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Celebrating the summer of the swim with new suits for everyone.

The cousins love each other almost as much as they love a restaurant with a dozen TVs blaring, hot wings and fries and pop by the pitcher.

Oh yeah, and a hand full of lollipops on the way out.

Cousin Bowen welcomes his sister Leah Victoria Ann Palter into the world. Leah arrived on March 4, 2006 (right on schedule), a healthy 7 lbs. 14 ounces.

Frank and Bowen walking out to sea in idyllic Vancouver. This is Bowen’s first trip into the ocean…kinda late for a kid named after an island

I travelled to sunny [sic] Vancouver in April to meet my nephew Bowen Patrick J Palter. Quite a fellow, young Bowen. If he turns out half as photogenic as his father, he’ll be a real looker. Sweet and snuggly, I learned quickly that the optimal time to hold Bowen was before he’d eaten, not after. Nothing a little drycleaning can’t resolve.