Archive for June, 2005

Maui

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

We arrived on Maui today. The kids were good on the plane. Once we got here, we went for a swim for a while so Elizabeth could go to the grocery store and get us settled in. We saw a rainbow over our condo late this afternoon.

Mini Chef

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Margaret is taking a cooking class this week. Yesterday, she had her picture on the front page of the local daily paper. The caption underneath reads: “Margaret Greer, 6, tastes the fresh homemade yeast rolls and “best-friend” soup that she and her classmates made in the kitchen of Sur La Table in Los Gatos during [...]

Father’s Day

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

Today was Father’s Day. No pictures, but I figure I would write something up anyway. I got up early this morning and played golf with Brandon, Reese, and George. At the end, my whole family was there to have lunch with us. All the children helped us finish up the last hole. Later in the [...]

Tahoe

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

We spent the weekend in Tahoe. Checking on our construction which for this week seems ahead of schedule, but I am sure we will remedy that. Elizabeth’s mother went with us as well as Katy’s friend Olivia. We had a good time. We all went for a walk through Page Meadows. It was beautiful, but [...]

Construction Begins (again)

Saturday, June 11th, 2005

Well, we started a couple of weeks late, but it appears that things are going. They should be pouring the floors sometime next week, then the framing starts. Getting up here and seeing it, we are all much more excited. The kids are mostly excited because the thing that is closest to a room so [...]

Kindergarten Is Over

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Margaret’s last day of Kindergarten, they all went to the park for the day. Elizabeth and a fair number of the moms went along. Katy had a similar day in the park earlier in the week. Did you notice that not that much learning seems to be going on the last few weeks of school? [...]

Talent Show

Tuesday, June 7th, 2005

Katy had her talent show today. She, Olivia, Rachel, and Morgan did a dance. The video is here. Lucky for me, they were the third act to go, so I could leave shortly after it started. Susan, Elizabeth, and Katy stayed for the whole thing.

Gymnastics

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Both Katy and Margaret had their semi-annual gymnastics show. The not real good video is here.

Sacagawea

Wednesday, June 1st, 2005

Katy had her famous persons report. Her famous person was Sacagawea.