Pictures from the trip down the Amalfi Coast

Here are some great views from our drive down the Amalfi Coast.

Pictures of Palermo, Sicily

Here are some pictures from Palermo.





Beautiful coastline of Palermo.













Marionettes from the museum.













Marionette Theatre.














Palermo Opera House - for the Godfather fans, this is the Opera House from the Godfather III.















Mondello Beach.














View from the boat of Palermo.

Great Summer Weekend

What a great summer weekend. Weather was perfect! Much better than all the rain that we had been getting. July 17 was Madison's 3rd birthday and her birthday party was Saturday at the Prospect Park Zoo. Jenna has such a great time with her Tutor Time friends and also had a blast with all the animals. Sunday we decided to enjoy the good weather outside at Coney Island. Jenna and Madison had a grand time riding the rides. They both loved being on all the rides as you will see in the pictures below.



Happy 3rd Birthday Madison!














Jenna and Mike feeding the Llama.















I love this picture of Madison. She looked surprised that the goats were eating the food oof her plate.













Jenna and Mike in the barn















The Tutor Time crew making silly faces at Mike.













Riding the carousel at Prospect Park.
















Train ride at Coney Island.














Riding the airplane ride at Coney Island.

Trip Pictures - Barcelona

Below are some pictures from Barcelona.



View from our hotel pool.














Square at the top of Las Ramblas.














Jenna at the Olympic Village.














Mike and I at the Olympic Village.















La Sagrada Familia Cathedral.


















View from the top of La Sagrada Familia. I had to take an elevator halfway up and narrow stairs to the top. View was worth the walk up and having to walk back down via the steps.

It's been a while......

So we are back from the trip. I will try and post some pictures soon. I have almost 600 pictures from the trip to sort through. The Disney cruise was amazing and I absolutely loved Europe. Italy was my favorite, but I knew it would be. Jenna had a great time. She loved being on the boat with all her Disney Characters. She swam, ate and played the entire 2 weeks we were gone. She did miss Madison very much and was very glad to see her when we returned. Of course the big celebration on the boat was Jenna's birthday. Can you believe she is 3 years old??? Mike and I can't. She is growing up way too fast. These past couple of weeks we enjoyed a small birthday celebration with the family for Jenna, babysitting the ever growing Luke and Luke's Christening. Below are some pictures from each event. Enjoy!

Madison helping Jenna open her birthday gifts.

My big girl blowing out her candles.

Visiting with Brandon and Ethan.

Jenna keeping an eye on Luke.

He has gotten so big! I can't believe he is 4 months already.

Celebrating Luke's Christening. The happy parents and grandparents.

Fun weekend

To celebrate our last weekend before our trip, Saturday we headed out to the Staten Island Zoo and Sunday enjoyed the St Anslem's Fair. The zoo was celebrating Italian Heritage this weekend, so Jenna and I met up with Michele, Rich & Luke. Jenna enjoyed herself throughout the entire zoo while Luke slept. He did manage to wake up before we were leaving for some photo shots with a few animals.

St Anslem's School celebrated it's 80th Anniversary this weekend with a festival. We met up with Jennifer, Mark & Madison and Grandma Gladys took the subway to Brooklyn to hang out too. The girls were very excited about riding the rides, while Jen and I took our chances playing bingo.
It was a great weekend to segway into our vacation. Have a wonderful 2 weeks. Will post when we return.

Jenna petting the goats.

Jenna and Luke - she is wondering how he got out of his stroller....

Jenna enjoying the Italian scenery

Look at that smile!!!!!!

Jenna and Madison taking a turn on the horses

Jenna and Madison on the spinning slimer - too bad they couldn't figure out how to spin it.

Memorial Day Weekend

Happy Memorial Day to all. We had a great weekend and we hope everyone did too. Thank you to all our Veterans and Active Military. Without their dedication and sacrifice, we wouldn't have the freedom we enjoy.
We started the weekend off great with a trip to the park. Jenna was very excited that they turned on the water. She had a great time running through the sprinklers. Saturday Jenna and I took the train into the city to see our friends Sue and Maureen. Lucky for us, Jenna slept the entire time so we were able to catch up. Once Jenna did awake, I took her to Union Square and we played at the park. The weather was great. Sunday we had a BBQ at our house - we had a nice crowd - Jenna had a great time seeing everyone. We celebrated Memorial Day by watching the Bayridge parade. It is the oldest, consecutive parade in the US.



My diva.















Running through the water at the park.













My mommy-in-training














Sliding at the Union Square park














Katie hanging out with the big girls













Watching the parade

Park Weather

With the weather getting warmer, we have been heading out to the park more. Jenna loves the park especially now that she is on the big kid swings. We cannot believe that she is turning 3 next month. Our little baby is growing up. The pictures below are from the past couple weeks at the local parks.

Jenna with her bubbles.

















Jenna with her partner in crime.













Some great bubble blowing Madison.














Enjoying some swing time.

Swinging on the big girl swing.















I even got in on the action.