October 12th-18th 2025

 Hey! Another busy week here in Alaska!! This week, I got to travel across the lake to another village called Newhalen. All the teachers in the district traveled for in-service training. This is the first time in years that the district has traveled for in-service. Usually they just do them over Zoom since it is so expensive to fly every from the district.  There are actually two villages right next to each other, so between the two, they have 3 stores, a real post office, and a paved runway! I was lucky enough to stay with one of the new teachers I met in Anchorage!! I stayed with Rebecca and Don, and it was like I was staying with Grandma and Grandpaw!! They kept telling me "make yourself at home!" and "help yourself to anything!" (sound familiar?) One night, they made soup for all the teachers at the school, but Rebecca and Don said to come over for dinner instead, and they made SPAGHETTI!!! I got to go to the one store and they had soft serve ice cream! It was so good! That was the one thing that I was missing the most! Each night, they had different activities for all the teachers, and they were all great! One night they took us in a van and showed us all around the villages, one night I made watercolor paints, one night I made salve, and the last night I played Bingo! On the last day, they even had a farmers' market with fresh fruits and veggies! While I was gone during the week, Corbin had to stay back because technically he doesn't work for the district, but he got to go shooting one day with another teacher who stayed back, and he went on a few Honda rides.  ♡

  
Barbie Bungee jumping

Watercolors I made 

Madi and I got ICE CREAM!

farmers market goodies

BINGO!
    


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