AND SO ITS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR SOME...

Hi!  

We had a fairly quiet week off from school.  We sent some caroling pictures on FB and a New Year’s picture so you know we did that.  We had mildish weather for both of those nights.  On New Year’s, we had a great pasta dinner at the tab prepared for us by Jennifer Milliron, Jeni Nerbonne with Kathryn and Emily Nerbonne.  We hung around the tab eating snacks, visiting, square dancing, playing games until close to midnight when some of the young men put on our fireworks show for us.  Guests for that night were the Lupos,Chris Jepsen and his new bride, Samuels, Basalygas from Whitestone, Woan Chuie, Mark Coy, Zayden, and maybe others that I’m forgetting.  Oh, Kelsey and boyfriend, Brandon, were down too.

Thomas and Brad picked up the Jepsen's nephew, Zayden, last Tuesday and brought him out to stay with them.  They kept Zayden (five years old) for a week while his folks vacationed in Seattle, WA.

On Monday, the temperature steadily dropped all day till by early evening it was -40*.  Sometime in the night, clouds rolled in and the temperature rose to -20*.  Now it’s about -25*. 

Patrick and Griselda and Robin are in Fbks for a week or so.  On the 4^th Robin will have his adenoids, & tonsils out.  They have to stay in Fairbanks for certain amount of days after the surgery to ensure that there aren’t any complications.  Robin is one tough little guy!

Ben was invited by his brother to go on a cruise to the Bahamas, so… that is where Ben is.  Wonder if he’s missing our brisk temps?  Ben called while Kelsey was with us.  He was enjoying 75* weather – his brother lives in Baton Rouge, IL.  Ben’s brother, Steve, has MS and is undergoing various treatments to improve his health.

Judy McCaffery will be in Ethiopia from January 9 – 14^th to pick up their adopted 11 ½ month old Christianna.  There isn’t really any news on the other girl, Olivia that they’d like to adopt. 

Paul and Wendy Jennings will be traveling to Anchorage soon so Wendy can get some more treatment shots in her back.  She is getting some relief, but needs more. 

I heard after I came to Fbks today, that the school kids were getting sick in a domino fashion (one after another).  The stomach flu and fever seems to be steadily hitting randomly here and there.  I hope it runs it’s course quickly. 

UPDATE AND CORRECTION ON ROB'S SURGERY:

Ok, Rob did NOT have his wisdom teeth out! haha...they are not even making an appearance yet! All his dental growth is much slower than "regular" kids, so we might be looking at braces in a few years time.

Today, 1/4/2012 Rob came out of his T&A (Tonsilectomy and Adeonoidectomy) with flying colors! Even his docs were impressed with his rebound, talking and chatting up the nurses. Now he is under observation for today to see if he is gonna stay the night in the FMH or can come back to the hotel we're staying at for the next 10 days.

Guess that because we live so far, they don't want us to leave town (covering their b....) in case there is any complications. Weird how the malpractice thingie has made everybody so trigger happy. When I was a kid, err....50 yrs or so ago, I don't remember this procedure being such a big deal, but course we lived in the big city...I remember staying at the British Hospital overnight and that was it. Soooo...here we are stuck in Fbks at -40, twiddling our thumbs.

I MISS MY CABIN AND THE QUIETNESS OF  OUR ALASKA BUSHOME....amazing how noisy hotels are at midnight and how much the traffic bothers me...and its not that much cause of the frozen temps...but still, MORE than what we have in the woods....haha

However I am very THANKFUL that Medicaid/State of Alaska is kicking in for all of Rob's needs. 

If all goes well, we are planning to be home in about 10 days.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

Have a great start of the year...full of new resolutions and plans.

GOD BLESS!