And now for some overdue summer pics! Manor Beach is beautiful in the early summer. It can be a bit hot in August, and overcrowded on holidays, but some days it’s just perfect.

One day we decided to check out the Intrepid! Hard to believe that we’ve never been there before. A bit hot that day but the space shuttle building had AC.

Sarah building a robot (thanks, Uncle Tim!)

Fireworks from Manor Park on July 4th.

My birthday was a two day celebration — not quite up to Molly’s standards, but getting there. On July 9th we had a delicious dinner at home prepared by my talented husband!

And on July 10th another amazing meal prepared by Gabriel Kreuther — SO MUCH FOOD.

Mid-July the Merchants came back for visit #2, en route to Canada from Boston. We had dinner out at Coriander and more s’mores!

Lastly here’s one of Blaine at the Rye Nature Center camp. He so enjoyed caring for the guinea pigs that he tried really hard to convince us to get some for pets of our own.