Kira and Leah enjoyed visiting the new trampoline park Stratosphere where they could practice some of their gymnastics skills.

We had a surprise party for our assistant Michelle (in the middle) who is expecting her second child (a girl) in a few weeks. Congratulations Michelle!

Stefanie Kwolek was a world-renowned chemist and inventor who invented Kevlar, the stronger-than-steel fiber that is used in bulletproof vests and many other applications. She was also our patient in the final years of her life. Ms. Kwolek had a delightful personality and was quite modest about her remarkable achievements. The New York Times has a wonderful obituary about her here.

Gwynn had undergone surgery for cancer of the mouth and salivary glands in recent years and had been on medical leave since spring as the baseball coach at San Diego State University, his alma mater. He attributed the cancer to having dipped tobacco throughout his career. See the full story here.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
— Mark Twain

Leah was welcomed by Kira’s sixth grade class at their Field Day event. Here Leah plays kickball.