Update

Well, I don't have a whole lot to share since it's been raining for the better part of the last month.  The kids have been going to school and I have been hanging out, doing housework.  On the weekends, we've been pretty social, hanging out with different people and celebrating birthdays and weddings.

Austin went on his first away trip for Cross Country to Anchorage.  Since he runs for Junior High, he only ran two miles but finished first with a time of 10:00.  Whitney has joined the swim team and will be going on her first trip to Anchorage next weekend.  She'll be swimming the 100m and 200m freestyle and the 50m backstroke.  Since Cross Country finished, Austin joined the basketball team and will be playing in a tournament in Glenallen and Valdez the same weekend Whitney will be gone.  Mike and I will be childless for about four days!  I wish we could go, but it's so expensive to take the ferry.  Speaking of that, the school pays for Austin's travel and they sleep in the gyms of the schools they visit.  Whitney's travel and room are paid for with the dues we pay to the swim club and she'll be staying with a chaperone.  All we have to pay for is their food.

Mike is still home.  He was supposed to leave a week ago for two weeks, but the boat's propeller is broken, so they're waiting for a part.  He may be leaving in two weeks.  It's been really nice to have him home!!

So, since there aren't any pictures of us to share, I thought I would share a weather picture.  The rain that we got today was snow in the mountains surrounding town.  As a basis of comparison, I'm including an earlier picture.  Enjoy!

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