I missed a week!

Hello All!

Yes, can you forgive me for missing a week? Here the photos from the last two weeks. The couple you see is Pastor Was and Jean Mute. They are amazing! Was is gifted and so passionate about standing up for God's Truth and Jean is a huge part of our Women's Bible Study; she helps us all to be vulnerable and the joy of the Lord is so evident in her life among other fruits of the Spirit.

The kids have been really liking playing online puzzles. They are getting really good at it. Megan and Annette had a picnic this week. Eugenia is packing her puppy Nookie like women pack babies here; along with her is Janessa who I will have next year in class. We finished up our unit on Spring and am now talking about parts of plants, gardens, farms. I like this unit but I love the one that is coming up next week. We are going to be learning about wild animals, zoos, farm animals, and pets. We also have a school-wide movie night on Friday night. Standardized testing will also start in a week. Hooray! I love testing! Can you sense the sarcasm in my voice? It was very hard to get back into swing of things after spring break. I honestly did not want to be in school at all. That lasted about 5 days and then it was fine.

I was hoping to visit David, Jason, and Myra this weekend, but the flights didn't work out. I'll have to be patient until May! I've been doing a lot of skiing. Even though the temperatures to all of you may seem cold it's been really warm here: 10, 20, and 30's this week. Yesterday I just wore three layers and my down vest and was still sweating a lot! It was so warm yesterday and the sun was still shining at 7:45 at night! I got a little sunburn. I went skiing again tonight and it's becoming a blizzard out there, but still reasonably warm.

What's been on the menu:

bbq/sloppy joes
dill chicken legs
carrot cake (mom's recipe) Just like how I remembered it tasting, homemade cream cheese frosting, which is the best part
steak fajitas
meatloaf
canadian sausages
steak

I'm craving fresh veggies! I guess I'll have to wait until May!

Until next week!

Iditarod!!!

Here is Lance Mackey coming into Koyuk. When he reached Golovin he was going to stop but his dogs just kept on going! I guess they really wanted to win. IF you would like to read an interview from Lance Makey in Koyuk visit this website.

http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2009/03/16/wind-hits-mackey-right-in-the-face/

If you also visit www.iditarod.com and click on Iditarod 2009 you will see a box on the left where you can can click to see where the mushers are at and the map of checkpoints.

Lance Mackey, is still in first and is in White Mountain. He has Safety and and finishes in Nome. Sebastian Schunelle is in second.

The first picture is of one of my students: Clarissa. She was really cute yesterday. She called me up so excited that she got new glasses and had to come show me. She looked so cute! She was so proud.

Feeling so blessed!

Hello everyone! This weeks post will have to wait. It's been one of those nights. Check in a few days.

Ok it's been more than a few days! Well the most exciting news in the last two months, really, is that I met a wonderful man of God. David lives in Galena and we met over Christmas. He works with Young Life....basically, a missionary for teens. He sure is gifted! They scare me. We both love to cook, love dogs (even though he is allergic to short-hair...arhhh...labs.), be outdoors, and the list could go on. We also have some interesting differences. It's been so fun to get to know each other and will finally be able to see each other in May or maybe earlier...hmmmm.

The time change has been very hard to get used to. I tend to not to stick to my bed time at 10:00 with more daylight. I've been super tired this week. My body feels just physically exhausted. We have had so many sunny days, lots of wind, some days none, and warm. I've been too exhausted to try snowshoeing or skiing yet.

The last week with my amazing students have been really fun. We have laughed at each other: I embaressed myself by singing the wrong song at the wrong time and they just thought that was the funniest thing. Terrian said something and everyone laughed and said, he sounded real cute. I've been enjoying teaching my favorite unit: Insects and Spring. I learned that some spiders actually throw their web to catch pray. They also make the web with sticky and not sticky parts so they can get around. The kids have been asking wonderful questions about insects. Their vocabulary development is amazing: they know and are able to show and say the words: abdomen, thorax, antenna, praying mantis (my favorite), etc.

Spring Break couldn't have come at a more perfect time. My body needs time to rest but also to get out and go skiing and snowshoeing. A feel up to a ski today. The dog teams should be coming in on Monday. Interesting fact about the Iditarod: An 18 yr. old girl from Nome is running the race!

Well here are some random photos: classroom and outdoors