On Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 12:54 PM Geoff Jennings <g> wrote:

I know you love them MK. Thanks for meeting us for lunch. That was yummy.

Rappelling, Jumping, swimming and hikingMy college friend Jayson Owens was in town for a work trip, and we were planning on hanging out. We’ve only seen each other once in the last 20-ish years, but got along like it was yesterday.Chris Jain had a permit

Can you believe Hazel is starting kindergarten this year?!??!? I’ll admit that I was a grump about the preschool graduation. Graduation requires nothing except us paying the bill, why does it need a ceremony? But Hazel had a big line to close out the ceremony,

Hazel and I were in the other room, and Margot was having a snack. Margot got quiet, so I went to check on her. Lol. I guess she was tired.

Hazel is learning about a legless lizard and Margot climbed to the top of tree tower by herself, for the first time.

Had a great time today with my sister Katy, visiting from Texas. We went kayaking, checked out the sea lions. Stopped and played on a beach. Followed with delicious burgers. My sister was vegetarian for almost her whole life, so I’m still getting used to

Huge tantrumHazel mentioned her cake on the drive home, and Margot wants cake

She does love, love, love to cook, and it’s great for math practice. Today I asked her "If we have 12 muffins in our tin, and 4 people in our family, how many muffins could we each have if we were sharing equally? so what

Hazel loves to cook.

Margot is very very upset at me for taking the crib apart. She keeps wailing "stay! Stay!" She hasn’t used it in weeks.

Hazel is starting to get some freckles

“It’s more conceivable that I could measure out all the oceans on the earth, a broken teacup at a time, then grasp the amount of love I feel for my” little girls. My friend David wrote this about someone in his life, and I’ve re-read

She’s very excited about it. Sorry for the cruddy lighting.

Margot Invented her own joke. Apparently she has my sense of humor.

It had been quiet for awhile, so I went and checked on Margot. She was quietly making a mess peeling paper of crayons, one of her favorite hobbies.

Margot just said " me, bed". Then she collected her toys, and went in her room for a nap. Such an easy kid.

Margot woke up at 5 am. Looked bleary eyed, then said "Eat cereal’. I took her to the dining room, but she cried when I turned on the lights. So she sat in the dark and ate Cheerios. After her bowl, she said, "daddy, me,