First Week of School

I don't think I remember Monday. I know it happened, but not quite sure what I did. This was our first week of school with students and it was a whirlwind. Students came Tuesday, and the Junior High was out of the school Wednesday-Friday on field trips.

We had spent part of the end of last year, and our whole prep week planning a camping trip for 80 junior high students. We had bought $1500 worth of groceries and sent out permission slips when the camp we were supposed to stay at called and said we couldn't use it anymore. No reason given, just we weren't allowed to be there. So we scrambled trying to find places that we could take the kids last minute. It was stressful, but things all worked out.

We spent three wonderful days outside. Wednesday we hiked to a place called Dorothy Falls which was beautiful. If you have never walked on the tundra (Fargo-Moorhead doesn't count), you would be surprised to find out how difficult it is to walk on. The ground is very soft and uneven.

Thursday we went out to Salmon Lake and had 3 guest speakers for the kids. They learned about healthy life choices like not smoking and chewing tobacco from CAMP, a part of the hospital. They learned about Musk Ox from the National Park Service and team building from some one at Nome Eskimo Community. The kids had a great time. They also got to go out in a boat with our gym teacher.

We were able to pick lingonberries, blueberries and crowberries. I am hoping to make relish out of the lingonberries as last weekend I learned how to make jams and syrups.

Andrew is out rockclimbing right now with some friends and Audrey is sleeping. We have talked about driving out to Council which is about 2 hours away. We haven't been out there yet and we have heard that it is beautiful (and they have trees!)

If you haven't checked out the video of Audrey talking on the post below, you should. We think it's pretty cute, but we may have a biased opinion :)

Have a great weekend!