The boys went to Florida with my parents (thank you, Grandma and Pop-Pop!!!) and Virginia and I enjoyed some quiet time. ONe night we watched this Coen Brothers’ comedy—and we couldn’t stop laughing. Brad Pitt and Frances MacDormand were very funny, Clooney and Malkovich were very good, and we still don’t get Tilda Swinton. Anyway,…

Virginia and I were taking a walk and heard a bird making a bunch of noises. We couldn’t quite make out what it was. So … what is it? Click here to listen.

Virginia and I were taking a walk and heard a bird making a bunch of noises. We couldn’t quite make out what it was. So … what is it? Click here to listen.

Contador and the Brothers Schleck, originally uploaded by will_davies. Tour de France leader Alberto Contador (in yellow) and the Schleck Brothers power up the last mountain climb in Stage 17. The brothers moved into 2nd and 3rd places in the race, ahead of Lance Armstrong, who will try to make up ground in Thursday’s Stage…

IMG_0164, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Took this during bike ride on July 4, near Evansburg State Park.

P1040914, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Kelly took these photos while traveling with the Kahns to the Thousand Islands, before heading to Lowville, NY, for the Unirondack camp. He and his friend Alex slept in a boat one night. Pretty cool. And nice job on the photos, Kelly.

IMG_0193, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. We picked up Kelly Saturday, July 19, at the Unirondack camp in the Adirondacks (upstate NY). He’d been there all week with his friend Alex. Virginia had been missing him something awful since about Tuesday. As we pulled up, down a long single-track dirt road, we saw him and his…

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&vid=/video/tech/2009/07/16/vo.restored.moonwalk.nasa<noscript>Embedded video from CNN Video</noscript> Some company has taken the original moonwalk coverage from 40 years ago and cleaned it up. Pretty amazing.

IMG_0177, originally uploaded by kevdonahue. Pete called me at 4 pm Monday and said he had free passes to see a team Tennis match at the King of Prussia Mall, and that the visiting team included Wimbledon champ Serena Williams. Serena looked as if she walked straight off aplane onto the court, and lost to…

Kelly is headed off to summer camp in upstate NY. Our friends the Kahns drove him and his friend Alex up today. They are going to the Thousand Islands first, then will return to the Unirondack camp, outside Lowville, NY. We’ll share photos when he returns.

Zion National Park View From Scout’s Lookout 2, originally uploaded by StevenLPierce. We’ll be going here in a little over a month, as well as the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Salt Lake City, Moab, Bryce Canyon and Las Vegas. We’re starting to get excited!