Monday, April 14, 2008

Hurrah! My baby brother is home from Iraq!! Here he is reuniting with his family…Welcome home, Bill!

Today it’s raining with temperatures in the high 30’s so everything is dripping and sloshing. However, yesterday we had fresh snow and there was a sprint club dog sled race. Here is a picture of Amy and her kids, Otis and Ben (in my lap) and John and I.

Here are some very excited dogs.


The musher sets the hand “brake” to hold the team until it’s time to start.


Celebrating Johns’ 9th birthday. A million dollar smile.

Love to all - Vikki

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Will it ever be spring?

It is minus 8 degrees this morning, but with glorious sun and blue skies. Everyone is ready for warming even though it will bring car swallowing mud. Snow-go’s will be parked until next winter. Thoughts will turn to fish camp, fresh bird eggs and berries. Those of us working in the school system will be enjoying summer vacation and wondering what next year will bring.

I am more than 50% committed to coming back in August for one more year. These kids need continuity and I figure not many people have the flexability to stay up here a few years as I do.  I take the philosophical road and say how great it is to have this opportunity to make a posive impact on the lives of young people, but the selfish reality is that it is a blast to watch these kids grow and mature and LEARN! It’s the best thing about educational interpreting, which I’ve been doing for 20 years now, but here the experience is accelerated exponentially.

Happy Friday to all:
Love
Vikki

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

schizophrenic Bethel:
March 24th…… below zero
March 26th……. 32 degrees and sunny and muddy
March 27th……..39 degrees and sunny and muddy
April 2nd………28 degrees and snowing with a blizzard watch
Never a dull moment!

This weekend was Camai Dance festival.

This is Mary, the oldest dancer at the festival. She is 89 years young.

Yupik dance group………….a very special dancer, Allison

More coming soon!
love
Vikki

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