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Genetic Engineering

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All of the kids have been doing a little genetic engineering in their spare time. Here is Katy’s press release. The took the gene that makes a jellyfish glow under ultra-violet light, spliced it into a weakened strain of ecoli bacteria and grew this bacteria overnight. The results are above.

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Minsky-Steele Weekend

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We had visitors this weekend. Oliver Steele , Margaret Minsky, Miles, and Charlotte paid us a visit this weekend. We spent all day Saturday in downtown San Jose at The Tech Museum and Touchstone Climbing. Here are some pictures from the weekend. We had a great time.

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Sam’s Birthday

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Sam had his second birthday on the 13th. Here are a few pictures.

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Sam and the Blanket

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Auntie M (Sam and Margaret’s godmother) made Margaret a nice blanket for her birthday. Sam got ahold of it and decided it was his.

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Wacky Dress Day

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We thought it was Wacky Dress Day at Katy’s school yesterday. She went like this. She was the only one dressed up. She didn’t seem to mind.

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Margaret’s Birthday

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We had the family birthday party Margaret today on her actual birthday. Here are a few pictures. If you notice that the pictures are better it is because her Great Uncle John was our phtographer tonight.

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Which One is the Real Elf?

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Margaret’s Party

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We had a birthday party for Margaret today. She was celbrating being 5 next Friday. Here are a few pictures. Here is a movie of her blowing out the candles. If you want to watch it on a mac, you need this.

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Cheerleading

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Katy went to a mini cheerleading camp today. She got to perform at half time of a Los Gatos High School boys basketball game. She was smiling big the whole time, just loving it.

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New Years

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Just a few pictures from the trip to Tahoe the week after Christmas. The most exciting thing that happened except for the 10 feet of snow is that the Discovery broke so we replaced it by calling and having a Honda Pilot delivered to the house.