The gift of a day!

Rene Martin called at 6:15 AM and told us that school was cancelled for the day. I naïvely thought of all the many things I could get done with the extra time. I ordered another classes photos, I’d already started the fire in the Blaze King. Then I called K.C. Thomsen—next door—and he said he’d [...]

Lighting of the Fort!

We attended the lighting of the fort again this year. Holly has arranged the live nativity scene for the past five years or so. This year the weather was the worst in memory. Awful. Jim Green said it’s the fifth one he’s been to since they moved here. It has been snowing and raining, cold [...]

Christmas Letter 2009

Here’s a link to our Christmas Letter (pdf) this year, which is actually pretty cool, if I may say so.  We had it done, printed, folded, stamped and put into envelopes (but not licked) before Thanksgiving Day. Merry Christmas Windows Live Skydrive: CLICK HERE Google Docs: Christmas letter 2009 If you want a printable size [...]

Luke Michael starts Preschool

The other day, Luke started preschool at the Chilkat Valley Preschool.  When he came home he was very excited and had obviously had a wonderful day.  He said to Holly, “Mama, there was a new boy in school today.” Holly said, “Oh, really?” Holly was very surprised to hear that there was a new boy, [...]

Mark’s Birthday

I suppose birthdays are important.  When you’re young, they are huge. This year, Holly wanted to invite all of Mark’s 1st & 2nd grade combined class (with Ms. Kitayama) to a bit “Choice” time at our house.  Choice time is what they call it at school when kids can choose whatever they want to do [...]

Look at us JUMP!

Here’s a fun video of the boys jumping off the steps at church.     One of the reasons I like the little point and shoots, is that they often have a video feature.  I just don’t think this moment would be the same without the motion and the audio.  Tell me what you think.

Moose nuggets, Beautiful snow on the trees.

Today when we went out of the house, we were surprised to find that a moose had gone down our driveway and left a deposit in our driveway right where the passenger door behind the driver. In Alaska, we call them moose nuggets, because they are nugget shaped and come from a moose.  As you [...]

We had a big snow on Saturday!

Holly and I had to dig for about 1/2 an hour to get the car out of the drive for church on Sunday.  We did call a snow removal service, but they didn’t make it over to the house in time–so we just used the shovels. I’d say we got about 20 inches from Saturday [...]

Concusion?

Luke had a bad fall onto a sharp object which put a big lump on his head and cause him to scream loudly.  He did not pass out but cried all the way up the stairs at the Horn’s house.  He looked terrible and laid in his mother’s arms for a while as limp as [...]

Mark counts by tens!

As we relaxed around the house tonight.  Holly and Mark got ready for the annual 100th day of school celebration that the Kindergarten holds every year.  Before we knew it, Mark was sitting there counting by tens. Check it out.