1. Lucy's mom Gina came up for a few days from Wrangell, AK. I didn't get to see her very much since I was working, but I did go to dinner with them at 49th State Brewery. She speaks English very well but still has a strong accent (she and her husband came here from Prague.) She got the shrimp tacos at 49th, and kept saying "These good, fat, breaded shrimp." I liked her a lot.
2. I went to the Tenana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks with Jessie and her kids, Jess, and this other girl in our branch Tiffany and her kids. It was crazy but fun. Jess and I were on stroller duty while the older kids rode some of the rides. And I had a pretzel for lunch :).
3. Danny and Kiki are going to stop in Paris for a couple of days on their way back to Bulgaria. Kiki, "I have never been there, but already it is my favorite city!" Her goal is to get to the top of the Eiffel tower and scream at the top of her lungs.
4. Sheri and Gregg have a little dog that they named Steve. James keeps getting confused, and whenever he's talking about Gregg he will call him Steve. It cracks the rest of us up :).
5. Snezhana, "In Bulgaria I only drink Vodka. But here. Here I drink everything!" And then she told me I could help myself to any of her liquor, since I'm not old enough to buy it. I was like, um, I'll pass.
6. I got to go canoeing on Otto lake with Kaymbra (the RS president) and Linda (RS 1st counselor) and their kids. It was fun, even though for most of it Kaymbra was trying to get her son Seth to relax whenever the canoe moved at all. We had a picnic lunch on one of the islands in the middle of the lake, and then Linda got me back in time for work.
7. Danny is obsessed with Oreos and Mac'n'cheese. I swear he lives off of those :). We are in the office, and he has one of those packages that have 6 oreos each. He offered me one and I said no thanks (I just barely brushed my teeth :) ) Then he said "Good! I only have two left." Haha
8. The bears are dead. Our branch president killed two of them, Keith killed a third, and another guy in the branch killed the fourth. That's the Mormons, keeping our town safe from crazy bears :).
9. I finally hiked Mt. Healy. It isn't a very long hike, just 6.8 miles round trip, but it goes straight up the side of the mountain and then you come straight back down. According to a hiking book I found, the total elevation change is 11,800 feet (I don't really know what that means, but it sounds impressive :).) The views from the top were worth it though.
10. Sheri and Gregg have been gone the past four days for a trip to Seward, so Mickey has been playing manager. He takes it very seriously. Usually Sheri will only be in the office from 9-12 and then an hour in the afternoon, but he has been coming in at 6 and not leaving until 11 at night. He is definitely dedicated, that's for sure.
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