Yeah, so blogging in the summer just doesn't happen. Since Alaskan summers have a lifespan of about three months I just can't bring myself to sit down and blog thinking that there's gonna be snow in a few weeks. : ) There's snow now though so here I am. Had an interesting summer to say the least. Very hard but still managed to have a few adventures. The last few years we've started our summers by going hiking on Memorial Day and every year it turns into a grand adventure. One year we hiked Donnelly Dome in a blizzard, last year I hiked Granite Tors with my brothers and slept in a cave, that was awesome!, and this year we hiked Whikersham Dome with the Degerlunds. Jock and Ross slept in a little crevasse stuffed with all their gear and actually lasted the whole night even though Sam set a tent up for them because we didn't expect them to. The boys went sledding on an old patch of snow by using their sleeping mats for sleds. I even tried it, it was fun! I think we spent most of June and July at the lake. I love living so close to Chena Lakes. (so does Jane!) Me and Kris spent the fourth of July with Jo in Anchor Point. It was the perfectly weekend vacation, we just hung out with our sister and did a bunch of nothing, it was so quiet and comforting at her house. We walked to the ocean everyday and went to the farmer's market in Homer. I love Homer!! We ate pizza at Starvin Marvin's (it was delicious) and Jason embarrassed us by singing along with song from the 80's they were playing there. Jo said she was too used to it to be embarrassed and refused to constrain her husband. : ) August was crazy with Missions Conference and family vacation. We loved having the whole McCandless family here for two weeks. If they ever want to come back there is always a place for them here. We were able to show them alot of Alaska, we went to Denali Park and took them all down to visit Mr. Ron and Mrs. Anita. It always doubles the fun to show an outsider Alaska. I'm so lucky to live here. I didn't get to go to Chitna this year. : ( I missed it alot.
Things I learned this summer:
People actually think I'm an adult. ; ) I had to give two girls at work their 90 day reviews. So I'm kinda a supervisor I guess. I know some of you think that would be easy for me : ) being a older sister and all but it wasn't.
Life is alot harder then I thought it would be, and God is really the only sure and steady thing in this world. It's my own fault if I get the rug pulled out from under me because I was relying completely on people for my emotional and spiritual support. I learn this summer that God really does mean it when he says He want us to rest on Him alone.
At Missions Conference this year I learned three things:
How to kill a rat; : )
that there is somebody out there as silly as Aaron that somehow managed to bluff his way into the elite club made up of conservative Baptist Pastors; and that bubbles can carry alot of weight. (thanks Mrs. Anita: )
I have read a few good books lately that I want to talk about we'll see if I ever do though. : )