Typical Update... it's been awhile since I've put one on the blog :)

 7/26/25

Hello everyone,

Good things:

Humming bird visit

Chinchillas still cute

Looks like Cameron will be able to get back into his old single (bath-capable, which he loves) and take a single class to improve his auditing skills (while continuing to do the CPA test review courses and search for a job)

I had a good tele-health visit with my functional medicine doc… sounds like the current answer is that we’ve done all the due diligence and not much else to do for digging at root migraine causes at the moment

Andrew has had an intense weekend with four photo-shoots! Very satisfying and fun… one of them was even from horseback!

I had a little party here for my work friends and we had lots of fun for two hours putting together a puzzle and visiting with all the animals

Andrew got me a surprise and I couldn’t figure out the hints but had fun trying!

Andrew Miner:
I have a present for you

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Hints!!!!

Andrew Miner:
You can't touch it, but it can touch you

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Is it words of some sort?

Andrew Miner:
No speaking involved

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Writing? Size?

Andrew Miner:
There's no writing it's about a meter and a half tall

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Does it go on a wall? Colors?

Andrew Miner:
It does not go to wall
Colors are variable

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Is there rainbow light projection involved?

Andrew Miner:
No projections at all
It hangs from the ceiling

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Ooo, prism? But 1.5metets?!?

Andrew Miner:
Not a prism

Mrs. Rachel Miner:
Do I get it when you get home?

Andrew Miner:
Yes, and I'll be home in about two minutes.

And the answer was….

He traded photography for a massage for me. (The massage therapist is 1.5 meters tall and it’s one of those where she has bars on the ceiling that she holds on to which I’ve never experienced.) 

I’m thrilled!

Massagearvadamassageandstretch.com

Here’s to fun surprises,

Rachel

25th Wedding Anniversary

My favorite part of the trip was the waterfalls. Sometimes it was just vibrant green and then you'd see a shock of bright white and gradually more and more of a stunning waterfall would appear!  This is just some quick captions and lots of lots of photos of this celebratory vacation.

Beauty from the boat:

Boat (small as far as cruise ships go but we found out it's also a ferry which meant lots of ports of call including throughout the night... neither of us returned as rested/relaxed as we'd expected although the beauty was ever-present):

Anniversary day:

Excursions:

Video clips:

Andrew won the ship's photo contest 

Elke and Gerd (German couple we had fun meeting... using Google translate as our primary means of communication)

Waiter and friend, Chris from Sweden

Leaving Norway

Tracker having fun with Husky Nora while we were away (chinchillas and snakes stayed at the exotic pet store, the staff have become friends)