Camping

We camped along the Chena river. There are no roads back to this spot so we rode our fourwheelers. It was very nice. I rained for about 5 minutes then the sun came back out and dried everything. We saw about 5 boats go by on the river.


We ate dinner, built a fire and roasted hotdogs and then made s'mores. One of Jim's hotdogs fell off his stick because the stick burned off. He later used it as fishing bait. Surprise! He didn't catch anything.



This picture was taken just before midnight. I had to show you how light it is so late in the night.




We all three took cots, but none of us used them. Jim's ripped (the cot was old and ready to retire. It was from W W II !!!) So, I figured if he is sleeping on the ground, I might as well sleep next to him. Sorry about the darkness. It was taken pretty late, around 12:30.This is as dark as it gets though, it starts getting light again right around this time.

Accidents, Naps, and Selling

John for those of you who don't know, is Jim's brother and he has been living with us. He needed to go somewhere yesterday and decided to take Sally along since she loves car rides. Well he has a truck and she was riding in the bed, which she always does in Jim's truck. We have never had any problems. However, it may have been the truck, or something else but she decided to jump out when John was going 45 MPH. He was shocked and scared that she got hurt. Well, it has been more than a day later, she is acting as happy as can be and we only found two scratches on her. They aren't even bothering her. So, there are new rules for her going on car rides: She is only allowed in my explorer because she can't jump out of it. No more truck beds for her. And she still loves car rides. I took her on one today.
Jim and Sally (and sometimes me) like to take naps on the couch. Jim works hard for us so I let him. I on the other hand feel guilty when I don't have to work all day.
I am going through all the stuff that we don't use anymore because Katelyn is having a yard sale and we are joining in. This extra bedroom is where we are storing everything till it happens.

Summer

Well, it is really exciting but yet sad. It's a bitter sweet thing that school is out for the summer. I really enjoyed my job of being a building sub this year, especially the 9 weeks that I was a full time teacher for one who was on maternity leave. I miss it already and it has only been 2 days (aka the weekend).
My summer will be filled with correspondence courses that I have to take to keep my teacing certificate up to date. It doesn't expire until June 2011 but I don't want to be a procrastinater so I have already started. YUCK!!! I am back in school. Luckily it is only two classes but they seem to be interesting but hard.
Another thing we plan on doing this summer is camping. I will make sure to take pictures and all.
The sun is up around 4 AM I am guessing by the way it looks in our bedroom coming in through the blinds, and goes down around midnight. It's soooooo NICE!