Archive for July, 2008

Lake Tahoe Trip

Our latest trip was camping in South Lake Tahoe, California. nice little trip out of the desert for a week or so…the kids had fun, and Yuma enjoyed getting dirty and chasing bugs. Here are some shots of hanging out at the campsite. Next, a trip to Carson City, where we visited the capitol building, [...]

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The Short Straw

Last week, one of my managers asked me to run for an open post on the Faculty Senate. The university administration shares governance of the institution with the senate.  It wasn’t a hard sell as I’d been watching this committee since I had began working at UNLV and had always anticipated running; but not for a couple more [...]

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Shakespeare Weekend

We just all got back from our yearly Shakespeare weekend in Cedar City, UT…Katy did the one-week Shakespeare for Junior Actors camp again, and Randy came up from Tucson to hang out for the weekend and watch Kathy’s performance. On their last day, Katy’s class performed various skits; here they are doing a scene from [...]

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Yuma Goes Swimming

It was very, very hot today in the desert…after going to see Wall-E, we spent the rest of the day by the pool, and decided it was time for Yuma’s first swim…

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Yuma FTW

Yuma is the single most jealous animal I’ve ever seen. If any of the kids or cats are doing something, she needs to be able to do it, too; including sitting on countertops, getting on beds and couches, and eating catnip, apparently. This is Yuma a couple of days ago battling with Collette over who [...]

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