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Here goes my second attempt to add pictures, hope it works this time!

Anna had a good time at gymnastics last night, and I was able to stay and watch her the entire time. Pavan stayed home with Noah and Amaya because Noah was running a fever and had a nasty cough. I went ahead and kept him home from school today too, although he seems to be feeling better today. Anna is doing great, and is very excited to start her private lessons next Friday. While we were there, I noticed the coach of the Rhinelander High School Gymnastics team standing there....he's hard to notice, he's got to be the most unconventional looking gymnastics coach I've ever seen. He's about 6 ft, and about 350 pounds! I'm not even kidding, he's huge. He's the new coach this year, and I've heard mixed reviews of him. There were four girls from the high school team there working on some routines for an upcoming gymnastics meet. It was fun to watch them, and fun to watch Anna's class too. Unfortunately,  it was raining when I left Rhinelander, and we had to deal with the rain all the way to Weston, so it was slow going on the way to class. The rain had stopped by the time we headed home, thank goodness! I was worried about the temperature dropping and dealing with ice, but it was actually still around 40 when we headed home. Today it is colder, around 24, and very very windy! At least if it stays below freezing, we won't have to worry about any more drips today!

I also meant to mention to you all that we've postponed our Alaska trip until next summer. I was running into trouble making hotel reservations, and was having to change our itinerary every day in an attempt to be in the right place on a day when there was a room available. I never realized you had to book these things so far in advance, but I guess Alaska in July is very popular! So, this summer we will be heading to South Dakota, check out the Black Hills, Mt.Rushmore, etc. We had wanted to go to South Dakota last summer, but weren't able to go, so we're excited to go this year. That will give us one more year to figure out exactly what we want to do in Alaska, make the reservations far in advance. It will also give Noah and Amaya one more year, which should make it easier to tackle some of the day long boat and train rides we're hoping to take while in Alaska.

Better go, don't want to push my luck while AOL is cooperating...

More later,

Rebecca