July Highlights:
- Celebrate Nicholas’ and Lilah’s birthdays
- Uncle Mario comes to visit
- Lilah leaves for Summer quarter at UC Santa Cruz
- Do some serious eating at HG Data annual BBQ in Goleta
- Luke spends Summer days solo at beach learning to surf
Lilah Goes Away to Summer School
Not one to have a big party for herself, we convinced Lilah to let us throw her a small family get together at our local Toppers’ pizza. The reunion was a late birthday party as well as a family send off for Summer school at Santa Cruz, which lasts 5 weeks. When we got together she seemed to genuinely be in a good mood — maybe because she knew she would be leaving in a few days ;). My uncle Mario also joined us for the occasion giving it just an added special touch.
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