Of course we also spent some quality time at Virginia Lakes, including a day spend in hot springs, rock climbing and followed by a jump into an ice cold alpine lake. We spent a week in San Francisco playing tourists also. The highlight for me was going to Alcatraz (which I had never done!). The kids thoroughly enjoyed the experience (they call jail "the trap", which is hilarious.. and they loved the story of the 1962 escape). During the week, while I worked, Melissa took the kids to the zoo, Academy of Sciences, and did other city things.

The kids also tried their hand at entrepreneurship - by running a lemonade stand in our neighborhood! They made $56, and the coolest part was that a neighbor (that we did not know!) gave them $100 - with the instructions to keep $10 of it, and donate the other $90 to someone who really needs it (they decided to donate it to orangutan and elephant orphanages, with donation a match by us). For some reason, weeks later, that still stands out as a highlight of the month. Thank you, whoever you were, for reminding us of how awesome humans can be.

	Houston airport :)	Passed out enroute Houston :)

	Lots of laps on this local trail	The Hulk is out for the summer	Riding back from PJ's

		Checking out the neighborhood	Volcano science experiments.. not ice cream

	Cutie :)	The kids finally climb into the Hulk on their own	Passed out on the way to get ice cream

	Lots of Donner lake beach days

	Baxter checking out the Hulk

		Laps around the hood	Yogi's

			Bridgeport from above

	Green Creek	Crowley lake	Rovana/Swall Meadows

	Bishop	Mono lake, looking west

	Alden's awesome birthday party at Donner Lake!	Flying Ty and Jill down to Stanford	Big Blue

		Passed out :)

	If the kids don't wake up after landing... does that mean it was a decent landing?	Fun fuelling truck

			Such a little patriot

	Epic hot springs		Swimming in the epic hot springs

		Hiking up in the evening

		That was cold	Refreshing

			Hiking down

			Back to the hot springs on the way out

			Total mayhem :)

		The military choppers	Sweetwater dirt airstrip

		Spooner lake and Lake Tahoe

			Last week of school

			FIrst optometry check-up

		Followed by a dentist visit, on the last day of school	Canoe trip!

		Packed up and ready to go on our first overnight canoe trip

		The west shore is so beautiful

			The full crew :)

			Emerald bay

	Arrived in camp!	Busy building

	What's with the teenager over there?

			The unique tea house on the island

			Silly morning time :)

			Back we go!

			Note the slackliner up high

	Bodie has been talking about this dinner boat for 9 months, almost every day. At last, we do it!

	Sunset dinner on Lake Tahoe.. does it get much better?

		Father's day ride in Tahoe Donner

	The kids LOVE the small kayaks!!!

	The Tannaci's visited!!!	Zoe and Piper cruising	Farm camp!

			Lemonade Stand. $56 made + $90 to donate to someone who needs it!

			Bouncy House time in SF

	Gotta drive Lombard St!

	The Alcatraz tour was a hit!

	Hilarious