Last Day at ME school....

Here is a video of the last day at the elementary school where we worked this past year. Lots of big smiles and goofy kids! Enjoy...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyNP-l11ZqM

Hovercraft on the Kuskokwim

This is from around the middle of April... took a day-trip up river on the hovercraft. Was really interesting, and saw some parts of the Delta I hadn't seen yet. Its a tad long, and no pics of the boys, but may be of some interest. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHO_oKMZfpw

Hunting logs on the Kuskokwim!

So here is a pretty goofy video from today's river trip with friend Eric. Firewood is in short supply in these parts.... so when the river breaks up, folks head out in their boats looking for floaters. Good clean fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WE3CvHWwx8

Break-up Video...

The earlier post entitled "Break-up" didn't have any pics.... here is some video footage from May 16. A big ice-jam from up-river broke free, and word got out. The ice flowed heavy for over 24 hours, and was quite a sight to see! (sorry, Otis and Ben aren't in this video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmiIzNiV3QI

Everybody out of the gene pool!

Here are the sorts of pics that never make it to the blog... this is what the boys look like most of the time :)

Our little Cherub...

Breakup!

Well, after a long, long winter, the ice on the Kuskokwim river has finally broken up!! No more ice highway, no more river dog-races, no more manaquing (ice-fishing). Unfortunately, the time we picked for our ice classic tickets was off by a few days, since the tripod fell a couple of days ago. But there was a big celebration down at the river tonight... hotdogs (of course), music, and almost everybody in town. The boys enjoyed tossing rocks in the river, and walking among the crowd. Before you know it the first barges will be pulling into town.... the geese and ducks are here, the tundra is all green, and the mosquitoes aren't quite here yet. Spring has sprung... and we are down to just over one week left in Bethel.

Our boy O...

And oTis is just a stinker!

Our boy Beno....

He's just so darn cute sometimes!

a little fixer-upper...

Transportation-

This is the truck we were thinking about buying....

Goofy kids...

Just out enjoying the warm weather!

Early May...

I've been wanting to update the blog for a while with new pics... but I haven't taken any, so here are some older, random shots! I should have dozens of great pics from a wonderful adventure to Juneau last weekend, but the batteries died, and I never got around to getting replacements, so didn't get a single shot. Hopefully Amy does better on her trip to Vancouver.

Was in the 50s yesterday, and most of the snow is fast disappearing. Took the boys to the park yesterday. We have finally made our decision, and made our decision public, regarding our move back to Vermont. So now we are in the process of selling off stuff and packing the rest. Hard to believe, but only 3 weeks left here in the Delta.

The tundra is turning green, and I saw a couple of small flocks of geese overhead yesterday. Everything is still very wet... the boys are loving playing in all the puddles! Can't keep clean/dry clothes on them. Will try to get some more recent pictures up soon. Happy Spring!