My friend Tim Stevens poses with his girlfriend, Janelle, next to a rhino on the Safari Golf putt-putt course on the Berlin Turnpike. Click here for more pictures of Tim, Janelle, Dan Seremet and I playing mini golf on June 26.

My friend Josh Rubin shares a smile with his fiancé, Joanna, during a June 23 party celebrating Josh’s graduation (a year early) from the University of Maryland, and his sister Wendy’s graduation from Newington High. Josh proposed to Joanna on April 30, and they will be married next June. Click here for more pictures of the Rubin graduation party.

Becky and I sing a duet on Elton John’s “Your Song” at a karoke bar in Clifton Hill, near Niagara Falls, Ontario, as we celebrate Becky’s 20th birthday June 14 by partying in Canada.

Three of Becky’s friends, Kristy, Vikki and Marissa, smile for the camera. For a gallery of images from my weekend in Buffalo, including more Clifton Hill pictures, my travels by train and plane, and photos of Becky’s family birthday party, click here.

I hold up a crappie that I caught while fishing with my dad June 17. For more photos of our fishing trip, including a close-up of the croppie and more shots of the beautiful sunset, click here.

My friend Liz Janelle stands in front of the Empire State Building on June 9. Aside from walking around Midtown, Liz and I saw “Rent” on Broadway and visited a giant Toys R Us. For more pictures of our day in New York, click here.

Newington High School music director Josef Treggor, retiring this year after nearly three decades, is presented with a drawing of himself after his final concert June 6. He was subsequently honored June 8 with a special, surprise concert, performed by NHS students and alumni from the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. For more photos of Mr. Treggor’s final bow, click here.

Unity Bear, who I bought at a gift shop on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on June 3, 2001, sits on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building on his birthday, June 3, 2002, looking out on the former site of his birthplace. For more photos of my day in New York with Unity Bear, click here.

Becky and I ride a horse-drawn carriage on June 2 in Manhattan’s Central Park. For more pictures of our weekend in Newington and New York City, click here.

My parents, Becky and I pose in the driveway on June 1 as Becky and I prepare to for a weekend in New York City.

I pose for a picture with Becky and Jen at my parents’ 25th anniversary party May 31.

I show off my champion catch — a not-big-enough-to-keep bluegill — during Becky’s and my fishing expedition in Wethersfield on May 31. I actually caught two bluegills; Becky caught a bluegill and a bass.

Parade-watchers cheer as the Newington Volunteer Fire Department’s firetrucks drive by at the conclusion of the town Memorial Day Parade on May 25. For more photos of the parade, click here.

Jen with her bee-yoo-tiful new car.

Jen plays with a monkey that I got her for her birthday. She has a full-fledged collection of monkeys that I’ve given her as presents. This one is special, though — it makes noise, and you can fling it at people! (It’s called a Bungee Monkey.)

Bonnie and Tom Stone, parents of my honorary sister Kim, sit behind the booster-club food table during Kim’s tennis team’s match against Bristol Eastern on May 15. For more pictures from that tennis match, click here.