We've been having a nice summer. Dean's been home a lot, playing with the kids. Lucie's been working a lot but she's always found time to have lunch with her hubby.

The kids are at camp three blocks from the house: it's pleasant walking to drop them off and pick them up.

Dean's ankle is slowly getting better: he can walk now, but the doctor says he should wear a brace for six months! He's started doing Pilates -- that and bike riding are the two exercises that are easy on the ankles.