June, Already?!

I did it again, went weeks without posting.  I'm going to try harder to do better.  With summer here, there will be much more happening.

We still haven't seen any bears, although we've heard about them showing up.  We did see small fish jumping at the Klawock River mouth yesterday on your way home.  Fish bring bears, and bald eagles, and otters, and seagulls.

The Prince of Wales Island Marathon happened last weekend, and all indications are it was a big success.  More people signed up than ever before.  The inauguaral half marathon was a huge success.  We do our committee debrief on Tuesday, and I'm looking forward to hearing how the rest of the committee feels.

I left the celebration ceremony early on Saturday to run down to Hollis and greet Kathy.  Besides being glad to see me, I don't think she was too happy about being 'home.'  She had a great two weeks with Kelli and Jared and Henry.  Our grandson is growing by leaps and bounds.  He is one smart kid, even had a story that he kept repeating for Nona, his grandmother.  She bought him a pair of Elmo crocks, which he loves.  I miss him so much!

Serendipity met opportunity:  Kelli and Jared both accepted jobs at Jared's alma mater in Maine, in the town where he grew up, while Kathy was visiting.  Yep, they are headed to Pittsfield this summer.  They get to live in a three bedroom apartment on campus with all utilities paid as part of their compensation, pretty nice.  So, they made arrangements and went to the County on Wednesday, May XX and got married!  Again, nice that at least Kathy could be there, along with Henry!  :-)  Kirsten was there, too.  

This means, for the second year in a row, at nearly the same time of the year, a Wescott will be moving out of San Diego, far, far away.  Funny how things work out.  They have excellent opportunities, and are very excited their move.  I can state unequivecally that their move will be easier than ours, including the Henry factor.  Obviously, the factor of family is a big, big plus, but I'm referring to the Island factor that we encountered and for which we were not fully prepared.  


Spring is in full bloom.  The bushes have all leaved out, flowers from ornamental rhododendrons to dainty shooting stars and showy bleeding hearts are blooming all over.

My mother turned 80 years young on Wednesday:  Happy Birthday Mom!  My son turned 34 on Tuesday:  Happy Birthday Brady!  My daughter-in-law turned 32? on Saturday:  Happy Birthday Faith!  Phew, busy week!