Alaskan Blues

Often, the urge has come over me to blog...but due to five children who are staying up until 11 pm every day (thank you, Alaska's unending daylight!), massive quantities of homework necessitating a bedtime on my part of around 3 a.m. every day, and the blessed unendingness of meals, cleaning, and general family upkeep, I have not had a chance to actually do so. I fear that whatever I write here will be rather rushed and pointless, too. But here goes.

We had VBS (Vacation Bible School) last week, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings. I blew at least 10,000 bubbles for various infants and young toddlers while hanging out with Bethany in the nursery. The kids got to do fun stuff like reenact the applying of mud on eyes (Jesus did that once). It involved lots of singing and music and Zoya has been playing air guitar and singing Matt Redmund's "You Never Let Go" over and over ever since.

Having Noah here has been such a thrill. I am terribly sad that he will have to leave in September. He is relaxed and adjusted and eats ever so much. We almost have the same sized feet! In fact, all the kids are eating mountains of food, at least 3 dinners, and drinking lots of water. All that playing is wearing them out.

The weather has been crappy as can be. When snow is on the ground for 8 months, ya darn well hope that the rest of the days are sunny and warm. I think we've had as much sun as I can count on one hand since summer started. It has been raining off and on...we've still been getting out to play a lot but it gets depressing after awhile. Today, we saw a brilliant rainbow! There's nothing better than that bizarre rain that happens even while the sun is blazing and the sky is almost entirely blue. It felt like Hawaii for just a moment. :)

Okay. Well. There you have it. Nothing else to say...I'm sure it's there somewhere but I'm completely zapped. Now on to school. Yes, this is my "pity me" post. While all of this is of my own choosing, I will still assert that I am a victim of the weather. So there. hehe