May in Unkalakleet

Poor little Faith.   I wasn't home for this one, I was in Kenai at a Dr. appointment.   Brent told me a neighbor boy came in and said "Faith fell and she's crying!"  Brent asked if she was hurt and the boys said, "I don't think so."  So Brent told him to have her come in. 

Apparently when she got in the house she was bleeding all over the place and had this huge goose egg.   Brent felt this qualified as being hurt, but I guess the neighbor boy didn't think it was so bad.    Poor baby had a huge goose egg and ended up with black eyes before the swelling went away.    (On a side note, how awesome is it that I'm out of town and Faith's hair is in a cute little pony tail.   My husband ROCKS!)

Flying Wild Alaska.... Flying wild kites that is...

The kids got kites for Easter and while I was gone Brent took them out to fly. 

Early May, and we were still waiting for the sea ice to break up.

She's pretty cute even with a huge sore on her forehead (or her brain as she calls it)

Last Day of School!!!

On the last day of school here in Unalakleet the kids walk across the street to the beach for a school sponsored picnic.   

The Kindergarten and Pre-School classes invite the parents to attend, so I got to go with the girls.  Even Brent stopped by on his lunch break.

This was a pretty big day for me and Brent.  We finally told the kids that we are going to be moving to Hawaii.   Faith looks pretty excited!   But they'll be so sad to leave their friends in Unalakleet.

Isn't this the cutest trooper picture you've ever seen?   He's such a good daddy!

 

There are a lot of good things about moving, but we sure will miss the school up here.  The kids love their classes and their teachers are so nice.  They sure have a lot of big changes in their future!

The Belly... So in May we found out that we would be having another little girl.  (The girls are sooo excited!)   We think we'll call her Hope Lela.  I think it's a pretty name and she'll fit right in with Gracie and Faith.   I don't think this picture shows my proper hugeness, believe it or not I think this photo might be slimming.  I need to be sure to get a few more belly shots, so I never forget why Brent refers to me as "The Belly" 

 Matt & Lauren are our good friends who where teachers in the village of Stebbins and would stay with us when they came to Unalakleet for School District meetings.   We were privileged to meet them through our church which has a phone branch for all the members in remote villages.   Most of the members of our branch we only get to speak to on the phone, so Matt and Lauren were really special friends and my kids love them like an Auntie and Uncle.  

We're here at the Era Hanger, visiting with them while they wait for their plane.  We're sad that their moving out of our branch.  But so happy that we were able to have such special friends in our lives while living out here. 

 Lauren, taking TJ's bike for a spin... it's almost the right size. :)

 More head injuries...   We've been talking to our kids a lot about the value of common sense.   Brent has tons of it, me well... that's another story.  But it's important to try to teach the kids.      Brent has a friend who says "If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough"    Which actually has a lot of merit if you think about it.  

TJ learned a valuable lesson about why it's not so smart to throw rocks straight up in the air.   He managed to hit himself in the head and it bled quit a bit. 

I have to hand it to him though... He was pretty stinking tough!

The good neighbor... So the kids were playing with the neighbors the other day, and TJ found these dead mice that their cat had left in the yard.   TJ asked our neighbor Carl if he could have the mice "to use to build a transforming machine".   Of course Carl let him have them and told him to run show his Mom & Dad.... thanks Carl!   It was pretty funny, although Faith wasn't nearly as excited about the dead mice as TJ was.   You can never underestimate the value of a thoughtful and sharing neighbor. :)