Crab Project

Yesterday Tara and I went out and collected crab pots out in Fritz Cove in Juneau, AK. We are gathering young molting tanner crabs to study their growth and take hemolymph samples aka "crab blood", to start studying bitter crab disease.

Small female dungeness crab

Large hermit crab

Tara pulling crab pots

Female king crab and her clutch of eggs

A young tanner crab

Measuring the carapace width of the tanner crab

Taking hemolymph samples using a syringe in the crab's leg.

Snowshoeing to the Fortress of Solitude

X-mas in Snohomish 2008

Angelina in here Cinderella Costume

Anthony's kung fu stance

Grandpa and the kids

Sitka helping dad with his computer.

Angelina and Anthony getting ready to open presents on X-mas eve

Scott and Brigitta

mmm...meatballs for dinner

Angelina and Anthony's new pjs that I got them for their birthday

Halloween '08

This Halloween Tara and I went to the Halloween Dance at the REC center at school. I dressed up as Profesor Chaos aka Butters from South Park and Tara dressed up as Little Dead Riding Hood. Tara won the costume contest!! She won a $100 gift certificate to our local outdoor shop basically a very very small REI