Where to begin? We had Spring Break this week and I'm really glad we did. It was nice to have a release from school. Monday and Tuesday were regular school days, well kinda. We had parent/teacher conferences both of those days, so school was shortened by an hour each day. Out of both days, I think we had a total of 5-6 people show up. Obviously not overwhelming. It was rather fun, because instead of staying in our classrooms, we moved out into the commons and set up a few tables. Conferences for parents were super quick. They could talk to various teachers in a short amount of time and we got the chance to chat and have fun between visits.
On Wednesday, we got a funny phone call from our case worker's supervisor in Seattle from LDS Family Services. Her name is Tawnya, and she asked us about our home visit the week before. Long store short, apparently our home study wasn't done properly, or at least thorough enough. I guess we were suppose to have 1.5 hour individual interviews and a 1 hour combined interview, among other things. So, to amend things, we ended up having a shortened home study interviews over the telephone with her. It's all good now, but it was a bit disappointing to find out that our social worker spent so much money to come out and didn't really do everything.
On Thursday we went ice fishing for Smelt. Smelt is a small Harring type fish. It swims mostly in the ocean and comes up the Togiak River between Jan-Apr. It was really fun. There were some previously drilled out holes in the ice that we ice picked clean. Once clean we simply dropped a line with a hook in the water. The fish would bite within seconds. In the hour and a half were fishing, Kaitlyn and I caught 30 or so fish. It was just so much fun because, for the most part, as soon as you put your hook back in the water you'd get another fish. Here are some pictures. They will also be uploaded to the "Photos" tab.
The rest of the week was spent at school, preparing for school and building this website. It was definitely nice to relax and not have to think about anything important. We are down to 8 weeks left of school. Before we know it, school will be out and we'll be back in the lower 48!
The rest of the week was spent at school, preparing for school and building this website. It was definitely nice to relax and not have to think about anything important. We are down to 8 weeks left of school. Before we know it, school will be out and we'll be back in the lower 48!
