Friday, November 25, 2011

Snow, Horses, Churches and Happy Thanksgiving!!! :)

Two weekends ago, I went to Morris Cove with my friend Trent, and we saw 12 wild horses!  Beautiful!!  :)








First snow of the season...

 I am taking a "History of the Aleutians" class with one of the teachers.  He is great - very knowledgeable!  Last weekend we made the trek to the local Russian Orthodox Church.  Lovely!
 Then we (friends Erin, Josh, and Missy and dogs Peanut, Blue, Clover and Prudo) headed for Morris Cove for a hike.

 More walks and snow






Erin 


Happy Thanksgiving!!!  :)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Sushi Night, some 6th grade smiles, & Halloween

My roommate, Alex, planned a Sushi night at our apartment a couple of weeks ago.  I'm not normally a sushi gal, but this stuff was delicious!  and beautiful!!  Kelly, the Sushi Guru, brought over all of the necessary "stuff".  The plan was for us to learn how to roll sushi, but he talked us through how (while doing all of the work) and then let us eat it all!  :)  yummy!!!  Enjoy the beauty!













6th Grade art....too cute to keep a straight face!   These are from our "Food Chain" mobiles!  I love them!!









HALLOWEEN:
One of my students gave me this caramel apple and said, "I got this for you because it reminded me of you."  I then asked, "what part of this reminded you of me?" (not sure whether to be offended or not...)  She replied, "well, I guess the eyes...and the eyelashes!"  So funny!!


All of us girls decided to dress up "80s" - big hair, big make-up!  It was a fun night!  Hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!!

Miss you all!!
Happy Tuesday,
Am

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Sunshine & Wild Horses

Earlier in the week, we had a beautiful evening so Erin (the newest roommate and co-teacher) and I decided to take a walk on the beach with her dog, Peanut. :) More beach glass found!


Then on Friday, we celebrated Kevin's (5th grade teacher) birthday. We had delicious sandwiches for lunch then celebrated the night away dancing and laughing. :) All in all it was a great night!

Saturday - I met Julie out at Morris Cove to lay on the beach, read, and hopefully see the wild horses. We succeeded on all counts! It was a fantastic day full of laughter and sunny delight! And horses!! We saw four of them. We even fed them - carrots! (Shhhh....not sure if we were really supposed to) They loved us. Overall, they were friendly - only a little pushy - they would use a little dose of manners, but it was super fun to see them. Enjoy the photos below!



My snack bag was bright blue - and kept attracting bees. Ryon saved us from several of them and we discovered that there was "something" on it. Turns our they were little bugs or spiders - kinda creepy - like little parasites. Gross!







Eagles, eagles, everywhere...



To make your heart smile...

From a writing prompt asking who they would add to Mt. Rushmore:
I would add Ms. Wood to the Mount Rush Moor monument. I would add Ms. Wood because she makes a differentce every day. I would also pick her because she's probably the most awesome teacher in the world. I would pick her because she has good taste in everything. She is the most awesome person ever and that's why I would pick Ms. Wood's face on Mount Rush Moor.