It's a Girl!

We found out we're having a girl nearly two weeks ago on a Monday. The following day we both went to work and were so excited to tell co-workers. At the end of the day we compared stories of what people's reactions were.

James: People kept asking if that's why I wore pink today!

I laughed and said, "I wore all black."

Didn't even occur to me! Really, that day I wore what made me really happy even though it was all black.

Oh, and James didn't wear pink on purpose...just a happy coincidence. :)

When I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle...

On the boat ride back home, we were singing "When I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, I just giggle, giggle giggle..." or something like that. There's dance moves that Ayuu was doing!


And she's done wiggling.
Really done.

Fishing for Silver Salmon

While Tera, Ayuu, and I picked berries, the boys went up a bend in the river to fish for silvers. They caught some nice ones in less than an hour!The bounty.
James and his real big silver. He was so excited and proud. :)

Berrypicking trip with Matt, Tera, and Ayuu

We picked the rainiest day to go for a boat ride with Tera and Matt and Ayuu. But we wanted blueberries and silver salmon! It rained our whole boat ride up, but it stopped when we stopped to pick berries. What a good day!Mmm, blueberries!
Ayuu, Tera, and I taking a break.
Ayuu and her berry bucket. :)
We all saw this animal in the distance across the lake. It looked huge from that far away! We thought it was some magical creature or a giant mammal...
It was a big swan after all.
see?

Trip back to Unalakleet

James and I got to go home in September. We were still on Houston time, so we'd wake up early in the morning when the house was still quiet and go for a walk around town. The first morning we walked on the beach and found some fun stuff...Jaw bone of something butchered on the beach.
Back bones of something butchered on the beach.
Bear tracks! They were going in the same direction as us on the beach, and after a while we thought, "Maybe we shouldn't be following bear tracks!" They were fairly fresh and were overlaying 4-wheeler tracks. We found out later the bear had walked through town just hours before we happened upon it's tracks.

Spain Part 5

Row, row, row your boat! James really wanted to take me to Parque del Retiro for a romantical boat ride on the lake there. He thought it would be so nice to row me around the lake. It really was a lovely day to stroll through the park and enjoy time on the water. We saw big fish and little fish and ducks.One of the many statues of men on their horses around Madrid. This one was on the edge of the lake.
Isn't he romantic?
The pretty monument on the lake.
Parque del Retiro

Spain Part 4

Delilah's Bar - it's one of Madrid's bars where famous people hang out. If we saw any famous people, we didn't know it. A lovely bar though.
James in Plaza Santa Ana - a square full of cafes and bars and their outdoor seating. It was very lively!
Maceira's, probably our favorite restaurant in Madrid. They serve seafood in the Gallaecian style...from the northwest part of Spain. The area is similar to Ireland in climate. Clams, mussels, and octopus were our favorite!
The Plaza Mayor at night. So lovely.
Inside Las Cuevas de Luis Candelas Restaurante - where we had another anniversary dinner. The restaurant is built into the ground like a cave and is the place Luis Candelas, a famous bandit, would go after his thefts. We ate so much meat here! We had serious meat comas that evening AND while we slept. Oh man, it's still hard to look at the pictures of the food we ate from there...which is why I didn't post any of the food. :)