Happy Birthday Camron!

We've had a VERY busy week. Camron turned 7 last weekend - Wow! It's hard to believe.

We spent last Saturday at Northwest Trak - what an awesome place. The animals are huge, the tram ride is an hour long and takes you to some of the neatest animals you will ever see. Elk, moose, deer, bison, there's a ton of animals. There's a separate area to see wolves, lynx, coyotes, bears, etc. We had a great time and can't wait to go back. I'm posting pictures of some of the animals.

The kids had their first "authentic" Japanese meal at a restaurant. It was very good and both kids loved it. The restaurant was impressed the kids know some Japanese words, at least enough to say "thank you" and "delicious" - thanks to Tony's Japanese skills.

The kids started some of their activities last week. Madison is taking hip-hop and lyrical with a dance studio and both kids are taking rock climbing lessons, which they love. Camron's also signed up for basketball which starts in a few weeks. Madison's new studio is very neat and she's excited about her new dance lessons. the hip-hop class is a little, how would I say it, extreme?? If she pulls some of these moves I may have to lock her in a closet!

Tony has had a couple of big weeks at work - he was able to meet all of the plant managers for Milgard from around the country and learned a lot about the new company last week and has spent part of this week in Sacramento.

We are still unpacking the house - finally have pictures on the walls and are putting curtains up. The kids are enjoying the yard - at least when I let them go outside. After last week's experience with the wolf / coyote / half wolf-half coyote in our yard I am a little nervous about them being outside.

We've had some nice weather this week. Our landlord said we brought the warmer weather with us because it's typically much colder this time of year. We've had two days of NO rain - ahhhh....loving it. We were able to go down to our neighborhood beach this week. There is a pod of killer whales that live near the beach so we are trying to see them.

This weekend my plan is to take some pictures of our downtown area to share - have a great weekend!