Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Last night, my children, along with the rest of their school (about 30 students in all, K-12) performed the musical, "The Wizard of Oz". It was a very well done performance, thanks to the entire school and basically the entire community.

The evening started out with a fine gourmet meal, cooked by a great chef, who happens to live right here in our small community. It was delicious! Then, the play was under way. The kids did a great job and it was a tremendous evening for all.

It was such an amazing thing to watch "the final product", after having been a small part in the costumes, props, make-up and other pre-show tasks. I was truly inspired and in awe of our community and seeing the many, many, MANY hands that helped make it happen. If we needed a barn, or a door built, someone outside of the school was on it. If we needed make-up or costumes, a mom or a friend could provide it, or sew it, or mend it. Numerous people worked around the clock to paint, built, paste, fix, hammer or whatever it took to make the play a success. Not to mention, the kids and all their hard work, memorizing lines, singing songs, going out of their comfort zone and standing in front of an audience, rehearsing over and over and over again. So much work went into the success of this play.

I am very grateful for all the special talents and abilities of our small community and how their talents were put to use to make this production fabulous and memorable. What a blessing it was to be involved in such a great thing!

Date night!

Yummy chicken and veggies!

Our little munchkins.

"As Mayor of Munchkin City..."

Dorthy and the gang.

Just another day

The other day Carlon asked if I would like to accompany him while he checked the trapline. I nervously said yes. This may sound like a trivial task, but "checking the traps" means, getting in a ski plane and flying to the area (only about 8 min. away) and landing on a remote lake.

We loaded into the plane, with my cross country skis at my side, because, let's be honest, just checking traps is not all that interesting to me, and off we went. It was my first time to ride in a plane with skis and I have to admit, it felt a little unnerving to think we could land on what used to be water, yet at the same time it felt pretty exciting to think I was landing on what used to be water!

We flew over the area to get an idea of where I would ski. Once on the ground, I clicked on my skis and off I went, nothing but beautiful snow ahead of me! It was an exhilarating experience. On top of all that, the sun decided to peek out just as I started off to ski. I met Carlon at the end of the lake just as he finished checking the last trap. So, we loaded up and headed home. Although, it was an unsuccessful trapping day, it was most successful in time well spent!

It really doesn't cease to amaze me at the many opportunities that await me here and that are right at my fingertips. What may seem like a crazy adventure, most often is just another day when living out here.