Message 294

I just took Liz and Andrea to the Menlo Park train station to go to their meeting in San Francisco. Andrea is flying home to Spokane this afternoon, and Liz will catch the train back here this evening. Yesterday Liz took all the females (Andrea, Susan, Vanessa, Chelsea, Melanie, Amelia, and Caroline) to tea. Ellie decided she would rather stay home with me and Jason, and Jamie and the twins instead of going to the tea party. Julian came down with Beech and Annie, and we all stayed through dinner. Beech, Ellie, Caroline, Liz, Jason, and I all went in the hot tub after dinner. Beech was the only one to jump in the cold pool (several times). It was wonderful to have everyone get together over the last two days.