Derek, Lacy and Luna's Alaskan Adventure: January 2012

It's been about a month since our last post. Things got busy before the holidays, so there is a lot to catch up on...

Back in December, our school had all the teachers and students decorate their classroom doors for the holidays...

Derek and my class did them together:)

Can you tell which side is the first grade class....?? Well...not really...

Derek was scheduled as the entertainment at the half time show at the basketball tournament. Huge gig for Gambell! Go Derek !
http://youtu.be/w_b514YffFE

Our friends Scott Bailey and Niki mailed us some great gifts for the kids! Derek's students loved the watercolor paints! Thanks Scott and Niki !!!

Derek's students are writing!!!

and apparently not super enthused about it...

Teacher Derek takes his kids to gym class: http://youtu.be/HVfNLjLb4Ps

Teacher Derek invites the high schoolers to help paint with the 1st graders : http://youtu.be/wT7NeEq93Bg

In early December the snow really started to accumulate...

in our open, boarded-up-window

Teacher housing was snowed in :/

I can touch the roof...almost

We built a snow cave!

Tyler and Donna - they are our pilates workout buddies

just relaxing on a nice day

model pose...

Derek by the ocean beginning to freeze

looks a bit windy

Bering Sea

Snow cave for LaRee and Soxy

Lacy and Donna

Four of us in a snow cave

Lots of snow cave videos:
http://youtu.be/ZslDBZ7WczQ

http://youtu.be/xwb7oKauvQA

http://youtu.be/9YAn2ahq0uY

http://youtu.be/PpegXNJ_ZME

http://youtu.be/S7y9xTJAGqo

A buried four-wheeler, this is the back rack and a speck of the handle bars

Derek's park job at the dump...good thing we brought the shovel

atop a ten-foot snow drift

We found a crab video:
http://youtu.be/3UnI9hs_FUI

Just a quick Luna video:
http://youtu.be/15yYDfR0YY8

A video of December:
http://youtu.be/MI3jMFL7L3Q

Christmas staff dinner, serving Alaskan crab legs...sooooo delicious

We made it !

videos of us flying home:

http://youtu.be/2J3Lfvju2mk

http://youtu.be/sJSuAYMSBCA

Christmas back in the Northwest

Himalayan salt block - a gift to Derek from my sister, Jena

Video of Derek and I loving the salt lick....uh..salt block:

More videos of us in the Northwest:

http://youtu.be/YuqjJwcP2I0

http://youtu.be/ZndPzmCPCms

http://youtu.be/2_fr1FKrRJs

http://youtu.be/CVNUKG1R3kA

http://youtu.be/Xs9353OI08w

New Years back in Gambell !

Happy 2012

New Years video:

http://youtu.be/aQ93dbvtazw

Gambell new years video !

http://youtu.be/BYeA0GKdpmU

The pitcher is filled with non-alcohol Margarita mix...we really partied....

Enchiladas for dinner


we played games ...

hung out with Luna...

Video of Luna just before midnight....

http://youtu.be/ChiIQHLeC6w

Fireworks at midnight to celebrate the new year in Gambell...We were very impressed from our view on top of the shipping container:

http://youtu.be/zYRMMJBKt_Y

January brings us cold weather (-26 degrees), but the wind is minimal and sky is clear:

http://youtu.be/RAqGsG2MXcg

http://youtu.be/LY4j1F-7sWc

http://youtu.be/VZ32-P38olQ

http://youtu.be/QNBI2vcb-U4