Monday night was Family Movie Night

Monday night we had our first Family Movie night. A few of the teachers and a couple of parents decided to try to get some community involvement going. We've come up with some pretty good ideas and we had our first one this past week.

We had free popcorn and lemonade for all movie watchers. We were fortunate to have many students, parents, and teachers helping out.

Here are three generations of Lockwoods watching "Goonies". It was a fun night for all generations.

Some of our kitchen help getting stuff ready.

Bobbi and Tunie popping the popcorn.

Here's "Little Man" kicked back, relaxed, and enjoying the movie.
We are trying to bridge the gap between the school and the community. We sometimes feel that we are two separate entities and we'd like to close that gap. We've planned a few other community events for the near future!

Thursday - January 25th

Well one year ago today we lost all water and sewer in the village. I'd hate to jinx that fact, but... so far... so good. We haven't had the extreme temps that we did a year ago. It was actually colder in Pickford this morning than it was here in Alaska. (It brings a smile to my face!) Mind you it is -9 here right now. It's supposed to warm up over the weekend.
Speaking of weekend - we are off this weekend! No bb games!!! It will be so nice to be able to sleep in! Did you hear that Mark... SLEEP IN!!! LOL
So anyway... that about sums up the majority of what I am thinking right now.

It's Friday... best day of the week!

Honestly I believe Saturdays or even Sundays would qualify for the best day status but regardless it is Friday! Well the Storm Girls had some great games last weekend! We played four games, two district games and two non. We won both of the district games and lost the other two. So... we are officially 2-0! We have two more home games this weekend. We will be playing Koyuk - we are pumped and ready for some action on the court! We did lose two of our players in our first game. Cece and Elaine both went out with knee injuries. Cece looks to be out for the season while Elaine may be able to come back in a couple of weeks. They will be missed!
Patty has spend the majority of the week in Anchorage. She had a dentist appointment, a dental appointment, and she met up with some good looking dude! (That would be her husband by the way.) Mark survived the road trip and has reached his destination of Alaska. They are flying into Unalakleet this afternoon and setting up his apartment. Congrats to Mark on his new job and best wishes over there at the DO.
Happy weekend everyone!

Good Morning -

It's Wednesday morning and we are having a bit of a heat wave here in SMK. It's been pretty warm up here the last couple of days. Today it's about 0. Monday morning it was 20 below, so as you can see, it's a nice change of temp! We really don't have too much snow but what we do have is really blowing around. The winds are pretty wicked! Our area is under a blizzard warning - which has an up side as well as the obvious down: the tons of possible snow and the temps should remain fairly high. (High nowadays is anything above 0.)
Basketball is now in full swing here in the bush. We have our first games this weekend. SMK is hosting a jamboree - oh the fun. The girls will play at home the first two weekends then we hit the road, or should I say air? Looking forward to a great season with a fantastic group of Lady Storm!
Great day to everyone!

More from Hawaii

More from Hawaii - It's -17 here in SMK today so it does me MUCHO good to look at these pictures and relive that "warmth"!!! Hope everyone is warm, healthy, and happy.

Melanie, Summer, me, and Eva at Pali Lookout. This was the only day that it rained. I think it rained about 5-10 minutes and that was it.

The Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. This memorial was built over the USS Arizona. While standing inside the memorial you are able to see the battleship. She has been down there for 65 years and she is still leaking oil to this day. The survivors call the oil the "black tears". They claim she will stop crying the day the last survivor goes to rest. Many of the survivors will have their ashes put onboard when they pass. (It was a pretty sobering experience to be there.)

Timmy and Summer striking a pose. This was somewhere along the northeast shore. We were looking for Leia Point but I don't think we ever found it.

I am not real sure what kind of flower this is (Hibiscus perhaps) but I thought it was pretty sweet. The flowers and smells of Hawaii are so fresh... I love the Plumeria!

This is Waikiki Beach. We spent a couple of days just laying on the beach. It was so neat to see so many people just minding their own business.... all only there for one thing... soak up the sun! I bought a painting of Waikiki Beach. I'll have to take a picture of it to post one of these days. It looks perfect in my Hawaiian bedroom!

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. I arrived back in St. Michael December 31st. The village had a great display of fireworks at midnight, which was pretty cool. I had a fantastic Christmas break in Hawai'i. Here are some of my memories!

This is the Dole plantation. We had fresh pineapple, coconut, sugar cane, mango, and bananas. It was quite a day.

This is Diamond Head, one of the volcanoes on O'ahu. It was taken from Waikiki Beach.

Here I am playing in the trees on North Shore. I believe this was Christmas Day. We had fresh shrimp from the shrimp shack for Christmas dinner.

This is Hanamah Bay. There is a terrific coral reef with lots of great snorkeling. Another fun day in the Hawai'i sun!

Parasailing... and yep, it's me. It was a blast and I really can't believe I actually did it! We took off from the boat and sailed about 600 feet into the air. It was an awesome feeling... and I did NOT think of the what ifs... like my dad did!

I'll try to post some more pictures shortly. Back to reality tomorrow... Until next time -