Village life! Walking around in the cold, for fun because there isn't anything else to do! But now there is snow so we sled! The sun is rising around 10am and sets around 5pm for now, but it changes so rapidly. It can be up to a 7 minute increase from day to day. Even though the clock says 8am, it leaves me completely unmotivated to get out of the bed being pitch black!
We were all excited to experience Halloween here! Zax was Batman and Ila was Robin! I wore a basketball jersey from the school and basketball shorts and called myself an 'Elim Eagle'. No one was very impressed, ha! Their big deal here is to wear a costume that conceals their identity and you have to guess who they are. A bit backwards to me! Since i don't know their names without a mask on I was really bad at it.
Crew was a grandpa for Zax's Halloween class party.
Zax's kindergarten class party! Teacher Sammy is the best! One of the kids broke his leg which is why there is a walker.
It snowed Halloween morning so this was our attempt with food coloring and a rotting pumpkin. It was sleeting that evening so i didn't take pictures of us trick or treating. The kids got a small amount of candy and it was perfect to let them indulge! My favorite random treat was donuts!
Jack and the teachers put together a haunted house and carnival for the community at the school. Everyone loved the haunted house and the kids had a great time with kiddie games to spend their tickets on. The school is the hub for all activities.
Zax is the baby whisperer. He rubbed Crew's head till he fell asleep.
I helped out a teacher by babysitting her two kids (8 month and a 4 yr old) for a week while her husband went to have surgery in Anchorage. Let's just say I'm not cut out for twins!
The kids had their primary presentation Sunday. Check my Facebook video for it! If you saw that post you'll know there was a bad storm and our phone line wasn't working so they didn't get to participate. When our cell phones wouldn't connect we bundled everyone up to go to the school to use their landline. Well that wouldn't work either. I hit redial 63 times on my cell phone hoping to get through so we wouldn't ruin the program by not participating! After an hour and a half we were able to get through and just in time for me to teach relief society. This picture is the week before, primary sharing time. They were singing the song about the "turn that frown upside down."
Snow day at the beach. Beach and snow should never be used in the same sentence.
Check out our youtube channel, "Staying fit in bush Alaska" for the latest workout and great footage of the ocean freezing over! If nothing else you can see northern Alaska summer to winter changes.
Zax and Jack filleting a fish. This one is the funniest of all the videos!
This one was on our way to Moses Point.
I should preface with, poor Crew! The next one i promise will be a neutral color, but i can't complain about a free snow suit! Jack likes to joke, it's gender neutral!
I can't even post this picture for real because of how ridiculous this baby boy looks in hot pink!
There is one road that takes you 10 miles outside the village to a river you can fish on. Perfect in the summer for salmon fishing! Jack took us there for the first time Saturday. I was needing some time out and it felt good to just be in the truck going somewhere. This is Moses Point.
These villagers recruited Jack to help them get the boat in the water. They were bringing it back to the village for the winter. There were big chunks of snow in the river so he had an ax to chop it up as he went. They came just in time because two days later there was 36mph winds and a snow storm!
Jack has loved being the wrestling coach. We visit practice sometimes. This is Zax and his friend Colton wrestling with Jack's encouragement for our entertainment.
Memorial day service at the school Jack planned and executed beautifully.
These 4/5th grade students read the name of each military branch and recognized the veterans.
I'm so impressed! By it all :)
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