Surprise

We're having twins! We went to the doctor this past week, and found out that either Jenn has three heart beats or we're having twins! They are both strong beating hearts. This adds a bit of a kink to our original plan, but adds much excitement to our future.

Our boys

Today was a bit rough in the classroom. However,I got to play with our new camera.

I took a ton of pictures of our dogs. (and a few rez dogs) The black and chocolate labs are our dogs Ryne and George (respectively). The kind of ugly multi-color dog is a rez dog, and the dark-colored dog, with babies, is Girl.

The other night, Jenn and I were walking to Kyle Grocery and Girl was walking with us, until she walked into the road and was hit by a car. We rushed her to the hospital (an hour and a half away in Rapid City). She is ok, but has a slight limp.

Oh, the multitude of dogs.

Pow Wow

Many of you have requested to see pictures and hear stories about our lives here in South Dakota, and specifically on the Pine ridge Indian Reservation. To answer those requests I have created this blog. I am not a big "blogger", but I will attempt to do my best at keeping this as up-to-date as possible.

Today's blog is about our Back to School Wacipi (Pow-Wow). This is an event that involves the entire community of Little Wound School (K-12). The pow-wow is a time to honor and to celebrate a new year. Many of our students dance, drum, and sing at the pow-wow. We also honor many outstanding students at this time. Teachers, especially new teachers, are honored as well.

I have included some pictures that were taken by our friend Brittany. We just

bought a new camera so we should be adding some quality pictures soon. For now, though, we will be

displaying Birttany's.