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 afternoon, Margaret, Sam, Katy, and I rode our bikes to the school then played on the playground and rode around behind the school. Margaret is getting better and better on her new bike. Katy is getting faster on her skates as well (she carried them there on her bike by herself). We didn’t stay long because we had to go to Palo Alto for the Father’s Day celebration with Elizabeth’s family.
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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 it is still just a bit early. It was a little wet and snowy in places. On Monday, Elizabeth met with the contractor and designer while I rode around the lake. The ride around the lake was actually easier than I thought it would be.
Also, we got lucky on this trip. We were there just before the mosquitos were coming out. It had been pretty cold at night and nice during the day, so they were not quite active yet. By the time they left, you could tell that they were just getting started.
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Construction Begins (again)
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 far is the rec room on the bottom floor.
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? We now have a 5th grader and a 1st grader. Sam will go to preschool 3 days a week next year (up from 2 this year).
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.
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Gymnastics
Both Katy and Margaret had their semi-annual gymnastics show. The not real good video is here.
Katy had her famous persons report. Her famous person was Sacagawea.
We spent 5 days in the south. Much of the time was spent at Patty’s with the kids playing with their first cousins. They got along really well and had a great time. The main reason for the trip, however was Jay & Molly’s wedding. We also went to the rehearsal dinner. The last day we spent in New Orleans, the highlight for the kids of course was the Lousiana Children’s Museum. It was a great museum. We also went to the Aquarium of the Americas as well, which is good aquarium. We wandered around the French Quarter just a little bit, but it was raining and that pretty much put a damper on that. We should have probably just spent more time in Mississippi with the cousins.
Margaret’s class had a party for the mothers the Friday before Mother’s day. Here are a couple of movies of the event.
Katy has not been happy with us lately. She has been hating everyone, mostly at bedtime when we tell her to go to bed (or pretty much anytime we tell her to do anything). She either hates everyone, everyone hates her, it is not fair, or all of the above.