New Stu
Ready to chow
Recovery period
This is a little late, but we hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We felt really blessed that we had the opportunity to take a little trip to the village of New Stuyahok and visit with two other couples there! New Stu is another village in our school district. Lucas has been there before when his basketball boys played there last winter, but this was my first trip there. We flew to Dillingham on Wednesday after school, and from Dillingham took about a thirty minute flight upriver to New Stu.
Our good friends Peter and Cindy hosted us until it was back home to Manokotak on Saturday. They were the most amazing hosts, and that Cindy can really cook! Our Thanksgiving meal was fabulous! :) So fabulous, in fact, that Lucas and Peter needed a recovery period afterwards.
It was so nice to be able to relax for a few days. We had so much fun on our little trip. We miss getting to hang out with Peter and Cindy (they lived here in Manokotak last year), so it was good to catch up! We also visited with Robin and Ben (she is the assistant principal and he a SPED teacher) which was treat as well :) It was the perfect weekend.
We have had a busy week since we arrived back to sweet home Manokotak. Lucas started basketball practice on Monday. He had 18 boys his first day- which is quite a lot for our small little school. The turn out really shows how the basketball program has grown since Lucas started coaching here three years ago. The boys respect and look up to him (even though they were all whining about how tired and sore they were this week!). Lucas is a great coach- I'm really proud of him!
Last night we celebrated our coworker's 50th birthday with cupcakes and a game of Risk. Today we will celebrate another teacher that we love with homemade ice cream. But first, I have to write a literature review.... (I have a love/hate relationship with weekends)!
Fourteen school days until we are reunited with our family and friends! This semester has gone by insanely fast. Grad school is probably the reason for that, but I am lucky to be so busy as it keeps me focused on teaching, school, and the kiddos. Now all we need is some snow so we can get our snowmobile started and enjoy trips into Dillingham on Saturdays with our crew :) Fingers crossed!
Have a great week!
-A + L
