pdf

Let us know what you think? We are planning a bbq on the beach shortly after we move in!

Time Baum's 1st picture

Time is very photogenic. When the picture was taken the baby was dancing all around. It was really neat.

Jeremy thinks "he", the baby, looks just like him.

What do you think?

Time Baum

Exciting news to Announce...

Da Baums are going to be parents!!!!!!!!!!

Yes - we are pregnant.

The little Time Baum is due September 22.

Romantic Night at the Baum's

You’ve all seen pictures of the bucks Jeremy’s killed but I bet you wonder, “What does he do with all those dead deer.” Well here is your opportunity to see first hand.

Last night the Baum’s spent a ultra romantic night grinding deer meat. Yes ladies I let him do it in my kitchen and I even helped. I think I should get wife of the year award.

Anyway…once the meat was all ground we packaged some to be eaten as burger and the rest was turned into hot Hungarian sausage.

My husband playing with his meat!

This is Jeremy mixing his meat!!! I was not about to get involved in that.

For all those worried about our sanitary conditions, no need to worry any longer. Everything was sanitized before, after and during. Also, quality control was on hand at all times. Any meat that fell on the floor was quickly disposed of.

Jeremy's Christmas Present

For Christmas, Jeremy got a brand new Craftsmen tool chest.

He was like a kid in a candy shop. It is something he always wanted but would never buy for himself.

Here is a picture of the beauty!

Here is how he organized his tools before!

Here is his organization now!

Can you believe he is so organized? He stole the mat that keeps my rug from sliding all over the living room so he could line his tool box. He doesn’t want it to get all scratched up!

Then he spent all day organizing his shop. Man! If this is all it takes to keep him organized I may just get him one for the house!

Macy Comes to Town

The Wickerts got their kids a golden retriever puppy for Christmas! She is a cute little thing. We helped watch her for a few days before she went home on Christmas morning.
The girls weren't too sure about this.

I think Kenai was thinking, "Great another puppy to try to follow me when I am hunting birds. Didn't we just get done training Sydney?"

And Shylo was thinking, "I just got rid of my own puppies and now I have to deal with another one. Oh well, I guess I better show her the ropes."

Awh, she is a sweet little girl most of the time!

I am not sure Christmas is the best time to have a new puppy in the house. Here Macy got a hold of my Christmas tree garland, she was tugging and growling and almost pulled the whole tree over. It was actually pretty cute. Kenai came running over to stop her before she got in to much trouble!

Our kids and their stockings!

We got up early Christmas morning and boy, oh boy were our girls excited it was Christmas! As is tradition in our family, we let them open their stockings right away! They were the happiest kids on the block.

Here are some pictures for the grandparents to see them opening their stockings! MOM if you click on the pictures they will get bigger!

Playing with their new presents!

Kenai was so exhausted after playing,she cuddled up with her new tiger and tiger stripped ball and drifted off to sleep.

Christmas Dogs

The other day I was getting the house decorated for the Christmas season and I ran across the girls Christmas hats. So I decided to take their Christmas picture for our Christmas letter.

Well, I got an ok picture but I wanted a better one so I proceeded to attempt a better shot. However, they just would not cooperate any longer. Before I knew it, there was a whole blown out fight.

This is how it ended…

Taking our children’s pictures can be quite daunting at times.

Lalanya Gets Engaged

Picture of Lanya, Kristi and Kylie was taken at our wedding rehearsal dinner!

Many of you know Kristi's best friend and college roommate Lalanya. I am so excited to announce her engagement!!!!!!

While on vacation in Mexico her boyfriend, Jeremy, asked her to marry him. YEAH!!!! Lanya and Jeremy have been dating for only 11 years so it is about time, but still a grand surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS LANYA AND JEREMY!!!!!!!!!!!

We can't wait until your special day! We love you guys!

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.