Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Happy, Happy New Year! Greeting from warm and balmy Alaska! The temperature here was 28 degrees for most of the day…unbelievable!

The boys greeted the New Year by sleeping in until 9am.! The late sunrise really helps in instances like that!  After breakfast, we went outside. First we went sledding, and then we moved wood. Roger has been cutting up the wood that we brought back from the burned area, but the wood still needed to be moved and stacked next to the house. The boys ended up with dirty faces, and filthy jackets from the charred wood, but the job was completed.

We walked down to Art and Damaris’ home about 12:30pm. Art is trying to move a plane, but there were some conflicts at the airport this morning; so we weren’t able to help with that project. Damaris fed the boys a snack and we had tea and visited for a bit. We walked in the door to our house at about 2pm. Roger and Garett headed down to the new runway at the airport, to help a man cut and load some wood. The wood pile from the runway clearing is huge, so they were able to load the trailer in about an hour!

We headed to the hot springs at 4pm. for our weekly baths. The water seemed warmer tonight, but I’m guessing it’s because the outside temperature is so much warmer. Anyways, everyone is bathed and clean for at least a day. (I hope!)

Tomorrow is Wednesday…which is a mail day! 