For Robbie

No, I did not photoshop the eyes.

Here's a bug you can feed your snake:

Here's the bug drowning in soap. I guess your snake probably doesn't want it anymore. Oops! :P

For Keanna

Keanna, here are the pictures of the bunnies we've had in our yard. You should come visit the bunny!

Here's the first one that was in our yard, which we haven't seen for a couple of months:

And here's the bunny that is here now:

Just another day at work.... sort of

Here's a picture from the front page of the LA Times:

This isn't my (James') office, but mine was just as busy. It's a good thing my manager was there today, or it would have been just me assisting 70+ clients with their accounts. Thankfully corporate sent 2 people to help customers sign-in and manage traffic. Oh...what a fun 12-hour day at work. I can't wait for Monday!

An Addition to Our Family

So, we have a new addition to our family.
Yes, we finally bought a new car to replace our 1987 Volvo, which has over 315,000 miles on it. James and I are excited, too, because now this means that we can actually venture out of Santa Clarita in the summer when it's hot out! Yay for air conditioning! For those of you who don't know, both of our older cars don't have AC, so these Southern California summers are brutal!

Ok, so I said earlier that I would post some pictures from the baseball game, so here they are:

Oh yes...nosebleed section!

I don't know these guys.

So the latest news from Santa Clarita is that we had another earthquake yesterday. It was only a 3.5, but, since I was on the 6th floor of our office, it felt much larger.

Oh, and this is what my dad has been teaching my little niece:

Baseball Games, Earthquakes, and Bomb Threats

Yes, this week has been an eventful one, to say the least. So, here's the scoop:

The week started out as any normal week would. Monday morning we got up earlier than we wanted and went to work. Still normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. Tuesday, we drove down to Anaheim for a baseball game. Now, this isn't our normal routine, but we knew this one was coming. Boston was in town and it was, at times, hard to tell whether we were in Boston or Anaheim. Where we were sitting seemed to have more Boston fans than Angels fans. Unfortunately, Boston played sloppy and lost. So, it wasn't as eventful as it could have been, but it was still fun. I would post pictures, but my camera battery is dead, so hopefully I'll be able to add them at a later date.

Wednesday, just a normal day. We went to bed Wednesday night...everything's normal. So we thought....

At about 1:00 am Thursday morning, I was awaken by the feeling of the bed and the whole house shaking. Yes, it was an earthquake and while it was small, it was an earthquake nonetheless. It was only about a 4.5, but it's still the largest one we've had in a long time. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5553684

Thursday goes on a normal and Friday starts out like any other Friday. I (Kimiko) went to work and was working for a couple hours, when all of the sudden, I heard a large crowd and looked up to see everyone heading towards the stairs. It was then that my supervisor came over to us and told us we needed to evacuate "right now." So, we grabbed our things and headed for the jam-packed stairs. Once outside, we waited, they moved us one place, then moved us back, then moved us somewhere else. In other words, we had no idea where we were supposed to be. Finally, after waiting for about an hour in the hot sun, they told us we could go across the street to a shopping center for an hour. We ended up having to be out of the building for about 2 hours while they made sure our building had no bombs. Yes, it's an exciting time working for a big corporation. This is the 2nd time I've had to evacuate since I've been there these past 9 months. Anyway, it ended up that we were safe and there was nothing to worry about. http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_6593028

So now it's Friday night and we'll see what's in store for the rest of the week!