Play Ball!

This week the temperatures have been going up, up, up!  

Which means the snow is going gone, gone, gone.

Early in the week, the snow melted but quickly turned to thin ice.

Slush and puddles

The grass is coming back

This week Greg and Nathaniel started coaching "Lap Game," which is a version of baseball, except instead of running around bases, the players run (a lap) down and back.

Greg working with the kids on throwing.

 Nathaniel working with the kids on hitting.

A friend and I took a beautiful walk down to the Native Store.

Shopping for coffee and pop-tarts at Native Store (which is mostly a hardware store).

Panorama of Native Store.

I have breakfast for the next four weeks!

Thankfully, all the stores in our village take cash, debit, and credit.

It's great to get some fresh air again, without my noise hairs freezing.

We have been selling a lot of items these past couple weeks.

...and boxing up a lot of items to ship home.

18 gallon Rubbermaid totes, with drilled holes, and will secure with zip ties

 Walking to school one morning.

The weather tried to snow/rain that afternoon.

We had a special assembly this week to honor our NYO team (Native Youth Olympics) on their 3rd place team finish.  We also have 3 athletes going on to compete at State in Anchorage.

A state qualifier, demonstrating the "Alaskan High-Kick" event.

Nathaniel with his little lap game team.

The fundamentals of batting.

Soft toss hitting practice

We aren't seeing any more snow machines.  Only four wheelers on the road.

Litter revealed by melted snow under the deck.

Walking home.

Our neighbor's dog, Scooter.

Good Friday sunset at 10:30pm.

My husband loves me.  I almost had a heart attack when I saw this in the freezer.  

The little things become a big deal up here.

Gorgeous weather.