Meet Our Family

Johanna and I met while we were both teaching “up-river”.  Johanna was in Ekwok and I was in New Stuyahok.  A nice old man, Johanna’s principal, met me in New Stuyahok and said, “Young man.  I think you need to spend some time in Ekwok.  There’s someone down there you should meet.”  I already knew Johanna was down there so I borrowed a snow machine and made a few visits.  We were engaged before the year was out and married the following summer.

We began our married life in Koliganek, Johanna’s home village.  It wasn’t long before Johanna and Kyle became Johanna, Kyle and Alethia.  Originally we planned to wait a while before having kids.  That’s what everyone else was doing.  It didn’t suit us though.  We both wanted a family and to us a family included children.  Johanna was pregnant with Alethia on our first anniversary.  Jacob came along right before we moved from Koliganek to Dillingham and Aimee arrived the summer of 2008.

That’s our family, Kyle, Johanna, Alethia, Jacob and Aimee.  We live on five acres on Waskey Road in Dillingham.  Family is central to our lives.  Our house is small so we see a lot of each other.  This page will be filled with pictures and videos of our family and the various things we do together, a photo album of sorts.  Check back occasionally to see what’s new.

Johanna and Kyle. Alethia took the picture

Jake, Kyle, and some serious speed!

Alethia and Aimee. Alethia is always a good ulla (big sister).

Jake and some musher.

Alethia enjoying the ferris wheel.

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Alethia Belleque - Student of the Week

Musher in training

Jacob turns 5

Our red headed baby

Jake and a pair of rabbits

Alethia landing a fish in Koliganek

Aimee turns 2...and likes cake.

Graduation day!

Johanna, her graduate, and her baby.

First day of school. Fall 2010.

Baby Face

Jake at the Dillingham Boat Harbor playground.

Jacob minus one tooth.

Jake and Alethia in the coop.

Aimee loves her swing!

Jacob sleeping, Sammy standing guard. Grrrrr.

The cowgirl, the elephant and the wizard - Halloween 2010

Aimee loves her daddy's spaghetti.