It has been almost a year since my last post and I find that crazy! I have always heard that once you get married, a job, and start "life" that time will fly by. Well I can attest to that fact! Time has flown by, another year in the Arctic has passed and yet again we find ourselves on the doorstep of summer. This was obviously our first year of marriage and things went great. This year has been challenging with a lot of big decisons being made this year. Let's start with two huge life decisons Sam and I have made.
Decision #1 we have decided that our time in the Native village of Kiana is over for now. We are moving to Kotzebue (the big city). There were many factors that led us to this decision one of which was being offered some great jobs in Kotzebue. Sam will be moving back to elementary school and I will be teaching CTE at Kotzebue high school.
Decision #2 We have decided to buy a house in Kotzebue. Come the end of June we (hopefully) will be new home owners! 892 Caribou St. You can view it at the following link
http://melissaford.point2agent.com/Kotzebue_Homes/page_2534454.html
We have made an offer and it was accepted so we are in "hurry up and wait" mode. Waiting on an appraiser and inspector. Pretty excited to be 1st time homeowners.
Since we made our decisions I spent most of the spring traveling back and forth between Kiana and Kotzebue hauling sled loads of stuff into Kotzebue. We have a friend that was kind enough to let us store our stuff in his connex (shipping container) until we can move into our house. We also had many friends that came out to Kiana to help haul sled loads in.
On spring break I hauled a load into Kotzebue and was then able to go out to the Native Village of Noatak to hangout with a great friends Zach and Lyle. We had a lot of fun and it was a great break from Kiana. Fish had a great time too!
School is winding down for us. Today is Sunday, mothers day, of course you all know I have the greatest mom in the world, love you mom. We have 4 day of official school left. We have been packing our house and getting ready to move to Kotzebue. Every day we play the "what do we have to eat" game. We are trying to clean out our pantry and freezer so we may have some interesting meals ahead of us.
We have a rough summer plan that includes Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan and Alaska all in one month. We have work to do on our house this summer so we will be spending a lot of time in Kotzebue. I hope we get to see a lot of family and friends this summer. We will have a guest room in Kotzebue come visit us! As always thanks for reading about my Greater Northern Adventures.
Decision #1 we have decided that our time in the Native village of Kiana is over for now. We are moving to Kotzebue (the big city). There were many factors that led us to this decision one of which was being offered some great jobs in Kotzebue. Sam will be moving back to elementary school and I will be teaching CTE at Kotzebue high school.
Decision #2 We have decided to buy a house in Kotzebue. Come the end of June we (hopefully) will be new home owners! 892 Caribou St. You can view it at the following link
http://melissaford.point2agent.com/Kotzebue_Homes/page_2534454.html
We have made an offer and it was accepted so we are in "hurry up and wait" mode. Waiting on an appraiser and inspector. Pretty excited to be 1st time homeowners.
Since we made our decisions I spent most of the spring traveling back and forth between Kiana and Kotzebue hauling sled loads of stuff into Kotzebue. We have a friend that was kind enough to let us store our stuff in his connex (shipping container) until we can move into our house. We also had many friends that came out to Kiana to help haul sled loads in.
On spring break I hauled a load into Kotzebue and was then able to go out to the Native Village of Noatak to hangout with a great friends Zach and Lyle. We had a lot of fun and it was a great break from Kiana. Fish had a great time too!
School is winding down for us. Today is Sunday, mothers day, of course you all know I have the greatest mom in the world, love you mom. We have 4 day of official school left. We have been packing our house and getting ready to move to Kotzebue. Every day we play the "what do we have to eat" game. We are trying to clean out our pantry and freezer so we may have some interesting meals ahead of us.
We have a rough summer plan that includes Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan and Alaska all in one month. We have work to do on our house this summer so we will be spending a lot of time in Kotzebue. I hope we get to see a lot of family and friends this summer. We will have a guest room in Kotzebue come visit us! As always thanks for reading about my Greater Northern Adventures.
Great pictures and what a year it has been. Looking forward to spending time with you guys in June. Love you lots and as always--be safe.
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