Long Time No Post

Ok...it's been a long time since our last post and A LOT has happened in the last few weeks. To start with, we completed the Junior class carnival. It was a hell of a lot of work but we had a really good turn out. The students were able to raise about $3500 in one night! Between Erin and I we spent over 30 hours in four days setting up and tearing down all the booths.

We had our first conferences of the year. They went pretty well. I had about 25 out of my 80 students represented, which I was warned would be the case. And Erin had 36 out of her 58 students represented....Erin wins! The sad thing is that this was the highest turnout the school has ever seen.

I went hunting for Ptarmaigns today. What do you mean you haven't heard of them?!? They are the Alaska state bird, and the hunting season for them is 7 months long. They turn white once the snow hits, so they were very hard to see. I did hit one with the shot gun and our friend James hit one with the 22. The hunting laws are very strange up here. It seems that everybody shoots first and then decides if the animal is in season later. It was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to going hunting for these chicken sized birds more this year and next.

We are very, VERY, excited to come home for Christmas and have bought our tickets for the 18th of December and will be home on the 19th! The flight down will be quick but on the flight back on the 3rd of January we will have a 14 hour layover in Seattle, ouch. Our list of things to do when we're home keeps getting longer and longer, as does our list of things to stock up on. Nome is expensive.

Oh, one more thing...I almost forgot. WE'RE PREGNANT! Erin is due on June 15th, which works out great for us as teachers. We've been to the doctor and everything looks good, we got to see the heart beat and everything. We are planning to come home in July to visit. Erin has been feeling like crap for the past month and a half. She is anxiously waiting for Thanksgiving so she can have a couple of days to rest.

Sarah Palin is back in Alaska and still making headlines. It appears that maybe she will run for the Senate position if Ted Stevens (don't even ask!) gets elected and booted from the Senate. One funny thing about the Presidential election was that the polls in Alaska were still open for another 1 1/2 hours when they announced Obama had won. Poor Alaskans.

Just over a month until we get to see everyone again. Good luck to the Wayzata Trojans football and volleyball teams at the State tournament. We will talk to everyone soon!

Andrew
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