Our Chicken's Eggs

Here is a picture of some eggs. Can you see the three green eggs? We think our eggs taste better than eggs from a store. Every day our chickens lay (make) about 5 - 7 eggs!

Dude Ranch

A "Dude Ranch" is a vacation place. A "Dude" is a person from a city. Sometimes, people from cities like to visit the country ("inaka"). They enjoy riding horses and visiting a ranch (with cows). Aaron's mother wanted our family to visit a Dude Ranch. Here are some photos. Ridge and Holt had a lot of fun! We rode horses many times. We stayed for 4 days. By the way, you can change each photo to a bigger size.

Marathon

Now I am training for a marathon. I am training with a group of people. We run every Saturday. Last week, we ran 6 miles (10 kilometers). Next Saturday, we will run 8 miles! I am excited. It is very fun. So, now I run three days every week and I train Jiu-Jitsu three days every week. I am sometimes very tired!

Our Racoon

Last week, an animal killed many of our chickens. It killed 5 chickens! We became angry. We wondered what animal killed our chickens. So, we set (made) a trap. We used this trap to catch the animal. Last night, Aaron put the trap by our chickens. This morning, I found this racoon in the trap. I put the cage into my car. I drove far away. I set the racoon free. But, maybe there is one more racoon. We will put our trap out again tonight. Will we find another racoon?

A racoon looks like a tanuki ("racoon dog"). But it is not a tanuki. It is different.

Ridge and Michelle

This is Ridge and me wearing our Ju-Jitsu gi. We both enjoy Ju-Jitsu very much!

Holt's Picture

Here is a funny picture of Holt!

Now, in America, we have summer vacation. I am very happy! I can play with Ridge and Holt every day. Ridge and Holt will learn swimming. They have a swimming lesson every day, now. They enjoy swimming very much. Ridge, Aaron, and me are learning Jyu-Jitsu! It is difficult, but fun. I will show you a picture soon. Ridge loves Jyu-Jitsu!

New Pictures

It is becoming very hot in Texas now! Usually, it is about 35 degrees! I am hot every day. Recently, I have thought about "sakura" in Nishiokoppe. I miss the beautiful flowers.

Here are Ridge and Holt. Ridge is holding one of our chickens. Holt is feeding a horse. Our neighbor has 3 horses.

We will have Summer Vacation on June 4. Ridge will begin "ni-nensei" in August. Holt will be a kindergarten student.