Taken at -20. Not bad!

June 2013

The kids decided to surprise me by cleaning up the downstairs before church.  What a great surprise!

Abby hitting off the T to Olivia.

Simon and the girls were in Dance Camp.  The instructor came up from Eagle River, just outside Anchorage.  They were here for a week.  They all had a great time.  Hunter wants to do it next year.  Simon made some great friends.





Checking out the activity at the river.
Watching these people swim as some boats come in.
Simon went fishing for Hooligan or Smelt.
This is Simon with Hunter's friend, Simon.  You can only fish by net right now.  Simon is Faith's brother.  Faith is Abby's best friend.





We reached record highs, in the 90's for Bethel.  This is one of those AS SEEN ON TV screens.  Didn't last long before Max the cat and Grizzly the dog, jumped the gate.  Darn them!! It gets really warm and stuffy not being able to open the door.  We only have 1 window on the first floor.  The mosquitoes were HORRIBLE!!  We look like we have chicken pox.  We keep a burning coil outside the front door to HELP keep them away.  It does help.  Otherwise the mosquitos swarm the front door waiting to be let it.


Looking for the water pit.


We found it!!  Yes it was hot enough for about 2 weeks.

 







The boys and Abby had Art Camp last week.  They made masks out of clay, flowers out of plastic bottles, and painted dumpsters.





Abby and Olivia's T-Ball team.  Olivia feel asleep just before practice, so she missed.  They decided at the beginning of practice to take pictures.





May 31, 2013

All 4 kids are playing Little League this year.  The girls are on the same T-Ball team.  The boys are in the Minors, Dodges.  This is a step down for them. :( They did kid pitch last summer, but because we don't have that many team (4), the kids are on the minors.  It's good for them.  They are doing great.  This is the t-shirt I was selling for the team.

This was Abby's last day of school.  Ms. Cuvieler was here teacher, she was great.  Abby is beginning to read!

This is her best friend Faith.

Boys had a sleep over.  What a night that was!!



Abby and Olivia's buddy, Keira.  She lives in out building 2 doors down.

The Memorial Day air show.  

This is Sgt. Acton with the Alaska State Troopers showing off our state plane.




Some of these planes dated back to WW II.

The snow is melting, the water is high!

Very Pretty



Starting to see grass, you can't begin to imagine how exciting that is.  We have seen snow for 7 months.

The slough next to our unit.


Slut, not sand or dirt.  Slit, very fine...

Grizzly, our pup



The building on top of my shadow is our unit, we are on the far left end.

The compound

The buildin g with blue doors, our storage sheds.





A picture from the Commons, our social gathering building and workout building, complete with a rockwall for the kids.

The barges.

The Kuskukwim breaking up.


Gun and Party stop.  Your one stop shopping!

Store shelves are empty, no kidding.  They are waiting for the barges to come, shipping prices for them are cheaper than flying stuff in.

A canoe ride on the slough.  The depth of the water did not last :(

Abby coloring with our neighbor, Hanna, on the front porch.

The playground on the compound.



Break-Up Bash!!  The river broke up at 7:35 p.m last night.  Free food and music.  




We rode our bikes to the river bash.