On to August

We just had a wonderful visit from Sam's Mom and Rick. Although we are still not completely settled and we do not have the entire layout of Juneau figured out yet, it was still nice to see some people we know. Sam worked the majority of their visit, but they really only cared about seeing Avery. She was so excited to see them. She screamed for about 5 minutes in excitement. We did some shopping, some lounging, some eating and a lot of driving around checking out the area. We also got to go on a whale watch! Avery saw her first humpback whale and rode on her first boat! She was a little scared when the engines got loud and we went fast, but she did really great. She is still talking about the blue boat and the whales.

I was also a very lucky girl and got a new rain jacket (much needed, my old shell was from high school) AND I got a new camera! Sam's parents are awesome and I am VERY grateful. Thank you Rick and Paige! I am so pumped to have a digital SLR! I have not gotten to play with it very much yet and Avery has not been a cooperative subject, but here are a couple of cute ones I have gotten.

So now we are back to getting to know the area. I have found a newly forming group of moms in the area and we have become organized. We have been to a couple parks, on a few walks and to the open gym at the gymnastics academy. It is super new, but really great so far.