Winter's Momentary Return

Winter came back! We jumped on it quick. We are learning how to take advantage of it Kodiak style. We headed out for some snowboarding, snow-shoveling, sledding with buddies, and empty coffee mug throwing.

And of course, ice skating has been big. Boodah is really doing it! And mama, too, especially with all those one-on-one lessons with Joel. Even though he has nicknamed her Genny-2000. If somebody says you skate like a robot, that's a compliment, right? I'm pretty sure the Olympics announcers said that all the time during Michelle Kwan's routines.

And, thanks to Grammy-cita a new Jump-o-lene arrived in the mail! We got it on Friday and immediately started inflating it. By Monday, our lungs had burst and it was finally full of air.

It also doubles as a fort. Possibly by Mainline Toys.

Letter from our buddies in Dutch Harbor, who are moving back to Japan in March. Good luck, Team Masaki!

This is all actually stuff from last weekend, but we felt like it would be insensitive to blog about our fun adventures in light of the suffering in Haiti. It's inspiring to see so many people pulling together and raising funds for the people of Haiti. Selfless kindness always brings a tear to my eye.

Of course, it's back to rain here now. It got up to 41 today.