Leaving Alaska

Dear Sisters,
This is my last week here in Alaska.  It is wonderful to be going home to my family. I have really missed my girls and my funny husband.  I have missed going up to St. George to visit Crystal and Rosalie. Crystal has kept me posted on Daxus and he is growing so nicely.  What a cute boy he is.
At the same time I have had such a good time up here.  Savannah and I have sat around visited this last week, while she has learned how to crochet and knit. She is a left handed so we looked it up on how to teach her.  The wonderful internet said that it is a reflection of how a right handed person works.  So we sat opposite of each other and it works fairly well.  She is on her way creating little things for her family that she wants to have. She has already made herself a hat like the ones that Jelene taught me how to make.  It is green with white yarn weaved through it, just cute.  I am very proud of how good her and Enoch have done up here. They have grown into a strong couple that has survived a winter up here in Alaska. Through it all they still love each other and and have fun. They all enjoy homemade food that Savannah cooks and bakes.  She loves your bread recipe Lilly and it turns out good every time.  What a gal!

I am really going to miss our wonderful sister Beth.  She has been so happy to have this job and is so excited to do a few things that she wants to do.  I am sad to leave her up here in Alaska, but the job pays wonderful and it is not physically hard for her to do.  We have both talked and cried much about what else she could do to help her make the money, but it comes down to, she really needs to stay for at least a year and them life will look better.  She is in good hands living here with Enoch and Savannah.  Emily and Jason are also here and she is pregnant and very happy.  Savannah will be in school two days a week studying hard to prepare for entry into the nursing program here. Enoch and Jason are working  five days a week and home on the weekends. They work at Ft. Greeley ( down by Delta Junction), which is about 2 hours away so they stay down there on the week days.  It is a busy time for all of them because this job lasts until Nov.   Beth will be good in a full house with the young people.  We have noticed that the sexual energy is up high around young couples.  It is fun to watch and remember how we used to act.

Alaska had lots of freedom loving people up here.  They have lots of Norwegian that moved up here during the gold rush.  So they also have a cultural day for them in the winter.  It is also a military town and open 7 days a week even the banks.  Lots of activity around with three big military bases.   There is less control over what people can have in their yard and how messy it can be.  Just leave up a few trees so its not as noticeable as people drive down the road.  Its very funny to drive down the road and see the junk that people have collected over the years and then it just as wonderful to drive and see the beautiful places that they have created also.  Its nice to see the freedom.

Love you all
Helen