Alaska According to Marie

It was a great party on Saturday. This was the second year we had ice races out on the lake and it was so fun! This year the boys made an amazing track complete with a start line, ice lanterns to mark out the corners and thousands of tire studs. We've already begun planning prizes for next years race. Trophies for the winners in the different classes and hole shot awards.

It was cold that night, not more than 10 degrees but there was a huge bonfire that kept everyone warm. We had the food and drinks over at a table about 20 feet from the fire and everything that could freeze eventually did, so those who waited too long to fill up a plate, ended up having to chisel it out.

I think the boys are planning on opening up the track again for New Year's Eve.

I got all my packages off for Christmas. The Wasilla post office ... holy.
I drove by it and kept on driving baby. I decided it would take just as much time, maybe even less, to drive to Big Lake and mail everything from there. There was no line at all in Big Lake. I love that post office.

Lots of snow came down yesterday and hopefully it will stick around awhile. The northern lights were out last Thursday. They were pretty enthusiastic but the cold and the late hour finally persuaded me to go back inside. But not before I took a few pictures. I put one of the shots on the slide show.