It's going to be a busy summer here at Chez Sherman with lots of visitors, and we started things off weekend before last with a visit from the Roberts cousins -- George, Mary and their daughters Monica and Susan. They were in town for the Maker Faire (if you ever have any questions about 3-D printers, George is your guy), and we were lucky enough to get some time on their busy schedule. Michael and Rufus both got some much needed attention (because of course no one ever pays attention to either of them), and we got to get some more use out of the ice cream maker.

Last weekend brought our friends Rob and Cindy from Seattle. Rob and Drew spent the weekend at Kubla Con, which is a gaming convention that takes place every year around this time. Cindy, Michael, and I pretty much laid low. We had other plans, but Michael was a little under the weather, so we had to respect that. We did have time to do the required visitor portrait -- see below.

And now we take a breather for a bit. Next up -- Drew is off to Italy, and I will have a couple of visitors (my sister Marti and BFF Lisa Marcus) to help keep me (and Michael) sane while he is gone. I won't be able to take the professional-looking portraits like Drew does, but I will try to take some photos.