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Tahoe

page meadows

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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Trip to Mississippi

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.

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Preteen?

preteen

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.

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Dancing

Elizabeth got some pictures of the kids dancing.

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Bikes

Elizabeth got some movies of all of us riding bikes on the front lawn of the high school.

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Monterey

Clam

This weekend, we went to the Montery Bay Aquarium with the Schwartz’s. The aquarium was ok, but I think that the kids mostly enjoyed eating lunch at Dennis the Menace park in Monterey. Also, here are some other pictures of my kids.

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Katys Bracelet

bracelet

I made this braclet all by myself. I sat down and read the book and just did it!
By Katy

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10!

katy birthday

Today Katy reached double digits, next stop, teenager. This morning we went bowling with Katy’s friend Jenna. Check out the scores. Margaret won with a 111. She was aided by bumpers, but did the rest on her own. Katy says the only exciting things she did today was go bowling, eat cake, and get a bunch of cool presents.

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Easter

ballon bunny

The kids and I walked downtown this morning. On the way back, we found a balloon Easter bunny in front of Kuleto’s. This afternoon we went and tried to fly the pirate ship kite in the rain in Santa Cruz. In between, the children hunted for eggs in the backyard and Elizabeth’s parents and sister joined us for brunch.

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The Tech

The Tech

We went to The Tech with my parents. The kids did the usual: gene splicing, roller coaster designing, and driving a bobsled. They spent a little time looking at the the Rube Goldberg machine and playing in the fountain. – Rusty

The most memorable thing was looking through the Rube Goldberg machine and seeing several inches of Sam’s tongue plastered to the glass enclosure. When I told him not to lick the glass, he was surprised, and explained that he was cleaning it, and that it needed doing, as it had been dirty – Elizabeth