All Pictures by Noorewok Photography – unless otherwise noted. Daddy’s Girl Tanya was a daddy’s girl for many of her grade school years, but I knew that one day in the future the day would come when I’d be giving her away. She excelled in school and went on...

We took a quick and much needed trip to the lower 48 in September. Our daughter Tanya was getting married in Washington and my dad who lives in South Dakota is not doing well with his health. We decided if we were going down for the wedding we would...

It has been 1 year, almost to the day that we moved into our home. We have done a tremendous amount of work with a lot more to do. It’s a little crazy looking back over the last year and seeing how God has helped us in so many...

Its been a few months since I updated on our home. The snow is gone and though we have had an unseasonably wet summer, we have been able to get quite a bit accomplished outside! With the summers here being short we decided to put the inside of the...

Our two older kids, Tanya and Jeffery, came up for a surprise visit in December. That was a great surprise as we had been missing them. We had not seen them since we escaped communist Washington almost a year before. Technically it was not a surprise visit as the...

Smoking cream cheese dip is very challenging and very rewarding at the same time. Cream cheese is very soft naturally, which makes it even harder to smoke than cheddar, brie, gouda, or the other go to cheeses because it is so soft. Do not try this on warm days...

The drinking water problem Water is one of the challenges facing many people in both rural and remote Alaska. Indoor plumbing and water are not standard in these areas as drilling a well and having electricity to run the well pump can get very expensive so many opt for...

Many people only dream about seeing the Northern Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis, and only ever see them in photographs. Experiencing them in person is truly an amazing display of God’s handiwork and we are very blessed to be able to see them out of our living...

Our first year in Alaska was far different than anything we could have imagined. Everything we had planned out before moving went out the window! I think God sometimes laughs at our future plans when we make them. We are so sure of ourselves and our abilities to accomplish...

This is what you need if you live in snow country! How we got the mower We used to have a sizeable yard so a riding lawnmower was a “Must have” if you didn’t want to wear yourself out using a push mower once a week. Originally, I inherited...