2. Janelle just finished (April 9-14) taking her music students to regional festival in Kotzebue, and her choir qualified for state with a "Superior" rating... exciting for our very first year of an actual music program with kids that have only been in choir for 3 or 7 months of their lives.
3. On Thursday, April 17, Jacob's "Grandma Ginny" passed away. It is difficult, as always, to lose someone close... especially when we are so far from our families. We are very thankful for the time we and DJ had with her this past Christmas, and are thankful that she is not in any more pain from her Parkinson's. We love her very much, and will miss her. See MerchantFuneralHome.com, Virginia Snyder: http://www.webfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=178115&fh_id=10111&s_id=96382
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4. Dr. E had been sick starting Tues or Wed this past week. We called up to our vet in Nome, and after giving him a list of symptoms and Dr. E's temp, he sent us some kitty antibiotics. We started him on them Friday, and tried giving him chicken, and eventually Jake fed him milk by dropper. We decided that we would fly him to Nome if he wasn't better by Mon morning. When we woke up for church this morning, we found he had died during the night. With all we've dealt with this week, it was pretty tough on top everything. He was a good pet... tolerant of Rocky when they shared close proximity, of Jake when he twirled and "tortured" him, and of DJ as he learned how to properly treat pets. He was also special because he belonged to Dr. James Edmonds, whom those of you from EWU knew; we took Dr. E when Dr. Edmonds died in the car wreck.
5. DJ is learning something new every day, and becoming more easily understood when he talks. He knows some letters and numbers by sight and sound, and competes with Jake for sole possession of the remote, which he always uses to change to music stations so he can dance. He is a joy every day. Potty-training is going very well (again) after our first setback from traveling. He has a new babysitter. Although he misses Darlene, he is having a lot of fun, getting social interaction, and learning a lot with his new sitter, Bertha (the wife of one of our AK state troopers).That is the scoop on us for now. Sorry so serious and sad in part. Life is always changing, and we're just having some tougher changes of late. We'll keep you updated on the significant changes, but we are very busy in general this time of year as school closes out in the next month. We will post more this summer. Love you all. Take Care.
