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Katy and Margaret did really well rock climbing today. Sam tried a bit. Sorry the photos are a little blurry. It wasn’t quite bright enough to not use a flash.

Here are some pictures from Ward Canyon this weekend. Above are on older version of our plans for the house we are going to try to build there.

Boo! Katy was an angel (of course). After months of trying to convince Margaret to be a fairy, at the last minute she found the doctor dress up kit and decided to be a doctor (obviously a pediatrician, as her face is painted). Sam had no choice, but is crazy for bikes, so we made him a cyclist. We picked our favorite cycling role model, Tyler Hamilton.

We all went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium this past weekend. Katy went scuba diving (surface only – no diving), with drysuit, tank, mask, fins, the whole kit. It’s the only program in the world that takes 8 year olds scuba diving in the ocean, although the “ocean” is the great tidal pool at the aquarium. She spent about 20-30 minutes in the water, and got to hold sea cucumbers, star fish and more. Very, very cool. Check out the photo of the children descending the stairs in their drysuits. They look like they are entering the rocket for a moonshot. More pictures here.

We had a quick trip to the beach this weekend. Dug in the sand a bit and saw a literal boat load of pelicans.

We went to Tahoe a little while ago to look at the lot that Elizabeth bought. We also stopped by the Train museum on the way home and then went to the acquarium in Monterey this weekend. Here are a few pictures.

I have been scanning in some old photos. I will keep scanning old photos in. I still have a bunch to do. Also, I found a CD of images of same when he was very small.

Max and Johannes Oberhaus celebrated their birthdays on Sunday. Here is a cute photo of Sam wearing a birthday hat.

Margaret started her 3rd and last year at Mariposa Montessori. One more year until kindergarten. Click on the photo to see more pictures.

So far, the highlight of the long weekend has been the surprise visit by Eugene, Stacy and their girls. Here are some photos of everyone hanging out in the backyard, and from a trek to the Discovery Museum earlier in the day.