On the job front....

I got a call from the district Tuesday and I have a job!! I will be teaching a 4/5 combo at Hunter Elementary in Fairbanks. I wasn't thrilled about the position, but I am grateful to be working in the fall. I drove by the school yesterday and it looks like it's in the "ghetto" of FBX, but I'm told it's a great school with a good principal. This will be my second time teaching fourth grade and a first time teaching fifth. Luckily I did some math tutoring for 5th grade all last year, so I know a little bit about the curriculum for both grades. I have a friend that did the same split a couple years ago at NPE and I'll be able to use her materials AND expertise. I will have to drive about 20 miles and hope I can car pool with a friend, but that also means getting up earlier as she has to work at 7 and I start at 8....I've gotten used to getting up when I want to! :)

Darren and I are going on our Vegas trip Sunday morning with our neighbors and staying until Friday, so I will have more to post next weekend. Love you all and thanks for visiting my blog!

7 Years on the 7th

Over the 4th we traveled south to a place called "King For A Day", and fished the Klutina River in Copper Center, AK. We recently bought a new travel trailer, so we had our friend Ross pull it with his truck. We hoped to catch a lot of salmon like last year, but didn't have a lot of luck. Darren and Ross each landed only 1 "red" in the 5 days we were there. We went down to Valdez one day to see if it was any better, and Darren was the big winner with 4 "pinks", Ross got 1. I have yet to catch and eat my own salmon!
Darren and I also celebrated our 7th Anniversary today! Hard to believe 7 years have gone by already, that's for sure! Thank you everyone for the cards and well wishes. We went and ate at an Italian restaurant called, "Geraldo's", which was very good and I am still burping up garlic. Here's to many more exciting years ahead.

Land of the Midnight Sun

Here are a few pictures of us at the Midnight Sun Festival in downtown Fairbanks. Both were taken on the bridge downtown with the Chena River below. We took these pictures around 11pm. We stayed up by walking around to look at the different vendors and night life, then hit Big Daddy's BBQ before calling it a night around 1am. Lindsey had to fly out at 9am and made it home safely with one delay in the cities. What a memorable trip!

Fun all night with nothing but light!

Lindsey flew in last Saturday and we have had a lot of fun while she's been here. There was a lot of rain this week, but we were able to do all the touristy stuff around the North Pole area. We took a cruise on the Tanana Chief Sternwheeler that goes down the Chena River in Fairbanks on Tuesday night. They served us prime rib and salmon and it was about an hour and a half trip. I took her on base yesterday. I couldn't let her leave without seeing at least one moose, she was lucky enough to see three! A momma and her two babies, which is rare. We are going downtown tonight for the summer solstice and Midnight Sun Festival to see the midnight sun. Darren and I haven't had a chance to experience the festival yet. It was over 80 degrees today, so we're hoping the weather stays nice so we can share some pictures with everyone. Lindsey keeps saying how much she likes it up here, but I told her this IS the best time to come, she might not be saying that come November. I am sad that she has to leave tomorrow already. I hope we get more visitors soon--hint, hint!

Another New Baby for Auntie Aimes

I'm an auntie again! My sister, Tina and her husband, Matt welcomed Cordell Charles Hoeft to the family- a little earlier than expected- on the morning of Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Big sisters Aubrey and Ashlyn are so excited to have a baby brother to help take care of. He is such a cutie! I think he resembles Aubrey, left. Thanks for sending me the picture, mom!

The New Baby

Darren's small business of buying and selling from the Eielson For Sale Board has been going pretty well. He bought an H2 about a month ago down in Anchorage. This week he had a navigational system put in with screens in the back of the head rests. Now he's just finished putting his 24" rims on it...man, I feel like I'm on my own episode of MTV Cribs with our new "whip". (If you've seen the show, you will know what I am talking about.) So, now that Darren has his "baby" he says, and I am quoting him, "you can have your baby". Funny, it's not OUR baby. He's making progress at least! He acted like he was allergic to babies before. ;)




Here are some new pictures taken today of his "baby". He is very proud! Does anyone know how to dye leather?