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Friday, February 24, 2012




These northern light photos are from Fairbanks photographer Patrick Endres. at http://photos.alaskaphotographics.com/

Good morning… Yesterday we woke up to -10°, but today it is only 10° above.  Upon looking outside, I see that it snowed about ½ an inch during the night.  Everything will look fresh.

I haven’t seen any new photo ops of the Northern Lights, but we did have a plethora of events to photograph concerning the children and young people. On Sunday night after dinner, grades 1-4 sang and did a little skit for us.  They were really cute, esp the toothless 2nd graders.  











After that, Judy and Steve had a young people’s square dance night since Austin is here.  Judy had arranged for Tommy and Carolyn to come direct and coordinate the dancers.  A lot of fun was had.  Wednesday night instead of church, the high school sang and did a skit for us.  We had a guest appearance from May Buongiorne who sang a Mary Magdalene song.  Also, noteworthy was that Kathryn and Cody were the pianists for all the music except for May’s song, which Miss JoAn played.  Those guys do a really good job! 


In March, we will have a play put on by the Jr High students.  For several evenings, May and Annie and Cody have been designing new backdrop curtains for this event.  I tried to convince May that maybe I should get to use these backdrops for my photo backdrops sometimes.  She’s not convinced.  They are chalk painted and easily damaged (the chalk part).  They are spraying their work with hair spray which helps keep the chalk from moving so much but not entirely.





It seems that Austin’s been having a great visit.  He always has a smile on his face if that is an indicator. 

Jarred and Jennifer left yesterday for a meet up with Jennifer’s sisters in Hawaii.  Grandma and Grandpa Milliron with Kelly will do the baby sitting.  J

Kelsey and Brandon were out for several hours on Monday.  Kelsey was right in the kitchen helping her friends make dinner as if she’d never been gone.

Either I dreamed that I wrote about some things, or I did write about them and I can’t find my own email.  Anyway, Ann and Merlin went to Fbks this week because Micah had some intense physical therapy to do for three days.  Also, Nicolas had a lump on his left eardrum that was going to be operated on.  Both those events went well.  Nic’s lump was bigger than expected and was on either side of the eardrum, but it was taken out effectively.  Although a little woozy, Nic was back to school yesterday. 

Becky Riche has been to and from Anchorage several times to determine what this strange area is in her lungs.  After having pneumonia in the fall, which never seemed to clear up, Becky went for tests.  The Dr’s still aren’t sure, after all these tests, what the spot is, whether it’s scar tissue, cancer, or something else.  In the meantime, they did find a broken rib which must be uncomfortable.  To me, that is a discomfiting report.  But, the Lord has Becky in His hands, I know.  If you want to write Becky, here is her address: becky_riche@hotmail.com


I have been going out with the young children on my snow trails. Ages Gr. 2 down to PreK...they like it and so do I.





Pat and I continue to take Rob out on week ends, good exercise and he likes being out and about!





Annie is trying her hand at her new handmade jewelry shop. She opened a page on FB as well as on Etzy.com, take a look! She is going to Fairbanks with one of the sisters here, who also makes handmade items to be a part of a small craft bazaar....pretty excited about that!



I’m sure I’m missing news, but I have to get moving.  Fridays are busy days for me.  I can’t start behind.  (ooops, I already am).
Hv a great week!

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