Summer Pictures

I present to you Summer 2016, in picture form:

My birthday party at the FC Cincinnati game.

Shots on my birthday with Evan, who was back for a visit.  Love that girl, and love Irish Breakfast shots.  Seriously, so good.

Celebrating Jeff's birthday, just a day before mine, with Deafies and Friends.

Exploring California with my brother Justin and his kiddos.

Geocaching with Budge, my brother, and Kevin, not my brother.

The ocean at Santa Cruz. Love this picture.

Geocaching took us to the world's largest Monopoly board.  So useful.

Tank and my Mom at Point Lobos, CA.

Dalai Lama in Indianapolis.  "Create inner peace from compassion."

Surprise (for all of us) visit to Boston to hang out with family for a few hours.

Picking up our new kitten in Connecticut.  Lots of cats to love on at the breeder's house!

Bringing him home.

Getting them used to each other.

Dyeing sweedish weave towels to make a wedding gift for a friend.

Turned out great, right?!

Falling Water.  A trip just for Elijah, who is fascinated with Frank Lloyd Wright.

Down the natural water slide.

We all had bruises to prove it.

Miciah's shirt matches her eyes.  Also, she is a ninja.

DC!  We couldn't lose the boys with those shirts on.  They stood out in the crowd!

The security guard wouldn't let me play on the checkerboard.  Which is just mean!  Why build something so fun and then not let people play on it?!  Rude.

Capitol Building at night.  Not that you can tell - we could be anywhere in this picture.

We got Taco Bell at the train station.  It took us just as long to walk to Taco Bell, buy food, and walk out, as it did for Rob to get through the line of cars outside the building.  Worked out well, actually.

We played cards and read outside the White House.  Very relaxing.

The middle school's Memorial Garden that we worked on for 25 hours over the summer.  I know it doesn't look like much, but you couldn't even tell there was a garden before we started.

The other section of it.  I don't know why Miciah took this picture at an angle.  I guess it's artsy.  ...  We also fixed the rain barrel, all the bird house things, and got the bench area ready so someone could actually sit there.  I'd say it was a fun family project, but Tank just whined about it the whole time.  Whatever.  I had fun.

Brewing beer for Keith and Tiffany's wedding.  They called it This Is the Cake.  Fun, right?!  The brewing process was fascinating.

Digging the pond.

Real Madrid came to play in Columbus and my brother took me to the game with him!  Brothers are the best!

Rock scrambling with Keith at Nelson Kennedy Bridges State Park.  Cool place but a long drive.  It made for a fun day with my brother!

Downtown Cincinnati with Miciah and everyone else playing Pokemon Go!  Do you see all those people in the background?!  It was odd / cool to witness.

Reds game with Bryant and families.