Archive for June, 2009

Japan

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Katy got back from her trip with the Yonenaga’s to Japan. It sounds like it was better than we could have imagined. She got to spend some time in Tokyo as well as various other places. She got to experience lots of real Japanese culture with Jenna and her extended family. She dressed up as [...]

F-Tree

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Susan, Margaret, Sam, and I (and the dogs) hiked up to and beyond the f tree. It was absolutely gorgeous above 8000 feet at the end of our canyon. I felt like singing “The Hills are Alive” the whole time I was up there.

Maiko

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

While Katy was in Kyoto, she and Jenna got dressed up like Maikos. Elizabeth and I saw the pictures and didn’t realize it was Katy and Jenna.

Page Meadows

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

We finally all (except Katy) made it back to Tahoe for the first time in a very long time. After the first night, we thought we might have to go back down because Elizabeth’s feet up to her knees were swollen. Fortunately, a walk through Page Meadows fixed that. The dogs had a good time [...]

Recital

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Katy and Margaret had their end of the year piano recital. Luckily, we went to the wrong church the week before and then finally to the right church when we figured out that we were a week early. We knew where and when this time.

Graduation

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Katy had her 8th grade graduation. She managed to be “Principal’s Scholar” because she got all A’s in all 12 quarters of middle school. She was one of about 35 in her grade to get it. We are very proud of her. She worked hard for this. There are also a few pictures from a [...]