ribbon cutting

There is a new elementary school here in Monument Valley. It is a pretty fancy building and nice to have the school close enough to walk to (and much better than a 45min bus ride). The district put on a huge celebration "ribbon cutting." There are tons of free food, games and a pretty long fireworks show.
Face paint- you can't really see James' but he has a cougar paw
James is such a friendly guy. He walked right up to anyone who looked familiar and started talking. The thing is James doesn't speak a language that anyone else understands, but it was pretty funny!
The whole night Spencer kept yelling "balloon" everytime one of the helium balloons floated away- which was a lot.
Devon and Spencer chopped wood. They are very rustic fellows.


Spencer loved the "instruments." He was literally dancing in the isle the whole time.
They also had some pretty amazing fireworks with I hope were donated considering our current budget cuts. Spencer thought they were too loud, but James kept saying "wow! Wow!" It was a fun night!

PS- the name of the new elementary school is Tsebiinidzigai- with lots of accents that i don't know how to put in. try to say that 3 times fast, or at all. It's in Navajo, which I think is pretty neat, but no one says the real name, they just call it TES.