Randoms

Another of my daughter's Day One crew, known since first grade as "The Six," got married in June. That's four of them hitched, now. My girl, here with her forever date, was resplendent in red.

I did the magazine's cover story for its "America at 250" special issue. I don't think they could have chosen a better cover subject to illustrate this moment. She dropped some wisdom, too.

Still living the puzzle life over here.

The rest of the photos in this post are from the July Fourth cookout that my daughter's in-laws hold every year. My son in law is born on that day and so is one of his cousins, so it's more a double birthday party than anything else. More and more of our side of the family joins the festivities every year, though my son had to work this year. He picked up a side job doing crowd control at a World Cup watch party at Brooklyn Bridge park, not a bad overtime gig if the crowd stays controlled, which it mostly did.

My beautiful girl, the wide blue sky, and me.

The birthday boy and his mama got the dancing started.

My lovely bonus children. 

Aren't they adorable? I swiped that last photo from one of my nieces' posts on Insta. The beaming couple is weeks away from celebrating their second anniversary. We're headed to Jamaica on July 17 for a family reunion, my mother's side of the family, the offspring of the nine Stiebel siblings, all of them gone now, but hoards of their offspring still kicking. These two plan to to stay a few days longer at an all-inclusive resort on the island to celebrate year two. Love that for them!

Oops, had this in drafts and never pressed publish.