Last night we celebrated son Sean's 22nd birthday--March 8th. We drove to Salem to see the film
Amazing Grace, and ate a late dinner afterwards. Here are some photos that Jessie took--the birthday boy, Cam & Kim with Allison in the background, Robbie w/Dad. Little brother Robin (nonplussed by the movie) nearly fell asleep in the theatre as we prepared to leave...!




...And from earlier in the week, the photographer Jessie and one of her shots of the beach across the street...


Little Robbie wrote the following snippet in brother Sean's birthday card. (By way of context I suppose it helps to know that Sean has a heart for VN and spent two entire summers in Hanoi, learning the language at the university there. At one point in the past few weeks, Cameron and Sean jokingly hatched some money-making scheme that involved buying a factory in VN.) Brother Robin wrote:
"Seany, you are the bomdiggedy bombedy-diggity-bomb. You really have a way with words--unlike me. And I just wanted to say that as you get older, I'll always be by your side. When you go through hard times, I'll cry with you. When you are having a good time, I'll laugh with you...but when it comes to that factory in Vietnam, I'll be sitting in my apartment in a skyscraper with my babe and laugh at you when you get arrested. Happy 22nd Birthday! Love, Robin."