Some of the things

Baby got a cast and got it off

We had a birthday

We went to a parade.

We had another birthday.

We saw lily pads.

We admired orchids.

We hiked around a lake while kids did volleyball and lifeguard and swim lessons.

We went to a sand castle contest.

We discovered dressing up.

We made a Pacman pinata.

We surfed with friends.

We pretended to surf with friends. The cast did not stay on for long. 

We hiked with friends.

We listened to the captain of the USS Cole talk about the bombing. 

We went to buy the new Harry Potter book at midnight (the kids say it's disappointing).

That same night we also went to see Hamlet at our community theater. The new 14 year old and I went to see "Sense and Sensibility" the musical. Not as good, most likely, as Hamilton the musical, which my 19 year old offhandedly announced he bought tickets for with his friend for  March show in Chicago. Surprise. The 19 year old finally came back from college after working  there all summer.  The summer is quickly drawing to a close for us. Soon we pack up for the yearly trip across the country to see family.  We bought new tires and new brakes for the occasion. As it happens with these things, we had just celebrated paying off the car and discussing what we would do with that money. Now we know: pay for repairs.
But since it is no fun to end with a talk about car payments, I'll close with this video of a group we heard play the other day at our church "date night."  The duo, Adam and I, were super talented, but need to be discovered. Listen and enjoy: