We have had another beautiful week here in Alaska! The kids started school this week. On Monday, I found out that the local school district was getting rid of all their desks and chairs to buy new ones. So, I went down and picked up three very nice desks and chairs for a grand total of $9! It has been working out great! The desks really help the kids feel like they have there own place and keeps them focused on school. Not a bad view out the classroom window either! Ralph is starting 4th grade, Katelyn 1st, and Ryleigh is doing pre-K.
| The weather has been gorgeous this week. Highs in the 60's, lows in the upper 40's. We did finally manage to get a fire going! It was a good one too! The kids ran around collecting sticks, and we burned most of our trash and boxes that have been lying around the house. We had so much fun sitting around our own fire pit in the backyard, drinking coffee and just relaxing. We still have a hard time believing that we aren't on vacation sometimes! 
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Milo has been working from home mostly this week. The poor guy has to make due with this pitiful home office. I don't know how he does it! I am just kidding, he had been working very hard. There will be a lot to do in the coming months that will take him into Anchorage more often. |
On Saturday, we drove out to Talkeetna. It is a cute little town with little shops and with a gorgeous view of Mount McKinley. When measured from base to peak, Mount McKinley is the largest of any mountain entirely above sea level at some 18,000 feet. It was so beautiful. Sometime we will drive out a little further to get closer to it, but it was a few hours drive and we didn't want to be out to late. We walked around the town a bit and stopped into Talkeetna Chocolate Corner for some chocolate, Yumm yumm!
On the drive out we saw quite a bit of fall color. It has all started to come out just this week. The leaves in the backyard are starting to fall! It has been a long time since I have experienced a real fall, so it is pretty exciting. I can't wait to crunch through the leaves! Every day we are seeing a bit more snow on the tops of the mountains near the house and the weather forecast for next week shows lows in the 30's!
We have been trying out churches the last 2 weeks. We went to Wasilla First Assembly of God last week, and Church on the Rock this week, non-denomination I believe. We enjoyed both, as did the kids. I am sure we will still do a bit of church hopping until we find jus the right fit for us. We may end up back at one of those as well. We just want to find a place where we can get involved in ministry and enjoy being ministered to as well!
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