Family Stories

Well here we are on Friday once again. This work week went by really quickly, which probably has something to do with the long weekend we had to start it off. I actually went over to Seattle with my family over President’s day weekend, and it was a lot of fun! I haven’t been over there before (even though I’ve lived in Hayden for the past 10 years) so it was great to see the sites!

When you come back from a long weekend there is always a bunch to do. My next week is going to be absolutely packed with programs, so this week involved a lot of planning. There were phone calls to field, emails to send, and people to talk to. But, as that is next week, you’ll hear all about it next Friday.

Another reason this week went by so fast is the snow day that the school system had yesterday. I still have some classes down at North Idaho College and even they took a snow day. That opened up my morning for some time with friends, and opened up the afternoon for some more planning. I would have been over at Skyway for their Geography club, which was way too much fun last week, but because school was cancelled, the club was cancelled to.

This week has also been a lot of work with the Teen Film Festival. Our deadline for entering videos was today, so we’ve had several videos uploaded in the last few hours. If you’re interested in watching the entries, or you entered one, join us for our Red Carpet Event at the Coeur ‘d Alene Public Library next Saturday, March 5, from 7-9pm!

The last thing is the reason for the lateness of my blog post. We are having a Family Journeys Celebration at the Hayden Library right now. We served up some pizza, had scrapbooking supplies to make your own family tree, and recorded folks telling their favorite family stories using our Flip camera. The event is a part of the Smithsonian Journey Stories exhibit that is on display until March 12. The exhibit deals with early travelers to America, and we wanted to give families the chance to tell their own stories as well.

That just about wraps up this week, so I’ll catch you later!