This is the reason I went to Anchorage

This is why I drove to Anchorage in the first place - not so much to pick up these boys, but their grandmother. They then wanted to come home with us and so they did. I had rolled the window down in Eagle River so they could instruct me on how to fill the car up with gas. Then I closed the gas cap, rolled up the window and off we went. "Roll down the window! Roll down the window!" Kalib started to shout as we rolled onto Eagle River's main road. "My ear got in the window!" He mean the ear of his hat. I rolled the window down. He pulled it out. "My ear is broken!" he complained. A few stitches had come out. 

Text added at 8:43 PM. The Squarespace nightmare continues - day 48 and counting.

A major art session was staged

Melanie and Charlie came out too. A major art session was staged with the boys. Rex and Cortney left to go home.

Text added at 7:35 PM. The Squarespace nightmare continues.

Jobe employs Uncle's cell phone in search for rock

Trouble was, Jobe could not see the rock he was trying to recover. He borrowed his uncle Rex's cell phone, used the flashlight feature and found it. Shortly after, Jobe recovered his rock.

Text added at 1:42 PM. The Squarespace nightmare continues.

I knew I would come home to find at least one boy had stayed behind

When I left Chugiak to return home, I wondered which of the boys I would find had decided not to go back to Anchorage with their parents but to stay in Wasilla with their grandparents. When I had earlier left the house to go to Chigiak, in theory they were all going to go home. But I knew they wouldn't. These are the two who remained behind, Kalib and Jobe.

What I witnessed tonight in Chugiak is well worth a report here, but I think I will wait until tomorrow to do it. I could spend the whole day tomorrow just blogging about today. But then, I can't afford to spend the whole day at it. I'll give it some time, though.

Text added at 10:58 PM, The Squarespace nightmare continues.

Tears fell but we had to go anyway

Shortly after I entered the house, Lavina pulled up with the two older boys. They got out of her car and ran straight to our car. They wanted to come home to grandma and grandpa's house. But they have school tomorrow. They have to stay. This caused Jobe to fall into his mother's arms and weep. "I want to go to grandmas house!"

It was kind of hard, but Margie and I had to go out the door and leave them. We have now reached Taco Bell in Eagle River. I am starving. Haven't eaten since breakfast. 

Text added at 8:00 PM. The Squarespace nightmare continues.