Archive for April, 2006

Margaret’s Lost Tooth

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Margaret lost her first tooth today. She is very excited, most of her friends have already lost teeth.

Katy’s Birthday Party

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Today we had 15 or so 11 year old girls at the house. Man can they be loud. They jumped in the bouncy house, painted the windows, sung karaoke, and ate (a lot).

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

The family as well as some friends walked around the corner for a Easter Egg Hunt today. The Easter Bunny was there to entertain everyone.

Latest Construction Update

Friday, April 14th, 2006

We were in Tahoe this week to check on the construction (and to do a bit ourselves). Since the last time up, they have tiled 2 of the bathrooms and gotten most of the wood on the ceilings. Elizabeth painted ceilings in some of the rooms. I installed the vanity that Daniel and I made [...]

Katy’s 11!

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

We celebrated Katy’s 11th birthday with the family. She will have her party with her friends sometime after spring break this week.

Rick’s Plane

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Rick stopped by while my parents were out here visiting. So, we took the whole family out to see his plane. It was the first time my parents have seen the plane he is flying these days. Rick, here are the full size images.

Brownies

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Margaret got her brownie pin today in a ceremony where they all became official brownies. Luckily for me, there were lots of cupcakes there.

Bees

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

I am getting into beekeeping. Bruce convinced me to make a few “top bar” or Kenya hives. We built the hives a couple of weeks ago and then I got on a swarm list. Today I got a call that there was a swarm near me. None of us had ever tried this, but it [...]