Here Comes the Sun

Waqaa,

The sun is finally here and it is amazing! We walked to church this morning in short sleeve shirts. The sun beating down over the Yukon is gorgeous! This last Friday we had a garbage pick up with the teachers followed by a bbq on the river. We really enjoy hanging out with our co-workers/friends. As we were walking along the side of the (gravel) road, Janna said, "I'll give the first person to find a moose part a dollar." Well, Mike won that one. He found a Moose leg/hoof. I started laughing and couldn't believe that was actually happening. The weekend was very restful. We of course watched two discs of Chuck with Val and Kevin. We only have three days of school next week because of an inservice in Russian Mission, AK on Thursday and Friday. Ben and I have been told that Russian Mission looks a lot like Minnesota. It will probably be hard to leave.
We have been getting some fun things in the mail lately. Some things I get really excited about...and some things Ben get's really excited about. For example....someone got a holster for a gun in the mail....take a guess who was excited for that. If you guessed Ben, you are right. Someone got an isotonic mattress cushion. Take a guess who was excited about that? Yep, it was me. On Thursday, there was word about two bears in our village. Unfortunately for Ben, he didn't see any bears. He would like to justify buying his big gun, Harrison, by shooting a bear that was charging him. Me, not so much. I had to run home for lunch quick that day and I ran as fast as I could. I'm sure any native that saw me had a good laugh.

Only in Bush, Alaska would you...
*Find random moose parts on the side of the road.
*See the state troopers secretly come into town on a float plane.
*Pay $13 for a 12 pk. soda.
*Pay $12 for a gallon of milk.
*Have a friend bring you to church on a Honda. (that's what they call 4 wheelers)

The pictures are of Ben and some of his students, Ben and his holster, me with the mattress topper, and Mike (who is from South Dakota may I add) with a moose leg.

Picture Blog

Hey All,

I will write more later. I thought I would show you some recent picture of my Kindergartners. As soon as I can get down to Ben's room and take some pictures of him and his kids I will! :)

Birthdays!

Hey all,

First of all...I want to give a big birthday shout out to Benjamin Harvey which was on the 3rd of September and my wonderful sister, Sarah whose birthday was on the 7th! Well, surprise surprise Ben and I remain very busy. We usually stay at school until about 6:00 P.M. In fact...I'm writing this from school. I usually go into school around 7 and Ben follows shortly after that. Our classes are getting better. My children are starting to understand routines, walking in a straight line, not punching their neighbor, how to hold a pencil correctly, etc. Ben is still attempting to meet the needs of his 100 students who are all at different levels. He's a stud though, so I have no doubt that he will be able to pull it off.

We had a long day weekend which was absolutely amazing. One of the birthday presents I got for Ben was season one of the show, Chuck. Yep, pretty sure we watched the whole first season in three days. We are patiently awaiting the arrival of season two via Netflix. :) It has been very rainy here. The temperature has lingered in the high 40's low 50's. I would be ok if it stayed this temp all year. Ben is excited to get a snow machine...yes, they call them snow machines and not snowmobiles. I would be lying if I wasn't excited for him to get one. Anyways, life is good!

Things we miss:
Family
Cars
Applebees
The Minnesota Twins

Things we don't miss:
Paying for gas
Cars/driving in traffic
Target (ok maybe that's just me)
Going to a real grocery store.

That's all for now folks. We love and miss you all!

Ben and Anne